As for this episode however, it’s split between the President seemingly schooling Lee in the ways of politics, and the Demetrius story. Just a thought – it’s not hard to imagine Adama Jr running for President once Roslin’s bought it? She’s certainly not going to let Tory take over if she can, and chastises her for fraternizing with Baltar. If it weren’t Laura Roslin, famous iron-willed airlocker, then I’d be worried about Tory’s revenge.
Enough with the pleasantries, anyway, and on with the main story. Tigh demonstrates his eerie Cylon powers, as he manages to stop Adama attacking the captured base ship, unable to identify itself to the Galactica as the Demetrius didn’t manage to simultaneously jump to the right co-ordinates as planned. Call me cynical, but it was just a tad predictable – allowing Tigh to exercise his giant, pulsating Cylon brain, and the episode to start with a bit of a nail biter.
With the uneasy alliance established, the spokeswoman Six strikes a deal with Adama and Roslin – they want to unbox the D’Annas, and to do so they need to go back to the resurrection hub. This could be the biggest prize the colonial fleet has ever found – the ability to make all Cylons, as Roslin quips, a mortal enemy. It’s risky, though – even if they think it’s not a trap, I can’t imagine the Cavils et al won’t have the hub protected with everything they’ve got, potentially lining the show up with the biggest battle it’s ever seen… and if successful, the last Cylon will be revealed. The real question is will Tigh, Anders, Tory and the Chief sabotage the mission to the hub? And will the ‘insurance’ Six, Leoben and Eight discussed jeopardise the whole truce?
All in all, there was a certain amount of filler in this episode – Gaeta’s warbling could definitely have been trimmed, but the two shocks right at the end were classic Battlestar.
