Saturday, December 8, 2007

Battlestar Galactica: 1x03 - Bastille Day

  • Adama wants to use prisoners from the prison ship, the Astral Queen, to do the dangerous work of collecting and melting ice from the ice moon
    • Apollo wants to allow the prisoners to earn their freedom by volunteering for the mission
  • Tom Zarek, a controversial 'terrorist', leads the prisoners in taking the visiting group from the BSG as hostages
    • He demands Roslin steps down and for legitimate elections to be held
    • Apollo makes a deal with Zarek: Zarek's men will help with the water, there will be elections in 7 months as per the law, and the prisoners can have the Astral Queen
    • A prisoner attempts to rape Cally; Cally bites his ear off
    • Starbuck leads a team to quell the hostage situation
  • Colonel Tigh tells Boomer to end her relationship with Tyrol
  • With Number Six's help, Gaius comes up with a new idea for the Cylon detector which requires a nuclear warhead