Episode Report Card Strega: A | 8 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT The Starcrossed
By Strega | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2005.02.25
Having returned from wherever she went, Starbuck walks over to the Prez and asks if she's okay. The Prez continues staring at Leoben as she says, "I'm fine," and asks about the bomb. Starbuck says that nothing went kerblooey. After a moment, the Prez loudly says, "Put him out the airlock," and then turns her back on them all. Leoben looks genuinely surprised as he's dragged away. Starbuck protests, "You can't do that! Not after he told you the truth." The Prez assures Starbuck that she can. Leoben is thrown into the airlock, which is yet another window-lined cubicle. The Prez tells Starbuck, "During the time I've allowed him to remain alive and captive on this ship, he has caused our entire fleet to spread out, defenseless." On the other side of the glass, Leoben lowers his head like, "Aw, c'mon, I was just playin'." The Prez says that Leoben creates fear by planting insidious ideas in their minds. She tells Starbuck, "But you're right. He is a machine, and you don't keep a deadly machine around when it kills your people and threatens your future. You get rid of it." Leoben presses his hand against the window like he wants to say something about the needs of the many. Starbuck quickly tells the Prez that Leoben's not scared of death, he's just scared his soul won't get to God. The Prez has no response to that. Leoben waits, his hand against the glass. Starbuck steps forward as the soldiers and the Prez watch, and puts her hand up against Leoben's. The Prez watches sadly. Leoben lowers his head, and the Prez casually points at the solider manning the controls. He punches a button, and sirens blare. Leoben lifts his head and stares into the camera (again) as the light shifts and the airlock opens behind him. As the air whooshes out, the Prez gets a blipvert of her dream, and then Leoben is sucked out and tumbles away. It doesn't look quite right, but it does look cool, which is sometimes more important. Mugga opines that this bit was "marvelous," which is British for "awesome."