"Battlestar Galactica" Exodus: Part 1 (2006)

Director:

Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writers:

Ronald D. Moore (developer)
David Weddle (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Battlestar Galactica" (2004)

Original Air Date:

13 October 2006 (Season 3, Episode 3)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Sharon helps to organize the Resistance as Adama heads to New Caprica aboard Galactica for a daring rescue operation...

Plot Keywords:

Space Western | Spacecraft | Heroine | Starfighter | Faster Than Light

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama
Mary McDonnell	...	Laura Roslin
Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace
Jamie Bamber	...	Commander Lee 'Apollo' Adama
James Callis	...	President Gaius Baltar
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Caprica
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon
Nicki Clyne	...	Crewman Specialist Cally Tyrol
Alessandro Juliani	...	Lt. Felix Gaeta (credit only)
Kandyse McClure	...	Lt. Anastasia Dualla
Lucy Lawless	...	D'Anna Biers
Michael Trucco	...	Samuel Anders

Filming Locations:

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

David Eick Productions

Trivia:

Oracle Selloi is the first oracle to be shown in the series, although oracles have been mentioned previously. Chief Tyrol's mother was an oracle.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the previous episode when Jammer releases Callie and tells her to run, she falls off a cliff and then runs into a forest where we hear shots fired, whereas when the same scene is shown in this episode, neither does Callie fall down anywhere nor is there any forest through which she runs; she is intercepted by Chief Tyrol on the hill and both of them fall down on rocks with no tree in sight.

Quotes:

Oracle Selloi: Don't be afraid. I know who you are. What you are. Poor thing. You must be terrified. Do you have any candy? Um, no? Chamalla's so bitter. Zeus sees all. Sees you, number Three. Sees your pain. Your destiny. All the Gods weep for you.
D'Anna Biers: There is no Zeus. No other God but God.
Oracle Selloi: Well, you don't believe that anymore. You don't know what you believe, and that is why you're here.
D'Anna Biers: It's not true. I don't even know why I'm here. This is the stupidest thing I ever did.
Oracle Selloi: It is your dream that brings you to me.
[...]

The Threads in the Big Twist Begin to Weave in this Episode

Season 3 of BSG involves one of the most well-executed season-long (more actually) story arcs in sci fi history. Although Exodus Part I is not one of the most exciting episodes in this arc, it sets up some important relationships and situations which will play out very well in later episodes within the arc.

Adama is making plans to return to New Caprica to rescue the colonists from the Cylon occupation, while Lee is ordered to protect the civilian fleet with Pegasus. Sharon will lead the rescue party. Meanwhile Starbuck continues to undergo psychological experimentation and torture at the hands Leoben Conoy; the resistance on New Caprica begins to experience serious breaches, and Baltar's alienation from the colonists and his depression become more profound.

Very good episode - but don't bother if you haven't seen its predecessors. Season three won't make much sense watched out of sequence.