Collaborators

"Collaborators" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 3, Episode 5
Writer(s)	Mark Verheiden
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Director	Michael Rymer
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Production No.	305
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US airdate	2006-10-27
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Population	41,435 survivors
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Exodus, Part II	Collaborators	Torn
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Overview

The Circle, a secret tribunal on Galactica, decides the fate of Jammer and other Colonials who aided the Cylons during the occupation of New Caprica.

Summary

• James Lyman is brought before The Circle. He is found guilty of treason, the punishment for which is death. Despite his pleas and an attempt to convince Galen Tyrol to spare him, for Lyman freed Cally Tyrol from the Cylon death squad (Precipice), The Circle carries out Lyman's punishment and ejects him from the Galactica by depressurizing the launch tube they lock him in.
• After Lyman's execution, Tyrol talks to his wife about how she escaped. While she claims to not have thought about the incident since, she tells him that she thinks one "of those goons" set her free.
• Gaius seems to be on Colonial One sitting in a chair in front of Tigh, Roslin, and Admeral Adama as they talk about how there was little he could do with the situation he had on New Caprica and that he is forgiven with Chip Six appearing and saying they are being to lenient with him and talking about his betrayal of the human race and Admeral Adama actually seems to hear her. Laura Roslin begins to tell Gaius how much she wants him in a provactive manor and he relizes its a dream awaken as she kisses him. Baltar finds himself naked on a red couch on a cylon basestar. Guarded by centurians he has no where to go and finds he only has a robe to wear.
• Laura Roslin on Colonial one talks with Tom Zarek and questions what he will do. Zarek plans to recovine the Quorum of Twelve, put Roslin's name in for nomination to vice president and then step down returning the presidency to her. She assumes for this act he wants something, and all he asks is to not be left on the outside. To reward him for his actions on standing up to Gaius Baltar on New Caprica she promisses him the Vice Presidency.
• Felix Gaeta enters the still damaged CIC to help with repairs to communication and Tigh see's him and vocally demands for him to leave since he was a collaberator. Helo annouces he's hear on the Admeral's orders, but Tigh continues to protest loudly until Admeral Adama appears and takes him out of the room to talk to him about resting so he will be ready, something that Tigh thinks he doesn't need.
• The Circle reconvines and mentiones they have a three day time limit to dole out justice and begins reviewing possible collaberators and voting on guilt or innocence on treason. Eventually they come to the file on Gaeta and four of the members voting for guilty and Anders refusing to vote on lack of actual hard evidence of him being guilty. Cheif Tyroll refuses to vote if they do not have a sixth to even them out.
• In the mess hall Gaeta is treated as persona non grata and left to eat alone until Kara Thrace comes to sit at his table and begins to talk to him, kindly at first, before digging into him for not doing anyhting to help her or the insurgency. Gaeta counters by brining up his status as the inside man, mentioning the dog dish being flipped over being his signel.
• A Number Three comes to visit Baltar and tells him that he has been out for 3 days and offers him a bottle of pills. She then explains that his presence on a basestar has caused a conflict between seven of the models. With three voting for him to be allowed to remain, while three vote for him to be removed. The only model that hasn't come to a consensus are the Sixes.
• Lee and Bill Adama are talking about the status and Lee brings up the fact that over the past few days 13 people have just disappeared after being confirmed as survivors of the Exodus.
• The Circle brings in Kara to be the replacement sixth vote of the jury and she looks at the file on Gaeta and after just seeing the list votes guilty leaving Cheif Tyrol as the only hold out. Anders comes in and requests time to his wife. The scence then splits between the other members of the circle trying to convice Tyrol that Gaeta is guilty and Anders trying to explain that this isn't justice but Kara rebuffs him saying that she feels like she has to hurt someone for what happened to her and if he stay's near her it will be him. The Cheif eventually folds and votes guilty.

• Gaeta is convicted after Tyrol is pressured into giving the deciding vote. In the launch tube, he reveals to the Circle that he was Tyrol's source.
• Laura Roslin is re-inaugurated as the President of the Twelve Colonies, and issues a decree of amnesty against all alleged collaborators, after it is revealed that former President Tom Zarek authorized the trials and sentences conducted by the Circle.
• Still outcast, Gaeta is reinstated in the Colonial Fleet. In the mess hall, Tyrol later dines with Gaeta after Roslin issues her decree. Both eat in silence as the other crew members are taken aback by the act.

Questions

• Will there be another organization in the Fleet that will continue where The Circle left off?
• What of Lee Adama, Anastasia Dualla and other officers of Pegasus? How will these redundacies be dealt with?
• Why is Charlie Connor aboard Galactica? Outside of The Circle, what was his purpose on Galactica, seeing as he is not a past crew member?
• Will any of The Circle's members or Zarek face charges, or will they be pardoned by Roslin's government for what they had done?
• Now that the Cylons seem to have accepted Gaius Baltar, at least begrudgingly, what will happen to him?
• What happened to those who were left behind on New Caprica?

Analysis

• Lee mentioned that he lost "half a stone" reffering to his weight. A stone is a unit of weight used mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland that is equivalent to 14 pounds.

Notes

• This episode marks the resumption of the Survivor count. There has been a net loss of 8,115 people since the beginning of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
  • Survivor Count for this episode is 41,435.
• Laura Roslin resumes the Presidency in this episode.

Noteworthy Dialogue

Lee Adama: I've got a date with a jump rope. Hey, I've lost half a stone.

William Adama: Keep jumpin'.