Season 1, Episode 13

Battlestar Galactica: Kobol’s Last Gleaming (2)

Synopsis

A raptor with Baltar, Chief, Callie, Seelix, and others has crashed on Kobol. Baltar narrowly escapes the burning spaceship and collapses into the tall grass. He dreams that Head Six leads him into a grand, ornate opera house. Six tells him that he must be a guardian and protector of the next generation of gods, and this new member will be joining them soon. She leads him to a baby in a cradle.

On Caprica, Sharon tells Helo that a ruined museum holds the Arrow of Apollo which points to earth. Sharon also tells him she’s pregnant with their child. Starbuck, in the raider, evades the Cylon fleet surrounding Caprica using the transponder. She lands outside the same museum Sharon and Helo are near. Inside, Starbuck finds the arrow of Apollo but is attacked by a Cylon Six model. Starbuck fights off the Cylon. She is shocked to find Helo still alive, and doubly so to see Sharon, as Boomer is still on Galactica. Starbuck realizes Sharon is a Cylon, and is then truly disturbed to learn of Sharon’s pregnancy.

On Galatica, angry about Starbuck jumping to Caprica, Adama asks for Roslin’s resigntation. She counters this would amount to a military coo. Adama orders a strike team to board Colonial One.

With Starbuck AWOL, Adama asks Boomer to fire a nuke at the Cylon basestar, using a transponder to get the raptor through Cylon defenses. Boomer agrees.

As Roslin prepares her staff, three raptors with armed soldiers approach and board Colonian One. Tigh and Lee come aboard to place Roslin under arrest. At the last moment, Lee pulls a gun on Tigh, who is shocked by this insubordination. Roslin surrenders, ending the standoff.

Sharon and another crewmember approach the basestar. They try to fire the nuke but its firing mechanism is jammed. Sharon decides to land the raptor inside the basestar and detonate the nuke within. They fly through a long tunnel to a landing area. Boomer exits Raptor to set the nuke up manually. She sees a cadre of Sharon models walking towards her. At this point, Boomer (finally) realizes her true Cylon nature. Frightened, Boomer boards the ship and flies away from the basestar. The nuke explodes, destroying the basestar.

Back on Galactica, Commander Adama congratulates Sharon and the other crewmember on a mission well done. Sharon pulls out a gun and shoots Commander Adama in the chest.

Thoughts

This was a great season finale. Several plot threads are tying up while others collapse, setting the stage for season two.

It looks like Helo and Sharon will finally escape Caprica, with Starbuck’s help. Helo can’t kill Sharon because she’s pregnant with his child, which is daring - the character will surely to return to Galactica and have to deal with angry humans and her clone, Boomer.

A Cylon / human hybrid baby was hinted at in 33, when Six shares with Baltar a desire to have a child. Now that Sharon is pregnant, this will definitely come true. This seems to be part of the Cylon plan to bring Sharon and Helo together to fall in love.

This season finale is a real cliff hanger. Adama has been mortally wounded, Sharon is pregnant, characters are split between Caprica and Kobol, the President and Lee are at odds with the military, Adama is pissed at Lee, and Boomer is revealed as a Cylon to the fleet at large. As we see in the season two finale and season three finale, this is par for the course as far as Battlestar Galactica is concerned.

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