Episode Report Card Jacob: A+ | 6 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Without Crutches
By Jacob | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on October 19, 2006
In Pegasus CIC, Dualla and Apollo rapidly figure out that the basestars are herding them into the middle of their death voodoo formation. "Steady as she goes," says Apollo. "Take us right into the center." I take back everything I ever said about him. He's a good boy. Dualla notes they won't last long in there; he agrees. He's an Adama.
In the detention center hallway, Kara wakes up and immediately demands that her husband put her down. He's like, "It's cool! It's cool!" She's still a little wild, asking in wonder if it's really him. "Baby, it's really me. But listen, we don't have time. We're going to the ships, and we're gonna get the hell off this frackin' planet." She grins hugely -- she's game for this plan -- but asks what he did with Kacey. (Like, "Awesome that you're hereâ¦hey, where'd you stash my daughter while I was passed out?" It's very sad for some reason, because she's like, if all the dreams of four months are coming true, why would anything go wrong? She's imagined this way too many times for it to go wrong.) "Who's Kacey?" Kacey. She's my daughter. "Kara, who's Kacey?" he asks again. "She's my daughter!" Kara shoves him and runs back down the hallway, skipping and jumping past insurgents and prisoners, back toward her cell.
On Colonial One, Simon and Three agree that it's time to evacuate the ship onto Heavy Raiders. "I'll stay behind and set off the nuke," Three offers. I think she just wants to look for Hera. "You should go as well, Caprica," she says, furthering my hypothesis. "And you," she says to Gaius. "I don't think you'll want to be here after we've gone. There's a place for you, too." YES! Gaius on a Cylon ship! Fabulous! He's like, "For real?" She smiles enigmatically and says some more of that creepy machine logic she always says: "Well, you were right and we were wrong. Should be some reward for that." Caprica's like, "Totally!" But Gaius is still feeling the drama of how DEMAND LOVE was always a bad idea in practice, and he sold his ass knowing that. "I just wanna sit here and die," he moans, and even Caprica's a little bored by this, but then Gaeta appears out of nowhere and cocks a gun at Baltar's head. "You're gonna get your wish, Gaius."
Galactica CIC, where Kelly tells us that almost all of the civilian ships have jumped away. (Which makes the nuke plan make even less sense.) The Galactica FTL is back online, but Pegasus has been beat to hell. "I don't think she has a single plane in the air," he says, worried. Adama assures him that Apollo left the Vipers down there to guard the civilian ships: "He knew that was a one-way trip. He'll evac before the end." Helo asks if he's sure, and Adama SCREAMS at him. "Land our birds! Let's get the hell out of here." Helo follows this order with a grin. "All wings, Galactica. Come on home. Combat landings authorized. Repeat, come on home." Everybody gets ready to jump.