Downloaded (Battlestar Galactica)
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| Battlestar Galactica episode | |
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| “Downloaded” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 18 |
| Writer(s) | Bradley Thompson and David Weddle |
| Director | Jeff Woolnough |
| Production no. | 218 |
| Original airdate | February 24, 2006 |
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"Downloaded" is an episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series.
[edit] Plot
Survivor Count: 49,579
On Caprica, the humanoid Cylons are rebuilding and settling the ruins of Delphi. Among them are the resurrected Number Six and Sharon "Boomer" Valerii (whom the Cylons refer to as "Number Eight"). The two are considered heroes of the Cylon cause, however Sharon harbors bitter resentment for what she has done to the humans. Six also has sympathy for the humans that is further strengthened by her love of Gaius Baltar, who appears to her as a vision.
Meanwhile on Galactica, Caprica-Boomer has a baby girl, but the infant has underdeveloped lungs and is placed in an incubator. Boomer and Helo name their daughter Hera.
Back on Caprica, the Cylon reporter D'Anna Biers (referred to as "Number Three") believes that Sharon's emotional attachment to the humans is a threat to their agenda and she tells Number Six that unless Six can help Boomer, her persona will be "boxed"; her mind removed from her body and her memories placed "in cold storage", effectively a permanent death. Six gets to know Sharon better, deciding instead to help her after learning Baltar is still alive.
Nearby, human resistance fighters led by Samuel Anders plant explosives to destroy the Cylon settlement. When the bombs go off, Three, Six, and Sharon become trapped in the rubble of a parking garage along with Anders who couldn't escape in time.
Although injured, Six kills Three (before Three can kill Anders) and allows him to escape. Sharon and Six form a rebellious pact, agreeing to use their status as heroes of the Cylons to "change things for the better" before Three can resurrect and inform the other Cylons of their betrayal.
Back at the fleet, President Laura Roslin, and Admiral Adama fear that the Cylons hidden in the fleet will try to kidnap the half-Cylon child, Hera. They order Dr. Cottle to fake the infant's death which causes Boomer to lash out and call everyone murderers. Later, Dr. Cottle and Roslin secretly give the baby to a foster mother named Maya, who isn't told the child is half-Cylon. Elsewhere, Helo and Chief Tyrol scatter the ashes they believe are Hera's into space.
[edit] Trivia
- This is the first episode where the "numbers" of Cylon models other than Number Six are revealed. In conversation with Six, D'Anna Biers refers to herself as a "Three", and identifies Aaron Doral models as "Fives" and Sharon Valerii models as "Eights".
