Battlestar Galactica (2003)/The Son Also Rises

The Son Also Rises
Season 3, Episode 18
Airdate	March 11, 2007
Written by	Michael Angeli
Directed by	Robert Young
Fleet Survivors	41,399
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Battlestar Galactica (2003) — Season Three

The Son Also Rises is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Battlestar Galactica, and the fifty-first episode overall.

Edward James Olmos (Admiral William Adama), Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin), Jamie Bamber (Major Lee "Apollo" Adama), James Callis (Dr. Gaius Baltar), Tricia Helfer (Number Six), Grace Park (Lieutenant Sharon "Athena" Agathon)

Michael Hogan (Colonel Saul Tigh), Aaron Douglas (Chief Galen Tyrol), Nicki Clyne (Cally Tyrol), Tahmoh Penikett (Captain Karl "Helo" Agathon), Alessandro Juliani (Lt. Felix Gaeta), Kandyse McClure (Lieutenant Anastasia "Dee" Dualla) (credit only)

Guest Star: Michael Trucco (Samuel Anders)

Guest Stars: Rekha Sharma (Tory Foster), Sebastian Spence (Narcho)

Guest Star: Mark Sheppard (Romo Lampkin)

Cast: Bodie Olmos (Hotdog), Jennifer Halley (Seelix), Colin Lawrence (Skulls), Ty Olsson (LSO Kelly), Don Thompson (Figurski), Tyler McClendon (Alan Hughes), Stephen Holmes (Reporter #1), Christina Schild (Playa Palacios), Alison Matthews (Fallbrook), Chris Boyd (Marine Cheadle), Colin Corrigan (Marine Nowart)

Uncredited: Jerry (Lance the cat)

Plot Overview

Still dealing with Kara's death, Lee is appointed to protect Baltar's new lawyer, Romo Lampkin, after his predecessor is assassinated by unidentified suspects. Inspired by Lee's grandfather, Lampkin himself may help inspire the younger Adama to carve his own path.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Baltar's trial will begin in two weeks.

• Baltar's lawyer is killed by a bomb planted on a Raptor. A new lawyer, Romo Lampkin, is acquired for the trial. He is under heavy security due to a bomber that is later revealed to be LSO Kelly.

Characters

• Lee is put in charge of security over Romo Lampkin. Lee believes it has something to do with his grieving over Kara.

• Lampkin hated Joseph, but he taught him everything he knew. Joseph defended the worst because he wanted to know why people did what they did and Romo got into law for the same reason.

• Helo has been pulled from managing Dogsville and made CAG to replace Lee.

• Adama is one of five ship captains selected in the lottery to serve as a tribunal judge at Baltar's trial.

• After the bomber is identified, Adama sets to reinstate Lee as CAG, but Lee would prefer helping Romo. Adama's refusal ignites a verbal argument in which Lee accuses him of being afraid of becoming like his grandfather and needs someone to carry on with Zak and now Kara gone. Adama bitterly relents and keeps Helo as CAG.

• Anders is visibly grieving for Kara, almost in denial that she's gone. He winds up breaking his leg and visits the memorial hallway in which he sees Lee has upheld his promise to Kara to put her picture next to Kat's.

Referbacks

• Lee reminds his father that he gave him Joseph's law books in "A Day in the Life".

Trivia

The Show

• Katee Sackhoff's name has been omitted from the opening credits as of this episode.

Bonus Scene

• Athena confronts Cally sometime after the scene in which Cally Vaughan accused Athena of planting the device on her own Raptor.

Allusions and References

• The episode's title is a play on the title of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises.

Quotes

• Tigh: Never thought I'd miss all Starbuck's yakking.

• Tigh: (addressing Adama) Your Honour.

(Adama looks confused)

Tigh: You haven't heard. Where you been? They just announced it. You won the lottery. You now own exactly 1/5 of Baltar's skinny ass.

• Lampkin: Love. Precocious evolutionary move, fashioning Cylons to be capable of experiencing it. I don't know if it was engineered as a tactical imperative, but... it's not for the faint-hearted, is it?

Caprica-Six: No, it's not.

Lampkin: Maybe you should have been nicer to your mechanic.

• Lee: So what did you take from me?

Lampkin: Hmm. I was thinking, the photograph that you carry. The girl. The pilot. The one you're carrying. But... you've had enough stolen from you already.

• Lee: Hey, how's the leg?

Anders: You mean my lucky break? It gave me a reason not to come up here. But sooner or later, you run out of excuses.

Lee: It's hard to let her go.