Battlestar Galactica: Home (2)

April 15th, 2008

Season 2, Episode 7

Battlestar Galactica: Home (2)

Synopsis

On Kobol, a landing party of Roslin, Lee, Starbuck, Helo, Athena, Zarek, Meier, and others wander up a wooded mountain toward the Tomb of Athena. Meanwhile, aboard Galactica, Adama studies sacred texts, searching the location of the tomb. He decides to travel to Kobol personally and heal the rift between him and Roslin. Meanwhile, Zarek and Meier intend to kill Lee.

Athena believes two distant mountains are the Gates of Hera which should be the tomb’s location. Athena tells Helo that she shares all of Boomer’s memories.

Meier decides to use Athena during his attempt on Lee’s life. He tells Athena that Boomer was murdered by a human crew member and the crew let it happen.

Adama, Billy, and Chief arrive. Adama is glad to see Lee, Roslin, and Starbuck, but goes into a rage when Athena appears. He chokes her, saying “I want you to die,” but has chest pains and can’t finish the deed.

Athena tells Helo what happened to Boomer. She says she won’t let anyone kill their baby.

They find the entrance to the tomb the next day. Suddenly, Athena pulls a gun on Adama, and Meier pulls a gun on Lee. But Athena shoots Meier instead. She tells Adama that she is not Boomer, makes her own choices, and not acting on behalf of the Cylons.

Inside the tomb are broken statues representing the twelve tribes. Starbuck places the Arrow of Apollo into the archer’s bow. The twelve constellations of the zodiac appear, showing the star pattern if one were standing on Earth. Lee notes the Lagoon Nebula in the constellation Scorpio.

Back aboard Galactica, Adama gives a speech reuniting the Galactica with the rest of the fleet.

On Galactica, Baltar doesn’t understand how he can father a child with Head Six, and begins to doubt her existence. Laughing, Head Six tells him there is no Cylon chip in his brain and he’s just crazy. Baltar asks Dr. Cottle to do an MRI to look for a “Cylon implant.” Nothing is found.

Later, Baltar sees Helo talking to Athena about their child. Head Six says this is the child Baltar must protect. She claims to be an angel sent to protect Baltar until the end of the human race.

Thoughts

Although Athena demonstrate her loyalty to the humans in a big way, she’ll have to do this repeatedly in future episodes, and even then, isn’t trusted for quite some time.

There’s an amusing mix of religion and mythology developing. The twelve tribes recall the twelve tribes of Israel, and their constellations are equivalents to the twelve zodiac symbols. There are also references to Greek mythology, in the names Hera, Apollo, and Athena.

Next Episode: Final Cut
Previous Episode: Home (1)

Please subscribe to the Webomatica RSS Feed!