Episode Report Card Strega: C+ | 16 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Maybe If Robert Culp Had Narrated...
By Strega | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2005.01.28
Crashdown asks Gaeta how the Cylon detector is coming along. Gaeta plays dumb, and Crashdown casually mentions a rumor that Cylons look like people now.
FlashZak. Starbuck hops out of bed, and Zak says he has a question for her. Starbuck swings from a bottle in her locker and says, "You passed. By the skin of your teeth, but you passed." Zak says, "I don't want any special treatment. Not from my father, certainly not from you."
Gaeta says that if there were a program to detect Cylons, he wouldn't be allowed to talk about it. Baltar nicely distracts everyone by saying, "Something smells horribly in here. Is that you, Crashdown?" Crashdown sniffs and says, "Yeah, that's me." Heh. Baltar tells Starbuck that it's her turn. Starbuck blinks at him.
FlashZak. Starbuck crawls back into bed as she insists that she wouldn't have passed Zak if he wasn't ready.
Baltar asks Starbuck if she's all right.
FlashZak. Starbuck pants as Zak kisses her chest.
Zak's funeral. I wonder what the record is for the number of paragraphs in a recap.
Flashback to earlier in this episode: Adama salutes as the hanger doors close on the coffins.
FlashZak. No, seriously. This is ridiculous. I think we're all clear on Starbuck's issues, thank you! You can stop!
Baltar wonders if Starbuck would like to take a break. Starbuck suddenly puts her hand down and says, "I'm outta here." She exits. Crashdown whines, "Okay, she can't do that." Boomer notes that she did, and collects her winnings.
Caprica. I like the Caprica bits for several reasons, but one is that the captions are so helpful. It's Helo's fourteenth day on the planet. And it's raining. That isn't in the captions; I figured it out all by myself when I noticed all the water falling from the sky. Boomer peers through the dark windows of an abandoned restaurant and announces, "This is it." They enter, and we learn that they're following the signal they detected two episodes ago. They poke around in the restaurant, their guns drawn. Boomer starts looking through cupboards, which...okay, I guess they're looking for the transmitter, not a person, but it still seems a bit odd. Boomer grumps that, according to her receiver, "We're right on top of it." The beeps get more urgent, and she sweeps some books off a shelf to reveal a doorknob behind them. She tips over the bookcase, and she and Helo open the door and discover a stairwell.