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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
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
Ensign Diana 'Hardball' Seelix	played by Jen Halley

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

Phoebe: [standing before Baltar who is seated and surrounded by his devotees] I need you to tell me this all somehow makes sense. [showing him a family group photo] This was my husband, James. My two children, Danya and Reece. They were on Picon when the Cylons attacked.
Dr. Gaius Baltar: [after looking around the room at all the expectant faces] What do you feel when you look at this photograph?
Phoebe: I feel rage.
Dr. Gaius Baltar: Against the Cylon?
Phoebe: Mmmm... [Shaking her head] Not just the machines, anyone involved. The engineers who designed them... The corporations... The politicians... who provoked this war and then did nothing to protect us... And most of all, the Gods.
Dr. Gaius Baltar: The Gods? They stood by and let it all happen. Yes, I know. I know. [Stands up, hands the photo back and warmly hugs her] I am so sorry Phoebe. [Stands back and returns toward his chair] Sit with us.
Dr. Gaius Baltar: [back in his chair, he takes the microphone to the recording device] Unfortunately, the Gods cannot be blamed for not coming to you aid. It's not because they weren't listening. It's because they don't exist. The Gods we've been praying to for thousands of years do not exist. They can't help you, because they are not real. We have been pandering to our own ignorance for far too long.
Dr. Gaius Baltar: [cut to Chief Tyrol's quarters where he is jumping rope and his stepson Nickolas is in the playpen. We hear Baltar continue over the radio] Now, on my own journey. I've been wronged, persecuted. I prayed to the Gods... on my knees, begging them for mercy, tortured. I recieved nothing in...

Dr. Gaius Baltar: I could have lived in that abyss of bitterness, but that will destroy you like nothing else. [Tyrol listens as if those words truly struck home and starts jumping rope again] But I chose to forgive. And most importantly, I began with myself.

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

Leoben Conoy: [Starbuck is in her Viper, staring at an out-of-commission, extremely damaged Heavy Raider] Kara. I'm alone. It's not an attack. I knew I'd find you. Knew you'd be out here searching.
Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: Leoben?
Leoben Conoy: I'm here for you, to offer a truce between Cylon and human. And a chance to complete your journey.

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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

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