Scattered (Battlestar Galactica)
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| Battlestar Galactica episode | |
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| “Scattered” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 1 |
| Writer(s) | David Weddle & Bradley Thompson |
| Director | Michael Rymer |
| Production no. | 201 |
| Original airdate | July 15, 2005 |
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| "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2" | "Valley of Darkness" |
"Scattered" is an episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series, the first of Season two.
[edit] Plot
Survivor Count: 47,875
With Commander Adama in critical condition, Col. Tigh takes command of the Galactica. Capt. Apollo is put under arrest for disobeying the order to arrest President Laura Roslin (and for putting a gun to Tigh's head). Roslin herself occupies the adjacent cell in the Galactica brig.
The Cylons then attack, and Tigh orders an emergency FTL jump to escape them. However, updated coordinates had not been transmitted to the rest of the fleet, and Galactica becomes separated from them.
On Kobol, Dr. Baltar is shown in his mind a baby girl that Number Six claims is their child. The survivors of the crash move into a nearby forest for cover. Crash sends Tarn back to retrieve medical supplies he "left behind", Cally and Chief Tyrol join him. Tarn is killed as they bring back the supplies.
Lt. Gaeta determines that in order to find the fleet, the Galactica must first jump back to its original position, (where the Cylons are waiting for them), and then jump again to the fleet's position. To minimise computation time for the second jump, Col. Tigh reluctantly allows Gaeta to network the Galactica's damage control and weapon control computers to the navigation systems, although this will put them at risk of a Cylon computer virus.
In the moments before jump, Tigh goes to the brig where he brutally interrogates Boomer, but she tearfully states she didn't know she was a Cylon agent. In medical, Adama is stabilised but he has slipped into a coma.
Tigh paroles Apollo, so that he can continue to act as the CAG and take part in the forthcoming battle against the Cylons. However, Apollo must return to the brig whenever he is off duty.
Tigh returns to CIC and Galactica makes its first jump to the battle front and begins computations for the second. Meanwhile its Vipers hold off the attacking Cylon Raiders. The ship makes its second jump just before the Cylon virus breaks down Gaeta's last computer firewall. Galactica is reunited with the fleet. However, one of the attacking Cylon ships has crash-landed into Galactica's landing bay.
Back on Caprica, Caprica-Boomer steals Starbuck's Cylon Raider, stranding her with Helo.
