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!
tice among some asteroids. It's all very pretty, but this is like a subplot of a subplot so I'm not gonna spend much time on it. Basically, Birch accidentally clears both Hotdog and Kat for attack runs against the same asteroid. Hotdog blows up the asteroid just as Kat approaches it from the other side, so she has to dodge the debris, and barely survives the misadventure. The FX are, of course, shiny. Then Birch calls the pilots back to Galactica and curses.Now it's Apollo's turn to visit Boomer's cell. I wonder if they all signed up for specific times. Or maybe there's a line in the corridor outside. Apollo stares at Boomer, and without looking at him, Boomer says, "I know how you feel. I get it." Then her eyes drift over to him as she adds, "But I didn't shoot him." Apollo says, "You're all the same," in a way that makes me wonder if he's auditioning for a role as a serial killer somewhere. Boomer says that he doesn't know what he's talking about. Apollo, in the spirit of scientific inquiry, pulls out his gun and starts to aim. And then Starbuck materializes next to him. Apollo reholsters his sidearm and wonders why she spoils all his fun. He grabs Starbuck by the arm and yanks her away from the cell so that they can bicker privately. Apollo says that Starbuck can't boss him around, and plus she stole a Raider. Starbuck notes that Apollo stole a third of the fleet. I've just realized that, really, this whole show is just an elaborate version of a long family car trip. Starbuck and Apollo are in the back seat, whining. "Her hand's on my side of the car!" "He took my coloring book!" Anyway, Starbuck grumps, "You know what? You have no idea what happened to me on Caprica." Boomer watches from her bunk, thinking, "This is the crack team that foils our evil plans?" Starbuck stomps off. It'd be funny if, as soon as she was gone, Apollo pulled his gun back out and shot Boomer.
Zarek and Meier confer in Zarek's office-bridge-thingy. Meier complains that the Prez's plan is reckless, and asks Zarek if he believes her. Zarek says, "No, but I believe in the power of myth." I think Joseph Campbell lost any credibility he may have had simply through association with George Lucas. Zarek says that he doesn't like the plan, but adds, "President or prophet, it doesn't really matter. She still needs a commander. A man in charge of the fleet. A man with a nice black leather jacket. Like mine." Meier suspects that Apollo's the one who will lead their fleet. Zarek looks terribly crestfallen for a moment. Meier goes on to say that they still need the Prez to keep the fleet together, so they'll have to protect her on Kobol. Zarek ponders, and agrees. He says, "I want to set this fleet on a path to freedom." Meier very sincerely says, "Of course." Zarek reminds Meier that, according to scripture, some of them will die on Kobol. Meier mwah-ha-has, "One man in particular."