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- Episode 04x05

Episode: 04x05
Title: The Road Less Traveled (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 407
First Aired: May. 02, 2008

Season 4 » Episode #05 - The Road Less Traveled (1)

Battlestar Galactica - 04x05 The Road Less Traveled (1)

Summary: The crew of the Demetrius begin drawing lines when Kara trusts a Cylon who offers the means of helping them find Earth.As Baltar's word begins spreading, he seeks to make peace with Tyrol.

Who appeared in this episode?

Lee Adama	played by Jamie Bamber
Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon	played by Grace Park
Chief Galen Tyrol	played by Aaron Douglas
Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon	played by Tahmoh Penikett
Ensign Samuel Anders	played by Michael Trucco
Brendan 'Hot Dog' Costanza	played by Bodie Olmos
Jeanne	played by Keegan Connor Tracy
Jean Barolay	played by Alisen Down
Sgt. Erin Mathias	played by Eileen Pedde

Season 4 / Episode 5: - The Road Less Traveled (1)

Dr. Gaius Baltar: The past is written, impossible to change. Why are so many of us living in the past, living with the shame of what we have done, when we could live in awe of what we might do? What we might do. [We see Chief Tyrol coming upon the fringes of the meeting and listening] What will we do? Spiral endlessly through the heavens until humanity itself comes to a close? [We see Tigh appear in the corridor behind Tyrol] Or do we look inward and find that strength within?
Colonel Saul Tigh: [Coming up behind Tyrol and speaking quietly to him. Baltar's word become more and more indistinct and fades into background noise] Can you believe these people are actually buying into Baltar's crap? We need to talk.
Chief Galen Tyrol: I don't have anything to say to you.
Colonel Saul Tigh: Well, then you can listen. Come with me. [They turn and walk several feet back into the corridor] I've been cutting you some slack because of Cally, but that's over. You gotta pull yourself together *now.*
Chief Galen Tyrol: Suck it up. Just like you,huh?
Colonel Saul Tigh: Now what is that supposed to mean?
Chief Galen Tyrol: Hear you've been spending some time in the lockup with the Six. Remember when this all started? You said nothing would change you from the man you want to be. Well, how about it, Colonel? You still the same old Saul Tigh?
Colonel Saul Tigh: Anything I've done I can live with.
Chief Galen Tyrol: Well, that's the difference between you and me. I can't.

Chief Galen Tyrol: Tory's got it in her head that we can be the salvation of the human race. All I know is if there is a God, he's laughing his ass off.

Season 4 / Episode 5: - The Road Less Traveled (1)

Leoben Conoy: [the guards throw Leoben to the floor and leave him alone in the storage hold with Anders] I'm glad you're here. You and Kara, did you get things worked out? Because you should. You weren't meant to be enemies.
Ensign Samuel Anders: No. That'd be you and me. [kicks Leoben down onto his back] What do you want from Kara?
Leoben Conoy: [Panting] The same thing I've always wanted. For her to understand her destiny.
Ensign Samuel Anders: That's not good enough.
Leoben Conoy: It's good enough for her. [with his hands cuffed behind his back, Leoben struggles off his back and onto his knees] What is the most basic article of faith? *That this is not all that we are.*
Leoben Conoy: [Sam looks at him with a mix of incredulity, immense fear and loathing. Leoben chuckles] C-Bucks rule.
Ensign Samuel Anders: What did you just say?
Leoben Conoy: Forward guard, right? I saw a couple of games. You were good. Yet after all the celebrity and acclaim, what were you? Just another face selling magazines, another piece of scoreboard trivia. You always knew you were destined for more. You were just waiting for your singular moment of clarity.
Ensign Samuel Anders: [immediately pulling, cocking and pointing his pistol right in Leoben's face] Well, maybe I just found it.
Leoben Conoy: You kill me, Kara's dream dies with me.
Ensign Samuel Anders: I don't think so. I think you download into another Leoben body and you spew more lies.
Leoben Conoy: [slowly shaking his head] No one's coming back. [swallows] We were lured out of resurrection range. Ship was attacked. We survived. The Baseship was damaged. We were set adrift.
Ensign Samuel Anders: [lowers his pistol, starts to raise it back up and then lowers it again] What are you talking about? Who attacked you?
Leoben Conoy: War has broken out between the Cylon. Battle lines have been drawn between those who embrace their nature and those who fear it.
Ensign Samuel Anders: [taken aback and deeply thinking but trying not to show it] Good. [starts walking out of the room] You can blow yourselves to hell for all I care.
Leoben Conoy: That's one way, that's one way. There's another. An alliance. [Anders stops, looks unbelievingly, but listens] Allow our paths to converge. You save us from our savage brothers, and our old one, the Hybrid, will show Kara the righteous path. And together, they'll lead us to the promised land. Together, we will find Earth.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When Kara and Leoben are talking after Leoben's heavy raider explodes, the blood makeup on Leoben’s face changes dramatically from one shot to another.

TRIVIA

Michael Trucco reads the "Previously on Battlestar Galactica" line at the beginning of the episode.
This is the only episode of the entire series in wish Edward James Olmos did not appear.
Human Survival Count: 39,676.