Downloaded (Battlestar Galactica)

"Downloaded"
Battlestar Galactica episode
Caprica-Six with Number Three and a hallucination of Gaius Baltar
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 18
Directed by	Jeff Woolnough
Written by	Bradley Thompson David Weddle
Original air date	February 24, 2006 (2006-02-24)
Guest appearances
Lucy Lawless as Number Three Michael Trucco as Samuel Anders Erica Cerra as Maya Matthew Bennett as Number Five
Episode chronology
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"Downloaded" is the eighteenth episode of the second season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on February 24, 2006.

The episode takes place alongside the rest of the re-imagined series, with 49,579 human survivors left in the Fleet. The episode primarily details the lives of two specific Cylon models after their apparent destruction who were declared Cylon heroes. One model is "Caprica-Six", the copy of Number Six who was responsible for disabling the Colonial defense system prior to the events of the miniseries. The other model is Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, a sleeper agent who was a member of the crew of Galactica and shot Adama twice in the chest.

The concept of a Cylon-centric episode was proposed long before the episode aired, in an episode which would have seen the Cylons discuss their equivalent of the "Final Solution". "Downloaded" instead focuses on showing the personality of the Cylon race, in particular, Caprica-Six and Boomer. The episode was universally well-received despite its unconventional format.