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| “Crossroads” | |||||||
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| Battlestar Galactica episode | |||||||
| 250px The "Final Five" Cylon models are shown in a shared dream between Roslin, Athena, and Caprica-Six. The identities of four of them are revealed at the end of the second part of the episode. |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 19 and 20 |
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| Written by | Michael Taylor (Part 1) & Mark Verheiden (Part 2) | ||||||
| Directed by | Michael Rymer | ||||||
| Guest stars | Chelah Horsdal Mark Sheppard |
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| Production no. | 319 and 320 | ||||||
| Original airdate | March 18, 2007 March 25, 2007 |
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"Crossroads" is a two-part sseason finale that comprises the nineteenth and twentieth episodes of the third season of science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica. Neither episode begins with a survivor count of humans in the Fleet.
The episode takes place near the Ionian Nebula, which is speculated within the Fleet to be another marker left by the "Thirteenth Tribe" to Earth. At the same time, Gaius Baltar (James Callis) is on trial for treason for collaborating with the Cylons in the second season finale, "Lay Down Your Burdens". As they approach the nebula, four Fleet officers, Colonel Saul Tigh (Michael Hogan), Ensigns Diana Seelix (Jen Halley) and Samuel Anders (Michael Trucco) and presidential aide Tory Foster (Rekha Sharma) begin to hear snippets of the song "All Along the Watchtower". At the end of the episode, while pursued by the Cylons, they convene together and realise that they themselves are part of the mysterious "Final Five" Cylons.
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Plot
Production
The concept of a trial is a concept visited previously in the first season episode "Litmus". The production team discussed whether a Law & Order format would work for Battlestar Galactica, and appreciated the first cut. Baltar's trial in particular was originally going to take place after the episode "Rapture". After negotiation with a skeptical Sci Fi Channel, the trial was changed to a long arc comprising the latter half of the third season.[1]
Several scenes were cut from the trial portion of the episode. Originally Lee Adama would come into possession of a tape from the Fleet's black market of Baltar executing Sagittarions, who were focused upon in the episode "The Woman King", ostensibly due to malice. Near the end of the first part of the episode, Lee would have been given the tape, and the second part would reveal that Baltar's actions would be comparable to the film Lawrence of Arabia - the Sagittarions had been hoarding food, and Baltar had to execute some of them to pacify the Cylons. The plot line was cut very late, and thus meant that several episodes needed to be refilmed.[1]
The secondary purpose of the trial was to showcase the characteristics and emotion of several characters. Tigh killing his wife haunted his dreams, and made him unstable. Lee's resignation and commitment to defending Baltar changed the character's previously obedient, militaristic character. Both these problems thus angered Adama in the trial. Laura was reasserted as a intuitive politician, committed to seeing Baltar convicted and to facing the problem of her cancer head-on.[1]
A large part of the first episode reintroduces President Roslin. Moore added several scenes with Roslin after her actor, Mary McDonnell, thought that the audience had lost touch with her character. Moore agreed, and her relapse into cancer was added to the script as Moore felt the show wasn't been pushed enough, and wanted to reintroduce the "dying leader" premise of the character. The first episode would've ended with Laura saying "I have cancer", but editing pushed the scene back from the episode.[1]
Music
- See also: All Along the Watchtower
Reception
Mary McDonnell and Jamie Bamber submitted this episode for consideration in the categories of "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" and "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" on their respective behalves for the 2007 Emmy Awards. Similarly, Mark Sheppard also submitted this episode for consideration of his work in the category of "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series".[2]
External links
References
- ^ a b c d Ronald D. Moore, Terry Dresbach. Crossroads, Part 1 SciFi.com Podcast accessed on 2008-02-26.
- ^ 2007 Emmys CONFIRMED Episode Submissions. The Envelope Forum, Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-06-18.
