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Flashback: Inside another Dharma bunker, Ethan claims to be giving Claire medicine for her baby. He tells her that the baby may get sick, and encourages her to give the baby to his group so they can keep the baby safe. Confused by the drugs in her system, Claire is inclined to agree, even though other members of Ethan’s group are upset that their timetable has been altered. Finally, a teenage girl tries to get Claire to leave, saying that the group plans to kill her. The girl knocks Claire out and leaves her in the jungle, where Rousseau finds her. To keep the Others from finding Claire, Rousseau knocks her out.

The Island: Jack and Locke continue to argue about what to do with Henry. When Eko realizes they are keeping a prisoner in the hatch, he asks Jack to speak to Henry. Eko recounts how he killed two of the Others who tried to take him, and asks Henry for forgiveness. Henry tries to drive a wedge further between Jack and Locke.

Aaron develops a rash and fever. Jack says it’s just a simple childhood disease that will pass, but Claire is unsure, especially since her memories of her time with Ethan are starting to resurface. She asks Libby to help her remember, and then sets out with Kate to find Rousseau and then the Dharma bunker, looking for the vaccine that will protect Aaron. Rousseau agrees to help, in hopes that this will help her track down Alex, but Rousseau warns Claire of what must be done if Aaron is infected. The warning is even more chilling when they find the bunker deserted with only a few effects left behind . . . including evidence that the Others have not been what they seemed.

written by Dawn Lambertsen Kelly & Matt Ragghianti
directed by Jack Bender
music by Michael Giacchino

Guest Cast:M.C. Gainey (Mr. Friendly), Mira Furlan (Danielle Rousseau), Michael Emerson (Henry Gale), Tania Raymonde (Young Girl), William Mapother (Ethan)

LogBook entry by Dave Thomer

Vala’s consciousness returns to SGC, this time inhabiting Daniel’s body. Carter has found a way to reproduce the effects of the Ancient communications device, using the readings from Daniels and Vala’s previous experience. The timing could be better, since Daniel was supposed to accompany Gen. Landry to a meeting with the Russian and Chinese representatives to the IOA - a meeting where Gen. Chekov announces Russia’s intent to take back the stargate it has been loaning the SGC and begin its own program, apparently with Chinese support. Although Chekov does suggest to Landry that alternate arrangements could be made . . . perhaps involving a Deadalus-class vessel of the Russians’ very own?

But Vala has much of significance to report, and recounts her experience since she arrived in a village of Ori followers. She was rescued and taken in by Tomin, a devout follower of Origin, who believed her arrival to be a gift from the Ori. Vala tried to be inconspicuous, but that did not stop Seevis, the local strongman, from accusing her of blasphemy and chaining her to a bench in the village square for three days. That she became pregnant by apparently miraculous means did not help either, and she married Tomin so as to avoid calling furhter attention to herself. She later discovered that Seevis was testing her - he is a leader in the local resistance, and there is much resisting to be done. The Ori have built ships and recruited an army, including Vala’s husband, to destroy the nonbelievers in the Milky Way. And they are ready to launch the invasion . . . somewhere, the Ori have built a working supergate.

written by Robert C. Cooper
directed by Robert C. Cooper
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Claudia Black (Vala Mal Doran), Tim Guinee (Tomin), Daniella Evangelista (Denya), Michael Ironside (Seevis), Garry Chalk (Chekov), Tamlyn Tomita (Shen), Gary Jones (Chief Sgt. Harriman), Alex Dafoe (Halstrom), Doug Abrahams (Prior), Dan Shea (Siler)

Notes: Vala wound up back in the Ori galaxy during SG-1’s efforts to destroy the Ori’s previous supergate in Beachhead. Shen hinted to Daniel that the Chinese might be ready to make a move to set up their own program in The Scourge.

LogBook entry by Dave Thomer

Responding to a distress call from an base built by the Ancients on the planet Taranis, Sheppard and his team find a civilization facing extinction. Rodney discovers that the Ancients’ base is built in the caldera of a dormant supervolcano, but when the locals occupied the empty facility and turned its shields on full-time, the resulting increase in geothermal energy brought the volcano back to an active state. Now, Rodney faces a conundrum - if he turns off the base’s shields, the volcanic activity will destroy it, but leaving the shields on will almost certainly trigger a major eruption that could render Taranis uninhabitable. The locals also have another treasure worth preserving - a ship almost identical to the destroyed Aurora is berthed in the base’s hangar. Sheppard and Weir’s interest in the ship arouses suspicions though, enough that the Atlantis team may not be trusted to evacuate the base. Unsure that the Aurora’s sister ship can be readied in time for a full-scale evacuation, Weir orders Colonel Caldwell to divert the Daedalus to Taranus - even though it can’t evacuate everyone. And on Atlantis, sensors warn of a lone approaching Wraith hive ship…

written by Carl Binder
directed by Peter DeLuise
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Kevin McNulty (Chancellor Lycus), Brandy Ledford (Dr. Norina Pero), David Nykl (Dr. Zelenka), Mitch Pileggi (Colonel Caldwell), Chuck Campbell (Technician), Patrich Gallagher (Vonos), Trevor Devall (voice of Hermiod)

Notes: Brandy Ledford was a member of the regular cast of Andromeda during its fifth and final season as Doyle. The Aurora was introduced - and destroyed - in this season’s episode Aurora.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Starbuck prepares to lead a combined force of Raptors from Galactica and Pegasus on a mission to Caprica, where they hope to recover Anders and the other human freedom fighters and evacuate them. Over the objections of some of the other pilots on the mission, Starbuck insists on bringing Sharon along to thwart the Cylons’ security measures. When the Raptors make their jump, one of the ships goes missing; Racetrack’s Raptor accidentally jumps into a dense nebula which also harbors a world capable of supporting human life. As the political struggle between President Roslin and Baltar seems to be all but finished in favor of Roslin, Baltar - under Tom Zarek’s advice (and a bit of goading from Six) - makes the planet an election issue, urging the voters to demand that the fleet stop running and settle there. This issue suddenly divides the polls almost evenly between the two camps. At Caprica, Starbuck’s Raptor squadron arrives minus another ship - which fatally ended its jump in the heart of a mountain - and quickly locates Anders’ resistance cell. But just moments after the reunion, the shelling begins.

written by Ronald D. Moore
directed by Michael Rymer
music by Bear McCreary

Guest Cast: Michael Hogan (Colonel Tigh), Aaron Douglas (CPO Tyrol), Tahmoh Penikett (Helo), Nicki Clyne (Cally), Alessandro Juliani (Lt. Gaeta), Kandyse McClure (Dualla), Richard Hatch (Tom Zarek), Michael Trucco (Anders), Rekha Sharma (Tory Foster), Dean Stockwell (Brother Cavel), Alisen Down (Jean Barclay), Leah Cairns (Lt. Margaret “Racetrack” Edmonds), David Kaye (James McManus), Colin Lawrence (Hamish “Skulls” McCall)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Derek and Christina break into Russell’s park ranger station, but he isn’t there; they attack Mona Gomez, Russell’s fellow ranger, and steal her boat. When Russell arrives at the station, he learns who attacked Mona, but before he can call for backup to begin a search, Tom Underlay insists on the two of them searching alone. This means Russell will miss a meeting between Larkin, Mariel, and his children, a meeting where Mariel promises to answer their questions about Kira, and about what has happened to herself as well. The meeting doesn’t go as expected, and while Jesse and Rose are reassured that Kira has not become a hybrid, their faith in Mariel is shaken. Russell and Tom don’t find Derek and Christina, but they do find two groups of Honduran immigrants who are in the country illegally - some of them have become hybrids, but a few haven’t, and have been evicted from the hybrids’ camp. Finally, one of the men reveals that Derek and Christina have passed through, leading Russell and Tom to a camping cabin. But the two hyrbids get the drop on their would-be captors and escape, leaving death in their wake - including the only source of information on the hybrids that Russell had.

written by Juan Carlos Coto
directed by Fred Toye
music by Jon Ehrlich & Jason Derlatka

Guest Cast: James Frain (Andrew Dennison / Eli Szura), Elisabeth Moss (Christina), Michael Mitchell (Derek), Rocky Carroll (Healy), Matthew Ross (Vince), Jesus Mayorga (Oscar), Frank Merino (Hybrid migrant #1), Giovanni Martinez (Hybrid migrant #2)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

SG-1 travels to Camelot, looking for the anti-Ori weapon that Merlin hid there. They find a medieval society, awaiting the return of Arthur from his quest for the Grail. Merlin’s library is forbidden territory, believed to be cursed. Daniel convinces the town historian to allow them to investigate, and they discover a lower level with Ancient technology. They also trigger the room’s safeguard, a holographic black knight similar to the one Mitchell fought on Earth – but this knight delivers lethal blows, and kills the elder. The townspeople are angry at SG-1, but the Odyssey beams them away before the people can do them any harm. The Odyssey is on its way to rendezvous with the Jaffa, the Tok’ra, and the Asgard at the Ori supergate. Carter accompanies the Odyssey, hoping to dial out with the supergate before the Ori can dial in. Teal’c takes a ship to enlist the Lucian Alliance in the battle. Mitchell and Daniel return to Camelot to look for the anti-Ori device. When Daniel again triggers the black knight, Mitchell tries to fight him off. Even with help from a sword pulled from a stone by a village girl, Mitchell comes out on the losing end. Daniel shoots the Ancient technology controlling the knight before it can kill Mitchell. He eventually figures out that the anti-Ori device is a red crystal pendant, but it is not in the library. The village governor explains that the pendant was the object of Arthur’s quest. The Korolev, the new Russian ship, beams Mitchell and Jackson aboard on its way to the supergate. There, things do not go well. The Ori dial in before Carter can modify the gate, and in the ensuing battle, the Ori’s technological superiority is clear. Not even the Asgard can get in a shot on the ships. The only remaining question is whether or not the Ori intend to leave survivors.

written by Paul Mullie & Joseph Mallozzi
directed by Martin Wood
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Matt Glave (Col. Emerson), David Thomson (Antonius), Garry Chalk (Chekov), Katharine Isabelle (Valencia), Noah Danby (Cha’ra), John Noble (Meurik), Eric Steinberg (Netan), Matthew Walker (Merlin), Martin Christopher (Maj. Marks), Morris Chapdelaine, Geoff Redknapp, Paul Hooson, Jeny Cassady (Kvasir Puppeteers), Bruno Verdoni (Netan’s Lieutenant), Oleg Palme Feoktistov (Korolev Pilot)

LogBook entry by Dave Thomer

Atlantis cloaks before the arrival of the hive ship, which is still en route, unaccompanied by any other Wraith ships. Daedalus and the newly-christened Ancient ship Orion lay in wait just beyond the Wraith’s sensor range. Despite the measures taken to hide Atlantis, the Wraith ship hails the city anyway, asking for Dr. Weir by name and proposing an alliance. It seems that the revival of Atlantis awakened too many Wraith, too early - and even in Atlantis there aren’t enough humans to sustain the entire species. The proposal is simple: in return for continuing to conceal Atlantis’ continued existence, Michael’s Wraith faction wants the retrovirus created by Dr. Beckett to revert Wraiths into humans - humans which the Wraith who possess the virus will then feed upon, leaving Dr. Weir and her crew alone. Weir and Beckett wrestle with the ethical implications of creating a new races of humans in the Pegasus Galaxy, only to sacrifice them to the Wraith, but as the uneasy alliance progresses, it seems that the Wraith do indeed have a larger source of food in mind…but not in Atlantis’ galaxy.

written by Martin Gero
directed by Andy Mikita
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Brent Stait (Wraith Michael), Connor Trinneer (Michael), David Nykl (Dr. Zelenka), Mitch Pileggi (Colonel Caldwell), James Lafaznos (Male Wraith), Andee Frizzell (Hive Queen), Sherry Noel (Lab Assistant), Chuck Campbell (Technician), Kirby Morrow (Daedalus Technician), Trevor Devall (voice of Hermiod)

Notes: Despite receiving a guest starring credit, Connor Trinneer only appeared in “flashback” footage from Michael; Trinneer was unavailable to reprise his role for this episode. Taking over for him was Brent Stait, who played Rev Bem during the early seasons of Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

After holding out during an intense attack, Starbuck and her Raptor crews, along with Anders’ resistance cell members, are stunned when the Cylons withdraw completely. All of the surviving Raptors return, with the surviving members of the Caprica resistance and an extra passenger, a priest named Brother Cavel. When these passengers arrive at Galactica, however, Chief Tyrol sounds the alarm - there’s already a Brother Cavel on Galactica, so they must both be Cylons. Cavel delivers a message to Admiral Adama and President Roslin: the Cylons have had a change of heart and abandoned their occupation of Caprica, and will pursue the fleet no more. Roslin is still skeptical, but this revelation adds more fuel to the election-day fire that Baltar has ignited with the suggestion that the colonists settle on the recently-discovered planet. As the votes are tallied, some of Roslin’s allies try to ensure that the vote will swing toward her - but the manipulation is discovered, the votes are recounted, and Baltar is declared the winner. It’s a victory that, after mere months on “New Caprica,” the survivors of the Twelve Colonies may live to regret.

written by Anne Cofell Saunders and Mark Verheiden
directed by Michael Rymer
music by Bear McCreary

Guest Cast: Michael Hogan (Colonel Tigh), Aaron Douglas (CPO Tyrol), Tahmoh Penikett (Helo), Nicki Clyne (Cally), Allessandro Juliani (Lt. Gaeta), Kandyse McClure (Dualla), Richard Hatch (Tom Zarek), Michael Trucco (Anders), Callum Keith Rennie (Leoben Conoy), Kate Vernon (Ellen Tigh), Donnelly Rhodes (Dr. Cottle), Matthew Bennett (Doral), Rekha Sharma (Tory Foster), Dean Stockwell (Brother Cavel), Alisen Down (Jean Barclay), Erica Cerra (Maya), Winston Rekert (Priest), David Kaye (James McManus)

Notes: Portions of Tyrol’s speech as he incited the workers of New Caprica to strike were excerpted from a real speech delivered in 1964 by American political activist Mario Savio (1942-1996) at the University of California, Berkeley. A longer excerpt of the speech in its original context can be found here.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Still on the loose, Christina steals a vehicle, drives to the hospital, and demands that Mariel examine her - at gunpoint. But Mariel is more than willing to examine Christina and her unusual pregnancy, worried that the same thing is happening to her. Homestead’s schools open their doors for the first time since the hurricane, but Rose and Jesse are preoccupied by what they’ve learned about their mother. They also notice that many of their former classmates are behaving just as strangely as the other hybrids they’ve met. After Russell confronts him about how collaboration with Eli Szura, Tom goes to Szura and corners him about the escaped hybrids and the growing numbers of the dead among non-hybrids. One of those who have died because of what they knew, Russell’s informant, Healy, left a key to a boat where he kept some of his records. Those records lead Russell and Dave to the island where Szura is sequestering some of the more headstrong hybrids. When Tom returns Christina to Szura’s care, however, he may be signing her death sentence.

written by Michael Alaimo & Michael Foley
directed by Bryan Spicer
music by Jon Ehrlich & Jason Derlatka

Guest Cast: Nathan Baesel (Sirk), Elisabeth Moss (Christina), Michael Mitchell (Derek), James Frain (Eli Szura), Ron Perkins (Man), Tina Holmes (Ms. Wade), Kimleigh Smith (Nurse #1), Eddie Rutkowski (Nurse #2), Owen Beckman (Scott), Edwin Hodge (Brett), Jessica Jaques (Young woman)

Notes: Somewhat appropriately, Neil Finn’s “Driving Me Mad” is heard as Jesse returns to school. Kira watches a clip from Forbidden Planet (1956) while she’s recovering from her ordeal.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Flashback: Jin pins his hope for a brighter future on having a child, but after a year of trying the effort is only adding to the strain between him and Sun. Sun meets with Jae Lee in order to learn English, planning to leave Jin and move to America. Jae Lee wants her to consider staying in Korea with him instead. A doctor informs the couple that Sun is unable to bear children . . . but later confesses to her that he has hidden the real truth.

The Island: Jin finds Sun working in her garden. Driven by fear for her safety, he demands that she stop spending time there; when she refuses, he destroys the garden. Sun’s feelings of isolation are not helped by the symptoms she’s experiencing, symptoms that lead her to ask Sawyer for a pregnancy test. She waits with Kate for the results, and when they come back positive they go to Jack for confirmation. But she is hesitant to tell Jin, and unsure of how she feels about the idea. Locke enlists Ana Lucia to interrogate Henry, pointedly doing so without consulting Jack first. Determined to avoid repeating her earlier mistake, she wants to be absolutely sure that Henry’s not telling the truth, so she gets Henry to draw her a map to her balloon. Ana Lucia then enlists Sayid’s help to track down the balloon. Along with Charlie, they set off – pointedly doing so without consulting Jack or Locke first. As Henry is all too happy to point out over breakfast with the two of them, it appears the survivors have some serious trust issues to work on…

written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Christina M. Kim
directed by Karen Gaviola
music by Michael Giacchino

Guest Cast: L. Scott Caldwell (Rose), Sam Anderson (Bernard), Tony Lee (Jae Lee), Michael Emerson (Henry Gale), Greg Joung Paik (Dr. Je-Guy Kim)

Note: Sun’s friendship with Jae Lee was shown in this season’s . . . And Found; at that time he was preparing to go to America himself.

LogBook entry by Dave Thomer