History Recap / BattlestarGalactica2003S03E16DirtyHands

* AbsenteeActor: Most of the supporting cast (including all of the Cylon actors except Creator/TriciaHelfer) do not appear in this episode, as it focuses on a labor issue within the Fleet.

Afterwards, Galen goes to visit Baltar in his cell, and they have a discussion about class strife in the Fleet. Later on the refinery ship, Tyrol is helping the crew with processing the fuel when an accident results in a young conscripted worker suffering a hand injury. Fed up with the treatment and unsafe situation, Tyrol pulls the plug on the operation and tells everyone that they're going on strike.

* DystopiaIsHard: Tyrol convinces Roslin that if mandatory labor conscription is necessary for the survival of humanity, it should at least be fair. In the very next scene, a young architectural student not fit for large-scale agriculture is hauled off to work by Marines [[ClosestThingWeGot just because a background check reveals that he interned on a farm for a few months while in college]]. This same young man later has his hand cut open while managing to extract a backfiring part from the conveyor belt on the refinery ship.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to that poor kid whose arm got broken?

Later aboard ''Colonial One'', Tyrol suggests an alternate work schedule program with Roslin which allows for colonists to share different work tasks, which she likes and agrees to. She praises his union and his resolve to get things done.

* DystopiaIsHard: Tyrol convinces Roslin that if mandatory labor conscription is necessary for the survival of humanity, it should at least be fair. In the very next scene, a young architectural student not fit for large-scale agriculture is hauled off to work by Marines [[ClosestThingWeGot just because a background check reveals that he interned on a farm for a few months while in college]]. This same young man later has his hand cut open when some machinery on the refinery ship backfires.

* DystopiaIsHard: Tyrol convinces Roslin that if mandatory labor conscription is necessary for the survival of humanity, it should at least be fair. In the very next scene, a young architectural student not fit for large-scale agriculture is hauled off to work by Marines [[ClosestThingWeGot just because a background check reveals that he interned on a farm for a few months while in college]]. This same young man later suffers a hand injury when some machinery on the refinery ship backfires.

* DystopiaIsHard: Tyrol convinces Roslin that if mandatory labor conscription is necessary for the survival of humanity, it should at least be fair. In the very next scene, a young architectural student not fit for large-scale agriculture is hauled off to work by Marines [[ClosestThingWeGot just because a background check reveals that he interned on a farm for a few months while in college]].