"Battlestar Galactica" He That Believeth in Me (2008)

Director:

Michael Rymer

Writers:

Ronald D. Moore (developer)
David Weddle (written by) ...
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TV Series:

"Battlestar Galactica" (2004)

Original Air Date:

4 April 2008 (Season 4, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

During a seemingly hopeless battle, Kara Thrace appears in a pristine Viper, claiming that she has been to Earth and can lead the Fleet there...

Plot Keywords:

Pleading With God | Cylon | Refugee | Civilian Fleet | Guilt

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama
Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin
Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace
Jamie Bamber	...	Lee Adama
James Callis	...	Dr. 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
Michael Trucco	...	Ensign Samuel Anders
Alessandro Juliani	...	Lt. Felix Gaeta
Kandyse McClure	...	Lt. Anastasia Dualla
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster
Ryan Robbins	...	Charlie Connor
Keegan Connor Tracy	...	Jeanne
Leah Cairns	...	Lt. Margaret Edmondson
Jen Halley	...	Ensign Diana 'Hardball' Seelix (as Jennifer Halley)
Colin Corrigan	...	Marine Allan Nowart
Shaun Omaid	...	Shaunt
Leela Savasta	...	Tracey Anne
Lukas Pummell	...	Derrick
Lara Gilchrist	...	Paulla Schaffer
Heather Doerksen	...	Sgt. Brandy Harder

Directed by
Michael Rymer

Writing credits
Ronald D. Moore		(developer)
David Weddle		(written by) &
Bradley Thompson		(written by)
Glen A. Larson		(creator: "Battlestar Galactica")

Produced by
Michael Angeli	....	co-executive producer
David Eick	....	executive producer
Jane Espenson	....	co-executive producer
Harvey Frand	....	producer
Ron French	....	producer (as Ron E. French)
James Halpern	....	associate producer
Glen A. Larson	....	consulting producer
Paul M. Leonard	....	co-producer
Siân McArthur	....	associate producer
Ronald D. Moore	....	executive producer
Michael Rymer	....	producer
Andrew Seklir	....	associate producer
Michael Taylor	....	co-executive producer
Bradley Thompson	....	supervising producer
Mark Verheiden	....	co-executive producer
David Weddle	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Bear McCreary

Cinematography by
Stephen McNutt

Film Editing by
Julius Ramsay

Casting by
Eric Dawson
Carol Kritzer
Robert J. Ulrich

Production Design by
Richard Hudolin

Art Direction by
Doug McLean

Costume Design by
Glenne Campbell

Makeup Department
Ankaraj Eden	....	makeup artist
Hayley Miller	....	makeup artist
Patricia Murray	....	key makeup artist
Nicholas Podbrey	....	special effects makeup coordinator

Production Management
Wayne Rose	....	production manager
Todd Sharp	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stacy Fish	....	first assistant director
Wayne Rose	....	second unit director

Art Department
David Asmodeus	....	props buyer
Lisle Fehlauer	....	set dresser
David Goodman	....	assistant property master
Michael Love	....	assistant property master
Colin Meacham	....	on-set dresser
Mark Prior	....	lead dresser
Lynn Snedden	....	art department coordinator
Maurice Woodworth	....	on-set dresser: second unit
Maurice Woodworth	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Daniel Colman	....	sound designer
Daniel Colman	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Hewett	....	boom operator
Sam C. Lewis	....	adr recordist
Sam C. Lewis	....	foley recordist
Andrew Logan	....	sound recordist
Doug Madick	....	supervising foley artist
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
William D. Ryan	....	special effects best boy

Visual Effects by
Anthony Alvaro	....	visual effects coordinator
Greg Behrens	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Davidson	....	digital artist
Aurore de Blois	....	senior compositor
Doug Drexler	....	CG supervisor
Pierre Drolet	....	cg modeler
Nicholas Elwell	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Mike Gibson	....	visual effects producer (as Michael Gibson)
Gary Hutzel	....	visual effects supervisor
Sean M. Jackson	....	cg artist (as Sean Jackson)
Derek Ledbetter	....	digital compositor
Heather McAuliff	....	digital compositor
Jeffery Quinn	....	effects production assistant
Michael Ross-Lang	....	compositor & matchmove artist
David Takemura	....	visual effects coordinator
Kyle Toucher	....	visual effects shot designer
Kelly Whitfield	....	visual effects production assistant
Ross Woo	....	visual effects coordinator
Chris Wood	....	compositor

Stunts
Leif Havdale	....	stunt double
Mike Mitchell	....	stunt coordinator
Chad Sayn	....	air ram coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Brown	....	grip
Curt Griebel	....	key grip
Lawrence Lau	....	playback operator
Rob MacKenzie	....	lightboard operator
Andrew Mackie	....	key rigging grip
Ryan McMaster	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mike Sankey	....	digital imaging technician
Ted Smith	....	first assistant: second unit
Tim Spencer	....	Steadicam operator/camera operator
Tim Spencer	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jeff Trebenski	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Hannah Cooper	....	casting associate
Sibby Kirchgessner	....	casting associate
Amy Nygaard	....	casting assistant
Tiffany Mak	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Glenna Owen	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Eric Lea	....	visual effects editor
Michael Lim	....	assistant editor
Ian D. Maddox	....	post production supervisor (as Ian Maddox)
Gregg Tilson	....	post production supervisor
Christopher Currall	....	on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Chris Bleth	....	musician: ethnic woodwinds
Richard Gibbs	....	composer: theme music
M.B. Gordy	....	musician: percussion
Steve Kaplan	....	scoring engineer
Brandon Roberts	....	orchestrator
Aaron Roethe	....	composer: additional music
Aaron Roethe	....	scoring coordinator
Martin St. Pierre	....	musician: erhu
Paul Cartwright	....	musician: violin (uncredited)
Dan Rimas	....	music licensing (uncredited)
Laurence Schwarz	....	additional score engineer (uncredited)

Other crew
Stuart Blackie	....	office production assistant
Ian Cairns	....	key production assistant
Maril Davis	....	assistant: Ronald D. Moore
Andrew C. English	....	post production intern
Seamus Kevin Fahey	....	staff writer (as Kevin Fahey)
Jessica Feskun	....	production assistant
Kevin R. Grazier	....	science advisor
Ed Iverson	....	production assistant
Ryan Mottesheard	....	script coordinator
David Reed	....	assistant to writer
Jessica Sawaf	....	assistant to producer
Andrew Seklir	....	title designer: main title
Devin Senft	....	assistant location manager
Amy D'Alessandro	....	titles (uncredited)
Ross Framo	....	computer and video coordinator (uncredited)

Casting by
Liz Dean

Makeup Department
J.P. Mass	....	fabricator
Carole Simcox	....	day-check makeup artist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup designer
Vince Yoshida	....	fabricator

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Trevor Brokop	....	trainee assistant second unit director
Mark D. Currie	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mindy Heslin	....	second assistant director
Mindy Heslin	....	second unit director
Cy Peck	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Clayton Allen	....	set dresser
Jonathan Lancaster	....	assistant set decorator
John Lavoie	....	paint foreman

Sound Department
Julie Altus	....	adr recordist
Robert Carr	....	sound mix technician
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer: Vancouver (various episodes)
Donald Lyles	....	adr mixer
Dennis Petersen	....	sound recordist
Shannon Potter	....	adr recordist
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer

Visual Effects by
Nadine Blackler	....	compositor: Atmosphere VFX
Kristen Branan	....	head of production
Steve Graves	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
James Hibbert	....	modeller
Jeremy Kehler	....	digital compositor
Patrick Killik	....	modeller
Don W. Kim	....	digital compositor
Scott Kingston	....	modeller
Jaye Krebs	....	digital compositor
Mark Lipsmeyer	....	tracker/matchmover: Zoic Studios
George Loucas	....	digital compositor
Geoffrey Mark	....	3D animator
Tannis Mathers	....	digital artist: Atmosphere VFX
Scott Paquin	....	animator
Scott Paquin	....	visual effects generalist
Kevin Quattro	....	digital artist
Emile Edwin Smith	....	digital effects supervisor
R. Matt Smith	....	digital compositor
David Stone	....	render wrangler: Zoic Studios (multiple episodes) (uncredited)

Stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunt performer
Nickolas Baric	....	stunt double
Mark Chin	....	stunt performer
Janina Dall	....	stunt double
Mike Desabrais	....	stunts
Monique Ganderton	....	stunt double
Christopher Gordon	....	stunt double: Lee Adama/Jamie Bamber
Kit Mallet	....	stunts
Phillip Mitchell	....	stunts
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunts
Darryl Quon	....	wire technician
Jeff Sanca	....	stunt performer
Sylvesta Stuart	....	stunt performer
Angela Uyeda	....	stunt double: Grace Park
Clay Virtue	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Carpenter	....	rigging grip
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	camera operator: additional units
Lance White	....	digital video assist operator

Animation Department
Richard A. Payne	....	digital artist
Adrian Van Der Park	....	supervising animator

Casting Department
Andy Henry	....	casting associate: Los Angeles
Garrett McGuire	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katherine Wigzell	....	truck costumer (2005)

Other crew
Zoe Gauvreau	....	production coordinator: second unit
Lee Jeffrey	....	stand-in
Carol Marks-George	....	unit publicist
Robert Murphy	....	production steward
Dianna Musil	....	union representative
Jamie Osborne	....	production assistant
Ryf Van Rij	....	stand-in

Thanks
Todd Fischer	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• David Eick Productions
• R&D TV

Distributors

• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2004) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

Company:

David Eick Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Starbuck's ship is being inspected, the tail number changes from 8757NC (when Chief Tyrol is speaking to Admiral Adama) to 4276NC (2nd shot of Apollo standing on ladder)

Quotes:

Number Six:Yesterday, you were facing execution. Today, you're free. Why the long face?
Dr. Gaius Baltar:Oh, gee, I don't know. From President of the colonies to this. King of fools. Probably best to be hated by everyone than loved by this lot. Doomed to live out the rest of my life in this loony bin. I don't know, that might have something to do with my rather savage mood swings.
Number Six:Relax, Gaius. You think I've brought you this far just to let it end here?
Dr. Gaius Baltar:I need some encouragement. A ray of hope about the future. An inkling.
[...]

I believeth in Battlestar

To the above, so say we all.

One of the ingenuities of Battlestar is the ability to splinter an audience on a particular issue. Evidence is presented and then the choice is up to us as far as who to side with.

But also, a stellar fight sequence, one that perfectly captured the overwhelming nature of space combat to a nugget, lent flash to this episode while Sackhoff, in one of her more emotionally wrenching performances, lent it significant gravitas. They seem to have paved a way for dissension within the Cylon ranks. Will we be witnessing a Cylon war that pits skinjob against toaster. One small guess how that would turn out.

What a way to start a frakkin season.