The Ties That Bind

The Ties That Bind is the fifth episode in the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica. The episode originally aired on SCI FI and Space in the United States and Canada respectively on April 18, 2008, and on Sky1 in the United Kingdom on April 22. The episode's title is a reference to a Christian hymn, "Blessed Be the Tie that Binds". The episode mainly focuses on the four of the final five Cylons, particularly Galen Tyrol, as his relationship with his wife, Cally becomes even more strained. Meanwhile, Kara Thrace and her team on the Demetrius start their search for Earth. The episode also deals with the significant six Cylons after three of the models decide to force the other three not to lobotomize the Raiders, which leads the two factions to a civil war.
==Plot==
A Brother Cavil model resurrects from the dead after one of the Sixes (Natalie) starts a rebellion to unbox the Three models to learn the identity of the final five. Surprisingly, Cavil agrees to this. They decide to send a fleet of basestars and a resurrection ship to the location where the Threes were boxed. However, when they get there, the resurrection ship does not follow. Instead, Cavil's baseships circle the rebels and proceed to destroy them. Meanwhile, on the Demetrius, Kara Thrace and her crew have been searching for Earth by Starbuck's vision for 22 days without any success. The patience of the crew starts to wear thin.
In the ragtag fleet, Lee Adama becomes the Caprican delegate for the Quorum of Twelve, though the media's real attention is on the missing Demetrius, and its "classified military assignment". Lee is then paid a visit by Tom Zarek, who tells him that Roslin and Adama have continued to suppress information and believes the Demetrius affair will create more tension if Roslin doesn't come clean about its mission. He ends saying that he hopes, as a Quorum member, Lee will not ignore the truth, which he doesn't as he brings up another issue; Executive Order 112, which deals with the method by which the President establishes a tribunal and he believes it gives the President too much power. Roslin responds that she intended to discuss the order at the next Quorum meeting.
On Galactica, Crew Chief Galen Tyrol and Cally's relationship becomes even more strained. Cally soon attempts to spy on him, believing he is having an affair. She catches him talking to Tory Foster at Joe's bar. Afterward, she finds a note from Saul Tigh. She follows Tyrol again, where she eavesdrops on the meeting between Tyrol, Tory and Tigh. To her horror, she soon learns that they are Cylons. When the group breaks apart, Tory is the last one out of the compartment and notices an out of place tile, leading her to believe that someone listened in on their conversation. Cally rushes to her quarters to beat Chief Tyrol back and when his guard is lowered, knocks him out with a wrench. Cally proceeds to grab her son Nicky, and attempts to commit murder-suicide by having her and her child vent into space in a launch tube. Tory follows and attempts to talk Cally into not doing it, since they had no idea they were Cylons until the Ionian Nebula, and that they are not evil. Eventually, Tory takes the baby and knocks Cally out. After she regains consciousness, Tory, holding the baby in another room, presses the launch button, venting Cally into space. Later, Admiral Adama gives Galen the bad news that Cally is dead.
==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
*Kandyse McClure as Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla
*Callum Keith Rennie as Leoben Conoy
*Rick Worthy as Number Four
*Matthew Bennett as Number Five
*Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster
*Sebastian Spence as Lieutenant Noel 'Narcho' Allison
*Dean Stockwell as Number One
*Bodie Olmos as Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza
*Tiffany Lyndall-Knight as Hybrid
*Leah Cairns as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson
*Eileen Pedde as Sergeant Erin Mathias
*Jennifer Halley as Ensign Diana "Hardball" Seelix
*Colin Corrigan as Sergeant Allan Nowart
*Ryan Robbins as Charlie Connor
*Keegan Connor Tracy as Jeanne
*Leela Savasta as Tracey Anne
*Lara Gilchrist as Paulla Schaffer
*Heather Doerksen as Sergeant Brandy Harder
*Christina Schild as Playa Palacios
*Biski Gugushe as Sekou Hamilton
*Finn R. Devitt as Nicolas Tyrol
*Donna Soares as Gemenon Delegate
*Andrew McIlroy as Jacob Cantrell
*Judith Maxie as Picon Delegate
*Iris Paluly as Dahlia
*Ryan McDonell as Lieutenant Eammon "Gonzo" Pike
*Marilyn Norry as Reza Chronides
==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
== Notes ==
* Roslin's whiteboard states the surviving population to be 34 279, which is a production error.
==Gallery==
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==Sources==
==External links==
*Podcast
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