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felt that the episode "worked on a number of levels: There was the slow-building mystery of what the rebels were actually up to – the tension slowly ratcheted up as various facets of their plan were revealed. Despite all the slam-bang action – which was expertly directed by John Dahl – the episode
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praised how the episode "showed, again and again, characters using the mutiny as an excuse to settle old scores, or, even worse, to let off all of the steam that's built up over this awful four-year journey" and appreciated that the writers acknowledged through Lee "one of the few characters who
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Total viewership dropped significantly again for this episode. Total viewership dropped to just 1.560 million same-day viewers, down from 1.717 million total viewers the week before and 2.1 million same-day viewers for the Season 4.5 premiere two weeks earlier.
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in order for her to use Baltar's wireless transmitter to address the fleet and bring the people back into order; afterwards they join up by coincidence with Admiral Adama and Tigh. Together they make their way to Storage Bay Two, from where
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destroyed. Saul Tigh and Admiral Adama defend the storage bay from where the Raptor took off, only to be attacked by rebel marines. Both Tigh and Adama's fates, as well as that of the Raptor, remain uncertain at the end of the episode.
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notices the uprising, and tries to get confirmation on what is happening, but is denied the information, being repelled on the grounds of her status being unknown after the events of "
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technology to triple its reach in searching for a final home. Felix Gaeta, betrayed by Cylons on several occasions, vehemently opposes the plan. Finally, he makes a pact with
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Alone in the storage bay, Baltar and Roslin come back closer together. They finally realize that they have more in common than it seemed all along. Roslin makes it off the
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are taken hostage and sent to the brig as well. Adama and Tigh manage to overwhelm their captors and break free. Lee Adama and Capt. Thrace help
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still has a relatively clean conscience" and that Gaeta and Zarek have a point about the Cylon alliance. Maureen Ryan of the
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the reason for letting Zarek go. In the meantime, Gaeta organizes a full scale mutiny on-board
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has promised to take the Admiral and the President into safety on the rebel Cylon basestar.
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threaded through a critique of Adama and Roslin's methods and actions."
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Crupi, Anthony. "Sci Fi's 'Battlestar' Gets Time-Shifted Boost."
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13th episode of the 4th season of Battlestar Galactica
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Index

Battlestar Galactica

John Dahl
Mark Verheiden
Richard Hatch
Tom Zarek
Sebastian Spence
A Disquiet Follows My Soul
Blood on the Scales
Battlestar Galactica season 4
List of episodes
Battlestar Galactica
faster-than-light drives
Cylon
Tom Zarek
Admiral Adama
Kara Thrace
Sometimes a Great Notion
Narcho
Lee Adama
Samuel Anders
Karl Agathon
Sharon Agathon
Caprica Six
Saul Tigh
President Laura Roslin
Gaius Baltar
Galen Tyrol
Raptor
The Star-Ledger

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