Blut in der Waagschale

"Blut in der Waagschale" Eine Episode der neu-interpretierten Serie
Episoden-Nr.	Staffel 4, Episode 14
Originaltitel	Blood on the Scales
Autor(en)	Michael Angeli
Story
Regie	Wayne Rose
Gastauftritte
Produktions-Nr.	416
Quoten	1,767,000
US-Erstausstrahlung	6. Februar 2009
UK-Erstausstrahlung	10. Februar 2009
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Die Lunte brennt	Blut in der Waagschale	Das verlorene Paradies
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Überblick

Felix Gaetas Meuterei geht weiter, während Roslin auf dem Basisstern der zylonischen Rebellen Zuflucht findet.

Zusammenfassung

Eröffnungsszene

• Der Raptor mit Präsidentin Roslin und Gaius Baltar an Bord fliegt weiter auf den Basisstern zu.
• Unterdessen sammeln die rebellischen Marines unter der Führung von Aaron Kelly den halb bewusstlosen Admiral Adama und Saul Tigh auf.
• Tigh erkennt Kelly und nennt ihn "die Brig-Ratte." Kelly ist von all dem sichtbar beunruhigt.
• Zwei Viper, einer von Narcho und einer von Hotdog geflogen, verfolgen den Raptor. Hotdog, der von der Meuterei auf der Galactica nichts weiß, nähert sich dem Raptor, feuert aber nicht. Stattdessen fordert er den Raptor sich zu identifizieren.
• Narcho befiehlt Hotdog den Raptor zu zerstören, doch but Hotdog wartet noch auf die Kennung.
• Roslin übermittelt vom Raptor eine Nachricht und sagt, dass sie sich an Bord befindet. Gage unterbricht die Verbindung, aber nicht bevor Hotdog sie empfangen konnte.
• Felix Gaeta, nun der Kommandant im CIC, wird von Kelly informiert, dass Adama und Tigh nun Gefangene sind. Gaeta lässt Tigh ins Gefängnis bringen, während er Adama zu sich bestellt. Anschließend setzt er sich mit Hotdog in Kontakt und befiehlt ihm den Raptor zu zerstören. Nachdem sich Hotdog weiterhin weigert feuert Narcho selbst ein paar Raketen auf den Raptor ab.
• Die Acht, die den Raptor fleigt, kann den Raketen erfolgreich ausweichen. Die Raketen treffen stattdessen das Basisschiff. Dem Raptor gelingt die Landung auf dem Basisschiff.
• Auf dem Basisschiff verlangen die Zylonen zu erfahren, warum man sie beschießt. Roslin erklärt die Situation. Die Zylonen fürchten, dass die Regierung gestürzt worden ist und wollen wegspringen.
• Roslin bittet sie aber, dass sie Adama eine Chance geben sollen, die Galactica zurückzuerobern. Baltar meint aber, dass es unwahrscheinlich ist, dass Adama gewinnen kann und dass Zarek die Colonial One hat. Roslin entgegnet, dass sie schon Anzeichen für Widerstand gesehen hat und dass nicht alle auf der Galactica für die Meuterei sind.
• Roslin rät den Zylonen ihr Schiff in der Mitte der Flotte zu bewegen, so dass die Galactica nicht auf sie feuern kann.
• Zurück auf der Galactica wird Adama gerade ins CIC gebracht. Gaeta befiehlt ihm, Roslin anzurufen und sie zur Kapitulation aufzufordern. Adama hält davon nichts - er entfernt die Abzeichen von seiner Uniform, gibt sie Gaeta und erklärt ihm, dass er jetzt der neue Admiral ist. Darum darf er sich jetzt auch um Roslin kümmern. Gaeta ordert an, dass die Batterien auf den Basisstern zielen sollen, aber bevor sie das machen können, bewegt sich das Basisschiff in die Mitte der Flotte, so wie Roslin es zuvor vorgeschlagen hatte. Gaeta widerruft seinen Befehl, doch lässt eine Staffel Viper starten um das Basisschiff unter Quarantäne zu halten. Er befiehlt auch die Vorbereitung für Tom Zareks Ankunft.
• Adama fragt Gaeta, ob er ihn nun erschießen wird. Gaeta gibt ihm darauf keine Antwort.

Akt 1

• Die Colonial One landet auf der Galactica Kelly, Narcho, Racetrack, Seelix und andere Rebellen begleiten Zarek vom Flugdeck weg. Dies wird von Lee und Starbuck beobachtet, die sich im Hintergtund versteckt halten. Sobald die Gruppe außer Sicht ist, marschieren Lee und Starbuck weiter.
• In einem Raptor an Bord des Basisschiffs versucht Roslin vergeblich eine Nachricht an die Flotte zu schicken.
• In der Gefängniszelle, schaut Hera besorgt auf Helos Wunde. Athena versucht ihr zu versichern, dass es ihm bald besser gehen wird. Caprica-Sechs kümmert sich um Tighs Ohr, das seit der Explosion der Betäubungsgranate blutet. Anders fragt sich laut, was Gaeta als nächstes tun wird. Tigh quips, "In your case, cut off one of your frakking legs."
• In Adamas Quartier erzählt Gaeta Zarek, dass er ein Netz um das Basisschiff gelegt hat und, dass Zareknicht gleich den gazen Rat mit auf die Galactica bringen hätte müssen. Zarek erwidert, dass er, solange Gaeta auf einen Prozess für Adama besteht, den Rat haben will, wo er ein Auge auf sie haben kann. Zarek says they need to move on, but Gaeta replies that before that can happen, people must answer for what they've done, beginning with Adama.
• Tyrol continues to sneak through the corridors of Galactica unnoticed. On Deck D Corridor 2, he hears the sound of a door opening and runs for cover.
• Hidden from view, Tyrol observes Kelly and two rebel marines escorting Romo Lampkin at gunpoint. Romo wonders if anyone will feed his dog.
• In Adama's quarters, Zarek reads the charges against Adama: treason, desertion, giving aid and comfort to the enemy, and gross dereliction of duty. Zarek reminds him that the punishment for these crimes is death by firing squad. All the while, Adama glares at Gaeta.
• Zarek tells Romo that the Admiral is entitled to a court martial, but they need a lawyer to handle his defense. Adama mutters, "They need a pimp."
• Romo wonders why they are doing all of this. Gaeta replies, "For justice." Romo, considering the tone of the room, conjectures that if he should choose to pass on this "field trip for justice," that the two marines guarding him will instead use him for target practice. Zarek impatiently tells him to just do his job.
• Zarek goes on to say that "Commander" Gaeta will represent the people, and that Zarek himself will be serving as judge. Romo wonders if they've run out of ship's captains. Gaeta replies that the captains are busy defending their ships against the Basestar Adama welcomed into the Fleet. "Shove it up your ass," Adama tells Gaeta pointedly.
• Gaeta continues to argue with a mockingly defiant Adama. Adama points out that the rebel Cylons gave "aid and comfort" to the fleet, not vice versa. As the argument begins to escalate, Romo asks for a few minutes with Adama.
• On the Basestar, Roslin continues to unsuccessfully try to use the Raptor's communication system to contact anyone, with the Cylons looking on. A Six remarks that they no longer have the protection of the Fleet, and the Viper patrols are becoming increasingly bold, firing into space, inviting the Cylons to react. Tory Foster tells the other Cylons that they should all talk.
• On Galactica, Tyrol uses a crowbar to pry the cover off of a service tunnel, and crawls inside.
• On Colonial One, Zarek addresses the Quorum. As Zarek speaks in support of Gaeta's leadership of the military, the Quorum delegates are visibly concerned. Zarek tells the Quorum that he has brought them to Galactica to show Gaeta that the Quorum delegates are people who, "at the end of the day, still stand by your president." At this, the Quorum bursts into an excited discussion, which ends with Jacob Cantrell telling Zarek, "I think you should leave now, Mr. Vice President." The other delegates are in agreement.
• Zarek walks out of the conference room in defeat. In the adjacent corridor, he tells two marines, "Shoot them." Zarek then tells Kelly to get Gaeta. Kelly entfernt sich und hört im Hintergrund Gewehrfeuer und Schreie. He is visibly disturbed by the sounds.

Act 2

• On Colonial One, Gaeta looks in horror on the slain Quorum delegates, and angrily rebukes Zarek. Zarek reminds him that Gaeta began the coup, and that this is just another consequence of that. Gaeta is in disbelief, remarking that until now they had the truth on their side. Zarek tells him that the truth is told by whoever is left standing, and reminds him that Adama must be eliminated.
• On Galactica, Tyrol continues to crawl through a cramped and dirty service tunnel.
• On the rebel Baseship, Tory informs Roslin that the Cylons have decided to jump away to ensure their own survival. The Six tells Roslin that Gaeta will likely execute Tigh, Tyrol, Anders, and any of the others who oppose him, such as Kara, Helo, and Adama.
• Roslin urges the Cylons to stay, reminding them that they have all made a habit out of beating the odds, particularly William Adama, and that when he returns to command, he will know who stuck with him and who ran.
• Tyrol crawls out of the duct into an empty munitions locker, where he is met at gunpoint by Kelly. Tyrol notes that the rebels sprang him from the brig.
• Kelly tells him to get out of the duct, but Tyrol says that he is too tired and that Kelly should just shoot him. Kelly replies that he's a machine, to which Tyrol replies that Kelly is a "dumbass." Kelly and Tyrol both begin laughing at this, and Kelly lowers his rifle.
• They both hear the sounds of gunfire in the distance. Kelly remarks, "This was a hell of a ship once." Tyrol agrees. Kelly tells Tyrol he heard his child wasn't a Cylon, and that he could have told Tyrol that Cally was "trouble." Tyrol laughs, saying it would not have mattered.
• After collecting himself, Kelly again points his rifle at Tyrol, but when Tyrol braces himself for the shot, Kelly instead tells him to leave, yelling "Go on skinjob, go!" After Tyrol crawls back into the duct, Kelly berates himself.
• In Adama's quarters, Romo hands Adama a pen to sign a statement. Adama refuses, but Romo urges him to put his innocence on record, and to give his people time to retake the ship.
• One of the rebels who was guarding the holding cell goes to the latrine, where Starbuck smashes his head into the wall.

Lida approaching Baltar.

• On the rebel Baseship, a Six named Lida asks Baltar if he is injured. He replies that they typically use the word "damaged" instead of "injured."
• In the corridor outside the holding cell, Lee and Starbuck argue over the best way to overpower the guards. Lee throws a grenade into their midst, and in the ensuing panic Lee and Starbuck gun them all down. Immediately after the last guard goes down, Starbuck ducks for cover, but an amused Lee nonchalantly walks to the thrown grenade and picks it back up. He tells Starbuck that he never pulled the pin, to which she states, "Not funny."
• With the guards dispatched, Lee and Starbuck free the prisoners, but Lee is upset to learn that his father is not among them.
• On their way out of the cell, Starbuck and Anders search the guards for weapons, but Lee tells them that they are quickly running out of time.
• A rebel turns the corner and fires at Starbuck and Anders. Starbuck shoots the rebel in the chest, but not before Anders is struck by a bullet in the neck, causing him to stumble.

Act 3

• While Lee covers them, Starbuck looks after a wounded Anders. Sounds of yelling and gunfire indicate that there is fighting nearby. Lee insists that they need to leave.
• Tigh tells Caprica-Six to take Hera to Baltar's followers for safety, as "no one wants to go near those nutjobs." She insists she can take care of herself.
• Lee yells for Tigh to help him get Anders off the ground, but Starbuck tells Lee to go after his father instead. Athena and the others go with Lee and Tigh, while Starbuck stays with an incoherent Anders.
• In Adama's quarters, the "court martial" proceeds apace, with Gaeta arguing that Adama deserted them on New Caprica. Romo objects, saying Gaeta is badgering the witness. Not surprisingly, his objection goes unheard by Zarek.
• As Adama continues to mock Gaeta, Zarek receives a call telling him that Tigh and the other "skinjobs" escaped. Zarek tells Adama and the others that Tigh was killed trying to escape. At the news of his longtime friend's death, Adama shows the first signs of emotion, and tells Gaeta that he is not answering any more of his questions.
• Zarek declares the prisoner guilty as charged, upsetting Romo, who says, "This isn't a trial, this is an asylum." Zarek angrily grabs Romo and pushes him against the bulkhead.
• Roslin's voice is heard over the wireless, prompting a smile from Adama and looks of concern from everyone else. Roslin announces that Gaeta took command of Galactica by force, and that the Cylons were merely defending themselves when they moved the baseship into the Fleet. She then commands the Fleet ships to power down their FTL drives.
• On the rebel Baseship, Roslin exclaims that their signal could not be jammed. Behind her, a Leoben is leaning on a device with flashing red lights, to which the Raptor's comm system is presumably connected. "I thought this would do the trick," he says with a grin.
• Back on Galactica, Starbuck slowly drags an unconscious Anders a short distance before falling on the floor, exhausted. Parr, the rebel marine escorting a bound Romo, happens upon them, commanding Starbuck to show him her hands. Romo readies his pen. Starbuck draws her sidearm and pulls the trigger, but the weapon is empty. Seizing his opportunity, Romo stabs his captor in the neck repeatedly with his pen. After removing his restraints, he retrieves his sunglasses and a sidearm from the fallen guard.
• Starbuck implores Romo to help her get Anders to Dr. Cottle, but Romo refuses, citing the fact that on the way there, he and his "friend" had already been shot at twice, once by his own men. Further considering the situation, an obviously conflicted Romo chooses to turn around and help.
• In CIC, Gage informs Gaeta that ten of the thirty-five ships remaining in the Fleet shut down their FTL drives after Roslin's announcement. Narcho is upset, but Gaeta tells him that Roslin did them a favor in exposing those ships who would cause them trouble. Gaeta tells Gage to give jump coordinates only to those ships that kept their FTL drives online, and to order them to jump immediately.
• Gaeta then tells Narcho to assemble an execution detail comprised of men he can trust, to secure the main hangar bay launch tube, and to take Adama down there and await further orders. Narcho shows some reluctance, but he insists that Gaeta can count on him "all down the line."
• Gaeta asks Zarek, who is waiting nearby, if he is spying on him. Zarek insists that they simply need to get through the current predicament, and move on.
• In a corridor somewhere on Galactica, Narcho leads a team of six rebel marines who are escorting Adama to the launch tube, with Kelly walking behind the group. After some consideration, Kelly breaks off from the group and goes to the memorial hallway, where he drops his rifle and breaks down in tears.
• In a nearby corridor, Tigh and Athena keep watch while Lee opens a service panel and disconnects a power line, causing the main lights to go out. Sounds of gunfire indicate there is still heavy fighting nearby.
• Tyrol continues to crawl through service tubes, this time crawling behind a latrine. He coughs and gags at the smell.
• In the memorial hallway, Lee confronts Kelly, who is nearly catatonic with grief. He finally admits to Lee that the others are planning on executing Adama in the main launch tube. Lee moves to punch Kelly, but Tigh pulls him away. As they run to the hangar deck, Kelly picks up his rifle and runs after them, yelling, "I'm coming with you!"
• On the rebel Baseship, Baltar dreams of Adama's death by firing squad, which wakes him violently. In bed with him, Lida attempts to comfort him, but Baltar rebuffs her, saying that he has run for his life yet again. She tells him that fear makes people act differently, but he says that he did not run out of fear this time.
• For the first time, Baltar admits that he is merely playing the role of religious leader to humor his followers, and that he privately scorns their "provincial intellects" and their unfailing willingness to make him feel better; however, he also admits that he feels responsible for them, and that he must go back.
• On the hangar deck, Adama is tied to a chair in the main launch tube by a marine while Narcho stands nearby, distressed. As Narcho walks towards the eight marines with rifles at the ready, Adama spits.
• From the rebel Baseship, Roslin gives the rebels five minutes to return command to Admiral Adama.
• In CIC, an increasingly concerned Zarek listens to Roslin's ultimatum, and looks around for Gaeta, who is absent.
• In Adama's quarters, Gaeta walks to Adama's desk, where he drops the admiral pins on Galactica's watch log. He then calls Narcho, telling him to carry out the execution.
• On the hangar deck, Narcho replies, "Yes, sir," and hangs up with Tigh pointing a sidearm at his head. Meanwhile, Lee unties his father from the chair in the launch tube, and Kelly and Athena have their rifles pointed at eight marines, all disarmed and kneeling with hands behind their heads.
• Adama is overjoyed to see Tigh, who he was told was dead. Tigh replies that for a while, he was.
• Adama addresses the kneeling, disarmed marines, saying, "I'm gonna take back my ship." Adama then addresses Narcho, who tells him that while he has always respected him, he hates the Cylons, and he cannot take orders from a leader who won't fight them. At this, Tigh raises his weapon to Narcho's head, but Adama orders him to stand down, and orders Narcho to be tied up instead.
• Sitting at Adama's desk, Gaeta removes his prosthesis and scratches the stump underneath.
• Deep in the bowels of Galactica, Tyrol finally has enough room to crouch rather than crawl, allowing him to move faster.
• In CIC, Zarek orders Vireem to pass him through to Roslin. As Gaeta walks into CIC, Zarek addresses Roslin on the rebel Baseship, introducing himself as the President of the Twelve Colonies. He announces that Tigh was killed in an escape attempt, and that Adama was tried, found guilty of his crimes, and was executed by firing squad earlier that morning. Zarek insists that Roslin think of the welfare of the people of the Fleet, and surrender.
• Roslin vehemently refuses, vowing to use every weapon at her disposal to come after Zarek and the other mutineers. The weapon emplacements on the Baseship open, targeting Galactica.

Act 4

• In CIC, after Zarek's statements to Roslin, Gaeta remarks that now they have a military leader and a president in one. Zarek questions how Gaeta would have handled the situation, had he been there.
• Gage indicates that the Baseship is arming itself, and that they are jump ready. Gaeta orders the board be set to green, and a crew member inserts the FTL key at gunpoint.
• Tyrol rushes down a set of stairs in Galactica's FTL engine room.
• Adama marches towards CIC, leading an increasingly large group of marines, officers, and enlisted crew.
• In the FTL engine room, Tyrol breaks open the door to the auxiliary control station, and attempts to shut down the FTL drive with his command code.
• As Adama and his group of loyalists continue their march to CIC, Roslin's voice is heard over the wireless, commanding Galactica to surrender.
• In the FTL engine room, Tyrol's command code is denied (as he is not currently in active duty). Instead he looks to some nearby machinery and, with some effort, removes a vital component and shuts down the FTL drive.
• In CIC, Gage announces the FTL drive's shutdown. Zarek begins ordering crew members to look into it, but no one moves. He tells Gaeta to launch Vipers to defend themselves, but Gaeta ignores him, and instead recalls his own words: "One day soon there's gonna be a reckoning."
• Gage announces that gun batteries have fixed target bearings and are ready to fire. With Zarek at a near-panic, Gaeta realizes they are defeated, and orders a weapons hold.
• Adama arms himself with the sidearm from a nearby marine, and the group storms CIC. No resistance is offered by the mutineers.
• Adama gets on the wireless, identifies himself, confirms that he has retaken command, and tells Roslin to stand down. Roslin, Baltar, and even the Cylons are relieved to hear his voice.
• Zarek, Gaeta, and the other mutineers are taken away at gunpoint.
• In the FTL engine room, an exhausted Tyrol drops the component as the massive FTL drive slowly come to a halt. As he turns to the bulkhead, he notices some significant structural damage which concerns him greatly.
• On Galactica, Roslin climbs down a ladder and, seeing Adama alive for the first time since she boarded the Raptor, cries tears of joy. The two leaders walk together, his arm around her.
• In Gaeta's quarters, Gaeta and Baltar are smoking cigarettes - something Gaeta has not been seen doing for quite some time. Gaeta is telling Baltar of the many careers he once dreamed of pursuing: architecture, medicine, engineering, photography, and finally, science.
• Baltar, on the verge of tears, begins to say something, but Gaeta stops him. He assures Baltar that he is fine with the way things turned out, and that his only wish is that eventually, people realize who he is. Baltar tells Gaeta that he knows who he is.
• Gaeta and Zarek are seated in the main launch tube of the hangar deck, with Adama, Lee, Tigh, and Baltar standing behind the firing squad.
• Just before Adama orders the execution detail to fire, Gaeta looks down at his severed leg in astonishment and remarks, "It stopped."

Notes

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Gastdarsteller

• Mark Sheppard als Romo Lampkin
• Richard Hatch als Tom Zarek
• Sebastian Spence als Lieutenant Noel "Narcho" Allison
• Bodie Olmos als Lieutenant Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza
• Leah Cairns als Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson
• Jennifer Halley als Ensign Diana "Hardball" Seelix
• Ty Olsson als Captain Aaron Kelly
• Derek Delost als Specialist Vireem
• Mike Dopud als Specialist Gage
• Colin Corrigan als Sergeant Allan Nowart
• Alexandra Thomas als Hera Agathon
• Callum Keith Rennie als Nummer Zwei / Leoben Conoy
• Rekha Sharma als Tory Foster
• Andrew McIlroy als Jacob Cantrell
• Marilyn Norry als Reza Chronides
• Judith Maxie als Picon Delegierter
• Iris Paluly als Sprechender Delegierte Dahlia
• Veena Sood als Quorum Delegierter
• Adrian Holmes als Marine Parr