| Review | May. 31, 2008 | 12:16 am |
Battlestar Galactica: “Sine Qua Non”
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No time for an intro. Reading Week is here and so is Common. Here’s what happened in this week’s episode of Battlestar Galactica, “Sine Qua Non.”
Warning: Spoiler Alert!
Natalie dies after being shot by Sharon-Athena. Moments before Natalie dies on the operating table she recites prayers continually saying, “Heavenly Father.” All of the government officials are freaking out because President Roslin and Baltar were on the baseship that jumped away and because Adama isn’t supporting Zarek’s presidency. Everyone believes that the baseship jumped away because Sharon-Athena killed Natalie. Sharon-Athena is scolded by Adama and is put in the brig for murdering an unarmed woman and putting the entire fleet in danger. She’s not allowed to have Hera in there with her until the end of the episode.
Adama is flipping out because the basestar jumped away with most of the colonial fleet’s pilots (including Helo) and more importantly with Roslin. No one knows where the basestar or the resurrection hub they were supposed to destroy jumped to. What’s worse is that Zarek has taken over as President. To top things off Adama finds out Tigh has been sleeping with Caprica-Six and that she’s pregnant with Tigh’s baby. (Chyeah, that’s right). Adama and Tigh get into fisticuffs over it but they work it out.
Lee doesn’t accept Zarek’s presidency either and teams up with Romo Lampkin to search for a proper war-time replacement president. A cynical Lampkin keeps telling Lee to accept Zarek as president but Lee refuses. After considering 47 people they still come up empty-handed. Predictably Lampkin soon realizes Lee is the only viable replacement, and accuses Lee of manufacturing the search. Less predictably Lampkin then holds Lee at gunpoint and threatens to kill him. It turns out Lampkin’s depressed about his wife’s dead cat. The cat was the last reminder Lampkin had of his family that died during the original cylon attack on the colonies. Lampkin thinks humans should accept their fate and that Lee shouldn’t be president because he would only give the fleet more useless hope. Lee convinces Lampkin that he would be a good president and so Lampkin doesn’t kill him. Lee is sworn in as president and a very pissed of Zarek takes his Vice President position again.
Meanwhile, Adama frantically searches for the missing basestar. A damaged raptor jumps back to the fleet’s position, after securing it they learn it is the same raptor that took Roslin and Baltar to the basestar. Adama has the Galactica jump to the raptor’s last coordinates (which were determined using its flight data recorder), leaving the fleet to be defended by the few pilots left under Starbuck’s command. It appears that the hub was destroyed but at the cost of several Galactica pilots. Adama still doesn’t believe that Roslin is dead and commands several fighters to search the debris field for clues of where the basestar jumped to – further straining Starbuck’s defense system. As the search continues Adama gets lectured by Tigh and then Starbuck on its futility, but it’s only when Lampkin talks to him that Adama comes to his senses. Lampkin does this by helping Adama realize he cannot live without Roslin, “Sine Qua Non,” and thus has lost his objectivity. With this epiphany, Adama gives command of the fleet to Tigh (who did some fantastic monocular acting) and flies out in a lone raptor while the fleet jumps away. Adama sits in his raptor reading Searider Falcon waiting for Roslin.
Quote of the Week: “You know how many times I’ve had to repair this thing?” –Adama referring to a model ship that was crushed during his fight with Tigh.
Next Week: D’Anna is unboxed by Cavil and boomer. She chokes him out. Later she’s seen telling someone that they are the final five. President Roslin looks shocked.
