Title: Ep 216 - Sacrifice
Mick - January 27, 2006 12:23 PM (GMT)
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# Original airdate: 10th feb 06
# Production Number: 216
# Filming dates:
# Executive Producers R.D. Moore, David Eick
# Co-Executive Producer Toni Graphia
# Producer Harvey Frand
# Associate Producer Paul M. Leonard
# Written by: David Weddle & B Thompson
# Directed by Michael Rymer
Starring Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber, Katee Sackhoff, James Callis, Tricia Helfer
Co-Starring Michael Hogan, Grace Park, Alessandro Juliani, Tahmoh Penikett, Kandyse McClure, Aaron Douglas, Nicki Clyne, Paul Campbell, Leah Cairns
synopsis:
Lee, Ellen Tigh, and Petty Officer Dualla find themselves in the middle of a hostage situation when four gunmen seize control of the lounge on Cloud Nine. Three men are led by a woman, Sesha Abinell -- once a cook on the Greenleaf who only wanted to lead a normal life. Now, following the death of her husband at the hands of the Cylons, she is demanding justice: a life for a life. Her only demand is that Galactica hand over the Cylon Sharon to her.
Sesha is infuriated that Adama and Roslin continue to allow one of their greatest enemies to live in their midst, even caged. She believes that every breath Sharon draws is an insult to those who have died. Lee escapes their notice at first, but eventually turns himself over to the gunmen, hoping to connect emotionally with Sesha and what she is going through.
The situation prompts Adama to once again consider the value of the Cylon Sharon to him, and whether or not a Cylon has any real rights. Despite the fact that she has "proven" her loyalty time and time again, he will not give her the smallest measure of trust or acceptance. Finally Sharon tells him to just hand her over, if that's what it will take to convince him of her loyalty.
The Marines make an incursion to try and regain control of the situation by force, but it does not go well. Two are killed, along with one of the hostage-takers. Lee is wounded badly, and the event only exacerbates the already tense situation.
Mick - January 27, 2006 12:24 PM (GMT)
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| Episode ? (after 213?) Sacrifice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- pg15 INT. Cloud Nine - Bar Sesha suddenly STOPS PACING. Girding herself, nodding to the men, she pulls out her gun, turns toward the people in the bar and FIRES TWO SHOTS INTO THE AIR. The reports are deafening as SCREAMS erupt from the frightened people. Sesha: (to Chu) Do it! As people dive for cover, Chu SLAMS the bar's emergency pressure door and LOCKS IT. Chu: Pressure hatch is locked. Vinson whips a machine-pistol from under his coat, scaring the bar patrons even more. INT. Cloud Nine- Bar Bathroom Lee can see Dualla in the crowd, looking desperately for him. Torn, he pulls back from the door as Ellen reacts... Ellen: Were those... gunshots? Lee: I count four of them. Three men, one woman. All armed. (looking around) Is there a handset nearby? Any way to call out? Ellen: No. It's by the bar. Lee: The it looks like we're here for the duration. Ellen: My Gods.. what do you think they want? Lee: Nothing good. As Lee desperately considers his options.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- pg 18 continued: (2) Adama: Thought you were scheduled to join Ellen down on Cloud Nine. Tigh is surprised by the change of subject. Tigh: No, I decided to skip it this time. BEst to let her cat around a little. Makes her feel young. Adama looks up at Tigh. Adama: If you're staying behind because of me, don't. (beat) That'll be all, Colonel. As Tigh registers Adama's irritation... INT. Cloud Nine- Bar While Sesha watches, nervous and looking somewhat out of her league, Vinson and Chu herd everyone toward the bar area. Vinson: Everybody by the bar. Move. Sesha: It's going to be all right. Stay calm and we'll get through this. Anxious, Dualla comes over with several others, standing close to Billy. As he registers her being nearby... INT. Cloud Nine- BAr BAthroom Lee looks around the bathroom, trying to think of something. Thinking, he pries open a wall panel and looking behind it. There's a narrow space between the wall and the metall hull of the ship, studded with conduit and pipes. Not an exit, more like a crawl-space. Ellen : what are you doing? If they catch us.... Lee: Unfortunately, we've been caught. (working through it) (MORE) --------------------------------------------- pg20 CONTINUED: Vinson: Who are you? Ellen: PLease don't shoot! I'm alone! Vinson: Get over here. MOVE! Ellen rushes forward, joining Dualla, Billy and the rest... Sesha: Listen to me. This isn't a robbery and we are not criminals. We're members of the fleet, just like you... Pissed off at the whole situation, Ellen blurts out: Ellen: My husband's XO if Galactica. I don't care who you are, you just made the worst mistake of your life. Surprised by Ellen's revelation, Sesha takes a beat. INT. Galactica - CIC While Tigh and Adama stand across from one another in the CIC, Gaeta recieves a call. He listens. then: Gaeta: Colonel Tigh. Admiral. You need to hear this. Adama: On speaker. INT. Cloud Nine - Bar- Intercut Ellen speaks into the handset, at gunpoint. Ellen: Saul. They forced me to call... As everyone in the CIC reacts, Tigh grabs a handset. Tigh: Ellen? What's wrong? ----------------------------------------------------------------- pg21 Continued: Ellen: They're holding us hostage. Threatening to kill us if you don't... Ellen's voice CUTS OFF. Tigh shouts into the handset. Tigh: Ellen! What the hell is this? As Vinson pulls Ellen away, Sesha speaks into the handset. Sesha: My name is Sesha. Sesha Abinell. I was a cook on the freighter Greenleaf... just trying to live what passes for a normal life.... (focusing) I've seized control of Cloud Nine lounge. Taken the people inside hostage. Tigh looks at Adama in disbelief. What the hell is going on? Sesha: (cont'd) We have only one demand. As Ellen, Dualla, Billy and others react fearfully... Tigh: What do you want? Sesha: To feel my husband in my arms. Just to wake up and know he's there. But the Cylons took that from me, so I'll settle for justice. A life for a life. (beat) You have two hours. Bring me the female Cylon. INT. Galactica - CIC- Resume As Tigh, Adama and the others in the CIC absorb the threat... FADE OUT. END ACT ONE ------------------------------------------------------------------ pg27 Continued: (2) Baltar: Justification enough for whatever you or the Admiral decide. (beat) But at some posint, the arrogance that suggests human beings are superior to the Cylons simply because of our "nature" may prove our undoing. Laura: Why is that? Baltar: Look around you, Madame President. Which of our two species is on the run? As Laura considers the uneasily... Int. Cloud Nine- Bar As the 0-2 sensor continues to climb, Page steps out of the bathroom, Lee behind him, Sesha, Vinson and Chu see them coming; Vinson raises his gun. Vinson: (to Lee) Put your weapon down, now! Lee: Everybody take it easy. (to Page) Tell them. Page: He says he's Captain Adama, from Galactica. He just wants to talk. Lee: Talk. That's all. Sesha looks hard at Lee, like she recognizes him. Intrigued, she puts her hand on Vinson's gun, pushing the muzzle toward the floor. In response, Lee holds out Page's gun and drops it. As Page grabs the gun back... Lee: (cont'd) You know who I am. You also know that I have no love for the Cylons. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- pg28 Continued: Lee reaches the other hostages, moving near Dualla. They exchange looks, then... Sesha: Then why is your father keeping this one alive? Lee: She's in a cage. Under constant supervision. On the rare occasion that she's allowed out, she's in chains. It's no life. Sesha: More than it deserves. Lee: If you're worried about fleet security... Sesha: (cuts him off) These...things... murdered my husband. Every breath this one takes is an insult to him... to the entire fleet.... Lee: We've all lost people we care about. And we all have to find a way to live with it. As Sesha turns away, troubled, and Vinson realizes Lee's actually connecting with Sesha... Vinson: We're done talking. Get over there with the others. As the 0-2 sensor creeps toward "red" Lee kneels by Billy and Dualla. Speaking softly as they assess their chances. Dualla: Nice try. Lee: (re: Vinson) I've been watching them. Check out the way he's carrying his weapon. --------------------------------------------------------------------- pg41 Continued: Adama: You're not a soldier. You're not even human. Sharon: It's easier that way, isn't it? (off his silence) I've proven my loyalty to you and this ship again and again, but it's never enough. Adama: You're a Cylon. Don't talk to me about loyalty. Sharon: If giving me to these people is what it takes to convince you I'm telling the truth, then do it. (beat) Because all the sudden, I can't bear the idea of bringing my child into a world like this... As they stare at one another.... INT. Cloud Nine - Bar Dualla kneels over Lee, applying pressure to his wound as he writhes in pain. Billy, near her, watches her, appreciating how much she cares. Billy: How's he doing? Dualla: Not good. I can't stop the bleeding.... Billy: What can I do to help? Dualla looks at Billy, sees the helplessness in him. Dualla: Stay safe. Billy watches Dualla care for Lee. He can see the compassion in her eyes, the worry. He finally looks away, focusing on Chu. NOticing the second gun still ticked behind his back. Vinson paces, agitated. Looks at his watch, then at Sesha. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pg42 Continued: Vinson: Hour's almost up. Sesha looks across the hostages. Sesha: Guess we all know where we stand with Galactica. One Cylon's worth more than all of our lives combined. (reaches for handset) Put me through to Admiral Adama. INT. Galactica- CIC Adama returns to the CIC as the call comes in. Grabs a handset. Adama:(grabs handset) How's my son? INT. Cloud Nine - Bar Sesha grips the handset tight. Sesha: He's alive. (beat) When this started, he asked me if killing the Cylon was worth risking a single human life. I didn't know the answer then. INT. Cloud Nine- Staging Area Kara sits on the deck, face wracked with guilt. Sesha: (V.O.) But now one of my friends is dead. Two of your Marines. INT. Cloud Nine- Bar Lee is lying on the deck, his shirt red with blood, Dualla struggling to apply enoug hpressure to slow the bleeding. Billy is nearby, watching all this with horror. Sesha: (O.S.) And your son is dying. Until this moment, I didn't know how far I was willing to go... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pg47. Vinson: (to Sesha and Chu) They're right outside. We open up, they'll give us the Cylon. Sesha: Do it. Vinson hits the pressure hatch control and the door starts to open, revealing the gurney and the MedicalTechs. Sesha motions toward the MedicalTechs... Sesha: (cont'd) BAck Off. As they step away, Sesha approaches the body, pulling back the sheet to reveal. SHARON'S DEAD FACE. Sesha stands over her, staring with cold hatred at the thing she hates. Suddenly, cold, methodical, she raises her gun and FIRES point blank into the corpse. Once, Twice. Her expression barely changes, like she knows it's meaningless. Sesha: (cont'd) It's over. A wave of relief washes over Ellen and the other hostages. As they start toward the entrance, Vinson hesitates, staring at the body. Vinson: Sesha wait. He turns the body's head to one side, revealing an old injury on the cheek. Vinson: (cont'd) This isn't right... Rolls down the sheer. Sees the jagged marks of an autopsy scar on the body's sternum. Vinson: (cont'd) Body's cold. It's been dead for weeks... (beat) Cylon's still alive... Furious, Vinson turns towards the hostages, raising his gun. Seeing his chance, Billy jumps for Chu and grabs his gun. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pg48. Continued: (2) Billy pushes Chu down, turns and fires. The shot catches Vinson in the chest, sends him flying back. Hearing the shot, Sesha blindly FIRES, hitting Billy in the back. As Billy GASPS in shock, falling forward, The "Med TEchs," actually Marines, burst in fully armed. Sesha looks at the gun in her hand, like she can't believe what she's just done, as the "Med Techs" OPEN FIRE Sesha is caught in a spray of gun-fire, sprawling dead across Boomer's long-dead body. As Chu throws his hands up and the MArines surround him, Adama enters, looking for Lee. Seeing him, he winces at the wound. Adama: I need a medic! As real Medical Techs rush in and examine Lee, Adama leans down beside him. He takes a second looks across the nightmarish scene, then toward his son. Adama: (cont'd) Lee. Can you hear me? Adama takes Lee's hand. Lee's eyes flicker and he squeezes back. As the MEDICAL TECHS work to stabilize him.... Dualla looking desperately across the room. Stunned to see Billy lying on the floor, half hidden by an overtuened table gasping for breath. Dualla: Oh no... no... Dualla runs to him. Billy tries to speak, but he can't. As blood bubbles through his lips, he suddenly graps Dualla'a hand with desperate strength. Dualla looks across the room, frantic.... Dualla: (cont'd) Medic! OFF this momnet.... INT. Galactica- Sick Bay Lee's asleep in bed, hooked up an I.V. and assorted monitors. After a moment, he wakes up, woozy, and turns to find Dualla sitting beside him. |
trackstarbuck - August 12, 2006 12:26 AM (GMT)
the hooker pissed me off in this one. after all they`ve done to ensure equality on the show, did they really have to go and screw that up?
.....and where the hell was Katee!? :stop:
.....and where the hell was Katee!? :stop: