The Ties That Bind (Battlestar Galactica)

"**The Ties That Bind**"
"The Ties That Bind"
Battlestar Galactica episode
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 3
Directed by	Michael Nankin
Written by	Michael Taylor
Original air date	April 18, 2008
Guest appearances
	Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek; Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster; Donnelly Rhodes as Sherman Cottle; Dean Stockwell as John Cavil; Nicki Clyne as Cally Henderson Tyrol; Matthew Bennett as Aaron Doral;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Six of One"	Next →; "Escape Velocity"
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"The Ties That Bind" is the third episode in the fourth season of the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. The episode originally aired on SCI FI and Space in the United States and Canada respectively on April 18, 2008, and on Sky1 in the United Kingdom on April 22. The episode's title is a reference to a Christian hymn, "Blessed Be the Tie that Binds".

The episode mainly focuses on the four of the final five Cylons, particularly Galen Tyrol, as his relationship with his wife, Cally becomes even more strained. Meanwhile, Kara Thrace and her team on the Demetrius start their search for Earth. The episode also deals with the significant six Cylons after three of the models decide to force the other three not to lobotomize the Raiders, which leads the two factions to a civil war. The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,676.