Caprica/Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons
Season 1, Episode 18
Airdate	January 4, 2011
Written by	Michael Taylor
Directed by	Michael Nankin
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Caprica — Season One

Here Be Dragons is the eighteenth episode of the first season of Caprica.

Eric Stoltz (Dr. Daniel Graystone), Esai Morales (Joseph Adama), Paula Malcomson (Dr. Amanda Graystone), Alessandra Torresani (Zoe Graystone), Magda Apanowicz (Lacy Rand), Sasha Roiz (Sam Adama), Brian Markinson (Jordan Duram) (credit only)

and Polly Walker (Sister Clarice Willow)

Guest Starring: Scott Porter (Nestor)

Guest Starring (end credits): Jorge Montesi (The Guatrau), Ryan Robbins (Diego), Ryan Kennedy (Odin Sinclair), Chris Heyerdahl (Kevin Reikle), Carmen Moore (Fidelia Fazekas)

Co-Starring: Sina Najafi (William Adama), Karen Elizabeth Austin (Ruth), Panou (Olaf), Teryl Rothery (Evelyn), Jim Thomson (Voice of Serge), Christian Tessier (Francis), Eva Allan (Devanna), Luc Roderique (Lexon), Lloyd Adams (Tommy), Gerald Paetz (Armed Goon #2)

Plot Overview

The Graystones' search for Zoe leave them oblivious to the danger of Clarice and her two husbands invading their home. At the same time, the Adamas are targeted by the Ha'la'tha. One family will finally begin the move forward, while the other will experience yet another tragedy.

On Gemenon, Lacy is also in the crosshairs as the STO make a move to take her out as a threat.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• It's revealed that Fidelia is the Guatrau's daughter. She reveals to him about the Adamas shipping the U-87s to Tauron behind his back and he authorises a hit on them. After a failed attempt at killing Joseph, he contacts his brother and they prepare to make a run for it off-world. They stop at Goldie's to get some money, but Willie, waiting with Evelyn, rushes in and is fatally shot by a stray bullet.

• Amanda doesn't trust Sam and after revealing his true intentions are to find Tamara and destroy her, she takes him out of the game.

• Lacy, Odin, and some of the other recruits take out Diego and Reikle, but instead of leaving, but Lacy resolves that they stay. She finds the Cylons, orders them to power up, and rounds them up for work.

• Clarice, Nestor, and Olaf break into the Graystone home. They demand to know where the holoband is when Zoe reenters the U-87 and kills Nestor, scaring the other two away.

Characters

• Zoe finally faces her parents. She expresses nothing but hatred for them, but this eases her up enough to let her mother hug her. When they reenter, Daniel shows her a virtual replication of their home where she can live with access to his computer so they can operate in tandem, sharing data for building her a new body. Zoe ponders it.

Referbacks

• Amanda notes that she doesn't trust Sam as she recognises his face. While not stated, she recognises him from when he drove her following her Backtalk interview in "Gravedancing".

Trivia

The Show

• The episode contains a few references to elements of Battlestar Galactica:
  • Zoe terms the artificial body Daniel proposes as a "skinjob", which would be used decades later as a derogatory terms for the humanoid Cylons.
  • Evelyn tries to tell Willie about how a ship's crew is like a family, an ideal Adama would take as Commander of Galactica. She later tells him about her brother on Tauron who fox hunts and has a couple of dogs that work as a team. Adama recounts a story about this in the episode "Sometimes A Great Notion".

Memorable Moments

• As Francis attempts to garrote Joseph he abruptly stops, revealing Ruth has buried a meat clever in his back. As he falls, she casually states remarks, "Never liked that one."

• William's death, a shocking moment in that it was assumed he was the child version of the Adama who would later command the Galactica.