Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 Blog

Season 2. Episode 6.

“Home, Part I”

          47,858 survivors. This episode forwarded the story, but that was all to it. I didn’t like anything particular about this one, as it was mostly a story setter for another episode. The episode begins where we were left off in the last episode: Roslin on the Astral Queen with Tom Zarek, Meier, and Lee Adama, and the rest of the fleet right behind them on the way to Kobol.  Starbuck escapes Caprica with Helo and another copy of Sharon Valerii, who is pregnant with Helo’s baby and is compliant.

          Commander Adama and Colonel Tigh aboard the Galactica are now faced with half the crew gone and with the new CAG (Commander Air Group) needing to be selected, in the absence of Captain Lee Adama. We can also see that Commander Adama is obviously hurt by his son deciding to go against him, and it is beginning to stress him out. The new CAG is chosen, but he proves to be very inefficient. Adama, in his quarters, calls Anastasia Dualla to his room for consultation. Though she is of much lower rank, she speaks out to the Commander and tells him that it is time to put the fleet back together, as parents and children are separated (hinting at Adama and Lee). This emotional scene is an important one because it shows that the Commander was hurt by many things–the betrayal of Boomer, Starbuck disobeying him, half the fleet veering away from him, and his son leaving his side–and that he has been keeping it to himself all this time.

          Meanwhile, Starbuck makes contact with the Astral Queen.  When boarding the ship, Lee is thrilled to see Starbuck and kisses her, much to her surprise. Once Lee spots the Caprica Sharon Valerii, Roslin and Lee decide to kill her, but Sharon reveals that she knows the way to the Tomb of Athena on Kobol. Roslin agrees to let her live and they land on Kobol with the team consisting of Roslin, Lee, Starbuck, Helo, Sharon, Tom, Meier, Elosha (the priest). Trouble ensues as Elosha steps on a land mine set by the Cylons and is killed. The group soon destroys the Cylon Centurions in the area, with the help of Sharon Valerii.

          The best part, I think, in this episode was when Commander Adama was exposed emotionally to Dualla, and then the scene where he walks along Galactica’s empty corridors to the CIC and orders information on Kobol, so as to put the fleet back together. Overall, I think this episode deserves a three out of five because of certain weak points in the story, such as the choosing of the new CAG, but it is not all that bad together because of the scenes that featured the Commander: the ones that gave us some insight as to what kind of man Adama is, really.

Location viewed: My room

Source: Battlestar Galactice: The Complete Series (Blu-Ray)

Time viewed: 9:00-9:50 PM