[By the way, have I mentioned that I hate the new theme music? It’s sort of minimalist. I liked the music from last season. It’s actually the same melody, they just added some (too) soft vocals and removed more prominent the strings.]
Billy comes down to the brig to see Laura. The religious black corporal is very concerned with the way she’s been moaning and shrieking. Laura confides in Billy what he already knows – she’s finding it hard to think because of the chamalla withdrawal. He promises her that he’ll try to get her some more.
Baltar has another familiar hallucination where he’s back at his swinging bachelor pad on Caprica. Number Six continues to work on him about how savage humans are and how he must save their baby and the baby is the path to salvation. He says he’s not ready to be a father or a guardian. She says, “Be a man, Gaius.”
[Same ole, same ole.]
Crashdown’s group observes the missile battery and they try to get a count of how many Centurions are guarding it. Crashdown gets the bright idea that need to take it out, since they realize that the sole purpose of an anti-aircraft battery is to take out any Raptors that come to Kobol to rescue them.
In Galactica’s hangar bay, Lee accesses the state of the Vipers – seven are down. Dualla gives Tigh a stack of messages, all of which are marked priority. Tigh asks how long before Lee can get his raptor in the air. When Lee estimates 90 minutes, Tigh explodes.
“90 minutes! We’ve got men down on that frakking planet! Get your head in the game. Do your job or go back to the brig.”
Everyone stares at him. Lee turns away and rolls his eyes.
Tigh meets with the Quorum of Twelve in the ward room (?). They demand to know why the president is being detained. Tigh forcefully defends Adama’s actions. “She caused a key military asset to be lost! The Commander felt he had no choice but to remove her from power.”
Tom Zarek speaks up. “Adama knew exactly what he was doing. He was paving the way to declare martial law and declare a military dictatorship. Isn’t that right, Colonel?”
Tigh reaches for a drink... of water. “I can’t speak for the Commander. He’s still in surgery.”
Zarek won’t let him off the hook. “Well, you seem to be in command here. So what exactly are you planning to do? Are you going to declare martial law?”
“Absolutely not. The old man hated the very idea of martial law. He believed in freedom and democracy and all that good stuff.” Tigh raises his glass in a toast that mocks the Quorum.
“If this is still a democracy, I move that the Quorum demand immediate access to the President.” The motion is quickly seconded and they unanimously agree.
“We demand immediate access to the president,” says the Gemonese councilor.
Tigh looks both irritated and amused. He gets up and walks to the door.
“I’ll take your demand under advisement,” he says as he turns his back on them.
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