by Alyx Grayson

Created on: March 07, 2009

The opening moments of the episode feature glimpses of the Opera House and Hera sitting in the CIC playing with the Galactica and pointing it at a Cylon base ship. Roslin is recuperating in sick bay, but she is very weak. She keeps seeing flashes of the Opera House as her eyes open and close. She is dreaming while awake now. She advises Adama to let Galactica go or lose both Galactica and Roslin at the same time.

What We Knew

Boomer kidnapped Hera. Boomer's jump so close to Galactica caused severe structural damage. Roslin's health continues to decline. Sam's mental condition remains in question. Starbuck found her own body on Earth and she still seeks the answers to what she is.

What We Learn

This episode is a pregnant pause; a held breath in anticipation of the final two hours. The forward momentum of the storyline slows and stagnates in some places while paddling forward in others. The Chief is conspicuously absent in this episode despite his actions leading directly to Hera's kidnapping in the previous episode, he's nowhere to be seen.

Meanwhile, the repair crews continue working overtime trying to strengthen the ship's badly damaged hull. The Cylon sealant is not maturing quickly enough to do the job and tensions run high between the Galactica repair crew's human and Cylon contingents. When a hull breech occurs, a Six sacrifices herself to save the human she argued with earlier and to seal the airlock.

Adama and Tigh argue about letting Galactica go as Adama mourns his ship. Lee argues with the new quorum representatives who are all set to gut Galactica for spare parts and move on. Athena and Helo are still struggling with the loss of their child and Athena can barely look at Helo after watching him make love to Boomer.

Ellen suggests looking for Hera at the Colony, the planet the Final Five and the Centurions retreated too after the first Cylon War. But a Raptor sent to investigate finds that it is gone. Ellen struggles to get through to Saul as he still clings to his human life and she reminds him that he is a father to millions of Cylons (which makes his child with Caprica just a little bit dirty).

Kara and Sam

The most forward momentum in the episode actually occurred with Kara and Sam. Kara admitted to Baltar that she found her dead body on Earth. She gives him the dog tags she found on the body and demands that he test them to find out what she is. Because she knows she died. She knows she's not a Cylon. So what does that make her?

Baltar, a master of bad

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