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"Sometimes a Great Notion" is the thirteenth episode in the fourth season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. It aired on television on SCI FI and Space in the United States and Canada respectively on January 16, 2009 and on Sky One in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2009. This episode is the first after the mid-season finale of the fourth season ("Revelations"), which aired on June 2008. The episode title is a reference to the novel of the same name, written by Ken Kesey. The episode was also the last to be written before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. It received a Nielsen rating of 1.6 and was received positively throughout.
The episode continues from "Revelations", where both the colonial fleet and the rebel Cylons finally found Earth, only to find it devastated by a nuclear holocaust at least 2,000 years before, and the discovery leads to despair all across the fleet. The episode was not given an opening title sequence, but the survivor count for the episode was 39,651.
Original Release
01/16/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward James Olmos | William Adama / Admiral William Adama |
Mary McDonnell | Laura Roslin / President Laura Roslin |
Katee Sackhoff | Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace / Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace |
Jamie Bamber | Lee Adama / Lee 'Apollo' Adama |
James Callis | Gaius Baltar / Dr. Gaius Baltar |
Tricia Helfer | Number Six |
Grace Park | Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon / Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii |
Michael Hogan | Saul Tigh / Colonel Saul Tigh |
Aaron Douglas | Galen Tyrol / Chief Galen Tyrol |
Tahmoh Penikett | Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon / Karl 'Helo' Agathon |
Directors
Writers
David Weddle, Bradley Thompson, Seamus Kevin Fahey, Ronald D. Moore
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward James Olmos | William Adama / Admiral William Adama |
Mary McDonnell | Laura Roslin / President Laura Roslin |
Katee Sackhoff | Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace / Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace |
Jamie Bamber | Lee Adama / Lee 'Apollo' Adama |
James Callis | Gaius Baltar / Dr. Gaius Baltar |
Tricia Helfer | Number Six |
Grace Park | Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon / Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii |
Michael Hogan | Saul Tigh / Colonel Saul Tigh |
Aaron Douglas | Galen Tyrol / Chief Galen Tyrol |
Tahmoh Penikett | Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon / Karl 'Helo' Agathon |
Michael Trucco | Ensign Samuel Anders |
Alessandro Juliani | Lt. Felix Gaeta |
Kandyse McClure | Lt. Anastasia Dualla |
Lucy Lawless | D'Anna Biers |
Callum Keith Rennie | Leoben Conoy |
Rekha Sharma | Tory Foster |
Kate Vernon | Ellen Tigh |
Brad Dryborough | Lt. Louis Hoshi |
Jen Halley | Ensign Diana 'Hardball' Seelix |
Don Thompson | Specialist 3rd Class Anthony Figurski |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ronald D. Moore | Executive Producer |
Michael Angeli | Executive Producer |
David Eick | Executive Producer |
Jane Espenson | Executive Producer |
Michael Taylor | Executive Producer |
Mark Verheiden | Executive Producer |
Harvey Frand | Producer |
Ron French | Producer |
James Halpern | Producer |
Glen A. Larson | Producer |
Paul M. Leonard | Producer |
Siân McArthur | Producer |
Michael Rymer | Producer |
Bradley Thompson | Producer |
David Weddle | Producer |
Maria Elena Sanchez | Producer |