Episode Report Card Strega: A+ | 7 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Sex, Drugs, And New Age Music
By Strega | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2005.03.25
The Raptor falls through Kobol's atmosphere. Tyrol shouts, "What the hell are you doing?" at Crashdown, who does not reply, "Living up to my name!" Baltar shrieks in the back as he stares out through the front of the ship. We get a nice view of the front windshield, with Crashdown's head just barely in the frame. As the ship descends, the spiderweb crack in the window spreads out. So it seems like the windows are designed to reseal after a puncture, but they can't withstand this kind of pressure afterward. Which is probably nice from an intellectual standpoint. I can't say for sure, because right now I'm busy going "Wheee!" at this scene. Crashdown stares up at the growing crack as they head toward a lovely batch of friendly, puffy clouds. He finally bellows, "Everybody hit the deck!" He and the rest of the crew duck and cover as the glass shatters inward, flying around the interior. Along with a lot of wind. Screaming ensues. After a second or two, Crashdown sits back up and is pretty clearly holding his breath as he tries to control the ship. And that's when they hit the cloud bank, and Crashdown shouts that he can't see. Mist fills the cabin as Tyrol wheezes, "Pull it up, pull it up!" Then, hilariously, he points out through the window and shouts, "Watch the hill!" Crashdown yells, "Thanks a lot, Chief!" I'm not sure if he meant that to sound sarcastic, but it did. Hee. The ship descends into a valley, and the clouds lessen.
Commercials. That was pretty awesome. Originally, the storylines were arranged so that the episode ended with that crash, and Starbuck's plotline wasn't in this episode at all, but that overloaded Part II, so they changed the order of some events in editing.
Billy, the Prez, Apollo, Adama, and Tigh have gathered in Adama's quarters. Apollo tells the Prez that there were ten aboard the destroyed Raptor. Someone's gonna have to update the Whiteboard of Extinction again. Apollo mentions that the last Raptor was last seen headed for the planet. Adama says, "We need a way to take out the base ship before we can attempt a rescue." I'm mostly cool with the fact that nobody protests about risking more lives to save a few people. Between Starbuck's misadventure and the number of valuable people on board, I think they're over that. Tigh announces that Starbuck's already plotting to use the Raider to sneak a nuke onto the Basestar. There's a beat before the Prez asks, "The Raider?" Apollo joins in the bewilderment, asking when Starbuck mentioned this. Tigh says, "About ten minutes ago. She said she's working on the details and will have a report at 14:00." Adama tells Apollo to go talk to Starbuck. Apollo sniffs, "My pleasure." Adama adds, "And report back to me." Heh.