Crossroads: Part 2
- Episode aired Mar 25, 2007
- TV-14
- 48m
Coincidences creates new alliances aboard Galactica.Coincidences creates new alliances aboard Galactica.Coincidences creates new alliances aboard Galactica.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe famous Bob Dylan song 'All Along the Watchtower' (also famously covered by Jimi Hendrix) was the source for the lines of some of the main characters near the end of the episode: "There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief / There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief." Also "No reason to get excited," as spoken by Anders.
- Quotes
Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama: [at Baltar's Trial] Did the defendant make mistakes? Sure. He did. Serious mistakes. But did he actually commit any crimes? Did he commit treason? No. I mean, it was an impossible situation. When the Cylons arrived, what could he possibly do? What could anyone have done?
[looks at the courtroom audience]
Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama: Ask yourself, what would you have done?
[looks at the judges]
Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama: What would you have done? If he had refused to surrender, the Cylons would have probably nuked the planet right then and there. So did he appear to cooperate with the Cylons? Sure. So did hundreds of others. What's the difference between him and them? The President issued a blanket pardon. They were all forgiven, no questions asked. Colonel Tigh. Colonel Tigh used suicide bombers, killed dozens of people. Forgiven. Lieutenant Agathon and Chief Tyrol. They murdered an officer on the Pegasus. Forgiven. The Admiral. The Admiral instigated a military coup d'état against the President. Forgiven. And me? Well, where do I begin? I shot down a civilian passenger ship, the Olympic Carrier. Over a thousand people on board. Forgiven. I raised my weapon to a superior officer, committed an act of mutiny. Forgiven. And then on the very day when Baltar surrendered to those Cylons, I as commander of Pegasus jumped away. I left everybody on that planet, alone, undefended, for months. I even tried to persuade the Admiral never to return, to abandon you all there for good. If I'd had my way nobody would have made it off that planet. I'm the coward. I'm the traitor. I'm forgiven. I'd say we are very forgiving of mistakes. We make our own laws now; our own justice. And we've been pretty creative in finding ways to let people off the hook for everything from theft to murder. And we've had to be, because... because we're not a civilization anymore. We are a gang, and we are on the run, and we have to fight to survive. We have to break rules. We have to bend laws. We have to improvise. But not this time, no. Not this time. Not for Gaius Baltar. No, you... you have to die, because, well, because we don't like you very much. Because you're arrogant. Because you're weak. Because you're a coward, and we, the mob, want to throw you out of the airlock, because you didn't stand up to the Cylons and get yourself killed in the process. That's justice now. You should have been killed back on New Caprica, but since you had the temerity to live, we're going to execute you now. That's justice. This case... this case is built on emotion, on anger, bitterness, vengeance. But most of all, it is built on shame. It's about the shame of what we did to ourselves back on that planet. It's about the guilt of those of us who ran away. Who ran away. And we're trying to dump all that guilt and all that shame on one man and then flush him out the airlock, and hope that just gets rid of it all. So that we could live with ourselves. But that won't work. That won't work. That's not justice; not to me. Not to me.
- SoundtracksAll Along The Watchtower
Written by Bob Dylan
Adapted, Arranged and Produced by Bear McCreary
Performed by Brendan McKian (as Bt4)
...but... WHAT AN EPISODE!!!! Supersonic shocking! You know... like you listening the heavy storm approaches... and finally "BOOOM!" explodes in your face!
This and the last couple episodes of the final seasons are THE BEST of the entire show. Of course, as you think, the couple FINAL SEASON's episodes would be remarkable... since THERE IS THIS EPISODE! This episode is BY FAR the best of the show. I won't write ANY spoiler - but as someone already wrote... it's worth to see 3 full seasons JUST TO ENJOY THIS episode!
....What can I say... "Battlestar Galactica" is THE BEST show to me... I've seen the entire 4 seasons + all films + all web episodes for (at least) 12 times!!!! I can't get enough of it! Its a shocking TV show, with A LOT "messages", a lot mind food to think, it's a more than a TV show - its PHILOSOPHY !
"There must be some kind of way outta here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Business men, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None will level on the line Nobody offered his word..."
(Oh boy... how they managed to INCLUDE a SO PERFECT, a LEGENDARY song from Jimmy Hendrix, into this amazing plot???)
- r-fronimides
- Jul 11, 2020
Details
- Runtime48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1