Yes, it was "Believers." The poor kid. And poor parents. And poor doctor.
I think BSG is becoming the perfect example of why you really need to work out the details of your secondary universe in advance. The first season and a half felt much more cohesive to me than later episodes, and I think that's because they were basing it on the things they had worked out more carefully. The Cylons had a plan - mushy and changing but at least they had one - and the humans had a plan. The characters had enough backstory to act on for that long (eg Baltar keeping his cover and getting to know Head!Six, Roslin coming to grips with her cancer and her visions, Boomer learning her identity, the Helo and Sharon on Caprica arc). But once they played that out, they were stuck. What's the Cylon plan now? What's the rest of the fleet, which we have ignored, up to, and how is it functioning? How does Colonial society work, exactly? Er... And then they had to start retconning, and it didn't work out so well. So suddenly, there is a black market! And racism! And actual workers in that tylium refinery ship who aren't happy! And it all feels pasted on, because it is. They pulled it together for a few episodes (about from "Dowloaded" to the S3 exodus, I think), but they're just not good at keeping the big picture in mind.
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I think BSG is becoming the perfect example of why you really need to work out the details of your secondary universe in advance. The first season and a half felt much more cohesive to me than later episodes, and I think that's because they were basing it on the things they had worked out more carefully. The Cylons had a plan - mushy and changing but at least they had one - and the humans had a plan. The characters had enough backstory to act on for that long (eg Baltar keeping his cover and getting to know Head!Six, Roslin coming to grips with her cancer and her visions, Boomer learning her identity, the Helo and Sharon on Caprica arc). But once they played that out, they were stuck. What's the Cylon plan now? What's the rest of the fleet, which we have ignored, up to, and how is it functioning? How does Colonial society work, exactly? Er... And then they had to start retconning, and it didn't work out so well. So suddenly, there is a black market! And racism! And actual workers in that tylium refinery ship who aren't happy! And it all feels pasted on, because it is. They pulled it together for a few episodes (about from "Dowloaded" to the S3 exodus, I think), but they're just not good at keeping the big picture in mind.