Battlestar Galactica Episode 2:18 Downloaded
Note: Due to the fact that this episode mostly deals with the Cylons in the various versions and models I have included a Cylon Fact Sheet at the end of this recap. Hopefully this may help to alleviate some confusion when dealing with the Cylons in their various forms.
Quote: “Humans don’t respect life as we do.” D’Anna Biers, as she’s about to kill Anders.
Previously on Battlestar Galactica
There is a resistance movement on Caprica. The Sharon model first shoots Adama, then another helps Helo on Caprica, eventually getting pregnant. Six advises Baltar. Sharon explains the Cylon reincarnation process to Starbuck.
The Start of the Episode
Nine Months Ago
Caprica
We start this episode with a flashback to Six’s reveal to Baltar that she is a Cylon, that there are twelve models, and that he has helped her betray mankind. Then the nuclear blast comes.
Six awakes in a weird tub of goo, confused. Another Six, a Sharon Model (Eight), and D’Anna Biers (Lucy Lawless, Three) great her. D’Anna Biers greets her, explains she dies in in Baltar’s home, and has been downloaded into a new body. Six asks about Baltar, whether he is alive. Baltar then appears to her, as a vision, he explains he is not really there. D’Anna Biers asks Six if it would trouble her is Baltar was dead. Baltar tells Six that the question is a trap. Six says it would be an unfortunate loss for the Cylons since he was helpful. D’Anna Biers tells Six her mission was a success and the attack succeeded because of her.
Ten Weeks Ago
Battlestar Galactica
We flashback to Sharon being shot by Cally, and other scenes of Galactica’s original Sharon’s life.
Sharon wakes up in a tub of goo, with D’Anna Biers, a Six, Doral, and a Sharon model who tells her that they love her. Sharon freaks out. Oh, and she’s naked….hmmmm….
Opening Theme
Population Count 49,579
Present Day
Cylon Occupied Caprica
Some Centurians are working on reconstructing a Park, while Six talks to her imaginary Baltar. D’Anna Biers shows up and there’s some Cylon small talk, about bodies and the War. A Doral model stops to thank Six like she some sort of celebrity.
Present Day
Battlestar Galactica
The Prisoner Galactica is in the operating room, being worked on my the medical team. Cottle tells her that she has a detached placenta and the baby needs to come out now. Cottle begins to perfor a C-Section.
Back on Galactica, Dan’s Final Words tells Six that she is a celebrity. That everyone calls her Caprica Six, like she’s the only one on the planet. She talks about how difficult her mission was, calls it disturbing. D’Anna Biers asks Sharon to help the original Sharon to reintegrate. It seems Sharon still wants to be called Sharon (instead of 8) she still lives in her old apartment. D’Anna Biers tells Six that if she doesn’t turn it around, they will “Box” her, which means putting her memories in cold storage.
Imaginary Baltar calls that inhuman, than chuckles at his joke.
D’Anna Biers says it’s the last resort.
On a roof, Anders and some resistance cohorts are reviewing the Cylon’s security. They are planning some sort of attack.
Back on Galactica the newly born hybrid baby is having trouble breathing. Cottle says her lungs aren’t fully formed, and needs Oxygen support.
Six pays a visit to Sharon. Sharon is jamming to some sort of music, and acting unstable. Six investigates her room, and looks at her pictures. Six tells her about her mission, Sharon isn’t impressed. Baltar tells her to start with some decorative elephants, to break the ice. They talk a bit about Sharon’s family. Six tries to talk about God, and it upsets Sharon. Sharon throws a fit, and shatters a glass. Six is bleeding.
Sharon seems worried, and gets her a bandage. Baltar reveals that Six actually cut herself to make it look like the glass cut her. Imaginary Baltar coaches Six how to handle Sharon. She talks about her love for “a man.”
Back to the resistance fighters. They are setting up a bomb. They discuss the “shin jobs” and their reincarnation.
Commercial Break
Still in Sharon’s apartment, Six talks more about her relationship with Baltar. She said she went back to the ruins of his house, collected some of his things, held on to them for a while, then burned them to liberate herself. “Baltar” says it’s all lies. Six tells Sharon that it was Baltar, Sharon is upset. She asks Six if he was still working for the Cylon’s. Six is shocked to discover that Baltar is alive.
Roslin, Adama, Baltar and Tigh meet to discuss the hybrid baby. Adama says it’s dangerous because the Cylons want it so bad. He is worried that the other Cylon’s on the fleet may make a play for it. “Six” tells Baltar that they will need to take their child.
Sharon and Helo are with their baby. Love all around. They named the baby Hera.
In a coffee shop, a Doral serves another Doral coffee. Weird. And the resistance are now underneath the building.
Outside the shop, Six and Sharon talk about why noone didn’t tell Six about Baltar being alive, and then why allk of a sudden did she hook her up with someone who knew. They decide that D’Anna Biers is frakkin’ with them. D’Anna Biers shows up, and Six and Sharon tell her that they are just chatting. D’Anna Biers acts pleased but Baltar says she is lying and that they are going to Box Sharon.
Anders and his friend set up a bomb under the cafe.
Sharon and Six tell D’Anna Biers that Sharon is going to move out of the apartment. D’Anna Biers is pleased and decided to help, now. She congratulates Six.
The bomb is in place…. the hot Cylon’s are walking up the staircase. Ander’s wants to escape, but a Centurion shows up. The Centurion eyes the bomb. Anders tried to shoot the Centurion. Kaboom!
Commercial Break
Cottle talks to Roslin about the baby. She talks about her decision. It’s all cryptic. She says she can’t allow the Sharon Cylon to raise the baby, nor can she allow other Cylons to get their hands on the baby. Cottle says they need to find someone suitable. Tory hands him a note containing a list of suitable names.
On Caprica, the sexy Cylons (Six, D’Anna Biers and Sharon) are buried under the rubble of the explosion. Sharon and D’Anna Biers are OK, but Six has a broken leg. D’Anna Biers offers to kill her, but Six says no. Sharon sets her leg.
They find a survivor in the rubble. The realize it’s Anders, a human. D’Anna Biers knocks him out, takes his gun, and is about to shoot him, when Sharon stops her. Sharon won’t let her kill him. D’Anna Biers is pissy, but Six says he could be useful alive. They should interrogate him. D’Anna Biers agrees.
They find Starbuck’s dog tags on him. Sharon is all teary eyed. Baltar uses the dog tags to play with Six’s head.
Helo is talking to Cottle about the baby. The baby has dies. Sharon is distraught. She accuses Cottle of murdering her baby. She attacks Cottle, tries to strangle him.
Commercial Break
Tyrol and Helo are on a Raptor and release baby Hera’s ashes into the black of Space.
Baltar is in his lab. His Six is pissed that he let them murder the baby. He apologizes, saying he is sorry. Six says that God’s will was that the baby was to lead the next generation. She throws Baltar against the wall, saying his race committed a horrible sin and must suffer the consequences. Baltar is in tears.
A women (Mya) holds the baby. Roslin, Tory, and Cottle tells the women that the adoption needs to be secret, that it’s a officer on Pegasus. Roslin tells Mya that she will drop in occasionally. Mya leaves. Roslin thanks Cottle for his help.
In the rubble, Anders wakes up. D’Anna Biers throws the gun towards him. She taunts him. She taunts Sharon because she seems to care about humans. She throws her shooting Adama in her face.
With a push from Baltar Six starts talking about how her and Sharon are dangerous. Being celebrities, their voices count more than others. Their different perspectives based on their interaction and love of human beings make them trouble. D’Anna Biers says they are corrupted by their experiences. Six says that murder, and vengeance are sins in the eyes of God, and if the other Cylons realize that they may discover that exterminating the human race is a mistake.
Anders uses the distraction of the argument to make a play for the gun. Sharon stops him, knocks the gun out of his hands. D’Anna Biers grabs the gun, goes to shoot Anders and says, “God loves me.”
Six bashes her in the head with a chunk of concrete, killing her.
Sharon and Six allow Anders to escape. He asks what kind of people they are. Six says she doesn’t know. Sharon gives Anders his gun.
Six and Sharon talk about how long they have until D’Anna Biers is reincarnated. Six says it’s 36 hours which is long enough to make things better. “Balter” tells he loves her. Six tells Sharon they need a new beginning. A new start without hate. All they need is someone to lead the way. Like two heroes of the Clyons. Sharon says she’s with her.
Mya leaves Galactica with the hybrid baby.
Closing Credits
Cylon Fact Sheet:
There are 12 Models…. Six have been Revealed.
Slang Terms: Toaster, Skin Jobs
Simon — Played by Rick Worthy
Number: Unknown
Seen in Episodes:
The Farm
Downloaded
Simon was the doctor that treated Starbuck after being shot on Caprica. While posing as a human doctor he performed various fertility tests on Starbuck, and was running one of many “farms” attempting to impregnate human females.
Doral Played by Matthew Bennett
Number: Unknown (In Downloaded there is a scene that indicated he may be #5, but it’s not certain.)
Seen in Episodes:
Mini-Series
Bastille Day
Litmus
Flesh and Blood
Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
Final Cut
Downloaded
Aaron Doral was a Public Relations advisor working on the decommissioning of Galactica, before being outed by Dr. Baltar as a Cylon. He also committed a suicide bombing on Galactica. He is often seen meeting with Six, and Sharon discussing developments.
Leobon Conoy — Played by Callum Keith Renn
Number: Unknown
Seen in Episodes:
Mini-Series
Flesh and Blood
We first saw Leobon in the original miniseries. He was seemingly the last survivor at Ragnar Anchorage, the supply depot. He and Commander Adama were trapped behind a wall and had to work together to find their way out. Later, another Leobon is captured and interrogated by Starbuck. He was the first Cylon to reek the benefit of Roslin’s “put it out the airlock” policy.
D’Anna Biers Played by Lucy Lawless
Number: 3
D’Anna Biers is a journalist, bent on discovering corruption on Galactica, and she also is a Cylon. She first appeared in Final Cut. She is shown in a leadership capacity. Lucy Lawless has signed on for 10 Episodes for season 3, so we should be seeing more of her.
Sharon Played by Grace Park
Number: 8
Regular Cast Member
Versions:
Original Sharon: Sharon is first seen as the Raptor Pilot teamed with Helo, who is having an affair with Chief Tyrol. This Shraon is unaware she is a Cylon, but her increasingly odd behavior and “lost time” makes he start to wonder. Eventually on a mission she is approached by various copies of her model. Upon returning, she shoots Commander Adama in the chest. She is taken prisoner, and eventually killed by Cally. We do not see her again until we witness her reincarnation in “Downloaded.”
Helo’s Sharon: Stuck on Caprica, Helo encounter’s his old friend Sharon who has returned to save him. They become intimate, and Sharon concieves the hybrid baby. Helo eventually realizes she is a Cylon, but she is carrying her baby. Sharon helps Helo, and Starbuck escape from Caprica. She is taken prisoner on board Galactica, and often used for for information on the Cylons. Her baby becomes a conundrum for the Fleet.
We also see the eight model at various time in consultation with other Cylons.
Number Six Played By Tricia Helfer
Number: 6
Regular Cast Member
Versions:
Number Six: This is Baltar’s vision version of Six. She appears to him in a physical form, but she is unseen by anyone else. She often influences his decisions, both subtly and obviously.
“Caprica” Six: This is the embodiment of Baltar’s Six. She was the version that showed started the affair with Baltar and gained access to the human’s defense system. She also falls in love with Baltar. She is killed on Caprica in the Nuclear blast, and we see her later reincarnated, unaware that Baltar is still alive until she encounters the original Sharon model. While linked to Baltar’s vision version of Six, she has no knowledge of it.
Shelly Godfrey: Trying to prove a point to Baltar after one of their many arguments over religion, Six shows up on Galactica under the alias of Shelly Godfrey and offers proof that Baltar collaborated with the Cylons. Later, when Baltar asks God for help, Gaeta proved that Godfrey’s evidence was fabricated. Godfrey then disappears, but leaves evidence behind in the form of a pair of glasses.
Brig Six: Pegasus’s captive Cylon who is beaten and raped repeatedly. Baltar helps rehabilitate her, and eventually frees her. She then kills Admiral Cain and starts a pro-Cylon resistance group among the fleet. Angered at Roslin, Baltar provides Brig Six with a nuclear war head.
There are many other versions of Six we see meeting with other Cylons, discussing developments. We also saw two versions working at “The Farm.”
