Apollo Gets What He Pays For - 
by J-Unit
Being a big capitalist myself, of course I am going to have a problem with this restriction on trade. Sure there are some things like medicines that might need to be regulated to make sure the parent of a sick child doesn't have to turn tricks to get medicine, but how does the government decide who is more deserving of cigarettes and booze? Fisk and Dr. Baltar, who we learn are good friends, scoff at the Presidents plan, and decide to meet later for a little bit of a black market trade of their own. But only a few minutes from when Fisk walked into his quarters on the Pegasus, but somebody choked him to death, and that somebody was working for random black guy that we saw Apollo pointing his gun at with the beginning of the episode.
During the initial autopsy, we found that Fisk had a gold coin in his mouth. The way people reacted to it; it was like they had just pulled a Bentley out of there instead. When he got to the Pegasus, Lee found out that what started out, as a tragedy may have been a blessing in disguise. Although Fisk had volunteered to Roslin to oversee the comings and goings of all the commerce, it was clear that Fisk was deep inside the black market, and the reason he wanted to watch the ships was so that he could continue to skim off the top. Indeed, after looking at Fisk's personal logs, Apollo found that Fisk was already very busy with rerouting supply runs and raiding other ships for supplies. Unfortunately, there was no indication who he was working for, or who might have had a problem with him.
There was one piece of evidence that caught Lee's attention - a gold bracelet with the initials ET. When Apollo brought this into Colonel Tigh's quarters, we knew that ET meant Evelyn Tigh, but with as much facial surgery as it looks she had, it could also mean Extra Terrestrial. Apollo wants to know what Tigh traded with Fisk, but it was obvious from the fresh fruit and real liquor that was lying around what it was that Colonel Tight had traded for. And then we begin to see the hypocrisy surrounding Apollo leading this investigation; he was also taking part in the black market.
I forgot to tell you one other thing that we all know about Shavon, and that is her profession. She is a hooker, and even though she seems to like Lee, and likes that Lee likes her kid, she still charges him extra for spending the night. Lee did a lot for Sharon, and when Tigh mentions that he knows what Lee has been trading for, he flashes back to the time when Paya was sick and the ship had rationed out the antibiotics already. For some reason, Apollo thought that he owed Shavon something, and promised to help her.
Shavon wasn't the only thing bothering Apollo, however. He keeps on having flashbacks to an argument that he had with a woman on Caprica. Just like every other time somebody flashes back to their time on Caprica, they left something there unfinished, and weren't able to reconcile before shit started going boom. To get his mind off things, Lee gets a little work in on the speed bag, and Dualla walks in. They have been working out a little bit some, and have been sparring partners. Their loins even brushed against each other several times, and this is enough for Dualla to wonder where there relationship is going. The growth of this relationship is interesting, but I think bringing it up here was kind of strange. Coming in, I never had the feeling that these two had some crazy chemistry. Sure there was a glance here or a glance there, but if anything, it made it look to me like Dualla had a little bit of wishful thinking. Apollo says that he doesn't know what he is supposed to say, but the fact that he can't come up with anything to describe this relationship she saw, not to mention his body language when he said it, tells Dualla that she should forget it, and she does.
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