Final Cut

Final Cut is an episode of the TV series, Battlestar Galactica, and aired during the show's second season.
==Plot==
=== Teaser ===
D'anna Biers is a reporter in the fleet, who is finishing her piece on the "Gideon Massacre", critical of Galactica's marines under Lt. Joe Palladino for the deaths of four civilians while the ship was under Col. Tigh's command. She is stopped by Marines during the editing process and sent to Colonial One, where President Laura Roslin offers her unrestricted access to Galactica to document ordinary life there to improve its standing in the fleet. Meanwhile, Col. Tigh is taken out of CIC when his wife, Ellen, reports someone having entered their quarters to write a threatening letter.
=== Plot ===
Biers conducts guerrilla filming of Commander Adama on Racetrack's Raptor flight back from Colonial One. Heading on board, she is given
Biers conducts frank interviews with crew members and captures some pilots' hijinks on camera. After Kat overdoses on stimulants and botches a landing, Biers follows her to Galactica's sickbay. There, she discovers Dr. Cottle treating Caprica-Sharon for a complication with her pregnancy. Adama confiscates the footage, but Biers secretly keeps a copy. She then records the crew during a successful defense against incoming Cylon Raiders and uncovers a disgruntled Palladino as the perpetrator of death threats and an assassination attempt on Tigh.
In her final report, Biers describes arriving on Galactica with a bias against the crew but changing her mind. Pleased with the report, Adama recommends it be shown throughout the fleet. On Caprica, several Cylons also watch the report, as well as the secret footage of Sharon. A copy of Biers, who is apparently a Cylon, sits with them, reveals that the Raiders were called to Galactica to relay this footage, and calls the unborn child "a miracle from God."
==Cast==
*Edward James Olmos as Commander William Adama
*Mary McDonnell as President of the Twelve Colonies Laura Roslin
*Katee Sackhoff as Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
*Jamie Bamber as Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama
*James Callis as Doctor Gaius Baltar
*Tricia Helfer as Messenger Six
*Grace Park as Lieutenant Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
*Michael Hogan as Colonel Saul Tigh
*Aaron Douglas as Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol
*Tahmoh Penikett as Lieutenant Karl "Helo" Agathon
*Paul Campbell as Billy Keikeya
*Alessandro Juliani as Lieutenant Felix Gaeta
*Kandyse McClure as Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla
*Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh
*Donnelly Rhodes as Major Sherman Cottle
*Matthew Bennett as Number Five
*Lucy Lawless as D'Anna Biers
*Luciana Carro as Louanne "Kat" Katraine
*Bodie Olmos as Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza
*Flick Harrison as Bell
*Kevan Kase as Private Scott Kelso
*Yee Jee Tso as Staffer
*Curtis Hicks as Marine Sergeant
*Aleks Paunovic as Sergeant Omar Fischer
*Ty Olson as Captain Aaron Kelly
*Leah Cairns as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson
*Jeremy Guilbaut as Lieutenant Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Lee "Apollo" Adama
*William Adama
*Karl "Helo" Agathon
*Gaius Baltar
*Anastasia Dualla
*Felix Gaeta
*Calandra Henderson
*Billy Keikeya
*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==
=== Notes ===
* Ronald D. Moore recorded a podcast, which can be found here.
==Sources ==
==External links==
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