This was a fine episode with a brilliant opening, as it starts several scenes are inter-cut; Apollo is sparring with his father, Sharon is trying to talk to Helo on Caprica, Boomer is contemplating suicide and Starbuck is having sex with a man who is unidentified till she shouts out the name 'Lee'... and we discover she is actually with Baltar! The main story this week concerns the discovery of Kobol by Boomer and Crashdown. With this discovery opinions about what to do next are divided; President Roslin believes they must send somebody back to Caprica to retrieve 'The Arrow of Apollo' so they can find their way from Kobol to Earth and others think they should settle on Kobol. When an advanced party of three Raptors is sent to survey Kobol it looks as if neither side will get their way as the Cylons are there already. One Raptor is destroyed, one manages to return to Galactica and the one carrying Baltar, Chief Tyrol, Cally and Crashdown is damaged and plummets to the planet below. Commander Adama wants to use the captured Cylon raider to transport a bomb aboard the base star; the president has other ideas for it and tries to talk Starbuck into flying a different, unauthorised mission.
As mentioned earlier this is a great episode, the opening scene brilliantly showcased Bear McCreary's music which has been good throughout the series but really stood out here. The story was good and ended on a double cliff-hanger; what will happen to the people on the crashed Raptor and how will Starbuck get on back on Caprica? With such a fine cast it is hard to single out individual performances but in this episode Grace Park stood out as Boomer contemplated suicide on Galactica and the Sharon on Caprica tried to convince Helo that nothing had changed between them.
As mentioned earlier this is a great episode, the opening scene brilliantly showcased Bear McCreary's music which has been good throughout the series but really stood out here. The story was good and ended on a double cliff-hanger; what will happen to the people on the crashed Raptor and how will Starbuck get on back on Caprica? With such a fine cast it is hard to single out individual performances but in this episode Grace Park stood out as Boomer contemplated suicide on Galactica and the Sharon on Caprica tried to convince Helo that nothing had changed between them.