Torn

Torn is the sixth episode of the third season of Battlestar Galactica. This episode introduces the concept of a "hybrid", a semi-organic computer which operates the Basestar and is - in a 'very real sense' - to "be" the Basestar. Some Cylon models - the Number Twos (of which Leoben Conoy is one), believe the Hybrid to be speaking for the one true god.
==Plot==
===Galactica===
After Starbuck crashes her Viper during a training exercise, Apollo strips her flight status. Colonel Saul Tigh mourns for his wife. He and Starbuck criticize the crew members who spent the occupation of New Caprica with the fleet until a disgusted Admiral William Adama orders them to stop. Starbuck cuts her hair and seeks out Kacey, whom she brushed off earlier. Tigh confines himself to his quarters and drinks heavily.
Lieutenant Felix Gaeta reconstructs Gaius Baltar's work on the location of Earth and determines the fleet should navigate to a distant nebula shaped like a lion's head (Lion's Head Nebula). The pilots choose "Athena" as the new call sign for Sharon Agathon after she explains that "Boomer" refers to someone else.
===The Cylon Fleet===
Caprica Six and a Number Three copy tell Baltar that the Cylons plan to make Earth their new home. Hoping the Cylons will let him live, Baltar tells them about the Lion's Head Nebula.
The Cylons send a basestar to scout the nebula but lose contact after a virus infects the ship and its crew. At Head Six's suggestion, Baltar volunteers to board the basestar so the Cylons can avoid exposure to the disease. A dying Six copy identifies an ancient beacon the crew found and brought aboard as the source of the sickness. She accuses Baltar of leading them to the nebula so they would find the infected beacon; Baltar kills her after she threatens to tell the others. Baltar omits mention of the beacon in his final report, but Caprica Six notices it in the photos he brought back.
The Cylons abandon the infected basestar. Later, Athena and Racetrack discover the basestar while scouting the nebula in a Raptor.
==Cast==
*Edward James Olmos as Rear Admiral William Adama
*Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin
*Katee Sackhoff as Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
*Jamie Bamber as Commander Lee "Apollo" Adama
*James Callis as President of the Twelve Colonies Gaius Baltar
*Tricia Helfer as 
**Caprica Six
**Messenger Six
*Grace Park as 
**Lieutenant Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
**Sharon Agathon
**Number Eight
*Michael Hogan as Colonel Saul Tigh
*Aaron Douglas as Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol
*Tahmoh Penikett as Captain Karl "Helo" Agathon
*Nicki Clyne as Specialist Calandra Henderson Tyrol
*Alessandro Juliani as Lieutenant Felix Gaeta
*Lucy Lawless as D'Anna Biers
*Rick Worthy as Number Four
*Callum Keith Rennie as Leoben Conoy
*Matthew Bennett as Aaron Doral
*Luciana Carro as Louanne "Kat" Katraine
*Bodie Olmos as Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza
*Leah Cairns as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson
*Madeleine Parker as Kacey Brynn
*Sebastian Spence as Lieutenant Noel "Narcho" Allison
*Emilie Ullerup as Julia Brynn
*Tiffany Lyndall-Knight as Hybrid
*Rachel Hayward as Blonde Woman
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Lee "Apollo" Adama
*William Adama
*Karl "Helo" Agathon
*Gaius Baltar
*Anastasia Dualla
*Felix Gaeta
*Calandra Henderson
*Number Eight
**Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
**Sharon Agathon
*Number Six
**Messenger Six
*Laura Roslin
*Saul Tigh
*Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
*Galen Tyrol
===Locations===
*Cyrannus Star System
**Caprica
*The Fleet
===Species===
*Cylon
**Centurion
**Humanoid Cylon
**Raider
*Human
===Technology===
*FTL
*Wireless
===Vehicles and vessels===
*Basestar
*Colonial One
*Galactica
*Raider
*Raptor
*Viper
===Organizations===
*Colonial Fleet
*Colonial Government
*Colonial Marine Corps
== Production ==
=== Deleted scenes ===
* Three hands Hera over to Boomer as her carer after talking about Cylon projection. Baltar is disturbed that he can see Three's projection.
== Sources ==
==External links==
*Moore podcast
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