Episode Report Card Jacob: A | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Exodus, Part II
By Jacob | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on October 19, 2006
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Dualla gives Lee another speech about the Adama awesomeness, but leaves the squick out of it, as the Pegasus heads for Earth â¦or so you think! Saul Tigh poisons the hell out of Ellen Tigh, but as per usual with them, it's actually the sweetest -- not to say most romantic -- part of the season. They're so sad and weird. He cries a lot and it's very awful. The Cylons watch New Caprica burn from Colonial One as the insurgents start to fight and the non-combatants begin their evacuations; Laura Roslin takes back Colonial One, awesomely. Gaeta tells Gaius he's going to shoot him if he doesn't get rid of the Cylon nuke on New Caprica, and you can tell he means it. Galactica jumps into the atmosphere surrounded by Vipers! But immediately four base ships attack, and Adama is just about ready to die when the Pegasus arrives, and gets destroyed saving Galactica. Weird, weird, weird stuff happens with Anders, Kara, Leoben, and Kacey, but basically: Kara says she loves Leoben but it's clearly a lie, Anders says he loves Kara but she's clearly crazy, and Kacey is a red herring, of course. Speaking of: Maya is dead and Three ends up with Hera, just like Plummer Selloi said. Knowing that their concentration camp has been ruined for good, the Cylons take off, leaving a Three behind to nuke the whole planet, but she ends up linking up with Gaius, the only person on the literal planet who's crazier than she is. Oh, and the pornstache is gone! Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Previously: God told every single person on the show that baby Hera was alive, but forgot to mention to anybody that Gaeta was obviously the administration mole; Ellen Tigh was a saboteuse, and Adama was a captain of futility. Now: Dualla and Lee are getting things ready on Pegasus for the search for Earth. Map coordinates with Hoshi, questions and concerns with the Civilian Fleet, et cetera. The thing that Lee can't seem to get together? His lack of concern for his dad's latest suicide mission. "I know," says Dualla. "But we have to push forward. Keep the Fleet together. Find Earth." They agree that this is their duty, and Dualla points out that the Admiral has pulled off miracles aplenty in the past. Lee is so mesmerized by his wife's feel-good mantras that he randomly assents that he has not given up hope, and Dualla zeroes in for the kill: "Yes, you have. I saw the look on your face when you came back from the Galactica. Like you were never gonna see him again." Oh, that look. Between the fact that Lee Adama whines his way through all his waking hours anyway -- not to mention the bizarre obesity prosthetic -- I thought it was just noodles repeating on him. Lee reminds us of the stakes and the breaks: "He's taking on too much for one half-strength Battlestar to handle. And that's not opinion, that's military fact. He's not coming back from this. None of them are." Dualla admits that, and says they should just totally ignore the deaths of the crew of the Galactica that have not yet happened, and focus on moving the Fleet to safety, like Lee was saying last week before those noodles started in on him. Well, the goodbye last week was pretty heartbreaking so maybe that is what's doing it. The other thing is that this is the only Dualla I like, no matter how repetitive it actually gets: "You can do this. You can get us there. You are Commander of this Fleet, and you will guide us to safety. And you will do it no matter the cost. Because you're an Adama." She's the voice that brings them home, still. Lee, feeling like a man again, tells her he is proud to serve with her, and also to be married to her, and then gets back to business.
Down in the insurgent bunker, Anders is having his fifteenth nervous breakdown, and as usual, he's got a good reason. Specifically, three insurgents dead -- "and if that Marine Sergeant wasn't on her game, they'd have killed us all" -- thanks to Lady MacTigh. Saul Tigh is so not feeling this, but he knows Anders is right. Anders is not taking Shut Up for an answer, though: "You 'get this': If Sharon had been killed, not only would we not get the launch keys, but the Cylons would know that we were in direct contact with Galactica.