The Hand of God (2004 Battlestar Galactica)
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| Battlestar Galactica episode | |
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| “The Hand of God” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 10 |
| Writer(s) | Bradley Thompson & David Weddle |
| Director | Jeff Woolnough |
| Production no. | 110 |
| Original airdate | UK: January 3, 2005 US: March 11, 2005 |
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| "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down" | "Colonial Day" |
"The Hand of God" is an episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series.
[edit] Plot
Survivor Count: 47,905
Facing a fleet-wide fuel shortage, Commander Adama sends Raptors to scout for tylium deposits. Lt. Crashdown and Galactica-Boomer locate tylium on a nearby asteroid but find it is already being used by the Cylons.
Adama decides to attack the heavily guarded depot and Capt. Apollo and Col. Tigh plan the attack, but at Commander Adama's instigation, Lt. Starbuck devises a new one. She is unable to take part in it herself due to her crash landing injuries, and tells Apollo her doubts about his flying lead in the mission believing he lacks her own brand of inspired improvisation.
Back on Caprica, Helo and Caprica-Boomer hide in an abandoned stable. Helo wakes up astonished to see the blonde Cylon woman, (Number Six, who Boomer had killed when she first rescued him), leading a group of Centurions toward their location. Boomer and Helo flee immediately.
Back at the fleet, Dr. Baltar analyses the recon photos of the Cylon depot. Starbuck and Apollo are unsure of what targets to hit. After Number Six tells Baltar he is an "instrument of God," who will lead his hand, he makes a "wild guess," pointing to a random structure in the photo.
Apollo leads the raid on the refinery and is successful, with Apollo executing a Starbuck-like reckless maneuver to fly down inside the mine tunnels to disable the depot's defences as correctly pointed out by Baltar. Victorious, Baltar has another religious epiphany. Believing he is a divine instrument, his sympathy for the Cylon's cause begins to grow.
[edit] Trivia
- Although believed to be intentionally based on the episode of the same name from the original series, even by Ronald D. Moore, the writers admitted that they were not aware of the original episode when they wrote it, making for a simple coincidence.
