Laura gets a surprise visitor in the brig – Ellen Tigh. Laura is in bad shape. She’s mumbling in her sleep and she when she gets up, she fails to recognize Ellen. She is coherent enough to ask for an attorney, but Ellen snorts, “Sure, right.” Ellen leaves quickly, bursting to tell this new development to her husband. The religious brother guarding Laura reaches for his prayer beads.
Back on Kobol, Baltar scales a tree and observes the Cylons for Crashdown. He loses his binoculars, but makes it back to the camp unseen. He reports the number of Cylons to Crashdown, who then asks him if he’s ever fired a gun before. “I’m not a soldier!” Baltar wails, seeing where this is going.
“Don’t worry, I’ll give you the simplest assignment,” Crashdown reassures him.
“You’re not suggesting we attack the Cylons!” Baltar wails.
Tyrol takes Crashdown aside and advises against this plan. Crashdown argues that they have to do it for Socinus and Tarn, the other guy that got killed. Tyrol counters that he fails to see what this has to do with the two men who died.
“Maybe that’s why I’m an officer and you’re not,” says Crashdown, cementing his position as biggest asshole on Kobol.
Baltar talks to the ladies. The medic says she hasn’t fired a weapon since Basic and Callie says, don’t look at me – I joined to pay for dental school. [LOL!]
Crashdown drafts a very by the book plan of assault and draws little pictures in the dirt and moves sticks and leaves to represent various obstacles. Baltar looks even more dismayed as he realizes that Crashdown is seriously going to force them to try this. Baltar can’t take it any longer. He points out the absurdity of the plan – five Cylons vs. five humans does not spell equal odds. Baltar tries to organize a vote and Tyrol cuts him off by saying this is not a democracy, it’s a military mission.
The plan basically calls for Callie to create a diversion and the medic girl and Crashdown will assault the “dradis” (Galactica-speak for radar dish). This virtually assures that Callie will die.
2 comments:
I am interested in your blogs.
Thank you, William!
I will continue doing my review of Battlestar Galactica when the show resumes this week.
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