The episode begins with Starbuck restlessly asleep in her bunk and having a dream in which she finds herself in her apartment on Caprica painting the Eye of Jupiter on her wall.

Suddenly, Brenn speaks from the shadows, explaining that the figurine is a depiction of the goddess Aurora, who signifies change and allows Starbuck to keep it.

Meanwhile, the fleet is undergoing fuel replenishment in the orbit of a gas giant, using the planet's radiation to help hide their presence from the Cylons.

Determined to kill the Cylon, Starbuck maintains her pursuit, ignoring the frantic calls from Apollo to pull up before she is crushed by the increasing atmospheric pressure below the cloud deck.

After seeing glimpses of her apartment between flashes of lightning and the outline of her mother standing in the room, Starbuck finally comes to her senses and returns to Galactica.

Once aboard, she is shocked by Chief Tyrol's claim that her Viper has no visible damage, even though she felt bullet impacts.

Apollo says he will talk to her and later finds Starbuck sitting in Memorial Hallway, staring at the pictures on the wall.

Preparing for her next flight mission, Starbuck stops herself from entering her Viper cockpit when she sees her younger self sitting in the seat.

Apollo's scopes show no sign of the bogey and he chases after Starbuck, but he quickly loses sight of her.

Suddenly, the Viper's cockpit canopy is punctured and Starbuck passes out as her fighter begins a wild spin.

Fearful, Starbuck sees herself, six years prior, entering her mother's kitchen dressed in her fleet officer uniform.

Starbuck retaliates, thinking that her mother is jealous because she never became an officer, despite having served as a decorated Marine Corporal in the first Cylon War.

Starbuck sits next to the bed and notices her mother holds a scrapbook filled with all her childhood drawings, including the swirling Eye.

She moves her hand near the ejection seat lever on her Viper before telling him that she is no longer afraid and will "see him on the other side".

He sees that it is a perfect fit for the prow of his sailing ship, but in grief and anger, he smashes the model to pieces and begins to sob.

The end scene where Adama smashes up his model sailing ship was improvised by Edward James Olmos and was not part of the original script.

According to Ron Moore, it was a very expensive museum-quality model worth several hundred dollars that was being rented for the production.

[1][2] Katee Sackhoff submitted this episode for consideration in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" on her behalf for the 2007 Emmy Awards.