Crossroads, Part 2

Season 3, Episode 19, Aired
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Col. Tigh attempts to decipher the strange music he is hearing in his head while Baltar's trial comes to a conclusion.''''Key members of the fleet discover that they may be the Final Five Cylons.
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  • Crossroads, Part 2

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    By TrueTvWatcher, Jan 22, 2012 Report Abuse
    Crossroads, Part 2 was an absolutely perfect episode and season three finale of Battlestar Galactica. I really enjoyed watching this entertaining episode because it was riveting, suspenseful, dramatic, and full of revelations, surprises, and mixed feelings. There was a ton of character development and the actors played their parts amazingly. In Baltar's trial and verdict there was a lot of interesting points brought to the surface. This episode was very awesome for hinting or false flagging us into believing we know who the other Cylons may be. I did find it interesting that those who heard the mysterious "mucis" all assembled together in a room, though they were only four. Meanwhile President Roslin had another vision involving Hera, Athena, and Caprica Six which was interesting. The ending was really superb and what I'll call Bad#$$ because of the Space Zoom Out Scene where we see the Colonial Fleet in or near the Nebula they jumped to with the Cylon Fleet in pursuit, and it sort of reminded me of the days when I drooled over Goa'uld Mother Ships closing in on SG-1 or their allies. The Cylon ships are beautiful, and seeing them in space is peaceful and they just seem so shiny and clean! I feel every thing is connected some how and I look forward to finding out by watching the next season!!!!!!!!!moreless

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  • Battlestar Galactica is close to the nebula that separates the ship from the final road to earth. In the final 5 we'll find 4 members of the crew. Who is the 5th? Is truth what Lee sees from his ship? Is Starbuck alive? She might be the final cylon?moreless

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    By radugrigorebox, Dec 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    Battlestar Galactica went big like always. So we have to wait for season 4 to see what the final 5 will choose to do. Who is the last member of the final 5? Is it Starbuck? They will find earth? How is earth? Is a modern civilization, or a dead world? Oh, it will be a long year. So many questions and so few answers. If this season 4 it will be the last, I only hope that all our questions will have an answer. This final episode makes you scream of frustration but surely make wait the next season toomoreless

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  • Contains many, many spoilers!

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    By GavinGibbons, Aug 27, 2011 Report Abuse
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    What an episode. when the four characters heared the music running up to this finale, i thought it could be rationalised logically, that we would get a cop-out theory... i was wrong. I loved it when Sanders, the presidents aid, Tigh and Chief walked into that room together and they know what and who they are. Everything that they stood for means-nothing now!!! i remember back to the episode where Dean Stockwell is introduced as a priest to help chief, who is having nightmares of killing himself and he jokes "you're not a cylon because i've never seen you at our meetings" Classic episode. i guessed only Sanders to be a cylon but never Tigh or the others!moreless

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  • What an episode...

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    By Parricida, Aug 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    I have no words.. that was just a wow episode.. first it took some time as it really looked like it was going to be about Baltar trial and the culmination will arrive with the verdict what was just looking so much like going to be not quilty - who will kill Baltar if the serie is still continuing?

    And I most say the whole thing with the music and the four people hearing it - I sadly got it in last episode after my sister gave me a hint that call her when radio starts playing and then I did some counting and came out with thought - Tory Foster is cylon.. and then the all other came.. and oh.

    But this episode was just stunning.. the last minutes - the whole action - power out, those four meeting, or the scene when president, Sharon and Number Six where all on that illusion.. and the last scene.. Starbuck.. oo.. that was brilliant one.

    Again - they know how to make season endings..moreless

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  • One of the best of the season. After a slow start this season finishes off where the other two seasons began.

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    By kingrich06, Aug 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    Seems like a lot of shows especially drama type has cliff hangers at the end of a season to keep interest up until the next season. Battlestar Galactica is no different, I would have to say not only I was surprised on what happened on Galactica with Baltar's court proceedings, there was plenty of excitement outside of the ship. Another storyline we were led to until this point was the mysteries of the final five cylons skin job. I was very surprised with the turn of events in this storyline and looking forward to more. This one is worth watching all the way from beginning to the end.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • After the conversation between Tigh and Adama regarding the music that Tigh was hearing, Tigh says, "There must be some kind of way out of here." This is a line from "All Along the Watchtower," the song that is featured in this episode. Edit

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    • This is the first episode of the series to feature background music in which English-language lyrics ("All Along the Watchtower") are used. Edit
    • Jamie Bamber guest starred in an episode of Cold Case, titled "Blood on the Tracks," that aired five weeks before this episode. Bob Dylan's song "All Along the Watchtower" was featured in both episodes. (Bob Dylan's original version was used in the episode of Cold Case.) Edit
    • Bear McCreary's newly composed theme underlying the lyrics of "All Along the Watchtower" is repeated throughout the episode using electric sitar, harmoniums, duduk, yialli tanbur and electric violin. At the end of the episode, Steve Bartek plays the theme on an electric guitar, tuned down to C# minor. (The lowest string on a guitar -- in terms of pitch -- is normally tuned to an E note.) Edit

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    • Lee: Did the defendant (Baltar) make mistakes? Sure. He did. Serious mistakes. But did he actually commit any crimes? Did he commit treason? No. I mean, it was an impossible situation. When the Cylons arrived, what could he possibly do? What could anyone have done? (looks at the courtroom audience) I mean, ask yourself, what would you have done? (looks at the judges) What would you have done? If he had refused to surrender, the Cylons would have probably nuked the planet right then and there. So did he appear to cooperate with the Cylons? Sure. So did hundreds of others. What's the difference between him and them? The President issued a blanket pardon. They were all forgiven, no questions asked. Colonel Tigh. Colonel Tigh used suicide bombers, killed dozens of people. Forgiven. Lt. Agathon and Chief Tyrol. They murdered an officer on the Pegasus. Forgiven. The Admiral. The Admiral instituted a military coup d'etat against the President. Forgiven. And me? Well, where do I begin? I shot down a civilian passenger ship, the Olympic Carrier. Over a thousand people on board. Forgiven. I raised my weapon to a superior officer, committed an act of mutiny. Forgiven. And then on the very day when Baltar surrendered to those Cylons, I as commander of Pegasus jumped away. I left everybody on that planet alone, undefended for months. I even tried to persuade the Admiral never to return, to abandon you all there for good. If I'd had my way, nobody would have made it off that planet. I'm the coward. I'm the traitor. I'm forgiven. I'd say we're very forgiving of mistakes. We make our own laws now, our own justice. And we've been pretty creative in finding ways to let people off the hook for everything from theft to murder. And we've had to be, because... because we're not a civilization anymore. We are a gang, and we're on the run, and we have to fight to survive. We have to break rules. We have to bend laws. We have to improvise. But not this time, no. Not this time. Not for Gaius Baltar. (to Baltar) No, you... you have to die, you have to die because, well, because we don't like you very much. Because you're arrogant. Because you're weak. Because you're a coward, and we the mob, we want to throw you out the airlock, because you didn't stand up to the Cylons and get yourself killed in the process. That's justice now. You should have been killed back on New Caprica, but since you had the temerity to live, we're going to execute you now. That's justice. (murmuring in the courtroom) Judge Franks: Order. Order! Lee: This case... this case is built on emotion, on anger, bitterness, vengeance. But most of all, it is built on shame. It's about the shame of what we did to ourselves back on that planet. (looks at Adama) It's about the guilt of those of us who ran away. Who ran away. And we're trying to dump all that guilt and all that shame onto one man and then flush him out the airlock, and hope that that just gets rid of it all. So that we could live with ourselves. But that won't work. That won't work. That's not justice, not to me. Not to me. Edit
    • Chief Tribunal Judge Franks: Like everything human, justice is imperfect. It's flawed. But it's those very imperfections that separates us from the machines, and maybe even makes us a species worth saving. Edit
    • Baltar: (referring to Gaeta) Look, it's, it's no secret. Lampkin: Quiet -- Baltar: The whole fleet knows this man tried to stab me through the neck -- and you missed! Butterfingers! Edit

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    • The song featured at the end of the episode is Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," first released in 1967 as a sparse folk song featuring acoustic guitar and Dylan's harmonica solos. Perhaps the most well-known of the many cover versions of the song is that of Jimi Hendrix in 1968. He transformed the song with his famous electric guitar solos and emotional singing. The version heard in the episode is a new arrangement from series composer Bear McCreary. Edit

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