We start the episode out with a dream sequence. It looks like crazy Gaius is adrift floating in the ocean. This guy has had some strange dreams, but it's odd because they almost always involve his hot Cylon friend Six. But upon closer inspection, it isn't Baltar at all, it is Lee Adama. And after a little time passes, we see that it isn't that Lee is dreaming as much as he is hallucinating. He is not really floating in a pool of water; he is really floating in the empty void of space. In the background are explosions, but how did he get there? Well, I would love to tell you, but once again, I have to deal with that "48 hours earlier" bullshit. What the hell is it with my sci-fantasy shows pulling this on me twice in one week? UGH. I guess this is why people watch NCIS.

So, let's take it back a few days. Let's just say that tensions are wee bit high. How high were the tensions? Well, if tensions were equal to craziness, we would be talking about Tom Cruise, Margaret Perrin, and Jeff Conaway threesome. Starbuck just learned from Commander Adama that she was going to have to kill Admiral Cain. Now, we know that Kara has the guts to do it, but she really admires the admiral. She may be the one pulling the trigger, but that doesn't mean that she is going to go it alone. Starbuck tells Lee about the mission, and although he is unsure of how wise this is he would much rather support Kara in her decision than try and stay on the sidelines and do nothing. Apollo tells her that he will help her because he knows that there is nothing more important than trust, and if you can't trust the word of your fellow human, you are no better than the Cylons.

Speaking of no better than the Cylons, a few people from the Pegasus decide to pay a visit to Tyrol and Helo. A lot of people have been eagerly anticipating the deaths of these two traitors, and a few of them decide that they are going to soften up Tyrol and Helo for good measure. They started strapping them down, and for a moment I thought that they were going to give the two prisoners what they saved Sharon from, but the people who came in to beat them wanted to give them a different kind of lesson. I was a little skeptical when I saw one of them looking long and hard at a bar of soap, but this wasn't Prison Break and so the soap was simply wrapped up in a towel and used to beat Tyrol and Helo in the gut.

Just as things start to get interesting, Colonel Fisk, the Executive Officer of the Pegasus walks in and stops the two members of the Pegasus, from doing any more damage. He says that since the prisoners are wearing Colonial uniforms, they will be treated with respect. Although it may seem like he was showing humanity, Fisk's only concerns were about protocol. Lt. Thorne had saved many lives on Pegasus and he was a hero. Some may argue that he was going to rape a prisoner, and that isn't protocol either, but Fisk wonders if you can even rape a machine. And not to make light of the situation, but if I was creating the next model of Cylons, I would have a little self destruct device implanted so that if anything happens, nobody can make them talk. This theory was also about the only thing that made sense in that movie Impostor.

As I said earlier, it was going to be difficult for Starbuck to kill Cain because she really did admire the admiral a lot. Even though Sharon saved her on Caprica, Kara saw what the Cylons were capable of, and she was not that interested in showing any mercy. Admiral Cain offers Starbuck a drink, and they begin to talk a little bit about things. It's almost as if the senior office knows exactly what is going through Kara's mind about the mission. Cain says she understands why Starbuck is close with Commander Adama, and admires that he is a good man that has made tough choices. She has also made tough choices, and the only thing that has been able to keep her going is that she has always shown a lot of faith in her decisions, and when the time comes, she doesn't flinch. As far as crazy foreshadowing to your imminent death goes, this ranks up there with "carpooling with Nick Nolte and Paula Abdul".

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Posted by J-Unit on January 17, 2006 7:29 PM