I’m really disappointed in Lee. This little affair he’s having with Cara is wreaking havoc on both of their marriages. I sort of expect such behavior from Starbuck because she’s generally pretty unstable and doesn’t always think things through, but Lee should know better. It’s not like he’s desperate; he already has a great wife in Dee, who is a much, much better catch. But it seems like he’s in love/lust with Cara and he truly wants to be with her. She, of course, applies her warped moral code to the situation saying that she can’t divorce her husband because “marriage is a sacrament.” Please. If she really believed that she wouldn’t be running around behind her hubby’s back.
Until I saw the “previously” scenes at the beginning of the episode, I had forgotten about the baby Hera. There hasn’t been any mention of her for some time, but now that Boomer and Athena have met, the cat’s out of the bag. I can understand why Athena would be pissed about Roslin’s secret, but she has to understand the logic behind it. Adama was none too pleased to discover the truth – but was he upset about the President’s actions or the fact that he was left out of the decision?
Down on the planet, it occurred to me that for being on tight rations for the last few weeks, the Chief certainly doesn’t look like he’s missed any meals. My first thought when he found the secret chamber was that maybe he stumbled on some form of alien life. Throughout the entire series, there hasn’t been a single mention of the possibility of non-human/non-Cylon life in the universe. I wonder if the series will ever explore that possibility.
The scene where the Cylons came with Baltar to Galactica to talk terms was pretty tense. I’m not sure why Caprica (Baltar’s #7) wasn’t with them – as it stood, Biers and Cavil did most of the talking.
That led into an intense sequence where Lee butted heads with Sam (Cara’s husband) over forming a rescue party for Cara (who will no doubt make it through unscathed) as the Cylons marched on their position. The Admiral is set to nuke the planet so that the Cylons don’t discover the chamber. I have a feeling the Chief will figure out the secret of the Eye before that happens.
