NOTE: So I’m sure the big question y’all have is, “Where’s Ryan?” Well, Ryan’s been pretty busy lately, plus he lives in Montreal, which means that he’s getting new episodes of ‘Battlestar Galactica’ around the same time that I am – whenever Space gets around to showing it. Which is probably about 10 weeks from now, seeing as they JUST aired the season premiere on the 14th. As a result, we’re in the process of “acquiring” copies of the new episodes, through that application that has the same initials as trance DJ BT. So this half-season looks to be somewhat of a tag team effort between us.
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Episode 2-11, Resurrection Ship, Part 1
Special Guest Star: Michelle Forbes as Admiral Helena Cain
Quote: Cain: “Do you always get what you want?”
Starbuck: “Most of the time.” – Conversation after Starbuck requests Apollo to be on her flight squad.
The standoff between Galactica and Pegasus continues with noone willing to fire the first shot. So how do you get yourself out of this kind of sticky situation? Well, remember how lil’ Kara took the Blackbird out for a spin? Yeah, well she went and does the recon mission on her own, which earns her a promotion to Captain and Pegasus’ CAG, which leads to the quote above.
Of course, this still doesn’t resolve the tension between Cain and Adama, so it’s left to the only person bitchier than Cain to mediate – President Roslin, which leads to an icy truce between the two warships. Roslin actually advises Adama to take out Cain, because without Adama there, the civilian fleet essentially gets drafted into service.
At the doctor’s office, Sharon, the mother of Helo’s child, is still apparently the mother of Helo’s child, as the baby seems to be ok. Over in the Pegasus brig, Apollo visits Helo and Tyrol, who are surprised that they’re not dead yet. Lee fills them in on what just happened, just in case the audience tuned in or something.
Baltar talks to Six, presumably after screwing her (and how does that work, exactly, if she’s a figment of his imagination? Um, on second thought, I don’t wanna know.), and it turns out that he’s still in the brig with the other Six. Cain drops by and asks Baltar to get brig Six to help out with the recon photos. But as it turns out, all brig Six wants to do is die.
Adama starts his sedition agenda with Laird, finding out how he became crew chief when he was simply a civilian. And how do you do that? By sending Tigh to get Colonel Fisk drunk enough to tell stories about it, of course. As it turns out, Pegasus came across some of the civilian fleet and gutted the ships as needed, “drafting” useful personnel onto Pegasus and leaving the rest to drift out into space. Oh, and shooting the families of those draftees that refused to comply. Damn, that’s cold, and I guess I was wrong – Cain’s a much bigger bitch than Roslin could ever hope to be.
Baltar learns from brig Six that the ship Starbuck photographed is called a resurrection ship, designed so that the humanoid Cylons can download themselves into new bodies without having to go all the way back to the Cylon homeworld. And she tells him this because she wants him to destroy it so that she can’t automatically download her conciousness into a new body, what with all the rape and torture she’s endured.
Meanwhile, Adama tells Roslin that she was right about Cain. And Helo and Tyrol do some male bonding in the brig.
Starbuck and Apollo outline their plan of attack, which involves a feint and an all out blitz on the Cylon ships. After which, both Adama and Cain plan each other’s assasinations with Starbuck and Fisk, respectively. Neither of whom I’d exactly trust to carry their mission through with success. Too bad Mike Novick isn’t around in this universe – he’d be able to take Cain out.
