When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.
Acting
Dean Stockwell's Cavil carries the whole philosophical mess.
Direction
Olmos knows this world intimately—shaky cam and all.
Writing
Retrofitting four seasons into coherent villain motivation.
Director
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
Commander William Adama
Dean Stockwell
Brother Cavil
Michael Trucco
Samuel Anders
Grace Park
Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii
Michael Hogan
Colonel Saul Tigh
Callum Keith Rennie
Leoben Conoy
Kate Vernon
Ellen Tigh
Rick Worthy
Simon
Lymari Nadal
Giana O'Neill
Matthew Bennett
Aaron Doral
Rekha Sharma
Tory Foster
Tricia Helfer
Number Six / Shelly Godfrey
Alisen Down
Jean Barolay
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight
Hybrid
Alonso Oyarzun
Crewman Specialist Socinus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edward James Olmos fought to direct this specifically to give Dean Stockwell meatier material after feeling Cavil was underutilized in the main series.
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