you magnificent bastard.
That was one hell of a piece of flying
and I couldn't have done it better myself.
APOLLO: I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.
I said that I couldn't have
done it better myself.
Well, thank you.
I had my doubts.
So did I.
I wasn't sure that crazy ass plan of yours
would even possibly work.
STARBUCK: You deserve this.
DAVIS: Crash.
[Crashdown exclaims in surprise]
[Starbuck laughs]
[Heroic music continues]
NO. 6: Have you read the Pythian Prophecy,
Gaius?
Not since the 6th grade.
BALTAR: I can't say ancient history
is my favourite subject.
NO. 6: You should have paid
closer attention.
BALTAR: To what?
"All of this has happened before.
All of this will happen again."
Everyone knows that verse.
What are you getting at?
[Suspenseful instrumental music]
Remember this one?
"Led by serpents numbering two and ten."
The Vipers, they're the serpents?
There's a later verse, Gaius.
You should read it.
"Though the outcome favoured the few...
"it led to a confrontation
at the home of the gods."
[Ominous instrumental music]
Are you telling me that God
guided my finger to that target for some...
arcane scriptural purpose?
You are part of God's plan, Gaius.
So God wanted me
to destroy the Cylon base.
You did well. You gave yourself over to Him.
Yes, I suppose I did.
There's really no other
logical explanation for it.
- I was...
- Am.
[Ominous instrumental music continues]
I am an instrument of God.
[Theme music]NARRATOR: Previously on
Battlestar Galactica.
[Dramatic instrumental music]
[Gunshot]
[No. 6 gasps]
HELO: What the hell is going on?
You killed her.
We gotta go. Right now.
BILLY: That's Tom Zarek.
DUALLA: The terrorist?
BILLY: He's a prisoner of conscience.
DUALLA: He's a butcher.
He blew up a government building,
there is no excuse for that.
I thought you said you respected me.
That was before you resorted
to violence and hostage-taking.
ZAREK: I demand the immediate resignation
of Laura Roslin and her ministers.
I demand free and open elections
to choose a new leadership.
If you let the rest of these hostages go,
we will leave this ship in your hands.
McMANUS: Got it?
MAN: Test. There.
McMANUS: Are we on?
MAN: Frack, we're on. Go.
McMANUS: Live from Cloud Nine,
the most luxurious ship in the fleet...
it's The Colonial Gang.
It's a new talk show that brings you
the inside scoop on the fleet.
I'm James McManus,
formerly of the Caprica Times.
With me are two of the only remaining
legitimate journalists left.
Playa Palacios, veteran commentator
for the Picon Star Tribune. Welcome.
And my wingman, Sekou Hamilton,
former editor of the Aerilon Gazette.
McMANUS: [On radio] As most
people know...
Cloud Nine was damaged
during a Cylon attack...
and had to be evacuated.
With repairs now complete,
President Roslin has picked it as the site...
for an historic gathering.
It's the first meeting
of the Interim Quorum of 12...
which will coincide with Colonial Day...
the 52nd anniversary of the signing
of the Articles of Colonisation.
Playa, why don't you weigh in?
Laura Roslin should be applauded...
for restoring
the system of checks and balances.
McMANUS: Every delegate chosen so far
has been a Roslin crony.
It's a puppet Quorum, okay?
That will rubber-stamp every edict
this power-mad schoolteacher will try...
How can you say that when half the Quorum
hasn't even been selected?
McMANUS: I predict every one of them
will be a Roslin lackey...
hand-picked by the power behind the throne,
Presidential Advisor, Wallace Gray.
Don't you see,
Gray orchestrated this whole publicity stunt.
Come on, Jim.
Wallace Gray is no prince of darkness.
I disagree.
He's helped Roslin
regulate the internal