The second half of the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica got underway on 16 January, 2009 with Sometimes a Great Notion written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson.

So the Colonials and the rebel Cylons have arrived at Earth, the home of the Thirteenth Colony, only to discover destruction and ruins. The destruction occurred two thousand years ago and there is evidence to suggest that the Thirteenth Colony was comprised of nothing but Cylons. The Final Five (Four) remember living and dying there… We even get a flashback with Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) on the day civilization ended. So, how did they get to the Colonies?

Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) finds a piece of her destroyed Viper, but Leoben (Callum Keith Rennie) warns her not to look for more. Roslin (Mary McDonnell) starts to lose her faith, and Adama (Edward James Olmos) confronts Tigh (Michael Hogan).

If Starbuck is dead in the cockpit of a ruined Viper, then what the frak is she?

Hey! Is there a chance that Lee (Jamie Bamber) and Dualla (Kandyse McClure) are going to get back together? After a beautiful moment where they reconnect, things end in tragedy, causing Lee and others to reevaluatee everything.

Morale is at an all-time low, and even Adama is imbibing, and not in the best of conditions.

So what will they do? Will the fleet try to find a new place to live? And does it reveal who the fifth of the Final Five is?

A Disquiet Follows My Soul first aired on 23 January, 2009. It was written and directed by series show runner Ronald D. Moore.

We get some reveals… Tyrol’s child isn’t his, and he’s fully human. So who’s the father?

Ellen Tigh (Kate Vernon) is the Fifth of the Final Five, and Tigh and Tyrol suggest to Adama that they incorporate Cylon jump technology into the fleet. It would give them more distance in their jumps. But the Cylons will only agree to it, if they are allowed to integrate with the ships of the fleet.

And that is going to cause a number of political problems. There are discussions amongst the Quorum, but it may not work out the way Adama wants it to. Zarek (Richard Hatch) leads the opposition which insists that ship captains be able to decline allowing Cylons on their ships.

Tigh and Six (Tricia Helfer) are expecting, showing us that Cylons can breed after all, even if it doesn’t always work.

And, of course, Baltar (James Callis) continues to position himself as a religious leader, preaching the one true Cylon god, and trying to give them hope.

Roslin seems to be finding her way, slowly, but is refusing to take her medication, while Adama seems to be losing his, and morale continues to plummet. Is there a way back to a more organized ship? We also see that they’ve consumated their relationship!

The episode ends with Zarek and Gaeta (Alessandro Juliani) forming a partnership against Adama. That’s not going to be good.

It’s curious to see things play out. The prophecy and Earth were not what they expected, so the fleet must go on. Will they remember that it’s not enough to survive; they have to thrive?

The series is wrapping up, but there is still things to sort before it closes out. So frakkin’ good.