3x06 Torn (1) - Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide

Battlestar Galactica

- Episode 03x06

Episode: 03x06
Title: Torn (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: T705
First Aired: Nov. 03, 2006

Season 3 » Episode #06 - Torn (1)

Summary: Starbuck and Tigh create divisions between those who suffered under the Cylon occupation of New Caprica and those who stayed with the fleet. Also: Baltar tries to prove his worth to the Cylons.

Who appeared in this episode?

Major Lee 'Apollo' Adama	played by Jamie Bamber
Caprica	played by Tricia Helfer
Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon	played by Grace Park
Chief Galen Tyrol	played by Aaron Douglas
Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon	played by Tahmoh Penikett
Crewman Specialist Cally Tyrol	played by Nicki Clyne
Captain Louanne 'Kat' Katraine	played by Luciana Carro
Brendan 'Hot Dog' Costanza	played by Bodie Olmos
Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmonson	played by Leah Cairns

Season 3 / Episode 6: - Torn (1)

Admiral William Adama: [to Kara and Tigh] Now one of you, and I don't care who, pick that weapon up and shoot me.
Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: Admiral, I don't know...
Admiral William Adama: I didn't say to talk. You've done enough of that already. I said to pick up that weapon and shoot. What's the matter? No guts. You don't got a pair? You're both frakking cowards.

Season 3 / Episode 6: - Torn (1)

Admiral William Adama: [to Starbuck] You were like a daughter to me once. No more. You're a malcontent and a cancer, and I won't have you on my ship. So you have a choice. You can figure out how to become a human being again and an officer, or you can find another place to live, off of this ship. You're dismissed.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: During the training mission at the moon, the first close-up shot of Kat is flipped horizontally. Notice the name & call sign on the side.

TRIVIA

In the opening scene on the beach in Baltar's dream, the mouths of Baltar and Number Six were blurred out to allow the insertion of completely different dialog than was originally shot.
Human Survivor Count: 41,422
The title "Torn" alludes to the original plot for this episode: the relationship between Kara and her fake daughter, Kacey. However, the producers felt Kara wasn't still able to face the time she spent in New Caprica with Leoben, Kacey's fake father, and this plot was dropped. Instead of that, they focused the episode in the secondary plot, which dealt with an illness which was infecting the Cylons. Anyway, the title "Torn" still references how the human collective felt after New Caprica, with a lot of conflicts between people who stayed under the Cylon occupation and people who ran away aboard the fleet's spaceships.
Sharon Agathon receives the call sign "Athena" in this episode to distinguish her from "Boomer."
Some of the proposed (and rejected) call signs for Sharon Agathon were Chrome Dome, Titanium, and Toaster Babe.