Home (Battlestar Galactica)
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| Battlestar Galactica episode | |
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| “Home” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 6 & 7 |
| Writer(s) | David Eick David Eick Ronald D. Moore |
| Director | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan Jeff Woolnough |
| Production no. | 206 & 207 |
| Original airdate | August 19, 2005 & August 26, 2005 |
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"Home", Part I and II are episodes of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series.
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[edit] Plot
[edit] Part 1
Survivor Count: 47,858
Lt. Starbuck and Helo rendezvous with Laura Roslin's separatist fleet orbiting Kobol. The two have brought with them the Arrow of Apollo, to Roslin's relief, but they have also brought Caprica-Boomer, and with Capt. Apollo's emotional outburst over Galactica-Boomer shooting his father, Roslin orders her to be executed immediately. Roslin only relents when Caprica-Boomer claims to know where the Tomb of Athena is and that they'll never find it without her help.
Back on Galactica, Commander Adama tries out a new flight leader, Lt. George Birch, to replace Apollo. Adama then has to deal with the fleet's media who demand answers behind the separation of the fleet and what he intends to do about it.
Elsewhere, Dr. Baltar becomes paranoid about the fact that there are eight Cylon agents in the fleet, however, Number Six tries to calm him by stating he will be spared the fate of the other Humans.
After Lt. Birch flubs a training exercise where Hot Dog nearly kills Louanne "Kat" Katraine, and botches a refueling maneuver between a tanker and civilian ship, Adama is forced to pull him from command.
On Kobol, Roslin leads a search team through heavy wooded terrain during heavy rainfall, to reach the Tomb of Athena. During the trek, Priestess Elosha steps on a landmine and is killed. As Roslin grieves, the group is ambushed by Centurions. During the firefight, Boomer unexpectedly grabs a grenade launcher and singlehandedly takes the a Centurion out, much to Apollo's surprise.
Back at the fleet, Dualla enters Adama's stateroom and urges him to reunite the fleet, stating the separation is affecting everyone's morale. He angrily rejects the suggestion, but then relents and returns to CIC to ask for maps and all recon photos of Kobol.
[edit] Part 2
Survivor Count: 47,855
Determined to reunite the fleet, Commander Adama heads to Kobol with a Raptor crew that includes Roslin's secretary, Billy Keikeya, and Chief Tyrol.
On Galactica, Dr. Baltar questions his sanity when Number Six reveals there never was any chip in his head that was causing him to see her. Dr. Cottle performs an MRI and finds nothing physically wrong with Baltar's head, but diagnoses him as "just another hypochondriac".
On Kobol, with Caprica-Boomer's assistance, President Roslin's expedition continues on to the Tomb of Athena. The group is intercepted by Adama and his team. Expecting their arrest, Adama instead reconciles with Apollo and Roslin, but immediately attacks Boomer on sight until he is restrained. Later, Tyrol approaches Boomer while she sits with Helo. She gives Tyrol a gentle but unsettling hug, stating she "remembers" him.
The combined party finally reaches the Tomb of Athena. Tom Zarek's men (seemingly without Zarek's knowledge) have arranged to kill Adama and Apollo. Zarek's men enlist Caprica-Boomer's help by telling her of Galactica-Boomer's fate. However, Boomer has been playing them; when the confrontation comes, she kills Zarek's men instead. Caprica-Boomer tells Adama that she is different from Galactica-Boomer; she has no hidden programs, such as the one that caused Galactica-Boomer to shoot Adama.
Boomer remains in custody as Adama, Roslin, Apollo, Starbuck and Billy enter the tomb. By using the Arrow of Apollo they are briefly "transported" to a stone circle outside, via some unknown mechanism (possibly a holographic map). Roslin recognises that each of the twelve stones in the circle represents one of the colonies. Starbuck realises that there is no thirteenth stone (for Earth) because the party is actually "standing" on Earth.
By examining the stars in Earth's sky, they obtain approximate directions for how to reach it. All return to Galactica and Adama reinstates Roslin as President. Caprica-Boomer is put in the brig.
[edit] Finding the location of Earth
Lagoon Nebula is seen in the sky when viewed in this episode, and it seems to be a reference point along with the position of the twelve zodiac symbols of the location of Earth. The nebula was erroneously stated to be in the constellation Scorpio in the episode, a mistake acknowledged by the producers.[citation needed]
It is possible that Galactica's location (and that of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol) may be deduced from this as well: The Lagoon Nebula is shown from the same vantage point as it would appear to an observer on Earth, yet the characters are still able to readily recognize it. (They even refer to it as "M8") This would imply that they are in a line of sight "with" Earth when facing the Lagoon nebula, otherwise the nebula would be shaped differently from the angle they are observing it from. Following a straight line from the Lagoon nebula to Earth would place Galactica somewhere in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, because they stated that the nebula was much smaller than they were used to seeing it. This places Galactica somewhere between Earth and the Lagoon nebula.
[edit] Trivia
- The plot of finding the way to Earth in the tomb echoes events in the original series episode "Lost Planet of the Gods" where Adama discovers Kobol and tries to decypher ancient clues to finding the lost 13th Colony.
