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Scattered (1)

Season 2, Episode 1, Aired Jul 15, 2005

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Colonel Tigh takes over the command of the Galactica due to Adama's critical injuries. A Cylon attack forces the fleet to make an emergency jump. A miscalculation causes the Galactica to be separated from the rest of the fleet. On Kobol, Tyrol and Cally risk their lives to retrieve medicine for one of their wounded colleagues.moreless

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Warren Christie

Tarn
GUEST STAR
Michael Tayles

Flyboy
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Nicholas Treeshin

Sergeant Watkins

Katee Sackhoff

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Mary McDonnell

Laura Roslin
Jamie Bamber

Lee "Apollo" Adama
Tricia Helfer

Number Six
James Callis

Gaius Baltar
Grace Park

Sharon "Boomer" Valerii

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Scattered

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By TrueTvWatcher, Jan 14, 2012

Scattered was a perfect and awesome first episode of the second season of Battlestar Galactica and I really enjoyed watching this episode because there was so much action, drama and character development. Things pick up right where they left off with Adama being shot by a Cylon sleeper agent, Starbuck and Helo on Caprica, and the survivors of a Raptor crash on Kobol fighting for their lives. It was great to see Colonel Tigh take command and how on edge people were. This was very well done. Also a lot of development for the Cylons. I certainly look forward to watching the next episode and rest of the season!!!!!!!!!moreless
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The one where: it all goes wrong.

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By MovieMark, Oct 12, 2011

This was one tough episode for Tigh. With the commander on the brink of death, it's up to his XO, who isn't exactly known for his out of the box thinking, to take charge. And the first thing he does is lose the entire fleet. Things go from bad to holy-frak-how-will-they-ever-come-back-from-this worse. The hour just piles and piles on the bad, I was tense from start to finish.
It's interesting to note that Boomer completely forgot having ever shot the old man. I'm glad Tigh didn't kill her, cos despite everything, she's still one of the most intriguing aspects of the show. Tigh's assault on Boomer was pretty tough to watch though; I think it had more so to do with the fact she was already fairly injured from her attempted suicide. Does she have the ability for change like her caprica counterpart? Speaking of said cylon, where did she flee off to? I'm also glad Starbuck didn't kill Sharon. But it was a terrific moment when Helo tries to calm his best pal down.
We have another planet to hop to in between Caprica and the fleet – Kobal. Crashdown's inexperience causes him to split up his group and lose one of his men to a cylon attack (fairly gruesomely, i might add). It won't be long now before he loses another due to his incompetence as a leader. I wonder if tyrol will hand him his ass? I hope so!
Dee, and the rest of the Battlestar crew, may have been slightly relieved that Gaeta's daring plan to sync up with the fleet worked, but we still have a commander who is dying, some pretty important people stranded on a cylon-occupied planet and, oh yeah, a cylon trojan horse they have no clue about.
Gods, I love this show.moreless
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More action and drama.

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By kingrich06, Jun 17, 2011

This episode is more like a part three to the last two episodes as it continues the storyline as if no time passed between episodes like previous ones. I like how the flight deck mechanics are the ones to be the grunts in this episode along with Baltar lead by an inexperienced Lieutenant. It really shows that is the Commander is the father then the XO is the mother, and Tigh runs the ship but not suited for his own command. Losing the rest of the fleet shows how one little mistake can cause lives. Spoiler: At least everyone knows Adama is alive.moreless
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Great acting. Good drama. Still waiting for the larger plot to keep unfolding.

7.8

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By Dimsum108, Jun 17, 2011

And now Battlestar Galactica falls into the trap into which so many fine shows have fallen with their season premieres: how do you resolve all of the major cliffhangers of last season while establishing the conflicts and themes of the current season, all while still leaving the story open enough to bring in new viewers. With Scattered, Galactica pulls through O.K. With the cliffhanger resolutions, yes, leaving the main character shot for dead over a summer is one of the hoariest devices in TV cliffhangers (J.R.? 1980?), and, no, leaving Adama in a critical condition holding pattern for the episode was not particular effective or ingenious, but the other stories did move into some interesting places here.moreless
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Listening to the birds.

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By kickdoor, Jun 17, 2011

I liked that things started back right where they left off with the season 1 finale. Apollo's screams as he's dragged off to the brig cut to the bone and the lost look on Sharon's face as she tries to come to terms with what just happened was played perfectly.

Even though I knew it was coming, Tigh taking command of the fleet still had me nervous. The little flashbacks we got of his past didn't help to build faith in his abilities to lead either. I like that he at least realizes his own faults(even if he won't admit them when anyone else is around). And when he tells an unconscious Adama that he should have never brought him back I was moved by his honesty.

There was a little suspension of disbelief needed for the missing fleet storyline. Just seems like Gaeta would have the old FTL coordinates written down or something and they could just jump to the old position, punch 'em in, and be back with the fleet before the Cylons even noticed them. Or on the flip side, if they needed to update the coordinates, wouldn't it be likely that by using the outdated ones the rest of the fleet would've ended up jumping into a planet or a star or an asteroid field? But regardless of that, the ensuing firefight with the Basestar was pretty cool. Just the sheer amount of ordinance going off was impressive. Similar to how I imagine WW2 aerial battles would have been, with flak exploding everywhere and a feeling of complete disorientation.

I enjoyed the scenes on Kobol the most I think. Even though the whole, "We gotta check the supplies...Oh no, we left some supplies!" thing felt forced it did lead to a great scene. The shootout between Chief, Callie, Tarn and the Cylons again reminded me of something out of a war film it was so intense. The way the Cylon bullets ripped up the ground made them seem especially vicious, I like when effects really add something to a scene instead of take away from it. Callie was also impressive(I never mentioned it but she was one of the better parts of Bastille Day), with her teeth clenched and lips snarled as she fired desperately and hopelessly into the trees. I also loved how she had to be the one to get them moving after Tarn died.

If their setups to story lines were as good as the story lines themselves, I'd have very little to complain about. Not that I have that much now though.moreless
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- Colonel Tigh: (to Adama, who is in a coma) I don't want a command. I never did. Don't you dare die on me now.
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- Starbuck: Bitch took my ride.
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- Nicki Clyne (Specialist Cally Henderson), who had been listed in the end credits for previous episodes, appears in the secondary credits after the main title with the other recurring stars. Sam Witwer (Lt. Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo) is downgraded to guest star.
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- There are 47,875 survivors in the fleet as of the opening credits, 12 fewer than in the previous episode (which was the Season One finale "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2").
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- Along with the theme song changes, text was added to the credits for the first time. For this episode, the words read as follows: "47,875 survivors... In search of a home... Called Earth." The text remained the same for all episodes of Season Two except for the number of survivors, which changed from episode to episode.
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- Beginning with this episode, the theme music changed to the music used in the United Kingdom version of Season 1. It is known as "Main Title [UK version]" on the official soundtrack for Season 2.
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