Daybreak: Part 2 

A stripped down Galactica attacks the Cylon's Colony ship in the hopes of rescuing Hera. The meaning of the shared dream in the Opera House on Kobol is revealed. Sam Anders is moved in his ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Rymer

Writers:

Ronald D. Moore (developed by), Ronald D. Moore

Stars:

Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama
Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin
Katee Sackhoff	...	Capt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace
Jamie Bamber	...	Lee Adama
James Callis	...	Dr. Gaius Baltar
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Caprica
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon / Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon
Michael Trucco	...	Ensign Samuel Anders
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Leoben Conoy
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster
Kate Vernon	...	Ellen Tigh
Matthew Bennett	...	Aaron Doral

Storyline

A stripped down Galactica attacks the Cylon's Colony ship in the hopes of rescuing Hera. The meaning of the shared dream in the Opera House on Kobol is revealed. Sam Anders is moved in his Hybrid tank to the CIC in the hopes that he will be able to assist the combatants. Their mission complete, Admiral Adama orders Starbuck to pick a destination - any destination - to which the ship can jump to get out of there. With that, the meaning of the tune and the musical notes are explained. Having successfully jumped, the old Galactica has truly reached the end of it's life. A planet capable of sustaining life is found and Lee Adama makes a radical proposal for the future of humankind. In a flash forward far into the future, Hera's importance to the human race is revealed.

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Plot Keywords:

series finale | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

The pigeon in Lee's flashback is a metaphor of Kara.

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Goofs

As the camera pans up over Adama sitting by Laura's grave a small, low to the ground fence can be seen behind him. The area is supposed to be undeveloped and uninhabited.

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Quotes

Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: [frantically trying to enter jump co-ordinates while the Galactica is being dragged into the black hole] There must be some kind of way out of here!

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Alternate Versions

The aired TV Version: 95:52 min NTSC (not including credits) The Extended Version: 103:16 min NTSC (not including credits) Difference: 7 minutes and 24 seconds in 8 scenes. On both DVD and Blu-ray, Parts 1 and 2 can be viewed as one seamless whole that contains 11 minutes and 30 seconds material not in the aired episodes.

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Connections

Referenced in The Big Bang Theory: The Vengeance Formulation (2009)

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Soundtracks

All Along the Watchtower
(uncredited)
Performed by Jimi Hendrix
Written by Bob Dylan

User Reviews

Fantastic

An incredible journey with a cute ending. It makes sense and gives a innocent variant to most sci-fi series. I'm just going to miss no. 6.............

This is possibly the best sci-fi I have ever seen that deals with the issues of today's life. We live in a world of equality and prejudice and many other problems. As an expectant father, I will confidently know that my children will watch this series when they are older to explain and give balance to their perspective on life. This is a series to learn from and is fascinating and reflective, as well as engrossing. I lost the last month watching the complete series, and was continually rewarded with an after reflection with most episodes. A near perfect series.

This is proof that sci-fi can have an educational theme.

Details

Country:

Canada

Release Date:

20 March 2009 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

David Eick Productions, R&D TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1