Some of you may think that Starbuck taking a whole shitload of Raptors back into the heart of occupied Caprica would warrant a little bit of attention, but there were bigger things to deal with among the fleet, like an election! Listen, I know that there is a lot of interest with the Baltar storyline, and the way he went against the President is sure going to make for some interesting times. Factor in the relationship he has with Gina, and the fact he gave them a nuclear warhead, and you have a situation that could cause some problems. That being said, why don't they just get to the election? Does anybody really want to watch some stupid debates? Is it really that important for us to know that the President gets the giggles before she is about to debate?

To simplify things, I am going to go out and talk about one thing first and then backfill the rest. At the beginning of the episode, we see this random scruffy guy rolling around on the ground. Upon closer inspection, it is Tyrel, and Cally, who had been looking for him in the hangar bay, sees him, and checks to see if there is something wrong with him. When she gets close, Tyrel snaps and starts punching her in the face for some unknown reason. After a few moments, he sort of wakes up, sees what he has done, and cries out for help. You see, it's been almost two weeks since we have seen the inner workings of a crew member and the demons that are tearing them up inside, so now we get to look in on the chief.

What was bothering Tyrel? Well, he thought he was a Cylon. Instead of seeing a psychotherapist, he visits the Galactica chaplain, played by Dean Stockwell. Yes, that Dean Stockwell. It was nice to see him, but it seems like this whole story was conceived in order to find a way for Dean Stockwell to have a guest role on Galactica. He's not like most chaplains because he says prayer is worthless, but he does sort of knock some sense into Tyrel, and tells him that he is not a Cylon. It's not really convincing, and you leave thinking that it is Dean Stockwell that is the Cylon. He says that the only way for Tyrel to get through this is to embrace his family. They love him and know he is not a Cylon, and if he embraces their love, he will be OK. Even Cally loves him, and if people ever ask what happens, she'll just say she ran into a door.

I'm am sorry I plowed through that with such disinterest, but it really had nothing to do with the rest of the episode, and there was plenty of stuff to talk about, like Starbuck's mission to Caprica. We know that she misses Anders, as was painfully made clear to us in a few episodes, and she wanted to keep her promise to go back to him. Originally, Admiral Adama didn't want to go through with it because it would require too much manpower, but now with the Pegasus around, they can afford some bodies. Therefore, the mission is designated "2 Alpha", which means that it is strictly voluntary. Of course, "strictly voluntary" usually means that if you don't sign up for this death wish, everybody will call you a pussy the rest of your life.

This mission used to be impossible because our spacejump technology was inferior. We had access to Cylon technology, but were never able to interface with it until Caprica-Sharon came around. Now that she isn't pregnant, they decide she is going to be a good resource, but some in the fleet aren't happy. If only they knew she just lost a child, maybe they would be nicer to her. It's not like she, you know, has their lives in her hands or anything. By the way, speaking of cruel treatment, don't you think they could throw some support for her every now and then? I mean, her boobs aren't that big, but maybe she doesn't want them flopping around all over the place?

Wow, mission to Caprica, sounds interesting, don't it? Maybe they'll cut away to Galatica-Sharon and Caprica-Six trying to save Caprica from the Cylons? Or perhaps a presidential debate? Like I said before, we learned that Roslin gets the giggles before she speaks, but we also get a little bit of a hint of the relationship between Roslin and Admiral Adama. With Billy dead and Apollo as captive as ever, these two are like family, and they act like a couple that has been married twenty years. They laugh, they tease, they walk arm in arm to the debate. The only thing missing is the sex, which I guess means they're acting like a married couple who have been together 40 years.

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Posted by J-Unit on March 8, 2006 7:12 PM