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 Battlestar Galactica 2x12 – “Resurrection Ship, Part 2” A MATTER OF TRUST
John: Poor Apollo. More than anyone, he’s having the roughest time with the idea of his father asking Starbuck to kill Admiral Cain.
Starbuck: What about me? I’m the one who has to look a woman I’ve grown to respect and admire in the eyes and put a bullet between them. He just has to watch my back.
John: And he couldn’t even do that.
Apollo: I know! I'm sorry, Kara. I broke my trust with you. My word means nothing. Gods, I wish I were dead.
John: Oh, mellow out. Apollo gave Starbuck a speech about how all everyone really has with one another is trust and his trust in his father and President Roslin was shaken when he learned they’re okay with cold-blooded murder as an expeditious means of securing their control over the fleet. Maybe his being distracted by his shaken ideals is why he wrecked the Blackbird in a collision with a Cylon raider after he destroyed the Resurrection Ship’s FTL drive. Apollo had to eject and float in space as he ran out of oxygen, imagining himself floating on his back in a lake and then sinking to his death the way Leonardo DiCaprio did in Titanic.
Rose: I’ll never let go, Lee. I’ll never let go. Rob: I don't really understand why Adama would suggest Starbuck take Apollo along on the assassination attempt.
Adama: He's my son, I trust him. And he doesn't cock up every single thing he does.
Rob: Pretty close to. In the end, it really did work out a lot better that Apollo couldn't be there. I could totally see him breaking down and speechifying or something at just the wrong moment. But he ended up far away from the action and screwed up nothing.
Chief: Hey, what the hell happened to my Blackbird?
Rob: Well, almost nothing.
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
John: A couple of Pegasus crewmembers and some armed Marines dropped by Helo and Tyrol’s cell to pay them a social call, which involved beating them in the gut with a bar of soap wrapped in a towel. Frankly, considering some of the methods used on Cylon POWs, Helo and
Fisk: You can’t rape a machine.
John: This is going to be an ongoing matter of debate and conflict. Star Trek would have bottled the answer long before now.
Captain Picard: Sharon Valerii, though a machine, has feelings, emotions, as does Commander Data, himself an android. Sharon Valerii seeks to better herself and ensure the safety and future of the child she carries. In their own way, the Cylons are as human as you or I.
John: There you go. If raping Data is wrong, then I don't want to be right. And by that I mean, if raping Data is wrong, so is raping Sharon the Cylon and Six 2. The solution? Give the Cylons rape horns.
Rob: Apparently, this Lieutenant Thorne was quite the life-saving super soldier. And yet he died after he bumped his head on a wall. He should've gotten himself to a wrestling school where they could've taught him how to fall. I wonder how Thorne would've handled interrogating a male Cylon.
The Ghost of Thorne: Just the towel and the soap! This is Pegasus, not Oz.
Rob: Uh-huh, if you say so. The Chief was awfully aggressive and probably not too smart in antagonizing the Marines. These are the same people you caught raping a prisoner, and you're surprised they restrained and beat you? What did you think they were going to do, challenge you to a fair and honorable round of fisticuffs?
DO THE RIGHT THING
John: The ramifications of the secret missions Starbuck and Fisk have been asked to carry out weigh heavily on their minds as the Resurrection Ship operation took place. I have to say, I’ve seen dozens of sci-fi space battles in movies and TV, but this episode’s was one of the most amazing and beautiful looking I’ve ever seen. The shots of the Cylon base stars exploding from the bombardment by Galactica and Pegasus were gorgeous.
Apollo: Yeah, it sure looked great from where I was sitting. I thought it was just the delirium from lack of oxygen, but that battle sure was pretty.
  Rob: I thought the base stars were supposed to be a little more formidable than they were. I didn't think two Battlestars could take out two base stars. The other really cool thing was how the battle was basically a background to the human drama going on. Rob: Hey, there's a lot going on. At least we're talking about what a sweet looking ass-kicking it was.
John: I was so sad when the Resurrection Ship was destroyed and all those hot, naked copies of Boomer and Six were killed in the fiery blaze. What a waste.
The Ghost of Thorne: Not for me, it wasn't. Looks like I'll have Cylons to rape for the rest of my afterlife.
John: After it was over, both agents were in place to carry out their assassination agendas. Fisk had his marines stationed outside Galactica’s CIC and was making sweat puddles on the floor during the entire operation. Starbuck was also all hot and sweaty from the anxiety of having to kill Cain.
John: Luckily for them, the complete victory they achieved made both Cain and Adama realize they were stronger with each other. They both called off their hitmen, and the relief on Starbuck and Fisk’s faces pretty much confirmed Cain and Adama’s suspicions about each other. John: My favorite part was
Rob: It's good that Cain and Adama didn't end up trying to kill each other, but Adama's poetic soul could've frakked the whole thing up. Cain was straightforward, she didn't give the order to terminate Adama's command. But Adama was more ambiguous.
Adama: It's not enough to survive. We have to deserve survival.
Starbuck: So, wait, are you saying that we can't be killing each other and so I should stand down, or that we can't go down the road Cain is taking us, so I have to kill her? Hello? Commander? Dammit.
Rob: Starbuck was wise to choose the option that didn't lead to her sharing a cell with Helo and the Chief.
PAYBACK’S A BITCH
John: Gaius Baltar did what any man would given the choice of an imaginary girlfriend or a real-live girlfriend: he went for the one he can fuck for real. Baltar used the very same story Six told him about going to pyramid games to woo Six 2. Apparently all copies of Six love pyramid.
Anders: That explains all the hot blondes who looked alike that used to show up at the C-Buck home games.
John: Six 2 still wants to die and have her soul return to the Cylon God but Baltar had a better idea. He helped Six 2 escape her cell and gave her a gun so she could kill Admiral Cain in her quarters. Seems like there was no way Cain was going to get through a day without a blonde putting a bullet in her head. Baltar managed to secretly get Six 2 off of Pegasus, since she would have really been out of place at Cain’s funeral. Fisk, the new Commander of Pegasus, gave a speech painting Cain as a hero, which in a way she was. Starbuck then gave a speech about how Cain did what she thought was right and that they were safer with her than without her. That’s kind of true; they were safer from the Cylons but not necessarily from each other. But Starbuck really did admire Cain, who gave her whiskey and pep talks about how much faith she had in Starbuck. Now, I guess they’re not going back to Caprica after all.
Rob: Well, all's well that ends well. Cain's dead and no one had to sully their hands. Even Six 2 comes off as justified for killing her. And the scheming, manipulative Six that's been whispering in Baltar's ear is replaced by a fragile, suicidal real-life Six who's hidden away in the fleet somewhere. That can only be considered a plus in humanity's quest for survival. Fisk will be a good Commander.
Ellen Tigh: It should have been Saul.
Rob: Actually, between his ordering military assaults on civilians and threatening to kill crew members, his transition to command on Cain's old ship might have gone really well. Nevertheless, it's Fisk's ship now. It would probably be best from here on out if he spent more time on his own ship than he does getting drunk with Tigh.
A KISS BEFORE DYING
John: Helo and
John: All is well again, unless you’re Apollo, who was all set to die before the search and rescue raptor brought him back to Galactica. He might have been cheered up if he knew
John: Meanwhile, Roslin’s barely clinging to life. She’s glad Adama didn’t assassinate Cain but she’s not going to miss her regardless. Since Adama is now in command of two ships, Roslin promoted him to Admiral. Khan: Admiral Adama?! Admiral…
Ric Flair: Whooo! Double A!
John: Adama thanked her by planting one right on her lips. Bill Adama is a smooth player. His son could learn a lot from him. Apollo could have hit that before Roslin croaks but he blew it and it looks like the old man is gonna send Roslin off to meet her gods happy. Good man.
Rob: Adama's smart too. No messy entanglements once the woman is dead. Of course, that's also kind of serial killer logic, I suppose. Anyway, I don't know about Roslin dying. I really don't want her to, and I'm not sure she will, but I don't want the show to do something cheap to keep her alive. There has to be some kind of magical Cylon cure or something, doesn't there?
Six: We spend less time than you seem to think we do trying to figure out ways to keep humans alive.
Rob: Maybe she really is on her way out. I guess it's good that the Vice-President doesn't talk to himself anymore then. He's going to have a hard time finding time to steal away and visit his secret Cylon girlfriend when he's President though.
Adama: He can go do what he wants. It took me this long to warm up to Laura. You think I'm going to start listening to this frakkin' guy when she's gone? caps: malcaps.net
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