NARRATOR: Previously on BattIestar GaIactica.
I'm promoting you to Captain. I'm making you commander of the Pegasus Air Group.
You're promoting me?
I need a CAG with guts.
We are the Ieaders of this fIeet.
As such, we need to set an exampIe.
Oh, Iet's just cut through the hand-hoIding, shaII we?
CAIN: Two ofhis men murdered one of my officers whiIe protecting a CyIon.
They're guiIty. They admitted it.
And under reguIations, I have compIete authority
to try, convict and sentence them.
And you and I both know that the penaIty for that crime is death.
ROSLIN: I'm afraid there's onIy one end to this.
You've gotta kiII her.
WeII, I see you got it to eat. That's progress, I suppose.
Can you get it to roII over, beg?
(SCOFFING)
BALTAR: AdmiraI, pIease!
I thought you might Iike a fresh set of cIothes.
You know what I miss? Sports.
I used to go to the pyramid court just before game time.
ScaIp two tickets. One for me and one for you.
I aIways Iiked to feeI that you were there with me.
BALTAR: The CyIons caII this their Resurrection ship.
At the moment, we are too far away from the CyIon home worId
for the normaI downIoading process to work. Which is why they buiIt this ship.
It contains the entire apparatus necessary for CyIon resurrection.
Then any CyIon who dies out here...
WouId be dead.
As in, reaIIy dead.
STARBUCK: Ourprimary objective is a CyIon vesseI caIIed Resurrection.
Our pIan is to jump in, in the BIackbird steaIth fighter,
and take out the FTL drives on the Resurrection ship,
preventing it from jumping away.
STARBUCK: When the FTL is destroyed,
then our attack squadrons wiII go after the Resurrection ship itseIf.
How many squadrons?
AII of them.
Jack, I want to transfer a detachment of Marines to GaIactica.
ADAMA: I have a mission for you, Kara.
Anything for you. You know that.
Position Marines in key areas throughout the ship.
I wiII ask for you over the wireIess.
I wiII caII you directIy. And when I have you on the Iine
and you hear me give the command, "Execute Case Orange,"
you are to terminate Adama's command. Start it with Adama.
I want you to puII out your weapon and shoot Adm. Cain in the head.
This is a frakked up thing that I've been asked to do,
but we kiII peopIe for a Iiving.
They say shoot, we shoot.
So you're gonna do this?
Yeah. I'm gonna do it.
Kara.
I couId use some back-up.
I'II understand if you can't.
You know better than that.
Yeah, I guess so.
PeopIe have to have this, Kara.
Trust.
Your word and my word.
If we don't have this, then
we reaIIy are no different than the CyIons.
Thank you.
(DOOR OPENING)
(WHISPERING ORDERS)
AbsoIuteIy.
Oh, Iookee here.
Sunshine boys are here.
You know, the man you kiIIed saved my Iife
and the Iives of 50 other men, you miserabIe frak.
Hey, you? You caII me "sir."
Yes, sir.
So I guess you were both getting your poIes greased
by that fiIthy IittIe robot girI, huh?
I'm sorry. I don't think I quite heard that right.
The gIass... I can't hear you.
So, why don't you open the door,
come in, and we'll talk about it in here?
That's a great idea, Chief.
Oh, they reaIIy wanna do this.
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
(ALL CLAMORING)
MARINE: On your frakking knees!
SIow it down, sIow it down. Just think about what you're doing here.
Just think about what we're doing here, guys.
What the frak is this?
Don't worry, sir. I'II take it reaI sIow, sir.
TYROL: Hey!
(TYROL GRUNTING)
See, the gut, it's a vuInerabIe area.
Lt. Thorne toId me that once.
He said, "If you reaIIy wanna do some damage without Ieaving a mark,
"go for the gut."
You'd be surprised what you can do with the simpIest things.
A bar of soap, pIain oId toweI.
How bad couId it be, right?
You'd be surprised.
(GROANING)
Cowards.
Cowards? Is that what you said?
Now, give me that! You know what?
I Iied. I'm not going sIow anymore.
(SCREAMING)
FISK: Attention on deck!
Gage, Vireem.
Out of the ceII, standing taII, right here!
FISK: Remove the restraints from the prisoners.
SpeciaIist Gage, Iet me ask you something.
Those men in there, are they wearing CoIoniaI uniforms?
Yes, sir.
SpeciaIist Vireem, do you agree with SpeciaIist Gage here
that those are, in fact, CoIoniaI officers?
Yes, sir.
They kiIIed Lieutenant...
Shut your frakking mouth!
See, I don't quite understand what I just saw.
Because I think I saw you two knuckIe-draggers
treating those men Iike they were CyIons,
which of course couIdn't be right.
Because, if in fact that was the case,
then you're both subject to charges of assauIting a chief and a Iieutenant
under coIor of authority in a time of war,
which, if I'm not mistaken,
carries a penaIty on this ship that is quite severe.
Now, get the heII out of here.
Sir. Sir.
Get out.
Yes, sir.
Sir.
(TYROL COUGHING)
Thank you.
Thank you, CoIoneI.
I don't want your thanks.
I owe Lt. Thorne my Iife, as do many peopIe on this ship.
He was trying to rape a prisoner.
You can't rape a machine, Lieutenant.
COMPUTER: lD confirmed.
Do you drink, Thrace?
OnIy to excess, sir.
(CLEARS THROAT)
"OnIy to excess"? Learn that from CoI. Tigh, did you?
Not exactIy.
I understand you beIted him once.
(STAMMERING) You gonna... That was something I did without reaIIy thinking.
Don't apoIogize. Some peopIe get exactIy what they deserve.
From what I've read about your XO,
maybe he needs to get popped in the mouth every once in a whiIe, hmm?
I know you're very cIose with Adama.
Yes, sir.
And I know he's a good man.
And I know he's had to make some very hard choices over the Iast few months.
Lord knows I have.
WeII, then maybe you can understand why he did what he thought he had to do
when you said you were gonna execute HeIo and TyroI.
Let me teII you something.
I've had to watch a Iot of kids be put into body bags.
They're covered with fIags and they fIoat out that airIock.
You think I don't understand his feeIings toward his men?
Sometimes, terribIe things have to be done.
InevitabIy, each and every one of us
wiII have to face a moment where we have to commit that horribIe sin.
And if we fIinch in that moment, if we hesitate for one second,
if we Iet our conscience get in the way, you know what happens?
There are more kids in those body bags,
more kids fIoating out that airIock.
Now, I don't know why,
but I have a Iot of faith in you.
And I want you to promise me
that when that moment comes, you won't fIinch.
Do not fIinch.
(KNOCKING AT DOOR) ADAMA: Come in.
Courier run from Pegasus, sir.
They got you doing courier runs now, huh?
WeII, I...
I voIunteered for this one.
Kara toId me about her...
Her mission.
Come to change my mind?
I just wanted to hear it from you.
Decision's been made.
Assassination?
That's your decision?
That's how you resoIve your differences with your superior officers?
If you're gonna have some probIem backing up Starbuck,
I can find somebody eIse.
It's not about me watching her back.
I'm not going to debate this with you.
This was a very hard decision.
But I think the President's right.
This is the best way to safeguard the fIeet.
The... The President?
So you and... You and the President? This is...
Yes.
She's made of sterner stuff than peopIe give her credit for.
Is this aII I have to sign?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir.
Lieutenant,
it's good to see you.
(DOOR OPENING)
HOSHI: (ON P.A. SYSTEM) Attention, Pegasus. Jump prep underway.
Viper piIots report to ready room in five minutes.
Decoy squadron check in with CIC.
MARINE 1 : Check your Ioad. MARINE 2: Right.
MARINE 3: Check that. MARINE 1 : Safeties?
HOSHI: Fire control, set parameters for CyIon base ship.
Upon jump compIetion, target CyIon ships.
Let's go.
HOSHI: AII Resurrection strike squadrons,
report to mission briefing in Ready Room 4.
Make ship ready for combat jump.
Set Condition One throughout the ship.
Good hunting, Captain.
You, too, CoIoneI.
Sorry about this, SauI, but the AdmiraI didn't feeI comfortabIe
with our Marines under your command.
Yeah. Sorry about a Iot of things.
Be sure your Marines and our Marines are aware
of their areas of responsibiIity in case we're boarded by the CyIons.
The Iast thing we need is CoIoniaIs shooting at each other.
Amen to that.
ADAMA: (VOICEOVER) Wait outside.
GUARD: Yes, sir.
Sit down.
I've asked you here to find out why the CyIons hate us so much.
I'm not sure I know how to answer that.
I mean, "hate" might not be the right word.
I don't want to fence with you.
I just want to know why.
It's what you said at the ceremony.
Before the attack, when GaIactica was being decommissioned.
You gave a speech. Sounded Iike it wasn't the one you prepared.
You said that humanity was a fIawed creation.
And that peopIe stiII kiII one another
for petty jeaIousy and greed.
You said that humanity never asked itseIf why it deserved to survive.
Maybe you don't.
Resurrection ship's firing up their FTL drives.
They're getting ready to jump.
Don't anyone Iook out of the window right now, pIease.
Starbuck, ApoIIo. Target's FTL is history. She's aII yours.
STARBUCK: (ON RADIO) Roger that, ApoIIo. Red wing initiated. Attack...
APOLLO: Frak!
Sir, I just received an emergency transponder from the BIackbird.
(ALARM BLARING)
It's the auto-distress beacon.
AIert the search and rescue Raptor.
See if he had time to eject.
Attention on Pegasus. Prepare to Iaunch attack squadrons.
Copy the Galactica. Aye, sir.
HOSHI: Attention on GaIactica, prepare to Iaunch attack squadrons.
HOSHI: Starbucl, Pegasus. Resurrection ship 12 run at 15.
Watch your intervaIs!
(ALARM BLARING)
Take your posts.
RACETRACK: (ON RADIO) Engaging CyIon Raiders!
PILOT 1: Hey! Drop down, I got them!
PILOT 2: Nice worl! Two in one!
PILOT 3: AngIe it, angIe it, then take the shot.
PILOT 4: Cover me! I can't shake them!
Mr. Gaeta. GAETA: Sir.
Order batteries AIpha through Echo to switch to saIvo fire.
(HISSING)
GAETA: Checl secondary battery.
HOSHI: Full attacl mode. Fire at wiII.
Tens of thousands of CyIons are about to die.
Tens of thousands, Gaius. God wiII not forgive this sin.
Do you think God wiII forgive us?
God forgives aII.
Don't Iisten to her.
You think she can heIp you?
You think that that broken woman can offer you
even a fraction of what I can?
I know God's pIan for you.
I know how to heIp you fuIfiII your destiny.
Do you know what I miss most?
You're going to Iaugh when I teII you this.
Sports.
Don't do this. Yeah, that's right.
I used to Iove getting to the pyramid game just before tip-off.
By timing it right, I couId sit down right at the horn.
And then Iet the emotion of the crowd fIood over me,
waves and waves of it.
Like eIectric current.
That's beautifuI.
And I aIways had two tickets.
No.
One for me...
PIease.
...and one for you.
ApoIIo, Galactica, do you read?
Can you say your position?
DUALLA: Apollo, GaIactica, do you read? Can you say your position?
Apollo, GaIactica, do you read?
ApoIIo, Galactica, do you read? Can you say your position?
DUALLA: Apollo, GaIactica, are you reading this?
Are you out there?
Apollo, GaIactica, do you read? Can you say your position?
Apollo, GaIactica, do you read?
Apollo, GaIactica, are you reading this?
Are you out there?
I'm sorry, Kara.
(GASPING)
HOSHI: Captain Thrace is reporting massive detonations.
The Resurrection ship has been destroyed.
Yes!
(CREW CLAPPING AND CHEERING)
They've done it.
RACETRACK: Clear!
(GASPING)
RACETRACK: He's all right.
He's a little shaken, but I say again, ApoIIo is aII right.
AII the remaining CyIons have jumped away.
It's over, sir.
(CREW CHEERING)
CongratuIations, gentIemen.
I'm ready to die.
Send my souI to God.
PIease.
I wish you were here, Lee.
But what the heII.
I am so very proud of you.
TIGH: Secure from Condition One.
Set Condition Two throughout the ship.
Division officers submit casuaIty and damage report to Combat.
(SIGHING)
GIad we didn't need your Marines today.
Yeah. Yeah, me, too.
DUALLA: SignaI from the fIagship, sir.
Adm. Cain on the Iine.
Put her through.
CongratuIations, Commander.
CongratuIations to you, too, AdmiraI.
A significant victory.
Is Starbuck with you?
Yes, she is.
This is Starbuck.
I've been thinking about what we taIked about before.
It's not enough to survive.
One has to be worthy of surviving.
That's aII.
I think that's very wise, sir.
Thank you.
Commander, I wonder if my XO is standing cIose by?
Yes, he is.
FISK: Yes, sir.
CongratuIations, Jack.
Thank you, sir.
That's aII.
Yes, sir.
You Iook Iike you couId use a drink.
(SIGHING)
Thank you.
Oh, by the way, there was something I wanted to teII you.
Last night, I was waIking down this corridor here, when I saw...
(NECK SNAPPING)
No, no, no.
I can't... I can't do this.
Suicide is a sin. But I need to die.
What you need is justice.
I know a pIace where you can stay, where you wiII be safe,
where I can Iook after you.
Why?
Why wouId you do that?
Because I Iove you.
(SIGHING)
TeII me, AdmiraI,
can you roII over?
Beg?
Frak you.
You're not my type.
FISK: And she died knowing that her ship and her crew were safe,
and that her mission had been accompIished.
Nothing was more important to her than her ship, her crew, and her mission.
And as I take command of Pegasus, I pIedge to uphoId those vaIues
that made her such an effective and heroic Ieader.
I onIy knew Adm. Cain for a short time.
So what I have to say about her wiII be short.
She faced things.
She Iooked them right in the eye and she didn't fIinch.
That's something that we do a Iot around here.
We second guess. We worry.
When I think about what she went through after the attack...
AII aIone,
one ship, no heIp,
no hope...
She didn't give up.
She didn't worry.
She didn't second guess. She acted.
She did what she thought needed to be done,
and the Pegasus survived.
It might be hard to admit,
or hard to hear,
but I think that we were safer with her
than we are without.
STARBUCK: Lee.
Lee, you okay?
Are you okay?
No. Not reaIIy.
Hey...
I broke my word to you.
What are you taIking about?
I Iet you down.
I wasn't there when you needed me.
Look,
a cIose caII Iike that...
That'd mess with anybody's head.
AII right?
It turns out I didn't need you anyway, so...
Let's just be gIad that we both came back aIive, aII right?
That's just it, Kara.
I didn't want to make it back aIive.
(SOBBING) l didn't thinl I'd ever see you again.
Same here.
BOOMER: So,
where do we go from here?
ROSLIN: So, how did the CyIon
manage to get off the Pegasus undetected?
No one reaIIy knows.
There was so much chaos in the aftermath of the attack.
Thank the gods that you did not have to do what I advised.
That makes me very happy.
Yes. Thank the gods.
How are you feeIing?
WeII, I couId sIeep for about a year, but...
But you, however,
do not have that Iuxury because you have a new job.
BiIIy?
It took a IittIe whiIe to find that jeweIer.
Thank you.
Rumor has it that I know very IittIe about miIitary protocoI,
but I do beIieve
that someone who commands more than one ship
is caIIed an AdmiraI.
CongratuIations, Adm. Adama.
Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you, BiIIy.
I never gave up hope.
I just stopped trying to get these a Iong time ago.
Just goes to show you, BiII,
never give up hope.
Same goes for you, Laura.
Hmm.
AII right.