"Battlestar Galactica" Daybreak: Part 2 (2009)

Director:

Michael Rymer

Writers:

Ronald D. Moore (developer)
Ronald D. Moore (written by)

TV Series:

"Battlestar Galactica" (2004)

Original Air Date:

20 March 2009 (Season 4, Episode 20)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Series Finale | Cylon | Space | Guilt | Robot

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama
Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin
Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace
Jamie Bamber	...	Lee Adama
James Callis	...	Dr. Gaius Baltar
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Caprica
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon / Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon
Michael Trucco	...	Ensign Samuel Anders
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Leoben Conoy
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster
Kate Vernon	...	Ellen Tigh
Matthew Bennett	...	Aaron Doral

Company:

David Eick Productions

Trivia:

The title is based on Nietzsche's homonym work.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: As they plan out the deployment their population on the map of earth, the map shown is of Earth today, not as it would have been at a time pre-language humans. A visible example is of Tasmania's disconnection from Australia which occurred only 10,000 years ago.

Quotes:

Samuel Anders: [last words to Kara after she makes her farewell] See you on the other side.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Big Bang Theory: The Vengeance Formulation (#3.9)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Ain't We Famous

Good characterization. Shoddy plot development.

BSG was never a well planned series. Creator Ronald Moore himself said in an interview that nothing was planned out in the beginning and every time an episode was written, brainstorming had to be done to get the plot going on forward. As expected, the writers plugged in a number of plot lines, but there are still holes in the plot that you can ram a rhino into it and you won't even get a dent. Many numerous plot lines are completely ignored (the cult of Baltar is one example). Many plot lines are resolved in a very slip shod manner that had me going "Is this for real or is this some sort of early April fools joke?!??" Oh and the preaching of the last 15 minutes. It just would not end! Moore just kept going on and on about how technology can be the end of us all. About how people relying on technology are on a brink. It was *very* irritating to say the least.

But what really ticked me off was the ending. I wont reveal it here explicitly but just say this: I did not enjoy BSG reusing the themes used in "Chariots of the Gods". That was just plain dumb.

In the end, this gets a 6.