Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
Updated 2005-07-27 17:00:00
The Galacticans don't even get the entire teaser to catch their breath before the power's been knocked out and the Cylon Centurions are making like Freddy Krueger. Or maybe like Jason Voorhees, since they're not given to puns. Apollo meets up with some Marines and stops to check in with the Prez. The Prez is sent, with Billy and her guard, toward sickbay, which should be out of the line of fire. Then Team Apollo picks up the last six rounds of Cylon-sploding ammo and goes hunting. Apollo is eventually able to check in with Tigh, who figures that the Cylons are heading toward Aft Damage Control, where they can vent all of the puny humans out into space. Team Prez runs into a mildly concussed Dualla, and is forced to make several detours in their quest for sickbay. Everyone spends a while tripping over dead bodies, and there are actually only a couple of scenes where we actually see the Cylons, but we keep hearing screams and metallic footsteps, making things both creepy and budget-friendly. Eventually, Team Apollo takes up position in front of Aft Damage Control, and Team Prez is just down the hall, still trying to get to sickbay. Time for everyone to meet cute! The Cylons turn up, and are briefly distracted by Billy's incompetence before Team Apollo blows them up real good. Apollo even gets a hero shot, which is nice for him. This builds up his confidence enough for him to get pointlessly bitchy with Tigh in the denouement, but that's Apollo for you. On Kobol, Baltar dreams of rescue and infanticide. Tyrol and Cally make it back with the medkit, but it's too late to do anything but put Socinus out of his misery. In cheerier news, back on Caprica, Starbuck and Helo stop by Starbuck's old apartment so that she can pick up a smidgen of depth, and also a Humvee.