Episode Report Card Strega: B | 5 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Paths Of Glory
By Strega | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2005.07.29
Tigh's quarters. Tigh and Ellen are boozing it up, 'cause that's what they do. Tigh grumps that Adama's still in surgery and the Quorum and press are both demanding to see the Prez. Ellen suggests, "Let 'em." She says that the Prez is nuts, and Tigh says, "I know." Heh. Ellen explains that she dropped by the brig, and that the Prez was extremely disoriented. And you've got to figure that after living with Tigh, Ellen's standard for "disoriented" is pretty high. Ellen repeats that the Prez is nuts, and adds that the Vice-President is missing: "That leaves you in unchallenged command of this ship. And this fleet." Tigh cautions that it's only till Adama's recovered, and Ellen chirps, "Of course."
Two Raptors head out for Kobol.
Kobol. Cally is practicing using her rifle. Everyone else is sitting, toying with bits of foliage.
Baltar segues to the Fortress of Crazytude as Six declares, "One of you will turn against the others." Baltar confirms that this will happen during the attack on the Cylons, and asks what happens if the attack fails. From the other end of the room, Six says, "You'll die." Baltar smugs that he's God's instrument. Six says that God turned His back on Kobol, and adds, "What happens on Kobol stays on Kobol." Er, I mean: "Is not His will."
Crashdown gives Baltar his sidearm and announces that it's time to move out. As everyone gets up, Crashdown drapes Socinus and Targ's dogtags around his neck.
During the commercials, Crashdown starts asking who ate the strawberries, what happened to his palm tree, and whether anybody's seen a white whale.
Tigh's quarters. Tigh rolls a nearly empty bottle over a collection of photographs of Adama. He seems to have spread the photos all over his desk, perhaps in preparation for a lovely scrapbook he's working on. Hey, Tigh should have hobbies, too. I mean, Adama makes model ships, Starbuck paints, and the Prez likes mysteries. Tigh could take up scrapbooking. And Apollo could knit. The phone buzzes, and Dualla announces that the Quorum isn't getting any less cranky. Tigh tells her, "Maybe we should tell them to shove their demand up their collective asses, how about that?" Ellen chuckles in the background, and I have to give props to Kate Vernon for finding such a wonderfully annoying way to chuckle. She sounds like an engine that won't start. Unless of course that's how Vernon always laughs, in which case: I'm just kidding, ha ha! Up in CIC, Dualla makes a "chug-a-lug" gesture to a watching Gaeta. Or else she's a headbanger. Now that would be an awesome hobby for Dualla. Dualla tells Tigh that the sentries need some instructions for dealing with the Quorum. Tigh says that the Quorum will get to see "what has become of their precious president."