Colonial Day
| "Colonial Day" | |
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| Battlestar Galactica episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Jonas Pate |
| Written by | Carla Robinson |
| Original air date | UK: January 10, 2005 US: March 18, 2005 |
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"Colonial Day" is the eleventh episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series.
In the episode, Tom Zarek seeks to become Vice President, but President Laura Roslin thwarts him by nominating the popular scientist Gaius Baltar, who ultimately wins. A possible presidential assassin is captured but cannot be linked to Zarek. On Caprica, Helo discovers that Caprica-Boomer is a Cylon.
President Roslin reconstitutes the Quorum of Twelve, a representative body within the Colonial government. Tom Zarek, who had called for Roslin's resignation, is nominated to fill the vacant role of Vice President. Worried that Zarek may try to assassinate her if he wins, Roslin initially drafts her friend and confidante Wallace Gray to run against Zarek. After Gray proves uncharismatic, she pushes him aside in favor of Gaius Baltar.
Apollo and Starbuck arrest a man named Valance who has smuggled a handgun aboard Cloud Nine, the ship where the Quorum meeting is being held. They suspect that he may have ties to Zarek but find him dead in his holding cell in an apparent suicide.
Baltar wins the election. Zarek warns Roslin he will be back during the presidential election in six months and claims he did not kill Valance.
On Caprica, Helo and Boomer prepare to hijack a Cylon ship to escape the planet when he sees another Number Eight copy that looks just like Boomer. Realizing that she, too, is a humanoid Cylon, he flees.
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