Their source gave them information on the security plans, and the insurgency wants to take this as an opportunity to take out Gaius Baltar, who they consider a traitor. This attack would cross a line that the insurgency has stayed away from so far, because they knew that there would be many civilian casualties to go along with any Cylon dead. To quote Tigh, he said there are no boundaries for the Cylons, so there can be no boundaries for the humans.
By now, many of you were probably wondering where the hell the Colonial Fleet was doing all this time. When all of the Cylons jumped in, they managed to get away undetected, but were they just going to float around and do nothing? Well, not quite. It appears that Admiral William Adama still plans on doing something, because he still has his Vipers running training missions. Unfortunately, they all kind of suck. They all look about as comfortable as Jerry Falwell in the Hustler store.
While William Adama thinks that there is a lot of work to be done, his son Lee "Apollo" Adama, who commands the other Battlestar in the fleet, Pegasus wonders what the hell is going on. He has never had a great relationship with his father, and so it's no surprise to hear Commander Adama call Lee soft, mentally and physically. They have been preparing for a fight for four months, and Lee can only complain that things are getting hard. Before Apollo can finish, his father tells him to get his fat off out of his quarters and that is exactly what he does.
When Lee goes back to Pegasus, he is with his wife, the very delectable Anastasia Dualla. He complains about his father calling him soft, and says that is not true, but you only need to take one look at him to see that he is delusional. I mean, he's not quite sumo wrestler size, I think he is rapidly losing the view of his toes when he is standing up. I laughed last year when they showed Commander Adama with his porno moustache and Lee became all fat, but now it's just kind of gross. Dualla, who married a hunk who was a daring soldier, tells her husband that he is soft, and that he's lost his confidence. He is so preoccupied with trying to avoid becoming just like his father that he forgot that he was a soldier as well.
For Tigh, his only goal is to cause as much confusion as he can on the ground so Galactica can come and save everybody. The plan was to have a Raptor from Galactica jump to New Caprica, which conveniently is in the middle of a nebula, making it easier to hide their position from the Cylon base ships, and wait for a signal from the ground. The people on the ground have been sending signals for months, but nobody has responded. Part of it is because the Cylons are jamming their signal, but some people think that they have simply been abandoned, including Anders, who was sort of abandoned once on the old Caprica, so he wouldn't be surprised if it happened again.
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Comments (9)
I LOVED this ep. This is what a season premiere is supposed to be like (cough...LOST). Glad to see sultury imaginary six is back.
1 of 9 | Posted by Leah3t
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Posted on October 9, 2006 10:44 AM
I don't think Kara has changed her mind about Leo. I think the comment about her killing him 5 times and it getting her nowhere hit home. So she's using emotions to try and get out of this one. They threw something at her that they thought would be her weakness and she's going to take advantage of that.
Did they ever say that Lee and Dee were married?
Anyway, excellent episode. Kinda makes you think about the state of OUR current affirs.
2 of 9 | Posted by Chani
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Posted on October 9, 2006 1:31 PM
Great recap, J-Unit. This episode was a great season opener and kept me guessing.
Just to clear up a couple things:
Chani: Lee and Dualla are married; they mention it in their conversation about Lee being soft.
Tyrol does not know that Gaeta is the source. He only knows that Gaeta continues to serve as Baltar's assistant. If you saw the second part of the conversation after Gaeta leaves, Tyrol is talking to another member of the resistance and calls Gaeta a collaborator and doen't understand why he still works with Baltar. I had the feeling that Gaeta was the source, but I was hoping that Baltar himself was helping the resistance. Gaeta was the easy choice, but Baltar would have been a little more dramatic.
3 of 9 | Posted by Jeff V
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Posted on October 9, 2006 4:33 PM
Wow, I never thought I would say this about Battlestar Galactica but it is simply the BEST show presently on television.
Better evn than The Wire, Lost or Veronica Mars and thats saying something.
This is a fascinating allegory on war, occupation and terrorism.
I do wonder if it would not be a better use of hardware if you were to use The Pegasus (a much newer and more powerful Battlestar) for the rescue operation.
J-Unit great recap and yes watch the webisodes they will fill in some of the gaps for you. Now that the season has started its not like there are going to be spoilers in them.
4 of 9 | Posted by weaponx4701
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Posted on October 9, 2006 5:12 PM
was one of the best episodes of anything, i've ever seen...and i've seen a lot :D
5 of 9 | Posted by DelRay
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Posted on October 9, 2006 9:51 PM
Great episode but I think they are delving into too much pop culture references to fit into their setting. Two off the top of my head are the Seinfeld swirl one and the homage to The Great Escape at the end with the prisoners being taken out in trucks, told to get out to stretch their legs then the centurions coming over a dirtpile ready to shoot them.
6 of 9 | Posted by wandernview
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Posted on October 9, 2006 11:13 PM
If you guys have never heard the podcasts that Exec Producer Ron Moore does, you should start. He answers a lot of the issues that previous posters have brought up. In this episode, he puts in the "swirl" comment because he's a great fan of Seinfeld. The end of the episode is a homage to the Great Escape, if I heard him correctly. Yeah, I guess it depends on what you want to see-the pop reference stuff gives a little light-heartedness to what otherwise is a very heavy show.
Someone mentioned the Pegasus - he said the reason they use the Galactica and not the Pegasus will be revealed in a future episode.
7 of 9 | Posted by Jeff V
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Posted on October 10, 2006 5:47 PM
I agree with all of you who say this is the best show on TV. Two hours was not enough and I was wishing it wouldn't end.
Thanks for re-capping it, J-Unit!
8 of 9 | Posted by gina64
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Posted on October 11, 2006 6:51 AM
Big fan of the show. I hope they don't spend all season getting them off the planet. Also, Leoben did mention that Kasey is half cylon. I wonder if she has the same properties as Sharon's baby who, I think, Sharon will find while she is on the planet.
9 of 9 | Posted by RangerLG
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Posted on October 12, 2006 1:32 PM