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1.3 Bastille Day

Roslin: "He's your son."
Adama: "He's your adviser."

Yes, we have dueling Apollos.

The character of terrorist and prisoner Tom Zarek is an interesting choice to give to Richard Hatch. He's totally unsympathetic, despite their little nod to heroes like Malcolm X; I could tell that all Zarek wanted was to provoke violence and that he didn't give a crap about free elections. Anyway, Hatch did fine here, and so did Jamie Bamber. Lee was so out of his league at first, dealing with the prisoners; I kept getting the feeling during the early scenes that they were going to just eat him up, like a cookie.

The prison story didn't do much for me, frankly; my favorite scenes here were all Starbuck-related. My favorite was her flip briefing of the pilots. I also liked the Starbuck/Tigh scenes, mostly related to his return to the bottle. They snipe at each other, but he respects her, despite what he says. She sure doesn't respect him, though. (Starbuck: "I have my flaws, too." Tigh: "The difference is, my flaws are personal. Yours are professional.")

Zarek may be a terrorist, but he did have a point about free and open elections. And Roslin is indeed serving out Adar's term. Plus there's her illness, after all. I understood why she bristled about it, but hey, let's think things through.

Bits and pieces:

-- Meanwhile, back on Caprica, it has finally stopped raining. Unfortunately, the rats were out. Both Sharons have men taking care of them. Nice work if you can get it.

-- I really liked Zarek referring to Adama as Zeus. Apt.

-- Adama was indeed peeved at Lee for taking Roslin's "side." And now Lee and Roslin have bonded even more, since she told him about her cancer.

-- Cally bit her attacker's ear off. Good for her. "He's lucky that's all I bit off."

-- Why weren't there any female prisoners on the Astral Queen?

-- If there are shortages of everything, where is Tigh going to get his booze?

-- Zarek is from Sagittaron, which appears to be a planet of underdogs. And the description of his crime from twenty years before sounded a little like the Oklahoma City bombing.

-- Number Six wanted Gaius to build that Cylon detector. And she's protecting him. I'm confused; what is he going to do with that nuke?

-- Laura Roslin has a bedroom of her own on "Colonial One." Not as nice as Adama's.

Quotes:

Tigh: "Ever see a man die of dehydration, Chief?"
(I don't know why, but when he said it, I kept hearing that famous line from "Airplane." The one about the Turkish prison.)

Gaius: (re: Starbuck) "I wonder if she's a real blonde."

Tigh: "Where's your mommy?"
Boxey: "Dead. Where's yours?"

Two out of four stars,

Billie





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