Episode Report Card Strega: A- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Home, Part I
By Strega | Season 2 | Episode 6 | Aired on August 18, 2005
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Starbuck meets up with the Prez's fleet near Kobol. Apollo's very happy to see her, and he's got a gun in his pocket. Which he quickly takes out and aims at Boomer. The Prez is ready to have Boomer spaced, until Boomer claims that she can help them find the Tomb of Athena. Meanwhile, Zarek plots to get Apollo killed, so that he can be the man behind the Prez. They all go down to Kobol and find a path that should lead them to the Tomb. Elosha helpfully finds a trap and gets herself blown up real good, and then the Centurions start shooting. During the fire-fight, Boomer seems to make a break for it, and Apollo chases after her. It turns out Boomer's just trying to grab a dead soldier's gun so she can take out the last Centurion. Overachiever. They all have a hearty chuckle over the misunderstanding, wave goodbye to Elosha's corpse, and set out for the Tomb. Back on Galactica, Adama picks out a sucky new CAG, tries to cheer himself up by holding a press conference, and generally mopes around for a while. Eventually he shares his feelings with Dualla. Dualla tells Adama that he's broken his promise to take them all to Earth. In the end, Adama declares that he's putting the band back together. No, wait: fleet. Putting the fleet back together. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
r and making a mess on his desk. Tigh suggests a guy named Mueller, but Adama dismisses him as "a malcontent." Plus, his name's too close to Meier's, and that would get confusing. They're interrupted when a Lieutenant Birch turns up, and Adama greets him by saying, "Thank you for coming on such short notice." As Tigh watches, Adama explains that they need a new CAG. Birch agrees, and asks, "Who's it gonna be?" Birch is sort of a George Reeves-y, 1950s-looking guy. Adama silently picks up a box and opens it to reveal a lovely set of cufflinks. Oh, fine, they're insignia. Whatever. Adama unnecessarily says, "Congratulations, Captain. It's you." At Adama's cue, Tigh offers his own congratulations. Birch tells Adama that he was a supporter of Apollo's, which is maybe not the best way to put things at the moment. Birch adds, "He was a great leader, Sir." Adama recites something from his big book of homilies about how a ship is a family, and claims, "I love everyone on this ship as much as I love my s--" he glances at an octagonal photo of Apollo and Zak as kids, and finally says, "My sons." Exit Birch, dopily.As soon as Birch has gone, Tigh grumbles about being asked for his opinion when Adama had already made a decision. He also picks up a folder and dumps walnut shells across Adama's desk, heh. Adama explains, "I just wanted to see if you and I were on the same page or not." Tigh notes that they're not. I don't know why Tigh is surprised by this. Back last season, Mugga and I talked about how Adama loves disagreeing with Tigh so much that if Tigh did stop drinking, Adama would promptly urge him to lighten up and have a beer. Adama says that Birch is the best of their remaining options: "He's honest and he's loyal. We need a little bit of that around here right now." It's not often that I'll defend Apollo, but I have to say that Adama definitely prefers loyalty to honesty, as we'll see later on. Tigh says that he'll support Adama's decision. Just not very enthusiastically. Exit Tigh. Adama goes back to cracking nuts.
Ready Room. The door swings open, and we see reporters leap up and begin calling out questions before Adama's even in the room. Adama marches up to the podium, where Tigh is waiting. I guess Tigh already did the warm-up act. The reporters continue their usual yammering while Adama and Tigh fuss over the microphone, which isn't on. Then Tigh does something and there's some feedback as he says, "Try it now." Adama turns the volume down and winces, and I know these are sort of silly details to describe but I find them so entertaining. You're being chased by killer robots, you've been shot, your son helped spark a secession, and if that wasn't bad enough, you've still got to fuss with PA equipment. Once that's all sorted out, Adama says he has a statement to make, and asks the reporters to sit down. They reluctantly sit down long enough for Adama to say, "If you don't already know, the fleet has been divided." Hubbub ensues, and Adama calls, "Wait, wait." I swear, I hate these reporters so much. Adama continues, "We share the grief of friends lost, and the resources we've sacrificed will present new challenges for all of us. But if we stay together, we will rise to the occasion as we have before." The reporters look around like, "Right."