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
At least one Cylon is still back at their missile launcher, and has started firing at the Raptors.
Tyrol fires, and the dradis dish goes kablooey. And then it topples over and crashes down on top of Tyrol and Baltar, killing them both. Not really, but on this show, it wouldn't have surprised me.
The Raptors detect the missiles and swing to one side. The missiles zip past, and Racetrack reports that the Cylons aren't locking on to them.
Baltar and Tyrol gaze hopefully upward. And then there are bullets hitting the ground all around them, as the three Cylons reach the bottom of the hillside they're on. Baltar scrambles away and resumes firing from behind a tree, and Cally and Selix tumble down to join him. Baltar's too busy to say, "Thanks for leading the Cylons right to us!" Tyrol is too far away to join them, even if there was that much room behind this one tree. Instead, he starts pulling himself further uphill. Bullets send up clods of dirt all around. Baltar looks over at Tyrol, who screams, "Stay there!" Yeah, I don't think they were planning to come and get you, Tyrol. According to the captions, Baltar shouts, "Dave!" several times. I'm pretty sure he's saying, "Chief!" Tyrol pulls out his sidearm, grimaces, then stands up and fires at the Cylons. He also says, "Aaaaah!" Baltar and Cally watch him sadly. Selix is busy with her own stuff. Tyrol keeps firing, and screaming, and then the Cylons blow up. Tyrol stops shooting, stares at the balls of fire, and gives his gun a dubious glance. Then he looks up, and sees a Raptor hovering overhead, with smoke trails still hanging in the air from whatever it fires. Apparently, this is reminiscent of Saving Private Ryan. All I know about that movie is that there's another scene in it that's reminiscent of Full Metal Jacket. And that there's an adorable moppet at some point, because it's fucking Spielberg.
Inside the Raptor, Apollo says, "You're welcome." Well, at least they all didn't start cheering and clapping.
Down on the ground, Selix puts her hand on top of Baltar's. Which is on top of her thigh. Baltar never misses an opportunity.
Galactica. Tigh escorts the Quorum down a corridor and announces, "Viewing time at the zoo." Zarek sniffs at Tigh's lack of respect. Tigh points at Zarek and says, "Your day's gonna come, laughing boy." Hee! He might be lousy, drunken, short-sighted, petty commander, but damn that man is funny.