Originally posted by: yllus
Originally posted by: Compton
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
-Richard Hatch freaks out at potential Baltar trial--why??
I would like to know this as well.
Potential spoilers below.
Listening to the
official BSG podcast, it seems that Zarek's freakout at Roslin was going to figure into his involvement in an ugly episode that was to be revealed at Baltar's upcoming trial.
Apparently during the year that the BSG crew were down on New Caprica, the Sagitarrons split off and set up on their own in a more secluded area, refusing to take part and help out the rest of the burgeoning society on the planet. They took but never gave, generally pissed people off with their attitude, and things finally came to a head with them and the government under Baltar (and Zarek, and Gaeta) - leading to a massacre.
All of that backstory, however, was cut from being filmed and the producers decided to go with the story that was already known for Baltar's trial. The Zarek freakout, along with what Baltar whispered to Gaeta to make him go nuts in the last episode, should now make sense.