The federal agents et permission to search the Athena Academy. We also get a glimpse into Sr. Clarice’s cozy group marriage bed. She is warned by someone about the search and sends out an e-paper message to warn Keone and other students she is allying with (though we don’t see any, presumably there are). Keone manages to empty his locker in time to not look suspicious.

Daniel is rehearsing the script for the Sarno show, still feeling a bit uncomfortable. He doesn’t want to defile Zoe’s memory. Amanda complains, “I can’t believe you’re going out there to dance on our grave like this!”  She thinks Zoe is not guilty that they don’t know for sure what happened. She says that she didn’t mean to be on camera and he shouldn’t purposefully go on camera because they should be more parents than company spokespeople, but Daniel points out that they are no loner parents. Meanwhile, Sam  Adama is observing him from afar with knives, plotting with Joeseph for revenge.

In the Graystone lab, the cute techie is back, giving Zoe compliments and planning to give her a name. He and Cylon Zoe dance, and Zoe enjoys every minute, while Daniel Graystone tries to distinguish between being “troubled” and  ”having troubles.” Pryah insists that he should call Zoe troubled because it will console the public.

Although Willie is hanging out more with Sam than his father, his grandma accepts this fact because at 14 on Tauron he would be a man. Willie’s grandma gives the very Tauron advice that you get more from enemies than friends. Sam is still observing the Graystones whose house is being searched. The Feds say, “We’re just trying to figure out who turned her into a bomber.” They search the living area but not the lab; all they find is the infinity broach. Since they didn’t find anything at the Graystones, they plan to search the school again, particularly communication devices to find the leader who they think messaged the whole student body.

Finally the Sarno show! Graystone opens with humor and then states the “facts:”  troubled daughter growing up with halobands and learning that there are no consequences. Sarno suggests that she hated it because it was making her want to blow things up, to the thunderous applause of the audience. Amanda storms on, right before commercial break. She “corrects” Daniel’s statement claiming that Zoe was like an other teenager, angry, defiant, rude.

THEN, Daniel admits that he talked to the avatar and explains that the sacrafices and sex in the Vworld made her seek STO. He says it’s his failure because the company failed to control the content. He says that the company will make no more profit on haloband or Vworld licensing, instead the money will be donated to charity. After the show, Sam pretends to be  Baxter’s driver to take Amanda home. Joseph tries to message and call Sam but he can’t get in touch with him, meanwhile Sam seems to be prolonging he and Amanda’s drive through Little Tauron.

When Sam gets back to Joseph’s house, he’s asleep. Sam wakes him up and tells him that Larry doesn’t like it when he comes home bloody. Then he says that you can’t tell the difference between animal blood and human blood. Joseph feas for the worst, but Sam quells his fears, telling him he didn’t kill Amanda, just scared her a little.

The episode ends with Keone setting up a meeting for Lacy to meet Barnabus and talk about going Gemenon. Sr. Clarice is re-watching the Graystones on Sarno, feeling that she is close to finding Zoe’s avatar. Amanda and Daniel settle into bed to watch TV and miss their daughter.

This episode was pretty suspenseful because I kept wondering if one of the Graystones was going to end up dead or if Sam would get caught without ever getting on the premises (though I thought he was too good for that). I actually enjoyed the emotionalism of this episode. It reveals how the Graystones are dealing with loss and confusion a little bit more and how that conflicts with their need to maintain public image (which will always factor into anything they do). This episode also revealed more about Tauron society, but since as Willie’s grandma says the aren’t at peace in death until their deaths are avenged and the Graystones die, will there be more attempts on the Graystones lives? Particularly by Taurons which would pose a conflict of interest for the very Caprican Joseph. (Yes, i know this is a fragment, ignore. :) ) I give this episode 4/5 because I have hope for the next episode’s awesomeness.

When we rejoin the dynamic, soap opera-esque  world of Caprica after Amanda has revealed that Zoe may have been involved in the bombing, we see the repercussions. Amanda may be fired and Graystone is being boycotted. Amanda is being interviewed after the surprising reveal and has a bottle thrown at her. However, the reporter is less concerned about Amanda and more about herself. The Graystones have clearly fallen in social standing. (also, note the use of ancient microphone technology).

Amanda is not the only Graystone under attack, as the boycott demonstrates. Daniel is the subject of jokes on the colonies’ most popular political comedy show, Backtalk with Baxter Sarno. Sarno jokes that the title of Graystone’s autobiography will be wow, I didn’t See that Coming, instead of The Man who Can See the Future.

After Xander tries to convince while he’s sparring at the gym that he should hire a new PR rep, Daniel has a run-in with the Adamas. Joeseph and Sam beat up Graystone and then Joeseph demands to see his daughter. Daniel says that he can’t, but Adama is persistent. He also demands an avatar for his wife, but Daniel says that he can’t create one because the program is gone (really something you should have copies of). As they are leaving, Sam remarks that he should drive himself because they got access to him by paying off his driver. (This seems to be a method preferred by Taurons)

Willie has begun skipping school under his uncle Sam’s (hehe) influence. An overheard conversation remarks about the Taurons’ place in colonial society, “Virgans could frak their wives in front of the cops and they’d throw us in jail for it.” Willie tries to be friendly by bringing breakfast tacos (at least that’s what it looks like), but then alleges he has been in jail which the guys mock him for. Although Willie seems a bit out of place now, Sam intends to help him become part of the group, beginning with skipping school for “Tauron devotion to Mars.”

Although Daniel wouldn’t admit it to Xander. The media is getting to him. He cancels all recordings of his name in the press and deletes recorded ones. Amanda returns from not only mentally being harassed by the media and public, but physically as well. She and Daniel discuss the problems with announcing their daughter’s potential innocence to the world, but both express personal doubts about her innocence, leaving the issue somewhat unresolved. The scene culminates in the unfortunate Cylon Zoe witnessed her parents frakking. Meanwhile, Sr. Clarice tries to get closer to Lacy by saying that she was Zoe’s confessor and could play the same role in Lacy’s life.

Despite Adama’s name change at the start of the series, Adama seems to still adhere to the Tauron values he denounced. He’s been paying off a judge, but the judge complained, talling Adam that he couldn’t just assume that he was in Adama’s pocket. Then, he demanded twice the usual payment. Meanwhile, federal agents realized they has Ben Stark in custody a year before but let him go, despite being out after curfew and having wires in his backpack. They destroy the tape and begin planning a way to redeem their behavior for the cheif.

Cylon Zoe discovers a way to tape into the virtual world from her Cylon body. Lacy tells Zoe about her recent encounter with Sr. Clarice and confides that she thinks Sr. Clarice is fishing and that she wants to know that the avatar exists. Zoe tells L not to trust her that the real Zoe didn’t trust her, contradicting Clarice’s assertion earlier in the episode.  Zoe and Lacy begin to explore Daniel’s personal virtual space and find Tamara. Tamara says that she can’t feel her heart beat causing Lacy and Zoe to suspect that she’s pure avatar and wonder, “Can you be free if you’re not real?” Tamara leaves the two girls and says that she can find her way home.

Luciana Carro, who played “Kat” in BSG, makes a re-appearence in this series as Pryah the PR person for Graystone.  Pryah teaches Graystone how to speak to the public, stressing that he must portray Zoe as a “troubled child,” though he doesn’t want to. Daniel must convince the public that the Haloband was not the cause as Sarno has been alleging.

Lacy enlists the help of Keon Gatwick whom Zoe believes to be trustworthy because he was a friend of Ben’s. Gatwick and Zoe must now figure out a way to get Zoe to Gemenon as Zoe intended. Meanwhile, Sr. Clarice in her virtual world that looks oddly like a confessional tells the unidentified person on the other side of the screen that she believes she can get to Zoe’s avatar.

The Stocks on Greystone keep taking a dive after the public finds out that the Graystone’s house cant be searched. To the Caprican Justice Dept.,  good police-work and juicy journalism are synonymous. The head of the department instructs them to find something in Greystone’s house. Daniel also gets booked on Sarno, an interview not be forgotten. And, Sam Adama is gay, but it doesn’t seem to mess with his tough guy gangster persona, so Caprica’s sexual equality is to be commended (we’ve already seen their group marriages).

I watched this episode really late because I had a lot of work to do but I enjoyed when I was catching up. It made me look forward to Graystone’s interview and the sketchy policework on Caprica. I’m not sure how much I like Keon because I fear it may end up being teen drama-like with him and Lacy but we’ll see. Sr. Clarice is being very sneaky, so I look forward to seeing that. The Adama’s story line seems to be the least dynamic right now, but I think the writers are working hard at giving us the future-Admiral’s family background. I give this episode 3.5/5 Cylon heads. Good middle of the road episode. Oh, plus Patton Oswalt will be back on in the next episode, wee!

Duchess Satine aims to convince the senate that Death Watch does not represent the views of all the people of Mandalore and that they should not intervene and deny her people the right to resolve this crisis on their own.  Satine fears that Death Watch will be hailed as liberators if the Senate interferes in planetary politics because they will offer the people defense from the Republic, allowing the planet to remain “neutral.” (until of course they realize DW is plotting with the Separatists) Meanwhile, Count Dooku plotting with Death Watch, tells the Governor Prez Vizsla of Concordia to send an assassin to coruscant.

At a meeting of the Senate, a message from deputy ministry Jerrick is played before the body. Jerec had been killed in a recent bombing on Mandalore. To Satine’s surprise and dismay, Jerrick advocates intervention of Republic in Mandalore. Satine shouts her confusion to the body and attests that the recording must be a fake because Jerec was a staunch advocate of the government. She protests the looming intervention on the grounds that Madalore will become a military target

Obi-Wan and Satine have a brief discussion in the hallway in which heated words are exchanged as Satine accuses him of being overly violent and he tries to excuse Republic intervention. Satine leaves to meet a contact, a move Obi-Wan considers rash, but is sabotaged on the way when her speeder’s controls are compromised. Satine and a few of her body guards manage to jump to safety before the speeder crashes into a building.

Because of the attack on Satine’s speeder, Palpatine calls a meeting of the Senate to vote on military intervention in Mandalore earlier than planned. Satine learns from Padme that the Senate has voted to send troops to Mandalore the following day. While walking with Padme, Satine meets up with Obi-Wan who expresses his concern for her, and Satine admits she didn’t want to worry him. Obi-Wan says that Satine must be cautious because the attack proves her enemies are in Coruscant, but Satine rebukes him saying, “Counting on the Republic is a mistake,” and asserting her intention to meet up with her contact.

Satine meets her contact who gives her a datacard, disc has the right recording of Jerec. A member of Death Watch shoots him from above then attempts to aim for Satine but police droids arrive. Mistaking her stun gun for a weapon, the police droids identify her as the suspect. Satine flees and disables some of the droids in the process. Then, she contacts Obi-Wan because he is the only person she can rely upon to help her.

Obi-Wan and Satine meet up in some rather obvious disguises (big dark cloaks are apparently not suspicious in the Republic). Satine hands the disc to Obi-Wan and instructs him to take it to Padme. He convinces her to turn herself in to distract the guards so that he can sneak in unnoticed because he is under suspicion as her friend. On their way to the Senate, they are attacked by the member of Death Watch who attempted to assassinate Satine earlier. Obi-Wan senses the danger when a smoke bomb is dropped and knocks (an appalled) Satine out of the way. Then, Obi-Wan attempts to disarm the Mandalorian who disarms him instead. They tussle on the ground for a little while, but the balance is changed when Satine tosses Obi-Wan his lightsaber. He then Force-throws the Mandalorian who flies away (my backpack’s got jets…).

Padme brings up the Occupation of Mandalore to be revisited by the Senate, but Palpatine defends it saying that it provides security for the Republic by crushing any element that will compromise its security. Then, Padme plays the true speech for the Senate and the troops are called off because Jerec calls for the Mandalorians to stand up against Death Watch themselves as a united people.

Governor Prez Vizsla realizes he can’t hold the planet without Count Dooku’s forces who will not intervene since the Republic is not. However, Count Dooky says they have other ways of achieving their goal. In the end, Obi-Wan praises Satine saying, “it was your unshakable faith in your people and your determination that brought about this result.” Then, they wonder aloud who is behind all this. This seems an odd statement because the battle droids in “Voyage of Temptation” indicate that Count Dooku is in league with Death Watch. A more appropriate question would’ve been “Why?”

I enjoyed this episode, but it seemed more like a filler episode than an exciting conclusion. Ben and I are in a disagreement as to whether this is the last we will see of Satine. Dooku said that he had alternate plans, but, given the Senate’s decision to not be involved, it seems like this will be an interplanetary crisis. However, I don’t think it’s out of the question for Satine to reappear if this is the last episode centered around her and Mandalore. I give this a 3.5/5 Lightsabers.

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