Episode Report Card Strega: A- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Home, Part I
By Strega | Season 2 | Episode 6 | Aired on August 18, 2005
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Starbuck meets up with the Prez's fleet near Kobol. Apollo's very happy to see her, and he's got a gun in his pocket. Which he quickly takes out and aims at Boomer. The Prez is ready to have Boomer spaced, until Boomer claims that she can help them find the Tomb of Athena. Meanwhile, Zarek plots to get Apollo killed, so that he can be the man behind the Prez. They all go down to Kobol and find a path that should lead them to the Tomb. Elosha helpfully finds a trap and gets herself blown up real good, and then the Centurions start shooting. During the fire-fight, Boomer seems to make a break for it, and Apollo chases after her. It turns out Boomer's just trying to grab a dead soldier's gun so she can take out the last Centurion. Overachiever. They all have a hearty chuckle over the misunderstanding, wave goodbye to Elosha's corpse, and set out for the Tomb. Back on Galactica, Adama picks out a sucky new CAG, tries to cheer himself up by holding a press conference, and generally mopes around for a while. Eventually he shares his feelings with Dualla. Dualla tells Adama that he's broken his promise to take them all to Earth. In the end, Adama declares that he's putting the band back together. No, wait: fleet. Putting the fleet back together. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
never know when you might need to defend yourself." As Apollo walks away, Meier stares after him a little guiltily.Elosha flips through the scriptures and finds the relevant passage: "And the blaze pursued them. And the people of Kobol had a choice: to board the great ship or take the high road through the rocky ridge." This is giving me flashbacks to Message From Space. Which is never a bad thing. Boomer chimes in, "And the body of each tribe's leader was offered to the gods in the Tomb of Athena." Boomer explains that the ship was a galleon that left from the meadow they're standing in with the founders of the colonies. She looks around at the hillsides as she says that the high road leads to the Tomb. The camera swings around to show a faint path cutting across a nearby hill. Everyone stares, and the Prez happily says, "Let's move."
They all walk along the overgrown road. Helo and the cannon fodder lead the way with their guns ready as Boomer tells Elosha that the path should be marked with gravestones. I guess the people on Kobol liked Survivor. Oh my God, Zarek is Rob! Except less likable. Elosha suddenly says that she's found something, and scrambles through the bushes. She approaches a small carved rock under a fern. As she examines it, she shifts her feet and steps on a trigger. Boomer then shouts, "Wait!" but Elosha moves again to see what she's stepped on, and a bouncing betty is launched into the air. Kaboom. Elosha is thrown back as more explosives are launched. And then there's gunfire, too. A member of Team Cannon Fodder is promptly hit. The camera finds three Centurions perched on the hillside, shooting down at the cast.
Commercials. Eick and Moore mention that, normally, they'd bring Birch back at some point, but that they've made the character such an ass that it'd be difficult to do it. Moore says that, instead, they'll just have some crew member casually say, "Oh, and Birch killed himself."
Everyone ducks as the Cylons keep firing. Everyone except Boomer, who starts running as Helo calls her. Another member of Team Cannon Fodder fulfills his mission, and then Helo manages to take out one of the Centurions. Good for him; he's certainly had enough practice. The Centurion tumbles down the hillside thinking, "01000011 01110010 01100001 01110000!"
Apollo and Starbuck move in so that they're almost under the Cylons, sheltered by some overhanging rock. Apollo helpfully points up, like the loud gunfire above them isn't a clue. He and Starbuck take turns leaning out to fire at the robots.