1 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,039 [Man] Prevlously on Battlestar Galactica: 2 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:24,952 Thus shall it come to pass. 3 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,112 The dying leader shall know the truth of the Opera House. 4 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,430 Where did you hear that? Who told you that? 5 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,114 The hybrid before they unplugged it. 6 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,352 I've got to find out about these visions. 7 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,988 Plug it in. It's time to get some answers. 8 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:42,789 [Athena] Can I see what you drew? 9 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:46,909 Hera? 10 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,989 Get away from my child! You are never gonna take her. 11 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,393 Jump! 12 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,989 [Groaning] Heavenly Father... 13 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,071 [mumbling] Give me the strength... 14 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:11,753 The wisdom... 15 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,998 [gasping] 16 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,710 [Cottle] Quickly. All right, on three. 17 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,758 One, two, three, lift. 18 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,197 Keep some pressure on that wound until I can get to the artery. Mask on. 19 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,036 [Gasping] 20 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,395 - [Man] Kidnapped! - Baltar was with her! 21 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,120 - He's responsible? - It was the Cylons. 22 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,999 - My people say she was shot. - You talking about Roslin? 23 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,630 One of Adama's Marines shot a Cylon, and that is how this thing has begun. 24 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,870 - So then where is Zarek? - I don't know! 25 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,234 Who's in charge here? 26 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,154 Zarek is still waiting to talk to you. What should I tell him? Sir? 27 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,873 Decker said they've shipped the last of the Vipers. 28 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,713 Means we're down 40 birds, almost as many jocks. 29 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,873 We're gonna have to reconfigure the CAP, rethink our defence posture. 30 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,350 - Where is she? - Marines are holding her. 31 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,033 My quarters. 32 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,158 [Woman] Nobody has told us anything. 33 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,436 - [Tom] Hi. - Mr Vice President. 34 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,717 - I have some questions for you. - Thank you. Calm down. 35 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,077 Everybody! Everybody just calm down, please. 36 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,674 Mr Vice President, it's important we know. 37 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,798 - Is the president dead? - We have no information. 38 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,999 - [Woman] I heard she was assassinated. - No truth to that, as far as we know. 39 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,993 - Then what the hell do we know? - Our first priority 40 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,472 is to get out as much information as we can to avoid exaggeration. 41 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:50,997 To that end, I asked Admiral Adama to come and answer our questions directly. 42 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,833 Unfortunately, he wouldn't take my call. 43 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,513 At this time... 44 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,069 - However... However... - [all clamouring] 45 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,958 Please. Please, just a moment. 46 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,636 - [Machlne beeplng] - [Indistinct chatter] 47 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,272 President Roslin was aboard the Cylon baseship, 48 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,319 along with Baltar and many of Galactlca's pilots when itjumped away, 49 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,075 after one of their own leaders was shot aboard Galactlca. 50 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,038 We have no idea when or if they'll return, 51 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,193 or if the president or the other captives will be subject to reprisals. 52 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,558 For now, by the powers granted me by law, 53 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,076 - I have taken over as president. - [Man] Hear, hear! 54 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,073 [Applause] 55 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,708 [Echolng beeps] 56 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,878 By refusing to meet with Zarek, you're helping him fan the Quorum's suspicions. 57 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:17,951 Their suspicions don't concern me. 58 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,270 Look, maybe he's not the man we hoped for, 59 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,228 but he is next in line and the Fleet needs reassurance and stability 60 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,789 that only lts mllltary commander can offer. 61 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:31,636 If this Fleet needs reassurance, then you reassure them. That's yourjob now. 62 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,950 You can tell Zarek he can go to hell. 63 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,434 - Why? - Sir? 64 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:45,469 Do you hate your people so much that you look for any excuse to kill one? 65 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,394 Or did you deliberately try to sabotage this truce? 66 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,755 No, sir, of course not. 67 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:53,751 Then you tell me why. 68 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,151 You make me understand why you did this. 69 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,399 They were gonna take her. 70 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,109 The Six. She was gonna take my child. 71 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,149 There were too many witnesses. They all said the same thing. 72 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:13,958 Your daughter was lost. 73 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,396 The Cylon merely kneeled down, was talking to her. 74 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,949 That's what it looked like to others, but I know. 75 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,236 - Oh, you knew better. - I had a vision, 76 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,551 where the Six and Baltar were taking Hera away from me. 77 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,915 A vision. 78 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,358 It was more than a vision. When I saw them together, 79 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,830 I knew that they would take her, they would take away my child! 80 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,039 You murdered an unarmed woman. And, by doing so, 81 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,318 you put the lives of every single person in this Fleet at risk. 82 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,359 And quite possibly cost the lives of the president and your husband. 83 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,274 You disobeyed the direct orders of a superior officer, 84 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:57,753 but, more importantly, you betrayed a promise to me. 85 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:00,952 I trusted you. 86 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,152 [Sobbing] Sir, I will accept any form of punishment that you think I deserve. 87 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,710 I just ask that you please don't take away Hera. 88 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,192 I'm afraid the brig is no place for a little girl. 89 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,598 Guards! 90 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,110 - Get her out of my sight. - Yes, sir. 91 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,948 [Woman] At one time, Adama supported Gaius Baltar's administration. 92 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,352 - A chance he'd support yours? - Only Admiral Adama can answer that. 93 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,318 [Jacob] I will address this to Delegate Adama. 94 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,598 Do you think your father will hand over power to this administration? 95 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:49,071 - No. - [Clamouring] 96 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,310 [Woman] We have no authority... 97 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,198 Fine. Yeah. 98 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,318 Recon Raptor reported back. Resurrection hub's gone. 99 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,119 No sign of the baseship carrying the president, 100 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,748 assuming that's where they were headed. 101 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,673 They were determined to resurrect the Three. 102 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,512 What we used to call D'Anna. 103 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,877 To do that, they gotta go to the hub. 104 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,035 - You find it, we'll find them. - Ah, easier said than done. 105 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,633 Maybe. 106 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,633 We got other problems. Starbuck's having trouble 107 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,836 fielding planes to fly a standard CAP. 108 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,391 Wants us to consider having the Fleet tighter so it's easier to defend. 109 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,950 Means counting on a bunch of civvies flying close formation. 110 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,032 - Yeah. - Organise it. 111 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,712 I got you appointed to this job. 112 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,077 Pulled strings, called in favours, 113 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,028 all because I thought you might do some good. 114 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,909 Now, you're advising me to step aside 115 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,392 from a position that, by law, is mine. 116 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,230 A position I was elected to. 117 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,029 - But you were never elected president. - But I was elected... 118 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,637 ...to office! Which is more than Roslin can claim. 119 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,196 Why do you think she kept me on in the first place? 120 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,909 To thank me for rolling over? No. 121 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,390 No, to help legitimise her coup. 122 00:09:13,560 --> 00:09:15,471 In the military... 123 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,708 ...we used to talk about facts on the ground. 124 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,071 The facts on the ground are these: 125 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,516 Right or wrong, Adama will never recognise you as president, 126 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:28,956 and we need someone he will. The Quorum has a legal authority 127 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,793 to appoint an interim president in a time of crisis. 128 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,155 And I suppose you have someone in mind? 129 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,952 No. No, not yet. 130 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,350 Which is why we need to form a committee 131 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,796 and start looking for a candidate as soon as possible. 132 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,592 Well, good luck with that. 133 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,874 [Man] Do you belleve thls government's In danger? 134 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,476 [Tom] Face facts. What we had these past flve years Isn't a true government, 135 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,029 but a taclt agreement between a mllltary strongman 136 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,873 and a polltlcal strongwoman to rule together by flat. 137 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:08,238 [Man] You asked the Quorum to authorlse the creatlon of a clvll defence force? 138 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,075 [Tom] After the last coup, we don't want to depend on Galactica's Marlnes 139 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,390 to guarantee our safety. 140 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,434 You see the problem? 141 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,113 Lampkin's first rule of legal dynamics. 142 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,840 When an irresistible force 143 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,992 meets a movable object... 144 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,471 ...stand aside... 145 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,789 ...and wait for the class action suit. 146 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,669 Except I'm not sure if it's to anyone's benefit if we just sit around, 147 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,717 waiting to pick up the pieces. 148 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,031 It's heading for a showdown. There's gonna be bloodshed... 149 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,273 Unless you can find someone else. Someone your father won't reject, 150 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,797 someone the Quorum will approve of, someone to take Tom Zarek's place 151 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,919 as interim president until the next round of elections. 152 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,431 Don't take the case, counsellor. 153 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,879 It's a loser. 154 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,154 I have to. We have to. 155 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:16,952 [Cat meows] 156 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,556 No one on the Quorum is going to lift a finger. 157 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,554 Zarek's got them inhaling fear and exhaling anger. 158 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,599 But you have taken the pulse of the Fleet, and you know character. 159 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,991 And, frankly, you need a reason to get out of this room. 160 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:36,278 Unless you want to start discussing what's been keeping you here. 161 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,356 So you won't be dissuaded, will you? 162 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,270 Not even when you hear my fee? 163 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,076 - Fee? - Appearances to the contrary, 164 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:57,358 I'm actually in this for the money. I have a reputation to maintain. 165 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,956 OK, so, what did Roslin offer you to defend Baltar? 166 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,196 Room with a view. 167 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,511 I'm not sure I can improve on that. 168 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:10,035 Then pro bono it is, counsellor. 169 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:12,552 Word to the wise. 170 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,349 Sometimes it's better to settle for what you've already got. 171 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:26,431 Colonel Tigh. I understand you've developed a relationship 172 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,318 with the Cylon prisoner. 173 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,439 That's not the word I'd use, but she has been more co-operative. 174 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,194 See if she'll tell you anything about the hub. 175 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:41,635 Bill. 176 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,469 We'll find her. We'll find all of them. 177 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,996 The resurrection hub. How do we find it? 178 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,039 - I'm sure the others have told you. - You tell me. 179 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:08,752 Only our hybrids can locate it. And then only after it completes a jump. 180 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,071 - They can't anticipate where it goes. - You're holding back. 181 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,800 I know it. You're lying. 182 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,236 I have never lied to you, Saul. Why don't you trust me now? 183 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,595 There are too many lives at stake, lady. 184 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,910 Your buddies took off with half an air wing, 185 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,356 not to mention the president of the frakking Colonies. 186 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:31,071 She's the real reason you're so angry, so worried. I can hear it in your voice. 187 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,028 Why? Why is a dying woman so important to you? 188 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,589 Not to me, godsdammit, to the old man. 189 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,673 Admiral Adama? 190 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,556 Saul. 191 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,711 - Do you love me? - What? 192 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,235 Be honest with me. I've been honest with you. 193 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,674 I don't believe this. 194 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,232 You're asking me if... 195 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,396 [PA] Attentlon. Set condltlon one aboard the shlp. Not a drlll. 196 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:14,439 This has gone too far. I don't know what mind games you are playing, 197 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,354 - but it ends here! - [alarm blarlng] 198 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,349 - What have we got? - Missing Raptorjumped into range. 199 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,034 - We sure it's ours? - Transponder checks out. 200 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,749 One that boarded the rebel baseship. No radiological signature. 201 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,514 Racetrack and Skulls on their way to intercept. 202 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:45,359 Actual, Racetrack. I'm eyeballing our bird now. Looks shot to hell, 203 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,718 venting fuel and O2. Still no response to hails. 204 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,678 Someone had to jump that bird. 205 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,238 I can't see a frakking thing from here. 206 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,233 Skulls, take the wheel. I'm going for a walk. 207 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,192 Decompresslon check OK. Openlng hatch. 208 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,158 Safety llne secure. Movlng toward the Raptor. 209 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,673 I'm seelng major damage to the canopy. 210 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,391 Looks empty Inslde. 211 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:00,031 [Gruntlng] 212 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,073 I got the hatch open, but It's stuck. [stralnlng] 213 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:08,514 Grav field's off. 214 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,750 It's Pike. 215 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,319 He's dead. 216 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,870 [Indistinct chatter] 217 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,715 This is the shuttle she took over to the baseship. 218 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,073 Laird was able to salvage the flight data recorder, 219 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,358 puts the originating jump point deep in Sector Delta 9. 220 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,391 President Zarek called again. Heard about the Raptor, waiting to be briefed. 221 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,677 Recall the CAP. Spin up the FTLs. 222 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,717 - What about the Fleet? - Let's go. 223 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,998 We are looking for an understudy. Quandary is, 224 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:17,073 one doesn't generally get the chance to wield political power 225 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,390 without the ambition to actively seek it. 226 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,039 - [Cat meows] - Easy, Lance. 227 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,590 That same ambition often compromises 228 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,672 the unselfish motives that begat the quest. 229 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:32,038 In other words, a battle of id versus ego that ego rarely wins. 230 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,199 - Roslin never sought power. - Exception that proves the rule. 231 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:41,911 One could argue that Laura Roslin is a study in repressed ambition. 232 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,718 Just like you, Mr Adama. 233 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,710 Never seeking out a job until it's handed to you? 234 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,555 Flight leader, battlestar commander, Quorum delegate. 235 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,678 A man doesn't carve out a path through life without... 236 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:59,231 All right, enough psychoanalysis. Let's get back to the job in hand. 237 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,471 Does your father have some other place he wants to go? 238 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:05,839 What? 239 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,959 Where the hell did they go? And why didn't they tell us? 240 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:37,991 Galactlca, Racetrack, we've located the source of the transponder. 241 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,357 It's Sandman's Viper, all right, but no Sandman. 242 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,909 Affirmative. Keep searching. 243 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,038 Getting radiation signatures from multiple nukes. 244 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:55,399 Baseship fragments, other debris indicative of resurrection technology. 245 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,836 I'm afraid it paints a pretty clear picture. 246 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,959 They found the hub and they destroyed it. 247 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,153 Looks like our pilots helped. Question is, where did they go from here? 248 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,153 Oh, Bill. You are way too close to this. 249 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,675 The president's baseship was destroyed. 250 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:16,751 It's a different baseship. 251 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,753 We'll search every square inch of this debris field 252 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,992 - until we come up with a clue. - Leave the rest of the Fleet 253 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,310 with their asses hanging in the wind? 254 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,438 Detail four Raptors to stay behind. 255 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:33,594 They keep searching until they find something concrete. Give my order. 256 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,078 [Woman] People, listen up. What are we gonna do here? 257 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:48,358 - They've left 39,000 lives... - Everybody, gather round. Gather round. 258 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,239 - Uh, Mr President. - Please, please, please. 259 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,233 I'm sorry. Adama will not be answering questions. 260 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,358 I did learn that he's contacted the Fleet's captains 261 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,512 to inform them that several ships will be requisitioned 262 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,513 to expand the search for Roslin and the missing ship, 263 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,514 while all tylium shipments will be diverted to support that mission. 264 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,229 - Are you bypassing us completely? - I understand, I understand. 265 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,949 We're doing the best... Trying to get through communications. 266 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:17,031 - That is unconscionable! - Come on. 267 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,679 That is nothing short of... 268 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,432 Captain Franks? 269 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,195 I was impressed by her gravitas during her turn as judge 270 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:27,238 in the Baltar trial. That and her vote, naturally. 271 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,518 She's already been approached to run for office. No interest in politics. 272 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,035 Sadly, now she really impresses me. 273 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,233 Gods! You wanna feed that animal? 274 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,638 Where is he anyway? 275 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,833 - [Meowing] - Come on, Romo. 276 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,638 Let's put our heads together. 277 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,349 Who would Adama respect as president? 278 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:55,036 What does this search for paragons net us anyway, 279 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,714 except greater guilt at our own failings. 280 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,476 Or worse: The idiot's solution of the clean slate, the fresh start. 281 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,313 Whoa. We haven't ruled out all these names yet. 282 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,153 This one's a loser. An exercise in futility. 283 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,193 Lawyers. 284 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,638 How's this affect the president? Break in treatment. 285 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,951 - Assuming no changes in circumstances? - Yes. 286 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:28,715 Diloxin kicks your ass, so she actually might feel better at first. 287 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,553 But any break gives the cancer a chance to regroup, 288 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,349 makes it harder to beat it back. She's taken a hit to her immune system 289 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,114 so she'll be vulnerable to infections. 290 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,439 How long? 291 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,752 The sooner you get her back here, the better her chances are. 292 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,758 And while you're digesting that, I have some other news. 293 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,276 I ran some tests on your Cylon prisoner. 294 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,954 Guess what I found. 295 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,319 Raptors are due back in a few hours. 296 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,837 Granted, if they'd found anything, we would have heard from them by now. 297 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:13,154 - Once we correlate their reports... - I'm not interested in the search. 298 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,035 - You're not? - You've been spending time 299 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,236 interrogating the Six. 300 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,033 But now the brig guards tell me that every time you order them out, 301 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,795 - and you turn off the cameras. - I'm not torturing her, 302 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,713 - if that's what you're worried about. - I'm not. 303 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,270 That, I could almost understand. This, I can't. 304 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,948 Cottle tells me she's pregnant. 305 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,432 What the frak have you been thinking, colonel? 306 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:47,912 Do you deny it? 307 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,631 You don't. 308 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,791 You can't! 309 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,952 What the hell have you been thinking? 310 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:00,715 Who was interrogating whom? How many secrets have you told this thing? 311 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,952 How can you even ask me that? Question my loyalty? 312 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:07,669 Your loyalty? I need more than your loyalty. 313 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,752 You're my first officer. I need judgment. 314 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,388 I need your competence. 315 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,269 I'm through jeopardising this ship because of your weaknesses. 316 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,158 - My weaknesses? - Yeah! 317 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:23,393 You're risking all our lives, for what? Our missing pilots? No, for a woman! 318 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,950 - For a frakkin' woman! - You watch what you frakking say! 319 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:30,590 She's the president, not some skinjob that I've been banging. 320 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,399 - What would Ellen say? - Leave Ellen out of this. 321 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,792 What would Ellen say about her husband impregnating a frakking Cylon prisoner? 322 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,155 - You motherfrakker! - [Grunts] 323 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,831 [Grunting] 324 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,070 Ah! Oh! 325 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,390 You know how many times I've had to repair this thing? 326 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,470 [Sighs] 327 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,069 What are you gonna do with that woman? 328 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:36,073 What are you gonna do about Laura, if you ever find her? 329 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,671 I don't know. 330 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,197 [Humming] 331 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,230 Have the Raptors and the civilian ships begin the search 332 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,392 from Phantom's last known position. 333 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,235 Is that a problem? 334 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,391 Sir, respectfully, 335 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,996 I've already got two missing pilots and hardly enough birds left 336 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,119 to protect this Fleet. You're asking to send the remainder out on a search 337 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,840 looking for a ship that may be destroyed. 338 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,719 My people feel like they're on suicide missions. 339 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,438 I'm not asking. 340 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,390 You're dismissed, captain. 341 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,316 [Indistinct chatter] 342 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,990 [Romo] Admiral Adama? 343 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,392 What are you doing here? 344 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:13,359 Writs of forfeiture for the ships you're borrowing. 345 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:18,435 The captains want to be absolved of any blame should anything untoward happen. 346 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,798 One of the less ennobling consequences of a legal culture. 347 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,474 No one wants responsibility. 348 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,474 Lee said you once gave him something before a mission. 349 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,756 A lighter, was it? 350 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,110 [William] It belonged to my father. 351 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,034 Foolish to think a hunk of metal could keep him safe. 352 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,794 And yet that's what we do, isn't it? 353 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:50,193 Hang on to hope, in every hopelessly irrational way that we can. 354 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,116 But not like those poor bastards, giving away their luck, 355 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,114 just when they need it most. It's like they've given up. 356 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,879 If you've never been in combat, you have no idea what they're thinking. 357 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,157 I always imagined you a realist, admiral. 358 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,677 Not one to indulge a vain hope at the cost of lives. 359 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,477 But then, everyone has his limits. 360 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,159 - Slne qua non, as they say. - "Without which not". 361 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,916 Yes. Those things we deem essential without which we cannot bear living, 362 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:34,359 without which life in general loses its specific value. 363 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,353 Becomes abstract. 364 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,155 - You may have a point, counsellor. - And while I'm on a roll... 365 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:49,910 Tom Zarek may not be an ideal president, but we could do worse. 366 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,756 You're right. 367 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,673 There are limits to my realism. 368 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,391 Goodbye, counsellor. 369 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,474 I can't give up on her. 370 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,108 I can't let her go. 371 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,033 I've lost my objectivity. 372 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,428 And now that I see that, I have no choice. 373 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,679 Tell the Quorum that I am relinquishing command, effective immediately. 374 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,598 [Romo] No man is perfect. 375 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:41,515 No man is less perfect than a candidate for high office. 376 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,318 Thus... 377 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,029 ...the ranks of likely suspects is winnowed to none. 378 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:51,954 [Cat meows] 379 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,078 What if we're going about this backwards, hey, Lance? 380 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:59,677 What if instead of picking names and finding fault, 381 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,071 we ask ourselves the qualities that we want. 382 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:09,076 No, that we need in a new chief executive, see who fits that bill. 383 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,870 Honesty, of course. 384 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,958 The wisdom to recognise the correct if unpopular choice, 385 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,918 as well as the courage to see it through. 386 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:22,832 Experience. 387 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,311 When the wrong choices cost lives and the right ones save. 388 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,277 Tall order. 389 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,557 We might as well just spell out one name. [hisses] 390 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,198 Just one. 391 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,150 One we knew from the start. 392 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,956 Sometimes, you take on a losing case 393 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,554 and you make yourself a believer. 394 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,235 Other times, no matter what you tell yourself... 395 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,398 ...in your heart, you know the outcome is fixed. 396 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,676 The verdict inevitable. 397 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,388 Lance. Defence rests. 398 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,518 Come on. 399 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,550 Apologies. I couldn't wait to tell you. 400 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,711 - Tell me what? - We found our candidate. 401 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:44,954 Someone the Quorum won't hesitate to approve, even over Zarek's objections. 402 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:49,557 Someone the admiral can't help but accept. 403 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,597 Yeah? Who? 404 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,356 Congratulations, Mr President. 405 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,876 My name was never on that list. 406 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,271 Of course not! That would be too blatant. 407 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:06,228 But it is everything you always wanted, isn't it? 408 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,756 Why you had me cross 47 names off that list. 409 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,276 Come on, admit it. 410 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,799 Savour your victory, Mr Adama. 411 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,353 Because you'll never get the chance to serve. 412 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:28,959 - What are you doing? - Why? 413 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,475 'Cause you're perfect for the job, of course. 414 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,438 After the aberration that was Baltar's presidency, 415 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,433 and the bitter disappointment that was Roslin's, 416 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,559 you are a shining beacon of hope. 417 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,280 Only hope is the last thing we need. 418 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,991 We're a doomed race, and it's time we made our peace with that truth. 419 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,153 - What the hell are you talking about? - Why? You wanna know why? 420 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,871 Open it! 421 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,278 [Lee gags] 422 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,358 That's right. 423 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,590 - They killed my cat! - They? 424 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,991 They! Those debased dregs of humanity out there! 425 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:17,836 Our lost tribe in search of a new home, so they can roost and rot again. 426 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,468 - How long has the cat been dead? - How long?! 427 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,349 It's irrelevant, it's immaterial! Since it wasn't even my cat! 428 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,718 - Romo, it's been dead for weeks. - It belonged to my wife. 429 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,634 I'd retrieved it from a vet on Gemenon when the bombs started to fall, 430 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,588 and fate presented me with a choice. 431 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:40,309 I could get back on that shuttle, or... 432 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:45,031 ...I could run home and try to save my family. 433 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,350 - How do you think I chose? - Romo. 434 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,750 We've all made difficult choices, I know. 435 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,070 Your wife's name was Faye. 436 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,674 You had two daughters, Jennifer and Katie. 437 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,115 There were 200 passengers on that shuttle. 438 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,716 Only a handful chose to stay behind. 439 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:07,635 Right. It was in your file when you were handed the job as Baltar's counsel. 440 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,997 But no one blamed you, Romo. Because, at a certain point, 441 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:16,314 we all made decisions that saved our lives at the cost of others. 442 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:18,550 You think you're unique, Romo? 443 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,792 - Think your sins are so special? - Is that it, counsellor? 444 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:27,956 You're gonna rest your entire case on that pathetic little bit of insight? 445 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,395 No, on this. 446 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:36,310 The clean slate, the fresh start. Maybe they are illusions, like you said. 447 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,392 But at a certain point, faith, 448 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:44,873 in ourselves, in our right to survive as a species, as a people, 449 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,316 that's not a given, that's a choice. 450 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,037 Well, I've made mine. And if you can't stomach that, 451 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:58,228 then you had damn well better squeeze that trigger right now. Go on. 452 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,152 What are you waiting for? 453 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,431 Or you can make a choice. 454 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,028 Put your past behind you, 455 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:12,557 put the gun down and help me, 456 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:17,157 because I'm telling you I'm gonna make a difference in this Fleet. 457 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,756 - Is that your final word? - That's up to you. 458 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,836 Then swear it. 459 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,991 [Lee] I, Leland Joseph Adama, 460 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,799 do now avow and affirm... 461 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,714 [woman] That I take the office of President of the Twelve Colonies 462 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:40,078 of Kobol without any moral reservation or mental evasion. 463 00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:43,630 [Lee] That I take the offlce of Presldent of the Twelve Colonles 464 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:48,112 of Kobol wlthout any moral reservatlon or mental evaslon. 465 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,675 This is a frakking joke. 466 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:57,679 You're the only man I can trust to command this ship. 467 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,149 Maybe you're crazy enough to pull a stunt, 468 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,198 but you can't be crazy enough to leave me in charge. 469 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:07,433 In case you forgot, my last term at the helm was a complete disaster. 470 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,559 That was a long time ago. You're not the same man you were. 471 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,833 You're not even the same man who came back from New Caprica. 472 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:20,836 You've found out a lot about yourself, 473 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,231 been tested in ways I can barely begin to imagine. 474 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:25,958 You're ready. 475 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:31,399 Besides, don't count on this being permanent. 476 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,198 What if it is? 477 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,718 Put these on. 478 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:43,032 Then you lead the people to Earth the best way you can. 479 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:47,079 The Fleet has stayed here too long already. 480 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:51,552 - Any other last orders? - Just one. 481 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:57,312 Give Athena back her daughter. She needs her family. 482 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,550 We all need our family. 483 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,233 Take care of this one. 484 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,838 [Door closing] 485 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,672 Let me see changes before you get this out to the press. 486 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:44,512 - All right. - Thank you. 487 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,716 Mr Lampkin. 488 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,389 [Lee] Romo. 489 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,193 One day in office and you've already got a first pet. 490 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,994 Jake here is a genuine hero of the Resistance. Aren't you, Jake? 491 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:02,199 Unfortunately, his previous owners had to let him go. 492 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:06,273 Jake, meet Romo. Romo, meet Jake. 493 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,957 Your new best friend. 494 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,953 If there's one thing I hate more than cats, it's dogs. 495 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,430 A new pet for you to loathe. I knew it would be the perfect gift. 496 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,430 - Good luck, Jake. - [Barks] 497 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,478 I hear you're keeping Zarek as vice president. 498 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:30,631 I can use the advice. 499 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,873 And as long as he knows he's heard, I think I can trust him. 500 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,237 Don't know if I agree with your thinking, but... 501 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,073 Well, I could say the same thing about yours. 502 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:48,113 The only difference is you are gonna be president. I'm just getting in a plane. 503 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,078 Alone in a Raptor while the Fleetjumps away. 504 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:53,595 That's notjust getting in a plane. 505 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,638 That... That sounds a lot like... 506 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,392 Sounds a lot like suicide, Dad. 507 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,313 At least this time I'm only risking my own neck. 508 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:06,076 So I guess it won't matter if, as president, I order you not to do this? 509 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,833 I don't know if I ever told you this, 510 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,912 but one of my first missions was a solo recon. 511 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:18,039 Being alone in a Raptor in enemy space... 512 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,156 I'm not going to lie, I was scared. 513 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:24,871 I told myself that I was doing my duty and, ultimately, I faced my fear. 514 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,118 That's a good memory. 515 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,513 - Why are you doing this? - Because I can't live without her. 516 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,198 And Laura is gonna get to the rendezvous point. 517 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:39,998 I have to believe that. 518 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:57,833 - Admiral. - Admiral. 519 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,631 - What do you hear, Starbuck? - Nothing but the rain, sir. 520 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,395 - Grab your gun and bring the cat in. - Yes, sir. 521 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,472 Keep a light on. I'll be back. 522 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:12,838 You can count on it. 523 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,156 [Humming] 524 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,154 Galactlca, this is Husker. I'm in position. 525 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:14,878 Affirmative, Husker. 526 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:22,314 All Fleet ships, this is Galactlca actual. 527 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,835 - Commence jump. - [Man] Yes, sir.