213-Epiphanies

Summary
President Roslin lies dying in the Galactica's sickbay fading in and out of consciousness. During a moment of coherency, she she orders that the pregnancy of Cylon Sharon be terminated after the fetus' blood shows irregularities. VP Baltar and Helo, father of the child both protest the decision, leading to an armed showdown between Helo and Adama. The abortion is halted at the last moment after Baltar discovers that the child's blood might be the key towards saving Roslin. While all this is going on, a group seeking peace with the Cylons begins terroristic operations against the military in an attempt to force the fleet to sue for peace with the Cylons. After their leader, Royan Jahee, is arrested, the group expands its revolt to the bombing of the tylium ship resulting in many casualties and leaving the fleet vulnerable to attack and shortages. The threat is intensified when Baltar meets with the group in secret, only to discover that one of their members is Gina, the Cylon he saved from the Pegasus and who killed Admiral Cain. While Roslin recovers, Baltar reads her 'final message' and realizes that she doesn't trust him, and might even suspect his involvement with the sabotage of the Colonial defenses done by Six. As a result, he sneaks a nuclear warhead to the terrorists, placing the fleet in a great deal of peril.


Review
Overall, an interesting episode. Current time is interspliced with numerous flashbacks to Caprica just prior to the attack as Roslin fades in and out of consciousness. Alot of back story was revealed in this episode. Roslins relationship with Adar, and the seeds of her distrust for Baltar are seen as her memories prior to leaving for the Galactica are run through. The revealing of a cylon peace movement within the fleet seems to be a nod towards the original series where the Quarum sought peace with the Cylons shortly after their holocaust. There is still obvious tension between Starbuck and Apollo, and it seems a rivalry is beginning between Kat and Starbuck as well. The episode was good. Not great, but a decent one that fills in alot of back history and plants some seeds for later development.

Plot Holes:
Over the last 2 seasons it's been shown that the Colonials can detect nuclear warheads. How did Baltar manage to screen the warhead well enough to avoid detection?