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Battlestar Galactica 2x6 – “Home, part 1”A SORT OF HOMECOMINGJohn: Starbuck, Helo, and Sharon the Cylon returned to Kobol with the Arrow of Apollo, narrowly avoiding getting their Cylon heavy raider shot down as they neared Roslin’s fleet. How Starbuck felt about not seeing Galactica and docking with the Astral Queen prison ship instead is an anecdote for another time. Everyone was happy to see Starbuck, indifferent towards Helo, but the appearance of Sharon the Cylon set Apollo off and instigated a Caprican standoff, with Apollo pointing a gun at Sharon the Cylon and Helo pointing one at Apollo. Helo: Say, “Bitch, be cool!” Roslin got everyone to stand down and promised that Sharon the Cylon wouldn’t be harmed, then totally reversed course and ordered Sharon the Cylon thrown out the airlock. Tom Zarek: Damn. John: Sharon the Cylon saved her synthetic skin by promising to show Roslin where the Tomb of Athena is on Kobol. This got her a nice prison cell instead of instant death in the vacuum of space. Colonel Tigh: Too soft. Roslin neglected to beat the shit out of that thing and hurt her feelings, make her cry. Rob: Starbuck sounded like she was about to explain about Sharon the Cylon before she walked right out of the heavy raider and into Apollo’s gun barrel. Starbuck: Huh, so I guess everyone knows Boomer’s a Cylon then? Saves that explanation. Rob: So all the Cylons know where the Tomb of Athena is? I wonder why the Cylons never grabbed the Arrow of Apollo themselves to find out where Earth is. Probably because they don’t really care. They have their own shit to worry about. As I understand it, they have a plan. MEET THE PRESSJohn: On Galactica, Commander Adama held his first press conference of season 2 and it didn’t go so well. The press was not placated by his rah-rah, “united we stand, divided, fuck you” speech and bombarded him with questions he didn’t want to answer. The one about there being no Earth and how it was all a big lie really got Adama’s goat. Commander Adama: Who told you?! I mean, shut up, that’s not true. Reporter: What’s not true? That there’s no Earth or that there is an Earth? Commander Adama: That’s it, I’m outta here. John: Adama was adamant about the ships who left with Roslin being hung out to dry. As far as he’s concerned, whatever ships remain with Galactica is the fleet, period. He’s not going to reunite his fleet with Roslin’s fleet on Kobol. Hey, what about joining Adama’s fleet with the Cylon fleet? That would guarantee the survival of the humanity’s women at least. Rob: There sure are a lot of reporters on Galactica. Why do there need to be that many? Are there competing news services among the fleet? Does every ship have its own paper? It just seems like a little overkill. SUSPICIOUS ALLOWICIOUSJohn: In his smoke-filled lab, Baltar grimly contemplates the information Cylon Boomer gave him about the eight Cylons hiding in the fleet. We know of five models, including Boomer, Six, and Simon, which leaves three more lurking out there. Number Six then started planting seeds that Baltar himself could even be a Cylon. Carlito: Baltar, a Cylon? That’s not cool. John: Yeah, really. It would kind of make some sense, what with Baltar’s genius, ability to multitask like a computer, and how horny he always is, It would be kind of shitty if Baltar was a Cylon all along though. Also, I’m still not clear on when and how he’s supposed to conceive his child with Number Six. Baltar: You’re not the only one. I’m dying for a frak, here. Number Six won’t even let me spank it in peace. What the frak do I call her anyway? I knew her for a year before she revealed she was a Cylon. I know I didn’t call her “Number Six” all that time. Maybe I never even learned her name. I don’t frakking know. Rob: If Baltar is a Cylon, why did Six have to seduce him into divulging the defense codes of the Colonies? And then there’s the Star Child thing. Now, are they planning on conceiving in fantasy world or do they actually have to get together to do this? See, Six really isn’t planning this out well. That’s why Sharon the Cylon beat her to the punch. APOLLO HEARTS STARBUCKJohn: Speaking of someone dying for a frak, I like the new affectionate Apollo. In the time he’s been in the brig and on the lam, he seems to have had some time to reflect and realized he hasn’t had sex with anyone on the show. I liked when he ran up to Starbuck, hugged her and kissed her right in front of everyone. Harry Potter: That was a nice snog, that was. John: Starbuck hasn’t had the heart to tell him she’s involved with Anders on Caprica. I really liked the scene between Apollo and Starbuck when he stole her pyramid ball and bounced it off her forehead. Apollo: Where’d you get a pyramid ball, anyway? And where’d you get that pyramid uniform you’re wearing? And why does the patch on it say “Anders”? John: The two of them hadn’t had any scenes together since the end of season one. Apollo saw how moody Starbuck’s been and decided to give her a pep talk while sneaking in those three little words. Starbuck’s reaction was pretty funny; she decided to taunt him. If he’d just said those three little words to her before she left for Caprica, things would have been different. Now, it’s Anders who’s been all up in that. Good scene. Rob: Apollo’s probably going to feel a little stupid when he finds out that it was Cara’s new boyfriend’s Pyramid ball she was playing with the whole time he was trying to flirt with her. Though I’m sure Apollo didn’t figure on her getting any action while on her little treasure hunt. Little does he know that everybody gets laid on Cylon-occupied Caprica. Helo: I’ll say. Starbuck: Shut up.
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