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Battlestar Galactica

Baltar's Escape

Season 1, Episode 21, Aired Mar 11, 1979

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When Baltar plans his escape with the help of the three Borellians and the Eastern Alliance Enforcers, members of the Council of Twelve are taken hostage, and Adama must give in to the escapees' demands.

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Lloyd Bochner

Commander Leiter
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Ina Balin

Siress Tinia
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Anthony De Longis

Taba

Dirk Benedict

Lieutenant Starbuck
Lorne Greene

Commander Adama
Richard Hatch

Captain Apollo
Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Lieutenant Boomer
John Colicos

Baltar
Anne Lockhart

Lt. Sheba

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Three of the Galactica's worst enemies join forces to escape to Luna 7. The Council of the Twelve call off the long-standing martial law of the fleet, leaving Adama's hands tied as the crisis ensues.moreless

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By Henotheist, Jul 24, 2008

It's nice to see all those familiar faces -- Baltar, the Borellians, and the Eastern Alliance. Ultimately, the joining of these three groups reminds us of how similar they are -- petty, malicious, and without particularly complex worldviews. But there are still some moments of nice conflict between the groups -- Baltar is in many ways outed for the naive coward that he is.

We see some more of the civil-military conflict again, but the 1978 Battlestar Galactica can never manage to pull it off with any nuance similar to the newer series. In this case, the Council has taken control of the fleet again, only to rescind the matter the moment they are (and they are devastatingly) wrong.

The three conniving villain groups add some nice tension to the episode, and the ending took me a little by surprise, so this episode is decidedly a step up from some previous episodes. I look forward to the last three episodes, and discovering whether Terra is Earth, and whether the Eastern Alliance will be as dangerous as the Cylon Empire.moreless
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- Despite not appearing in the opening credits or guest stars, Sheba ( Anne Lockhart) does indeed appear in the episode.
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- Highlights from episode are shown prior to opening credits.
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- Goof: When Adama goes to interrogate the prisoner, the door begins to open before the guard uses the controls to open it.
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- Apollo: (regarding the Alliance commander) I could grow to dislike this man. Starbuck: What do you mean "grow to"?
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- Tigh: Adama, no time to explain. Launch at once! Repeat, launch at once! Adama: It won't work ! Tigh: Adama ! I'm in command ! Launch!
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- Adama: Baltar, put down your arms and surrender. There's no way to escape. Baltar: Hahaha! You're wonderful. I hold a blade to your throat and you give orders.
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- Starbuck: Baltar, Nomen and the Enforcers. At least we have all our enemies in the same place....! Apollo: ..including the Council !
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- Adama: (to Siress Tinia) Colonel Tigh is a very good warrior which, I'm sure, you'll come to realize in time. Siress Tinia: Adama, you are all good warriors but what we need now are good diplomats.
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- Baltar: Well, now, Lt. Boomer! How nice to see you! Too bad Starbuck and Apollo aren't here. I could settle all my debts at once.
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- Borellian: (to Baltar) Your record to date does not exactly inspire confidence. Baltar: I... uhh... had incompetent followers.
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- Adama: If you are the strongest force in the universe, how do you explain the Galactica? Commandant: Your Battlestar is quite impressive. However, it is but a single warship. We will dispatch it as the wolf pack does the bear.
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