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Battlestar Galactica episode
“The Farm”
Original Air Date	August 12, 2005 (US) February 7, 2006 (UK)
Season	2
Episode #	5
Production #	2.05
Writer(s)	Carla Robinson
Director	Rod Hardy
Guest star(s)	Richard Hatch Kate Vernon Nicki Clyne Michael Trucco Tamara Lashley Rick Worthy
Episode Order
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"Resistance"	"Home, Part 1"

The Farm is episode 5 of Battlestar Galactica Season 2.

Story:

Commander Adama returns to a hero's welcome and an unenviable task: In order to maintain control of the fleet, he must track down his son, Lee, and President Roslin, who have escaped (with Tom Zarek's help) into hiding somewhere in the fleet. Adama orders all ships in the fleet searched.

Meanwhile, Lee and Roslin prepare to send a message to the rest of the fleet seeking popular support. When the time comes, however, Lee can't bring himself to publicly condemn his father.

With no other choice, Roslin plays "the religious card" to save the human race. She declares herself to be the voice of the prophet Pythia. Her announcement sends shockwaves throughout the fleet's population.

Finally, unable to hide any longer, her ship makes the jump back to Kobol, where she plans to seek the road to Earth. To the surprise of many on the Galactica, and to Roslin herself, nearly one-third of the fleet follows her to Kobol.

Far away, on Cylon-occupied Caprica, Kara goes on a recon with the resistance fighters and is wounded in a firefight. She finds herself being nursed back to health by Simon, an attentive doctor who tells that she can better serve the human race by having babies than by fighting Cylons.

When Kara awakens with a new scar, though, she begins to suspect that neither Simon nor the hospital are what they seem. Sneaking out of her locked room, she discovers that Simon is a Cylon, and she kills him. Making a bid for freedom, she stumbles upon a chilling sight: a room full of women, including resistance fighter Sue-Shaun, wired up by the Cylons to serve as baby machines.

Credits:

Written by Carla Robinson

Directed by Rod Hardy

Guest Stars

• Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek
• Aaron Douglas as Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol
• Nicki Clyne as Specialist Cally
• Michael Trucco as Samuel Anders
• Tamara Lashley as Sue-Shaun
• Rick Worthy as Simon

Links

• Podcast audio commentary Teaser
• Podcast audio commentary Act 1
• Podcast audio commentary Act 2
• Podcast audio commentary Act 3
• Podcast audio commentary Act 4