Water (Battlestar Galactica)
| "Water" | |
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| Battlestar Galactica episode | |
One of Galactica's water tanks spews water
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Marita Grabiak |
| Written by | Ronald D. Moore |
| Original air date | UK: October 25, 2004 US: January 14, 2005 |
"Water" is the second episode of season 1 of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series.
Boomer wakes up in the tool room of the Galactica hanger deck, soaking wet. Inside of her bag she finds a G-4 explosive and a towel. Upon emerging from the tool room, Boomer learns from Cally that its early morning, not evening as she believes. Returning the detonator to the arms locker, Boomer finds out that six others are missing and becomes panicked.
At the same time President Laura Roslin makes a ceremonial visit to the Galactica. While Roslin believes that Commander William Adama is just making a fool out of her, Apollo changes her opinion on the matter by revealing that Adama hates ceremonial events and was only doing it for Roslin's sake. While Roslin is onboard, the Galactica begins transferring potable water to the Virgon Express, a ship that relies on Galactica for its water supply.
As the Galactica transfers the water to the Virgon Express, a panicked Boomer informs Chief Galen Tyrol of her discovery. Boomer is further panicked due to rumors of Cylons taking on human form and Cylon sleeper agents in the fleet. As the water transfer occurs, several explosions vent the Galactica's portside water tanks to space, venting 60% of Galactica's water supplies. Even with rationing, its quickly determined that Galactica will run out of water in six days. With one-third of the fleet relying on Galactica for their water, they will run out within two days. A mission is quickly launched to search five nearby star systems for sources of water.
The subsequent investigation by Tyrol determines that five explosives were used to blow out the tanks and that there is still one detonator missing. The command staff quickly realize that there is a Cylon agent aboard Galactica. Roslin and Adama turn to Doctor Gaius Baltar to identify the agent. In the past Baltar had claimed to find a way of detecting Cylon agents that had allowed him to "identify" Aaron Doral as a Cylon. Baltar quickly makes excuses about why his testing method is no longer viable and Adama assigns Lieutenant Felix Gaeta to assist Baltar. To buy himself some time, Baltar joins a card game led by Starbuck whom he unsuccessfully flirts with.
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