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Battlestar Galactica - 04x04 Escape Velocity

4x04 Escape Velocity

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First Aired: Apr. 25, 2008 on SyFy
Summary: Tyrol crumbles in the wake of Cally's death while Tigh finds himself drawn to Caprica-Six in a parellel to his own deceased wife.Baltar takes a stand for the religious freedoms of he and his followers.

Main Characters in this Episode



Guest Stars

Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace played by Katee Sackhoff
Lee 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
Ensign Samuel Anders played by Michael Trucco
Jeanne played by Keegan Connor Tracy
Lt. Margaret Edmondson played by Leah Cairns

Episode Quotes

President Laura Roslin: [At Cally's funeral] I like this service.
Admiral William Adama: It's not for me, I'll tell you that.
President Laura Roslin: I know, but I want you to know what I like.
Dr. Gaius Baltar: Something in the universe loves me. Something in the universe loves the entity that is me. I will choose to call this something, "God." A singular spark that dwells in the soul of every living being. If you look inside yourself, you will find this spark too. You will. But you have to look deep. Love your faults. Embrace them. If God embraces them, then how can they be faults? Love yourself. You have to love yourself. If we don't love ourselves, how can we love others? And when we know what we are, then we can find the truth about others, see what they are, the truth about them. And you know what the truth is, the truth about them, about you, about me. Do you? The truth is we are all perfect. Just as we are. God only loves that which is perfect, and he loves you. He loves you because you are perfect. You are perfect just as you are.
President Laura Roslin: Lee has no idea. He really has no idea.
Admiral William Adama: Have you anything I've said?
President Laura Roslin: There are pragmatic realities he refuses to face.
Admiral William Adama: Well, that's a problem of course; he saying what he thinks is right.
President Laura Roslin: Well yeah, he's Lee. Thing is, it probably is the right thing. But sometimes the right thing is a luxury. And it can have profoundly dangerous consequences. And it's almost as if he doesn't want that to be true. Ok, I've got to stop this. I'm not supposed to get upset during treatment. Will you read the next chapter?
Admiral William Adama: I must warn you that I'm getting into the part I haven't read yet.
President Laura Roslin: Oh dear, are you going to be able to continue?
Admiral William Adama: Chapter Seven. The raft was not as seaworthy as I'd hoped. The waves repeatedly threatened to swamp it. I wasn't afraid to die. I was afraid of the emptiness that I felt inside. I couldn't feel anything, and that's what scared me. You came into my thoughts; you filled them. It felt good.

Trivia

  • Human Survival Count: 39,675.
  • Cally's last name of Henderson had been originally put forth in the tie-in novel "Sagittarius Is Bleeding" by Peter David. However, that same book said her full first name was "Callista" rather than Callandra.
  • Aaron Douglas reads the "Previously on Battlestar Galactica" at the beginning of the episode.