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Written by: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson
Directed by: Jeff Woolnough

Cast

Tricia Helfer (Number Six)
Mary McDonell (Laura Roslin)
Katee Sackhoff (Kara "Starbuck" Thrace)
James Callis (Gaius Baltar)
Grace Park (Sharon "Boomer" Valerii)
Edward James Olmos (William Adama)
Jamie Bamber (Lee "Apollo" Adama)

Plot Summary

Episode Recap

On Caprica, the reincarnated Number Six and Sharon Valerii are hailed as "Heroes of the Cylon" for the key roles they played in the near-destruction of the human race.

But these are tortured heroes. Six's thoughts are haunted by Baltar, just as she haunts his thoughts on the Galactica. Sharon, meanwhile, has so fervently embraced her love for Tyrol and the fake human memories the Cylons created for her undercover mission, that the Cylon leadership, D'Anna and Doral, are thinking of "boxing" her: putting her consciousness into permanent cold storage, a living death.

Elsewhere on Caprica, the human resistance, under the leadership of Kara Thrace's lover, Samuel Anders, is preparing to strike a savage blow, however futile it might ultimately be, against the Cylon occupation. As the fates of Caprica Sharon and Sam Anders converge, the future of two peoples hinges upon an arbitrary twist of fate.

On the Galactica, the captive Sharon gives premature birth to Hera, the child she conceived with Helo. As the infant fights for her life, she becomes the focus of intrigue. President Roslin and the Cylons hidden within the fleet scheme against each other for control of the newborn girl, and to determine whether she will become a symbol of hope ... or a harbinger of human extinction.

Remarkable Scenes:

- Caprica Six being reborn.
- Caprica Six having an imaginary Baltar in her head.
- Original Boomer being reborn.
- The Cylon Centurions planting trees. Hilarious.
- Original Boomer freaking out to Caprica Six, angry about what she did and who she is.
- Caprica Six scratching her own face when Original Boomer broke the glass picture of her "parents" as a way to get Original Boomer to elicit sympathy among her own kind.
- Anders regarding the humanoid Cylons: "When they download, they remember everything. Right up until the end. These skin jobs are gonna remember being blown into tiny little pieces. ... Sooner or later the message sinks in. There is no safe place, not even a cafe. So if you wanna quit living through hell and dying over and over again then get the frak off my planet."
- Caprica Six telling Original Six about her relationship with Baltar and Original Six informing her that Baltar is still alive aboard Galactica.
- Helo regarding the birth of his and Boomer's child: "Almost makes you want to believe in the Cylon god. Almost."
- Anders shooting at the Cylon Centurion that noticed his bomb shortly before the bomb exploded, taking out the centurion.
- I like how Anders thanked the Cylons for digging him out of the rubble.
- D'Anna, as she's about to kill Anders: "Humans don't respect life the way we do."
- Caprica Six: "Sharon and I. We're celebrities in a culture based on unity."
- Caprica Six killing D'Anna.
- Caprica Six and Original Boomer letting Anders go.

Additional Notes

- If you count the pilot miniseries as four episodes (for its 180 minute runtime), as of this episode, BSG 2003 has exceeded the number of episodes of BSG 1978 and BSG 1980 combined.

- This episode takes place nine months after the miniseries.

- This episode establishes that Caprica Six died in Baltar's house, protecting him from the windstorm created by a nearby nuclear blast. She probably got struck in the head by debris or something, then Baltar probably fled the house.

- D'Anna claims that the Cylon attack on the colonies was successful even beyond their most optimistic projections.

- Survivors, according to the main title: 49579.

- This episode establishes that the D'Anna Cylon model is model number 3.

- This episode establishes that the Doral Cylon model is number 5.

- This episode establishes that the Boomer Cylon model is number 8.

- Anders refers to humanoid Cylons as "skin jobs" in this episode. This is a reference to the film "Blade Runner."

- Boomer has named her child Hera.

- The musical theme played when Six hallucinates Baltar is actually the music that is played when Baltar hallucinates Six in reverse.