Blood on the Scales

Blood on the Scales is an episode of the TV series, Battlestar Galactica, and aired during the show's fourth season.
==Plot==
Lt. Felix Gaeta and Vice President Tom Zarek move to consolidate their insurrection in the fleet, while Cpt. Kara"Starbuck" Thrace and Lee "Apollo" Adama organize resistance on board Galactica and try to retake control of the ship. Zarek brings in Romo Lampkin to serve as Admiral William Adama's defence counsel, against both Lampkin's and Adama's will. After a brief trial, Zarek, acting as judge, condemns Adama to death by firing squad. Zarek travels to Colonial One in an attempt to attempt to solidify his position with the support of the Quorum of Twelve in Apollo's absence. When they reject his coup and demand him to leave, he has two armed civilians execute the delegates. Meanwhile, Starbuck and Apollo rescue the high-profile prisoners taken in "The Oath" (Samuel Anders, Colonel Saul Tigh, Karl "Helo" Agathon", Sharon "Athena" Agathon, their daughter Hera and Caprica-Six), and with the help of Cpt. Aaron Kelly rescue Adama from execution. President Laura Roslin and her allies on the Rebel Basestar, now under threat of attack from Gaeta and Galactica, position the ship among the fleet to temporarily shield themselves. With Adama certain to be killed, the Cylons vote to jump away, but Roslin convinces them to stay with the fleet.
Adama and his allies, including several mutineer turncoats, march to retake CIC. During a skirmish, Anders is shot in the neck, and Kara convinces Lampkin to help her carry him to Dr. Cottle. In CIC, Gaeta and Zarek are in the middle of a standoff with Roslin. Zarek lies that Adama has already been killed, and Roslin vows revenge. Gaeta orders the ship to jump away, but Galen Tyrol has sabotaged the FTL drive, and Gaeta realizes the mutiny has failed. Adama and his men storm CIC and the mutineers give up without a fight. After CIC is reclaimed, Tyrol, who is still in the engine room, notices and inspects a heavily damaged section of wall. Long linear grooves appear to have been gouged into the steel. It is unclear what caused this damage.
Gaeta has a final conversation with Dr. Gaius Baltar before being executed. Gaeta and Zarek are executed for their actions by a firing squad, but seconds before, Gaeta realizes the phantom pains in his amputated leg have finally stopped.
==Cast==
*Edward James Olmos as Rear Admiral William Adama
*Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin
*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
*Michael Trucco as Samuel T. Anders
*Alessandro Juliani as Lieutenant Felix Gaeta
*Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek
*Callum Keith Rennie as Leoben Conoy
*Mark Sheppard as Romo Lampkin
*Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster
*Sebastian Spence as Lieutenant Noel 'Narcho' Allison
*Bodie Olmos as Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza
*Mike Dopud as Specialist Gage
*Ty Olson as Captain Aaron Kelly
*Leah Cairns as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson
*Jennifer Halley as Ensign Diana "Hardball" Seelix
*Alexandra Thomas as Hera Agathon
*Derek Delost as Specialist Vireem
*Colin Corrigan as Sergeant Allan Nowart
*Andrew McIlroy as Jacob Cantrell
*Judith Maxie as Picon Delegate
*Iris Paluly as Dahlia
*Marilyn Norry as Reza Chronides
*Veena Sood as Quorum Delegate
*Adrian Holmes as Specialist Parr
==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===
*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 ===
* Baltar sits with Roslin operating a Raptor wireless on the Rebel Basestar. Roslin accuses him of treason over his refusal to help.
* Alternate version of the Colonial One massacre scene, showing the delegates being shot by Zarek's insurgents.
* Baltar has sex with a Six to take his mind off the uprising, but immediately becomes depressed.
* Lampkin goads pilots into a fight while being escorted down a corridor.
* Extended sequence of CIC being retaken. Zarek mocks Gaeta's incompetence and suggests he be handed a medal.
==Sources==
==External links==
*Archived podcast
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