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
Boomer is called to the Ready Room for a briefing.
Starbuck covers herself with her dress as she leaves Baltar's room. Is she actually going to get dressed out in the hall? Or is that a bathroom she's going into? I'm confused.
As they take their gloves off, Adama tells Apollo, "You don't lose control." Apollo thanks him. I love that he assumes that was a compliment. I mean, I would, too, but I already know that I have issues. Adama says, "No. You gotta lose control. Let your instincts take over." Apollo says he thought they were sparring, and Adama sniffs, "That's why you don't win." And why you don't sleep with Starbuck.
Baltar ties a sheet around himself as Six sits quietly in a chair. I guess you have to be modest even with your imaginary friends. Baltar sits down on the coffee table, facing Six, and pours himself a drink. What's great is that at this point I felt kind of sorry for everyone. Including Six. Moore points out that Baltar might be more into Starbuck at least partly because she was so dismissive of him for so long, which might be helpful for the people who didn't buy that he really cared about her. Or it might not. I tried.
Caprica. Boomer's not quite dead, which is a bit of a disappointment. She flails about a little on the stairs as Helo edges over, his gun still aimed at her. Helo lowers his gun as Boomer stares up and pants.
Credits. I kinda want to put The Shield's "Just Another Day" theme song in here, because it'd fit so well. In my notes I wrote, "At this point, an A+ is theirs to lose." That teaser had more going on than some shows do in a full forty-odd minutes. Yowza. In the latest podcast, Moore says that's his favorite of all the teasers he's written. He also gives props to the director and editor and actors and everyone, just so I don't make him sound like a complete egomaniac.
The Prez gets a CAT scan while Dr. Cottle looks at the monitor and Billy lurks fretfully. Hi, Cottle! I want him to have a scene with Ellen Tigh at some point. They'd be fun together.
Later, the Prez tells the High Priestess of Vague Mysticism that she has maybe six months to live. But again, at the pace they're keeping, she could last for three seasons or more without a problem. The HPVM lights some candles busily and tells the Prez, "You made a true believer out of me, strange as that sounds." She insists that the Prez will lead them all to Earth. The Prez sighs, "Then we'd better find it soon."