How can Baltar remain a credible villain if he remains in jail?  Answer:  He can’t, so, it must be time to escape!

Ben and Eugene discuss Baltar’s Escape.

Episode Synopsis: 

Since the arrival of the Eastern Alliance Enforcers and Apollo and Starbuck’s prisoners, the Council have been getting increasingly upity.  It seems the civilian government is chaffing under the yolk of Adama’s oppressive military regime and also, they seem, once again, to ignore the obvious danger and opt for an unrealistic policy of peace with a merciless opponent.

They rescind the state of emergency declared after the Cylons destroyed their worlds and return the fleet to civilian control.  They also return the military to civilian oversight and Siress Tinya is appointed Council liaison to the Galactica – to make sure that the military follows Council orders.

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About this time, Baltar enlists his fellow prisoners, the Borellian Nomen and the Easter Alliance Enforcers into a planned prison break.  Using the release and transfers of the Enforcers to the Galactica to star peace talks, The Nomen stage an escape, freeing Baltar and the Enforcers.

They capture the transfer shuttle and head to the Galactica, where the meet and imprison the Council of the Twelve, demanding that Adama release them or the Council will be killed.

Boxed into a corner, Adama hatches a plan to retake the prisoners, and turns himself over to Baltar as a hostage.

Apollo and Starbuck, along with Baltar’s Cylon pilots, execute a daring plan and save the day; however, the Alliance Enforcers are allowed to escape so that they can be tracked back to Lunar 7.

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