Title: "Know Thy Enemy"
Director: Michael Nankin
Story: Two new players join the fray in the latest episode of "Caprica." The more narrowed focus seen last week remains, with "Know Thy Enemy" primarily focused on two key developing stories. One is Daniel Graystone's feud with newcomer Tomas Vergis (John Pyper-Ferguson), owner of Graystone competitor, the Vergis Corporation, who is intent on taking vengeance for the murder of two of his people. We also return to the one God worshipping STO terror group. Sister Clarice Willow hatches a plan to recover Zoe's programming data from the Graystone household while Lacy meets with the mysterious Barnabus (James Marsters) in her continuing effort to transport the ZoeCylon to Geminon, at her dead friend's request. Meanwhile, Joseph Adama continues his search for the boy who brought word of Tamara in New Cap City while Daniel's assistant Phil Omon continues his weird courtship with the Cylon.
Captains Of Industry: The episode opens with our very first (and brief) glimpse of another of the Twelve Colonies as a flashback shows us Tomas walking in on the grisly scene that followed the robbery of his Cylon-powering MCP. This sets the stage for what turns out to be an elaborate revenge plot. The Graystone competitor is a Tauron to his core, and he's intent on living by his people's philosophy of "blood for blood." It looks as though we'll be seeing a lot more of this character, though what his plans are beyond "destroying" Daniel's dreams remains to be seen. Zoe's avatar will presumably be involved in some way... though of course not until Daniel realizes that his daughter still exists within the machine he's now so intent on replicating.
Before There Were Resurrection Ships...: Sister Clarice and her husbands hatch a plot to steal Zoe's programming from the Graystone household using a new piece of technology capable of wirelessly capturing and transmitting large amounts of data. The description of this device in the episode clearly makes it sound like an early take on what will one day lead to Cylon resurrection technology.
Love Blooms In The Strangest Of Places: Lonely lab assistant Phil Omon has had a weird fascination with the ZoeCylon since he first laid eyes on it. Sure, it is powered by the soul(?) of a dead girl, but he doesn't actually know that. Zoe, taking pity on the love-seeking Omon, arranges a V-World meeting via his online personal ad. There she reveals himself, sort of, claiming that her resemblance to Zoe is really just a ruse to scare away "perverts." Given how important the ZoeCylon is becoming to Phil, it seems clear that his path will cross with Lacy's sometime soon.
The One True God: Lacy continues with her mission to transport the ZoeCylon to Geminon. She finally lands a meeting with Barnabus (James Marsters), some sort of highly placed STO enforcer who brings himself closer to the one God by inflicting pain upon himself. Lacy hits a dead end there, for now. Barnabus won't help her, but he does want to know what this package she's so intent on transporting is.
To Your Places: "Know Thy Enemy" pushes aside most of the subtext for some straight-up exposition, a forgivable offense in light of the new character arrivals. Moore and Eick love their commentary of course, but we need to know who these players are before we see them factor into the larger equation. It looks like we'll be seeing more of Lacy and Barnabus next week, as well as Joseph's -- largely absent from "Know Thy Enemy" -- narrowing search for his dead daughter's avatar.
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