He That Puteth In Me
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| "He That Puteth In Me" An episode of the Re-imagined Series | ||
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| Episode No. | Season 4, Episode 1 (discuss) | |
| Writer(s) | Bradley Thompson David Weddle | |
| Story by | ||
| Director | Michael Rymer | |
| Special guest(s) | ||
| Production No. | 403 | |
| Nielsen Rating | 1.6 | |
| US airdate |  4 April 2008
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| UK airdate |  15 April 2008
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| DVD release | ||
| Population | {{{viewers}}} Million People Still Watching | |
| Extended Info | Season 4.0 Premiere | |
| Episode Chronology | ||
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| "Crossroads" by Cream | He That Puteth In Me | "If 6 were 9" by Jimi Hendrix |
| Related Information | ||
| Official Summary | ||
| R&D Skit – View | ||
| Dull analysis and bland recap available on Battlestar Wiki | ||
| Online Purchasing | ||
| Available at iTunes – [{{{itunes}}} Purchase] | ||
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Overview
- During some special effects worthy of posting on 4chan, The Human Torch finds that he can't get it off. Meanwhile, Mr. Fantastic walks around as if a bug crawled up his arse; The Invisible Woman finds herself looking constipated, although no one notices. The Thing just keeps on going, like the Energizer bunny. Lee whines about wanting to join the government, when clearly all the action is in the cockpit. And Kara Thrace returns. Unfortunately.
Summary
Essentially, a rather boring episode. The first ten minutes were awesome. Special effects porn. To top it off, Anders inability to get it up (which is why Kara Thrace cheated on him with Lee Adama, although he never put the Arrow of Apollo in her Tomb of Athena) for Diana Seelix when she needed it. Although we don't know how he jumped from an inexperienced pilot to someone who can fly a Viper. Also, what happened to his limp? Where had that gone to?
Anyway, the Fantastic Four make a pact to use their powers to help humanity. Meanwhile, Doctor Doom waits in the wings.
Oh, and Kara Thrace returns. She says she knows the way to Earth and can get them there. Laura Roslin and Thrace are both PMSing, so we basically have Dallas in space where they have various mini-bitch fights, until Thrace pulls a gun.
Notes
- This season shows the first major change in the teaser titles since the series began. Instead of the "Cylons have a Plan" claim, the new titles show: "Twelve Cylon models. Seven are known. Four live in secret. One will be revealed." That would be because Ron Moore and company never had a plan, so they decided to pull something else out their arse.
- In ripping off The Fugitive the Final Cylon will have a mechanical arm.
- As with Season 3's season opener, the length of this episode's teaser clocks near the 10 minute mark. Like most of season three, the first ten minutes were pretty good. We predict the rest of it may be crap.
- Katee Sackhoff has been re-added to the opening credit roll, since her "stunt" removal in the episodes "The Son Also Rises" and the "Crossroads" two-parter. (Although she was credited in the end-credits for "Crossroads, Part II".) Did we really expect that she was dead? C'mon. After Moronic Woo-man, what else is left?
- The population of the Fleet, which hasn't been revealed since "The Son Also Rises" (but is assumed to be around 41,398) is 39,698. 600 of those were people who died aboard the Pyxis, the other 1,100 likely died on other ships during the attack. That means more food for everyone.
- The gun Saul Tigh uses in his "nightmare" against William Adama is the same weapon that Sharon "Boomer" Valerii shot Adama with in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II". That's because its the same prop they've had for the past couple of years... Budget cuts and all that.
- While Anders played for a professional Caprican pyramid team, he was (allegedly) born on Picon and enrolled in Noyce Elementary School. Oh, that means he's a traitor and should've been playing for the Picon Panthers.
- In promotional photos for this episode, the tail number for Thrace's pristine Viper is 4267 NC, the same Viper that Chuckles used and died in during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid in "The Hand of God". However, this number was digitally removed in the aired version to match the Viper that was destroyed in "Maelstrom": Viper 8757. Obviously, someone was asleep on the job.
- The FTL jump at the end of the episode is an abbreviated version of the Vertigo zoom effect, which has not been seen since the Miniseries. Of course, Cally is nowhere to be seen. (Thank the Gods!)
- The stills from Starbuck's gun camera footage incorrectly show Galactica as belonging to Battlestar Group 62. Given that Pegasus was in BSG 62, the production staff likely modified and re-used a graphic template from an earlier episode, but the incorrect number slipped past them. Or they recycled stationary paper. Did any one of you nitpickers think of that shit? No?
- The title is a reference to some passage from the Bible. A Bible that the Colonials never read, so they don't even know about it.
- In Baltar's conversation with Tracey Anne, he reveals the name of one more of the Gods, Poseidon, a God in the Greek pantheon. He tells her that her Gods are false, but showed her the finger of Zeus. Figure that one out.
Analysis
Questions
- Why is Anders an idiot?
- So who cleaned up Thrace's Viper? I have a car that's been held together by spit and gum for a while now, and my that Viper looks sweet. So what's their number?
- How the hell can a bunch of chicks like Baltar? Don't they realize he's just whacko?
- Will Baltar decode a Colonial cover (provided by Brendan McCreary) of "Helter Skelter"?
Official Statements
Noteworthy Dialogue
- Saul Tigh experiences a disturbing daydream:
- William Adama: Saul. Saul! What the hell is wrong with you?
- Saul Tigh: Well, Counselor Troi, now that you mention it, I killed my wife. I drink too much. I have to listen to Helo's annoying voice. I'm listening to an overrated cover of "All Along The Watchtower", can't tune it to Barry Manilow. I tried that. And I just found out I'm one of those frakking Cylons. It just came out of the blue, you know, like it was pulled out of someone's frakking ass. So take your piety and your moralizing and stick it up your ass.
- Galen Tyrol barks out orders:
- Galen Tyrol: Get that Showboat bird in the tube. Where the frak are these nuggets? C'mon! Momma's not gonna save ya today! Let's go! You want to fly or not? So drop your dicks and grab your sticks!
- Random crewmember: Stop ripping off lines from Full Metal Jacket and Top Gun!
- Tyrol: You shut the frak up or I'll go Cylon on your ass.
- Virtual Six talks to Baltar:
- Virtual Six: Yesterday you were facing execution. Today, you're free. Why the long face?
- Baltar: Oh, gee, I don't know. From President of the Colonies to this... King of fools. Probably best to be hated by everyone than loved by this lot, doomed to live out the rest of my life in this looney bin. I don't know, that might have something to do with my rather savage mood swings.
- Virtual Six: Relax Gaius. Do you think I've brought you this far to let it end here?
- Baltar: I need encouragement. A ray of hope about the future. An inkling.
- Virtual Six: You've got me. I'm here for you.
- Baltar: Yeah, well, if that's the case... Why did I have to play with myself? And why do I feel like playing with that woman's tits?
- Lee Adama asks his father an uncomfortable set of questions:
- Lee Adama: Dad, what if Zak had come back to us in that Viper? If my brother had climbed out of that cockpit, would it matter if he were a Cylon? If he always had been? When all said and done, would that really change how we feel about him?
- William Adama: (long beat, then:) Do your job, you whining pansy.
Guest Stars
A whole bunch of people who got paid. We hope.
References
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