Baltar aligns himself with an underground group of Cylon sympathizers whose ranks include the troubled Number Six copy Gina.
Admiral William Adama feigns negotiation with Demand Peace only to arrest its representative, Royan Jahee, when he arrives on Galactica.
Roslin meets with Jahee, agrees to hear his group's case, and warns that further violence will lead to harsh measures.
[2] In his podcast commentary on "Epiphanies", executive producer Ronald D. Moore discussed his views the episode's portrayal of several of the characters.
[4] Rose Wojnar of The San Diego Union-Tribune notes that the conflict over Roslin's order "mirrors the abortion debate in today's world".
"[3] The writers decided to introduce a cure for Roslin's cancer so they could include her in the rest of the series without progressively worsening her conditions.
He also considered it "a healthy exercise"[3] for him and the other Battlestar Galactica writers, whom he described as generally liberal, to write an episode whose antagonists belong to the political left.
He notes that Adama's harsh treatment of Jahee runs counter to actor Edward James Olmos's politics, as well.
However, Moore emphasized in his podcast commentary that the episode, like the rest of the series, is not intended to be polemical or allegorical to real-world events.
[3] The writers considered waiting several episodes before re-introducing Head Six after her disappearance in "Resurrection Ship", but Moore felt that "Baltar was less interesting without Six.
Keith McDuffee of TV Squad called Demand Peace "interesting" but wrote, "After an amazing double-part season premiere ["Resurrection Ship"], the show tones down a little.