Battlestar Galactica (2003)/Valley of Darkness (2)

Valley of Darkness
Season 2, Episode 2
Airdate	July 22, 2005
Written by	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle
Directed by	Michael Rymer
Nielsen Rating	2.0
Fleet Survivors	47,874
← 2x01 Scattered (1)	2x03 → Fragged
Battlestar Galactica (2003) — Season Two

Valley of Darkness is the second episode of the second season of Battlestar Galactica, and is the fifteenth episode overall.

Edward James Olmos (Commander William Adama), Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin), Katee Sackhoff (Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace), Jamie Bamber (Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama), James Callis (Dr. Gaius Baltar), Tricia Helfer (Number Six), Grace Park (Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii) (credit only)

Michael Hogan (Colonel Saul Tigh), Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol), Tahmoh Penikett (Helo), Paul Campbell (Billy Keikeya), Nicki Clyne (Cally), Alessandro Juliani (Lt. Gaeta), Kandyse McClure (PO Dualla)

Guest Star: Sam Witwer (Crashdown)

Guest Star: Kate Vernon (Ellen Tigh) (scenes deleted)

Cast: Alonso Oyarzun (Socinus), Kerry Norton (Paramedic Ishay), Chris Shields (Cpl. Venner), Luciana Carro (Kat), Bodie Olmos (Hot Dog), Jennifer Halley (Seelix), Ty Olsson (Capt. Kelly), Michael Tayles (Flyboy), Dominic Zamprogna (Jammer), Garvin Cross (Collishaw), Brad Loree (Bonnington), Lori Stewart (Twinam)

Plot Summary

The success of reuniting with the fleet is short-lived as Galactica has been boarded by a party of Cylon Centurions, while Baltar's visions on Kobol are becoming more disturbing.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• The Centurions attempt to take over Galactica, but are all destroyed.

• Kara and Helo stop off at Kara's old apartment and continue on in a military truck.

• Number Six shows Baltar a vision of skeletons on Kobol, the result of human sacrifice, enlightening him to the fact that stories of man and gods living together in harmony were a lie.

Characters

• Billy and Dee see each other and talk for the first time since Adama's coup. Despite being confrontational, they later reconcile.

• It's revealed Kara's father was a musician.

• Tarn is killed on their way back to the others, only for Tyrol and Cally to find it's too late for Socinus. Tyrol reluctantly gives him an overdose that quietly kills him.

Trivia

The Show

• Although there were no on-screen deaths in the previous episode, the opening credit survivor count in this episode has ticked down by 1 - a pilot dies minutes prior to the opening credits.

Allusions and References

• The song that Starbuck plays in her old apartment on Caprica is "Metamorphosis Five" by Philip Glass.

Goofs

• When Kat finds the six shells, they go from jumbled to neatly assembled between shots.

• When Seelix tries to help Socinus, Tyrol's gun alternates from hanging around his neck to him holding it.

Quotes

• Lee: Marines, let’s go toaster shopping.

• Billy: Are those gunshots?

Cpl. Venner: Yeah.

Billy: We can't stay in here.

Roslin: Open the door.

Venner: You know I can't do that, Madam President.

Roslin: Corporal Venner, I have no intention of being locked in this cell and shot like a rat in a cage. Open the door!

• Lee: We've been boarded. The deck is crawling with Cylons. They're trying to get to the magazines.

Roslin: How can we help?

Lee: Stay alive and don't get shot.

• Kara: You know, everyone I know is fighting to get back what they had. I'm fighting 'cause I don't know how to do anything else.

• Dualla: (referring to Billy's gun) Okay, if you're going to keep it in your trousers like that, you might want to turn the safety on.

• Tigh: I can't believe you sided with that woman against the Old Man. I wouldn't do that if you put a gun to my head... and you did. As far as I'm concerned, you're not fit to wear a uniform.

Lee: Hmm. You're right about that part. I am not fit to wear the uniform... and maybe I never was. Then again, neither were you. But this isn't my ship, and it sure as hell isn't yours. (motions to Adama) It's his, and when he wakes up, he'll decide what to do with the both of us.

(Lee leaves)

Tigh: Thank the Gods I didn't have kids.