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In one of his 'visions' Baltar is back in his home on Caprica with Six, during which he mocks her faith in 'the one true God'. She walks out of the house and when he returns to reality things suddenly turn bad for him. He is summoned to the bridge where he is more than a little surprised to find a woman who looks exactly like Six, at first he thinks she must be in his head but soon discovers that everybody can see her and she is claiming to have evidence of his treason; a disc containing a photograph of him planting a bomb in the defence computer the day before the Cylon attack. He obviously knows that he is innocent of that particular crime and that she is a Cylon but he can't exactly tell everybody that he knows what she is because he gave computer access to another copy of her. As the investigation progresses he gets more and more frightened and eventually tries to destroy the evidence; this just leads to him being sent to the brig though. Here, as he believes he is facing a death penalty, he kneels down and prays to the 'one God' Six spoke of and as soon as he has finished Gaeta comes in and announces that he has found proof that the photograph was a forgery. Mysteriously the woman who provided the evidence as vanished as if into thin air. Back on Caprica Sharon and Helo are getting closer together and end up having passionate sex. The Sharon on Galactica however is showing quite an interest in the Cylon raider that Starbuk brought back, she certainly has more affection for it than the Chief does!

This was an interesting episode that reinforces the strength of Six's faith and her desire for Baltar to share it. There were surprising moments of humour too, Baltar thinking that only he could see the 'Six' on the bridge was hilarious as was his shouting 'No more mister nice Gaius!' when confronting her in the bathroom later; James Callis is really good in the role bringing humour and desperation to the character.

When Dr. Gaius Baltar is called to the bridge of Galactica, he discovers that Cylon Number Six is visible for Commander Adama and the crew. Further, she claims to be Shelley Godfrey, who worked in Caprica security system, and that has evidences that Dr. Baltas is a traitor that allowed the Cylons to invade the human's defense mainframe and planted a bomb to destroy the system. Dr. Baltar temporarily loses his privileges and Lieutenant Gaeta is assigned to authenticate the proofs. Chief Tyrol asks Starbuck to help him to activate the Cylon raider. Meanwhile, in the Cylon-occupied Caprica, Helo and Boomer are in love for each other.

In this intriguing episode, Number Six plots a Machiavellian plan to give full power to Dr. Gaius Baltar. I just can not understand the silly and infantile behavior of this character, with the most stupid attitudes and not raising suspicious in the experienced senior command of the survivors. Boomer seems to be indeed in love for Helo, and if that is true, it will be an interesting plot point in the story. The nasty Cylon raider that Starbuck brought on board of Galactica is a funny part of this good episode. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Nas Mãos de Deus" ("In the Hands of God")

Strong Gaius-based episode has the genius, under pressure to develop a "cylon detector", accused by "Shelley Godfrey" (Helfer) as being responsible for bombing the defense system on Caprica, supposedly in cahoots with cylons. A security recording could very well implicate him, so Commander Adama puts Lt. Gaeta (often an assistant to Gaius Baltar, helping him in his lab on the BG) on the job to determine whether or not the man caught by the camera is or is not Gaius. Up to this point, Gaius has been tormented by Number Six, a very present mind intruder who constantly interrupts his daily life, even during conversations with others, often causing him to appear troubled as others walk past. Now she's actually in person, acknowledged by Adama and crew (Tighe looking at him with little patience, while Adama just appears tired and in no mood for games cracked me up), while Gaius is perplexed that they now can see her. And with Number Six (or just another "cylon copy/fake") now seemingly out to get him, Gaius' fate could be in jeopardy. Eventually a face is visible and it is Gaius', attempts by Baltar to destroy the equipment (obviously casting suspicion on him if anything!) fail, and Adama sentences him to the brig while President Roslin visits him at his cell, condemning him based on "a gut feeling". It definitely does not look good for Gaius, and the episode really stacks the deck against him. What seems to start his downfall is dismissing Number Six' belief in God, considering "her" (and other believers) religious devotion tiresome. So she "goes away" and "shows up" on Adama's bridge with claims that he was the central figure in what caused the fall of the human race. All of a sudden Gaius is pleading with whoever will listen that he's being framed, begging Gaeta in the urinal (!) of a BG bathroom (as a sci-fi fan I just want to speak on how pleased I am that a series actually shows us that these exist on ships in space). Roslin's health is deteriorating, as she collapses mid-call with Gaius, due to taking more than a prescribed dose of meds. But she sure peers into the face of jailbird Gaius with a look of condemnation that would send chills down the backside of those in the gallows. But Godfrey attempting to seduce Adama is particularly awkward, with him giving her a cold stare that would strike fear in Michael Myers. Subplots include Helo and the other Sharon cylon screwing in the woods outside Caprica and Starbuck, in a leg cast, eventually angered by an antagonistic Tighe, aids the clueless Tyrol in determining how to control the cylon raider in their hanger deck. Gaius praying to God, Helfer returning within his mind after her time on the ship (only her glasses remain on the bridge as Adama considers her a threat that must be found), and Roslin declaring him a victim of a frame (Gaeta does discover that the recording is a fake and that Gaius was not the saboteur), deserving their full support; at the end, Baltar has been fully restored and once again in the clear of any wrongdoing despite his inadvertent ties to the cylons' near-annihilation of the human race. Helfer is always a provocative presence, and her sensuality once again is utilized to the fullest.