BSG S1E5 - Ship Meat
Laura and Xhafer ask hard-hitting questions like: "Can we give computers souls?" and "What happens if you cut the poop tube?" Laura forgets about Space Force. Xhafer is uncomfortable with the amount of footshots in Battlestar Galactica Season 1, Episode 5: You Can't Go Home Again.
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Hello and welcome to who are you?
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:This is a reasonably well done podcast
hosted by two friends who are currently
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:watching 2004's Battlestar Galactica.
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:I'm Jafar
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:Laura: and I'm Laura.
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:Xhafer: and we are on
season one, episode five.
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:You Can't Go Home Again,
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:Laura: Yeah, so this is the resolution
of a actual fax cliffhanger as opposed to
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:the pseudo cliffhangers we've had every
single episode up till the previous.
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:Mm
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:Xhafer: it's also like the first five
episodes are kind of a, cohesive arc.
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:Laura: hmm.
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:Xhafer: And after this, we get into
more modular episodes for a little bit,
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:I think.
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:Laura: No, I would agree with that.
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:I I was trying to decide if I was
going to save this statement for the
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:next episode or go ahead and make it
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:here, but I, I feel like I'll go
ahead and at least allude to it here
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:that I feel like there is a theme
across all these episodes, at least
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:in the first half of the season.
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:I don't know if I can
speak for the whole season.
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:And I would call that theme
just very loosely, Grow Up.
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:We get some growing up for
Adama and Lee in this one.
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:Laura: And we had some growing up in
the last one for Starbuck herself.
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:And we get some growing up in
the next one for someone else.
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:So, I don't, you know, I don't
know if that was how the creators
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:saw it in their minds, but that's
what's coming across to me.
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:Xhafer: There's a bit more
of that down the road too,
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:I won't say anything for the sake
of spoilers, but if you've looked
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:at the episode titles, they allude
to at the very least one character
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:having to have a grow up moment.
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:Laura: I sure hope it's Colonel
Ty in Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down.
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:I sure hope that's his grow up moment.
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:Xhafer: Well that's, that's a real Colonel
Ty Strong episode, so, we'll get to it.
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:Uh, I literally can't even
begin to describe that episode
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:without giant spoilers.
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:To the point
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:Laura: I mean,
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:Xhafer: I bet the episode description
is giant spoilers for that one.
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:Laura: oh, you
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:Xhafer: It's it, like the thing that
defines that episode happens within like
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:the first five minutes of memory serves.
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:Laura: Oh, okay, yeah.
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:So it's one of those.
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:The thing happens and then we
grapple with it the whole time.
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:I cannot wait to have our friend
Ryan on for that episode because I
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:suspect, I'm sure there's interesting
stuff in that episode, but I think
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:that the title was a non zero part of
why he chose to be on that episode.
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:Xhafer: Well, the title is It'll
make sense when we get there.
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:Laura: Okay, I can't wait.
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:I'm looking forward to it, but we're
going to have a movie break before that,
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:Xhafer: yes, our movie
break is in a few weeks.
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:As of air, I think it's actually about
a month away from this episode airing,
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:give or take, but that's just because
we've been building up a stockpile
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:over the winter break for In between
my new job and yours new semester,
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:we've been stockpiling episodes.
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:Laura: Responsibility reasons.
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:We're being responsible people.
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:Look at
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:us.
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:Xhafer: So yeah, it's nice to be well
in advance, but it also means that
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:we won't be very uh, reactionary.
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:So when this airs after, I don't know,
January 20th, you know, hell after
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:January 6th, yeah,
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:Laura: all we're, all we're doing
is discussing podcasts and people
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:are like, everything's on fire.
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:What's, what's wrong with you two?
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:Yeah.
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:Xhafer: that's why.
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:Laura: Don't worry, Lister.
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:I'm sure we'll blow our lead at some
point, so don't even worry about it.
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:We'll be back to being
right on top of it with you.
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:Xhafer: Surely at some point.
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:Uh, right.
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:Laura: Okay.
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:So let's resolve this cliffhanger, huh?
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:Oh
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:Xhafer: Uh, we
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:open with Hot Dog being rescued by Boomer
in Crashdown as they search for Starbuck.
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:Apollo gives Hot Dog his wings.
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:Although actually, that's
his major rank pin.
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:Laura: Yeah, I was like, wait,
is he getting a field promotion?
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:Now, I don't know military stuff.
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:I think that's become clear at this point
in this series that Laura knows nothing
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:about military, but I feel like One of
the last groups of people that I want
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:getting field promotions is my pilots.
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:Like, probably doctors is another one.
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:Don't love that.
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:I don't want to field promote a doctor
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:Xhafer: Like someone who is
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:not a doctor,
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:yeah.
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:Laura: Right, right.
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:Well, if you have like a
civilian doctor and you're like,
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:congratulations, civilian doctor.
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:Now you're a lieutenant or whatever.
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:That's fine.
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:But if you haven't finished doctor school,
like I'm a little worried about that.
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:As I am worried about the pilot
who just had his first day, even
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:though he did shoot down one Cylon.
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:Xhafer: Yeah, I think
there's a bit of a time.
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:It's, well, it's hard to say.
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:We don't get, a day since Days
on Caprica for Helo here, right?
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:Laura: Oh, we do.
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:We
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:do.
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:Xhafer: we?
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:Laura: It's day 15.
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:Yeah.
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:So it's been a day.
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:It's been one
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:Xhafer: It's been one day.
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:Okay.
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:Well, she started training
them on Day 12, right?
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:So.
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:Laura: I don't remember
if it was 12 or 14.
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:I thought it was
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:Xhafer: it doesn't matter.
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:Regardless, not enough training.
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:Laura: No, no, no.
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:No, no, no, no.
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:So I'm a little anxious about that
for everyone, but you know what?
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:It's TV.
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:It'll be
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:Xhafer: Hotdog is also the one
that washed out of the academy.
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:So he might have years of
training that we don't know about.
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:They don't say when he washed out,
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:Exactly.
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:Yeah.
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:Yeah.
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:They don't say that he washed out
because he couldn't fly, either.
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:He could have washed out
because he had an attitude.
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:Like, you know, other, other stuff.
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:Okay.
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:I will buy that.
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:I'll buy that more than the
girl who, like, crashed on
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:the flight deck or whatever.
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:A cat doesn't get her wings today.
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:Laura: Right.
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:Right.
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:Xhafer: over on the set of the
Martian, Starbucks parachute drags
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:her until she can cut it to theme.
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:It's just the wind, too, right?
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:Xhafer: I mean, that's what parachutes
are for catch and wind , that's their
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:Well, you know, it's not like there's
a monster dragging her by her parachute
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:or something or, you know, it's, it's
just really windy and hostile out
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:If this were TNG,
monster, dragon that shit
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:a hundred percent.
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:And so I think in the previous scene too,
Apollo's tech was trying to get his like
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:Viper ready to go to join the search.
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:And Adama, like, pounced on Lee in the
cockpit to tell him to go find Starbuck.
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:ha ha.
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:ha.
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:Xhafer: After theme, Adama and Gata
do some table setting, including.
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:And, I fucking love this.
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:Adama asking Gaeta how much time
Starbuck has left to reveal Felix
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:has already set a fucking timer and
it's, like, within eyesight of Adama.
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:Like, the frame shows us him
looking at it as he asks him.
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:Laura: That's when you really know your
boss and how to anticipate his needs.
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:Like what a support person, Mr.
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:Gaeta and his team
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:Xhafer: I mean I think it's safe to
say that Felix just loves his clocks.
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:Laura: Hmm.
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:I mean, who doesn't love a countdown
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:Xhafer: Yeah,
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:Laura: and we already
had them all ready to go.
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:Cause we were just
counting down 33 and over.
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:Xhafer: exactly.
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:That was all him.
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:He was the one resetting all those clocks.
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:Xhafer: just loves his clocks.
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:So Colonel Tai told us that
there were only two gravity
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:wells that had the potential.
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:To have absorbed Starbucks
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:Xhafer: Ship.
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:Laura: vehicle.
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:There's a gas giant, which,
I mean, we're, we're toast if
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:we hit the gas giant, sounds
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:like,
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:Xhafer: like pretty quick
radiation death there.
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:Laura: and a moon that's not great,
as we said in the last episode,
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:not M class for Star Trek people.
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:And those are the two places
we need to, to try to focus on.
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:The moon more likely.
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:Mm
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:Xhafer: Uh, Adama here the commander, is
pretty sure that time is on their side.
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:Since this was a patrol without a base
star, he kind of throws down this logic
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:chain where he's like, look, they're
probably just patrolling around, probably
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:do a couple of days at a time, probably
do this, probably do that, anywhere where
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:there might be resources that we might be
looking for, they don't know where we are.
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:This proves that, and also that their
ways of looking for us are going to
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:be probably things along these lines.
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:And so, if they can't report back,
then it's going to be a couple
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:days before they might be back.
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:So we've got some time
to conduct this search.
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:Laura: Mm hmm.
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:And we've been told Starbuck
has 46 hours of oxygen.
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:We think we can get away with staying put
even a little bit longer than that before
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:the Cylons notice their missing patrol.
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:Xhafer: Roslyn calls to let Adama
know the other pilots and captains are
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:all willing to help search efforts.
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:Mm hmm.
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:Laura: Yeah, that was really
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:Xhafer: They don't, we never
see any of them do it, but,
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:Laura: We hear about it though.
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:Xhafer: They're like, kept far
away from the moon, though.
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:It's like, it's wild to me that, like,
the immediate plan is to keep them
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:on the other side of the system, like
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:Laura: See, I didn't get that part,
but I heard them talking about
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:like, well, you know, we're gonna.
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:Move them at one point.
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:I could see that maybe like
they can't go into atmosphere.
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:To look at the,
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:Laura: moon, because it seemed
really rough down there.
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:Like we see Lee having all that turbulence
and a hard time, and they've probably
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:got like civilians on all their ships.
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:So you can't just like go knock
people's heads around in the turbulence.
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:Xhafer: Yeah, but I mean, I imagine some
of those ships could probably handle
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:that, and maybe you offload some civvies.
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:Rearrange some people.
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:You guys go hang out on the
astral queen for a while while we
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:Laura: look at the atmosphere.
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:Xhafer: Yeah, like, Colonial
One's got a ton of windows.
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:Just have some people
looking out some windows.
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:Laura: Yeah, exactly.
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:We also get Gaia sitting with her.
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:Well, she makes this phone call
and he gets a visit from 6PT
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:while he's sitting with the
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:Xhafer: Yeah, this had very, this episode
was directed by Quentin Tarantino vibes
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:uh, which is to say lots of footshots.
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:Just lots of footshots, an
uncomfortable amount of footshots.
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:Laura: Everything with
6PT is very uncomfortable.
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:Laura: She's, like, taunting him
and, like, kissing his fingers.
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:So he's just sitting there in front
of the President with, like, his
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:hand up and orgasm face going on.
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:Xhafer: I can't wait for
two episodes from now.
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:Laura: Oh no, it's going to get worse,
because these already make me, give
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:me like the heebie jeebies there.
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:It's just so
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:Xhafer: We'll get there when we get there.
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:Laura: And the music is
starting to give me anxiety.
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:Like every time it starts,
I'm like, Oh no, it's another
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:creepy, weird 6BT sex thing.
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:Oh no, oh no.
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:Uh,
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:Xhafer: get a count on the
board here in the background?
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:47, 958, if you didn't catch it.
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:Laura: 47, 000?
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:Weren't we at 45 before?
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:What happened?
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:Maybe I'm wrong.
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:Maybe I'm remembering it
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:Xhafer: Okay.
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:I think we were at 49 and
then they had to blow up the
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:liner and then they dropped down to 47.
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:Laura: I've just got odd
numbers in the brain somewhere.
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:yeah, so he distracts Rosalind
from his own weirdness for a
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:minute by suggesting that the
search for Starbuck may be unwise.
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:I'm no fan of Gaius.
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:We know this.
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:I do think he has a point.
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:Xhafer: uh, He is.
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:The best kind of villain in ways sometimes
where it's very hard to argue with him.
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:It's like that the Onion headline
that's been going around again.
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:That uh, worst person you
know just made a great point.
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:Yeah.
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:That's Gaius Baltar for
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:Xhafer: Uh, Man, my favorite version
of that same exact thing is the
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:uh, the good place Version where
um, have you seen the good place?
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:Laura: I have not, but I've seen lots of
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:Xhafer: Okay, so it's It's Ted Danson and
he's going, Jason figured this out, Jason.
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:I got to admit, this is a real low point
for us because that character is an
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:idiot in the show.
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:And it's so, but they replaced the
first panel with like the one I saw most
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:recently was like, and Colter bitching
about tech bros only being interested in.
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:Uh, allowing H 1B visas because they're
basically enslaving workers that way.
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:Laura: Right, right,
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:Xhafer: Um, and that it's
Ann Coulter figured this out?
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:This is a real low point.
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:Laura: I, I have seen some
of the things to that effect.
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:Yeah.
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:Yeah.
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:There's been some interesting cognitive
dissonance is uncovered recently.
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:Xhafer: and I mean, like, has a guy who's
worked in IT for almost a decade at this
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:point, and specifically in the data space
that I work in I have a lot of uh, Indian
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:peers who, who are on those types of
visas, both here and in Canada, and 100%.
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:It's like, I hate my job, and I'm
abused by my boss, but I can't
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:quit because I will get deported.
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:Real
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:fucking problems.
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:That is so interesting.
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:Xhafer: is, it is a huge thing right now.
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:Laura: Hmm.
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:I find something really
interesting in here, that 6PT
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:is super jealous of Starbuck.
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:So weird.
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:Like, you're inside Gaius's head.
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:Why, why are you surprised by anything,
or jealous about any, I don't know.
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:And Six clearly knew who and what
Gaius was, that's part of how
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:she was able to manipulate him
in the beginning of all of this.
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:So why are we jealous?
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:Xhafer: are we jealous?
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:Man?
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:I actually have a really compelling
theory about this that I can't talk about.
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:Laura: We'll get there eventually, I'm
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:I, I have something else to say
about that, but it's actually,
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:I think, in the next episode.
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:So I'm going to, I'm going to
hold on to it, but I just find
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:this jealousy very interesting.
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:But Rosalyn is doing a great job.
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:Mom and dad generally are doing a
good job here of presenting the united
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:front to the children and saying, no,
no, no, your dad's made the decision.
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:I stand with dad's decision.
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:And she does.
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:She does and dismisses his concern for
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:On the moon, Starbucks
patches up what she can.
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:She checks her radio and the atmosphere,
both of which are not good news.
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:Laura: No, she's got like little
test strips for atmosphere.
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:I like that.
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:That's a neat touch.
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:Xhafer: she resolves to get
to higher ground to help aid
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:in her ability to be found.
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:Laura: And Lee is also like down
in the atmosphere at this point.
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:We see him like struggling
with the visibility.
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:And he almost eats this canyon wall.
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:Oh.
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:Because he couldn't even see
it right in front of him, he
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:has to pull up real sharp.
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:Xhafer: How different would this
episode be if Lee died right here?
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:Laura: oh, yeah.
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:Like, how bad would it be
if Lee died right here?
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:But also, we didn't, cause you know,
he's got the, what do they call that?
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:The raptor
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:with him, right?
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:But the raptor is also having trouble.
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:And like, they didn't see him die.
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:So maybe he just crashed
and he's also lost.
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:Like, how bad does Adama
spin out in that situation?
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:Xhafer: Does, like, does it
just get ten times worse?
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:If it's any other pilot besides Lee,
he's all like, We can't do this, we're
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:just gonna kill everyone, we need to go.
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:And does he deal with it that way?
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:Like,
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:But, if he, if he loses Lee and that he
doesn't know Lee is gone, like, whew.
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:Yeah.
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:Now we're gonna go over
to Caprica, though.
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:This is where I caught the Day 15,
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:Sharon and Helo have resupplied
sufficiently and are ready to move on.
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:Helo goes to make some brekkie
when a Centurion rolls in.
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:The toaster goes off.
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:And
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:Laura: betrays him.
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:Oh, and it's so funny, too, because
the toaster has that red light on the
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:Xhafer: it's chrome.
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:Yeah, no, it's perfect.
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:Laura: it's beautiful.
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:Just like, chef's kiss.
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:Love it.
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:Xhafer: This shootout starts
when Sharon leaves the bunker.
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:Uh, Hilo gets one, hides from the other.
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:And like, kinda gets like, knocked out.
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:As we cut back to the moon.
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:Laura: Yeah, like all the Le Creuset
starts falling off the walls.
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:And those sons of bitches are heavy.
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:One knocks him out when
he's hitting the head.
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:Heh heh heh
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:Xhafer: starbuck is
wandering around the moon.
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:She throws a prayer to the Lords
of Kobol, and is immediately
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:greeted with a landed Cylon Raider.
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:Laura: Yeah, this is sort what I
would call, like, a half assed prayer.
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:It's the kind of prayer that I might
throw up because I'm not a person
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:who grew up praying and don't always
have, like, Feelings of strong faith,
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:and so it's kind of weak and slapped
together, and I totally identify with
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:that, but it seems to work, right?
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:Xhafer: Yeah.
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:Seems to be the case.
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:Uh.
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:Heh
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:Laura: Yeah, we've got this downed
Cylon fighter so interesting
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:that she, like, crawls along and
approaches it with her gun out.
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:Xhafer: hmm.
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:Laura: I can't imagine that
we as humans really know.
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:Like, what the fighter ships are like.
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:I mean, she's obviously really
surprised by some things about it.
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:But, you know, she doesn't know if there
are actually, like, other Cylons inside.
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:Xhafer: Yeah, I think
that's the assumption.
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:And when she sees the headshot that
she pulled off right there, she assumes
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:that she has killed the pilot, mostly
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:correctly,
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:Laura: Yeah.
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:Xhafer: just she didn't realize
what was going on there.
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:Uh, I think she thought there
was just a Cylon inside of there.
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:Laura: Yeah, she doesn't seem to
be fazed at all by the, like, blood
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:dripping out of that headshot.
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:Xhafer: Yeah, that was, does she's
aware Cylons look like humans?
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:Yes, because she, she is because she
was part of the poker table where
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:they were talking to Baltar about
his human Cylon detector with Gaeta.
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:Laura: Oh, okay.
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:I was wondering that next.
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:Like, does she actually know
that the Cylon human problem
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:is
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:Xhafer: yeah, so she probably sees that
and thinks that there was a humanoid Cylon
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:inside of there at first, leading to her
reaction later when she realizes that
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:Laura: I feel like, if I'm remembering
it correctly, they, it was like
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:blood out of the headshot and
then maybe some blood from beneath
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:like the, the red light, maybe.
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:It was in two places, I think, that
I thought was really interesting.
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:Like, you know, when you see depictions
of say a human headshot, you might see
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:like the injury and then also like they
bled out of their mouth or something,
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:you know, like coughing up blood.
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:And I thought that was
an interesting, like.
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:bringing that into this Cylon fighter.
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:Xhafer: I mean, we've had
some explanations about, like,
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:humans, like, landing and getting
splattered because of the force,
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:which is a thing that we have to worry
about with jets and planes and things
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:right now, to be perfectly honest.
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:Um, and so, that might have been.
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:Her thought the the the silent in
there might have got killed and then
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:smushed in a bad landing who knows She
probably just doesn't know though She
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:either doesn't know or doesn't care
because there's too much going on to
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:spend a lot of time thinking about it
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:Laura: She's really proud of
herself for that headshot and she.
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:seems to plan to fix this Cylon
ship and fly out of there, which
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:I just, I put so many question
marks in my notes right here.
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:Cause I was like, this doesn't
even seem like a good plan.
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:Like
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:Xhafer: it's the only one she's got.
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:Laura: I, it's true.
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:It's true.
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:It just doesn't seem like a
good idea even at this level.
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:I I'm amazed how she pulls it
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:Xhafer: She's like barely able to walk.
453
:She's mostly pulling herself around.
454
:So
455
:Laura: Yeah.
456
:Xhafer: back on the ship, Tai
suggests keeping the civvies in a
457
:defensible formation, which Adama
abuse immediately with all of the
458
:fury he contained last episode.
459
:Laura: Yeah.
460
:Yeah.
461
:He lost his cool.
462
:It's more about finding Starbuck.
463
:Um, But again, worst person
I know makes great point.
464
:Like, Ty isn't wrong.
465
:Xhafer: Yeah.
466
:Laura: The civilians should be in a
defensible position, like, especially
467
:if you have, like we said, ships that
maybe I have to take the whole ship to
468
:look, you know.
469
:There could be hundreds, thousands
of defenseless civilians.
470
:Innocent people on my ship who
did not make this decision,
471
:it's not fair to them to
472
:put them at risk too, too far.
473
:Xhafer: Yeah.
474
:Laura: So I do think Ty is just
being a responsible XO, so I just
475
:Adama, get it together.
476
:Xhafer: We go back to Caprica here and.
477
:For Helo, it's suddenly blue
color coded when he uh, wakes up.
478
:And Sharon is nowhere to be found.
479
:It's supposed to be nighttime,
but it's still kinda like
480
:daytime out when he leaves?
481
:And it was breakfast time?
482
:I don't know.
483
:I don't know what's going on here.
484
:I don't think they do a
good job of explaining it.
485
:It's just very blue on
Caprica for some reason.
486
:Laura: Is it just a, like a, a nuclear
Winter fallout thing happening, maybe,
487
:like, all of a sudden we've got some
cloud cover we didn't have before, like,
488
:weather patterns are all messed up,
I don't know, but Sharon's not in the
489
:bunker, she's not in the restaurant,
and he really does, like, go out in
490
:the street just calling for her, which
seems very stupid for a man who was just
491
:ambushed by the Battlebots, like, come on!
492
:Xhafer: Starbuck looks
for a way into the Raider.
493
:Mm hmm.
494
:Only to be surprised by
how organic the inside is.
495
:Laura: Me too, Starbuck!
496
:Yeah, the ship is full of meat.
497
:Like, ship meat.
498
:Xhafer: ship meat.
499
:Laura: So, I had already correctly
assumed earlier in an episode that the
500
:fighters did not have crews aboard them.
501
:That they were just straight robot
and I did not include in that that
502
:they would also have the meaty
bits that the 12 Cylon models
503
:Xhafer: Yes.
504
:Um, There is a reason for this,
505
:Laura: For the
506
:Xhafer: for the
507
:meaty
508
:bits?
509
:And I don't know if it's explicitly
explained at any point, but I know
510
:that there is a episode, I think
in Season 2 called Scar, that goes
511
:a bit more into about the Raiders.
512
:specifically.
513
:Um, And, if it's not explicitly
said there, we understand why
514
:Laura: Okay.
515
:I guess where I'm going with it in
my head would be that, like, there is
516
:something about having organic components
that creates a better processor.
517
:Mm hmm.
518
:Like, that, and this is so silly,
this is gonna sound like the silliest
519
:thing, but in my undergraduate, I had
took a philosophy class and a paper
520
:that I wrote for that class was like,
if we could create a sufficiently,
521
:like, advanced human like computer
and even mimic the organic components
522
:and stuff, do we also create a soul?
523
:Xhafer: huh.
524
:Laura: And I wrote this
paper talking about:
525
:And Blade Runner, the
book, as my references.
526
:And I kind of wish I had known
anything about this show at that time.
527
:Xhafer: huh.
528
:Hahahahaha.
529
:Laura: Cause it seems like
that's what the show is asking.
530
:Sometimes I'm like, Hmm, did Ronald
D Moore and I have the same thought
531
:at about the same time, because
that would have been in:
532
:you know, that I wrote this paper.
533
:So
534
:Independently asking a similar question,
but one of us had a lot more resources.
535
:Xhafer: Haha!
536
:Laura: And talent.
537
:And talent.
538
:Let's go there
539
:too.
540
:Xhafer: Ah, yeah, so, uh, just all kinds.
541
:Of shipmeat in here.
542
:Starbuck is kind of a gas dead at all.
543
:Laura: Yeah.
544
:Xhafer: We, we cut over to Apollo
who suggests pulling the defense
545
:Vipers away from the civilian
fleet to help with the search.
546
:Tie objects and Lee yells at him about it.
547
:Laura: Yeah.
548
:I want to call out a specific phrase
said in this scene in conversation.
549
:So Lee is hassling Tyrell about
fixing his Viper and Tyrell's got
550
:no spares and at one point he says.
551
:You can push people a lot harder
than you can push machines.
552
:Xhafer: Yeah.
553
:Laura: And I thought that
was a weird thing to say.
554
:Xhafer: makes sense though, because when
a machine hit hits a breaking point, it
555
:stops because it's broken when a person
556
:hits a breaking point.
557
:You can keep going.
558
:You just pay for it later.
559
:Laura: Yeah.
560
:Well, and you think about
the episode 33 where.
561
:They were all being pushed to their
limit, but they were still hanging
562
:on after five days, was that right?
563
:Of constant jumping and no
sleep, et cetera, et cetera.
564
:But the Cylons were
still right behind them.
565
:They were still, like, there.
566
:Xhafer: I mean, the breaking point for
a machine and the breaking point for
567
:a person are not at the same place.
568
:Laura: mm hmm.
569
:Yeah,
570
:yeah,
571
:Xhafer: theirs.
572
:Laura: yeah.
573
:I don't know.
574
:I was just like, huh, that's a,
that's like a throwaway line.
575
:But in the context of this show, I
think you can think about it a lot more.
576
:Lee actually like grabs
Ty's collar doesn't he?
577
:Ooh,
578
:Xhafer: Yeah, it's getting spicy in CIC.
579
:For sure.
580
:Laura: I don't know what the chain
of command is like in this universe.
581
:is
582
:is
583
:Xhafer: Adama Tai the, the second officer
584
:Laura: Uh
585
:Xhafer: Lee.
586
:I think Lee is the fourth, there might be
other majors on board, but Lee is like the
587
:fourth highest ranking military official.
588
:In fact he might be tied with the
second officer on Galactica, I think
589
:that person might also be a major.
590
:Laura: I guess I, I've never really
thought about this, because I don't
591
:think about the military that much,
but because I think about the four
592
:different branches we have, right?
593
:And I kind of, in my head was almost
lumping like Adama and Tai into
594
:Navy, where Lee would be Air Force.
595
:But the purpose of rank is still
like, if you are dealing with another
596
:branch, you still have a hierarchy.
597
:You're not just because
you're in another branch.
598
:Like, totally separate
599
:Xhafer: yeah, so we handle
that in the, in the,
600
:U.
601
:S.
602
:by, the rank names might be different
depending on your branch, but there's
603
:just like E1 through 6, or E1 through 9,
I think technically, and then O1 through
604
:9, and those are consistent across.
605
:Laura: Okay.
606
:Xhafer: So, like, an E6 might be like
a Staff Sergeant in the Army, and
607
:that might be a different title in a
different branch because you've got
608
:your Army, your Navy, your Air Force,
your Coast Guard, and your Space Force.
609
:Are the five branches of a military.
610
:Laura: Yeah.
611
:I was forgetting about
612
:Xhafer: And I believe the Marines
are just part of the Navy.
613
:Technically.
614
:I don't think there are
separate branch regardless.
615
:Who Ron the chat?
616
:I don't know.
617
:Anyways.
618
:Laura: Yeah.
619
:But I think in Galactica land, it
really is just like one military,
620
:like my mental division between Leigh
and the rest is, is not accurate.
621
:Xhafer: I think there are other branches.
622
:I just don't think we deal with them.
623
:They always stir.
624
:I think maybe it might be better
to say there were other branches.
625
:Laura: Sure.
626
:Yeah.
627
:Cause they probably were
elsewhere when all this occurred.
628
:But I guess there is maybe a little bit
of like, not official division between
629
:Lee and everyone else just because he's
been picked by President Rosalyn for a
630
:thing.
631
:So there might be a little bit of like,
I laid my hands on the superior officer.
632
:But I have the protection
of the president a little
633
:bit, so,
634
:Xhafer: Yeah, I mean, also, I'm
agreeing with my dad, and my
635
:dad's telling you to do the thing.
636
:Laura: yeah, there's
637
:the other
638
:thing, like,
639
:Xhafer: So,
640
:Laura: yeah, yeah
641
:Xhafer: Starbuck cuts this raider brain
out as her oxygen starts to dwindle.
642
:Laura: yeah,
643
:Xhafer: is the thing that makes no
sense to me because she looks at it
644
:and she's got a quarter of her oxygen
tank left, but she's got like two
645
:hours of oxygen left out of her 48.
646
:Laura: uh huh,
647
:Xhafer: would be like more than like
a quarter of a tank is more than two
648
:hours because it's just like it's either
a very poorly designed gauge, Like,
649
:if it's just like a PSI gauge, because
at a certain point the PSI will just
650
:normalize, and it'll be effectively
empty, it depends on how it works.
651
:Um, so maybe, it might not be a gauge of
how full the tank is, it just seems to me
652
:to be Needlessly poorly designed because
you would think that it would be more
653
:in line with time than anything else.
654
:or if it was not going to be aligned with
time, you would think that it would at
655
:least work its way down in a manner in
which a quarter of a tank would be very
656
:red, but, you know, three eighths of a
tank would have to be very green still,
657
:Laura: hmm,
658
:Xhafer: if it's all proportional.
659
:I just don't know how you use.
660
:Cause it was three quarters of
a tank and she had 46 hours.
661
:So make it make
662
:sense.
663
:It's a curve and I don't like it.
664
:It shouldn't be.
665
:Laura: yeah, and so, she's running
out of oxygen, and wonders how this
666
:thing breathes, because if it's
organic, it must breathe, and I
667
:don't know, I don't know that I,
668
:Xhafer: it doesn't have lungs.
669
:She didn't cut lungs out of it.
670
:Laura: yeah, yeah.
671
:Yeah.
672
:Xhafer: It's, I mean, why
would you engineer inorganic
673
:brain to require oxygen?
674
:If it's going to operate in space,
675
:Laura: Yeah.
676
:Like, if you could, why would you do that?
677
:Why?
678
:Yeah.
679
:I don't know.
680
:I was like, hmm.
681
:Okay.
682
:Xhafer: it's very
convenient for her though.
683
:Laura: It is.
684
:It is.
685
:And President Roslin gives a call to Lee.
686
:She's pretty upset that
they're still searching.
687
:Um, she points out that they're
being a bit hypocritical.
688
:Xhafer: This fleet is defenseless.
689
:Come on now.
690
:Laura: And Lee tries to
convince himself otherwise.
691
:Xhafer: just trying to make it
work in his brain meat so that he
692
:can do the thing he wants to do.
693
:Commander Adama does not handle
Gaeta's countdown ending well.
694
:Telling Gaeta to fuck off and
relieving the colonel of duty.
695
:Laura: Yeah.
696
:So worst person we know,
Tai made a good point.
697
:But now we have some apprehension
from Gaeta as well to like
698
:back up that like, Hey, like.
699
:This isn't making a lot of sense anymore.
700
:Cause Gata is actually
super nice and we like Gata.
701
:We have not seen anything
from him to not like him.
702
:Xhafer: Yes, that is true.
703
:Laura: And so Ty like, we've seen him
act like a jerk and we've seen him
704
:like rationing his booze and we've
seen him be needlessly aggressive at
705
:Starbuck.
706
:Xhafer: hmm.
707
:Laura: So we can discount his opinion
that they're putting people at risk, but
708
:it's a little harder to discount Gata.
709
:and Adama is still on.
710
:A terror about this.
711
:Xhafer: So, uh, Starbuck
finds the O2 tube here.
712
:After about 30 minutes past the
end of oxygen, the president
713
:calls to offer condolences.
714
:And an hour and 15 minutes after,
she starts knocking on the door.
715
:Laura: So, cutting tubes in
an organic spacecraft raider.
716
:We, we know this thing.
717
:She, she assumes, okay, well, if it's
organic, it's got to have oxygen.
718
:Well, organic stuff also
has waste too, right?
719
:What if you accidentally cut the wrong
720
:Xhafer: Oh, you cut the poop tube!
721
:Oh no!
722
:Laura: You thought it smelled bad before.
723
:Xhafer: Oh.
724
:Laura: Now I'm picturing these like,
Cylon Raiders going to their base star.
725
:And they, like, get stuff, they get
one tube plugged up the butt to,
726
:like, give them more oxygen, and then
they, like, squeeze out the poop tube.
727
:Xhafer: Hehehe.
728
:Laura: That's what they do when they come
729
:Xhafer: Totally, exactly what happens.
730
:Meanwhile, Starbuck is trying to
figure out how to fly this raider,
731
:and while Ty fills Rosalyn in on
the history of the Adamas and Kara.
732
:Laura: Yeah.
733
:Poor Rosalind, too.
734
:Like, Being this outsider already in
this situation of military people who
735
:have their thing, they already know
each other really well and you have
736
:to go knock on the door to be like,
what the fuck are you doing guys?
737
:And now you're getting like the rundown
about who is sleeping with who and who
738
:feels like they're whose daughter and
like, you just want to keep 47, 000
739
:ish people alive, and you're dealing
with everybody's fee fees all the time.
740
:Like, oh my god, that sounds awful.
741
:Xhafer: It sure does.
742
:Laura: She, she like starts
dressing them down when Tai
743
:gets her to Adama's quarters, I
744
:Xhafer: Yeah, she tells the commander that
he's lost perspective and is putting the
745
:fleet at risk, tells them to give up for
the future of humanity, and the commander
746
:and Lee kind of look at each other uh, he
orders the search to end and the fleet to
747
:prep to leave, and as if on cue, Starbuck
gets the Raider into the air this moment.
748
:Laura: yeah.
749
:Engines online.
750
:up.
751
:Xhafer: hmm.
752
:Laura: I wondered, I wrote down in my
notes here, how can she see anything?
753
:Xhafer: That's a good question.
754
:Laura: We don't get like, there's
a view screen or anything.
755
:And it's like, was the red
light like just a little window?
756
:But even if it is, even if the red light
thing is a window, that was really narrow.
757
:Xhafer: Yeah, it'd be tough
to work with, I gotta imagine.
758
:Did she have to pull an actual
eyeball out from behind the red light?
759
:Laura: oh man.
760
:Yeah, that'd be great.
761
:Just one
762
:eyeball though.
763
:Just
764
:one.
765
:Yeah.
766
:Xhafer: a track.
767
:Laura: And how is her flight suit?
768
:Cause she just like tucked her
flight suit into the bullet hole.
769
:Like there's, there's the one
bullet hole for one thing,
770
:like there, I guess
there's not any others.
771
:She tucks her flight suit into
that and then just like takes off.
772
:It's like,
773
:okay, I hope that's airtight,
774
:Xhafer: Yeah.
775
:I would have been trying to get the oxygen
tube, like, tied up into my flight suit.
776
:Laura: for real, she's just
like, okay, I'm just going to go.
777
:With this oxygen like blowing at me,
I think is what she's got it doing.
778
:I don't
779
:know.
780
:Xhafer: Use it to fill up your
tank and then maybe cinch it off?
781
:Yeah.
782
:Laura: Yeah,
783
:Xhafer: I guess depending
on how pressurized you might
784
:not be able to refill it.
785
:Laura: Back on Galactica, Leigh and Adama
are having to confront their choices.
786
:Leigh is not sure his dad would
have done the same thing for him.
787
:Xhafer: yeah, yeah, yeah.
788
:He's like Kara's family.
789
:He's all like, would you
have done the same for me?
790
:And then the commander's all
like, yeah, well you, I mean,
791
:you're my third favorite.
792
:We would have left days
ago, but I would have tried.
793
:Nah, it's a yeah, it's a
794
:Laura: I
795
:Xhafer: father, son moment.
796
:Laura: It really is, because he's like,
if it were you, I wouldn't be leaving.
797
:Like, I would be saying, fuck
the president and stay here.
798
:Which, that's why I wondered, if he
had also disappeared in this, how
799
:bad Adama would be spinning out.
800
:Because he was already
spinning out pretty bad.
801
:Xhafer: Mm hmm.
802
:Yeah.
803
:Mm
804
:Laura: Oh, and it's so funny that
Rosalind decides that she's gonna
805
:stay on Galactica for this jump.
806
:Because she needs to see them
actually do it with her own eyeballs.
807
:She refuses the offer of a shuttle
808
:Xhafer: Yeah.
809
:Laura: her Colonial
810
:Xhafer: just sit this one out.
811
:No bigs, no bigs.
812
:Laura: I want to see how the
professionals do it, she says.
813
:Xhafer: Diplomatically, so well.
814
:Kara is starting to make it back here.
815
:Has Hotdog and Apollo launch when
they catch the Raider on Dratus.
816
:Hotdog's Viper fails to launch.
817
:Apollo catches up with the Raider.
818
:But Starbuck is just so good.
819
:Almost magically good at piloting.
820
:Laura: I
821
:Xhafer: dances around
Apollo firing at him.
822
:She never fires at him until she can show
him her call sign painted on the wings.
823
:Laura: thought this was duct tape.
824
:I thought she had like
yellow emergency tape
825
:Xhafer: makes more sense to me because I'm
like, where the hell did she get paint?
826
:How did she have
827
:oxygen to go and paint it?
828
:How did she get outside with
her flight suit and everything?
829
:None of this makes sense to me.
830
:Laura: Yeah.
831
:I could see, I can give a little
headcanon to it and say that
832
:she had the emergency duct tape.
833
:Xhafer: Yeah, well she used it
to patch her suit, we saw that.
834
:Laura: yeah, yeah.
835
:And that before she even
got into the Cylon fighter,
836
:she went ahead and did that.
837
:Just like real quick.
838
:Just like, gonna slap the Starbuck
on here because I know I'm
839
:getting out of here on this thing.
840
:So, I, I can give her that.
841
:I, yeah.
842
:I think that this whole plan
was really foolhardy, though.
843
:Xhafer: hmm.
844
:Laura: Oh man, I mean, I know
there's nothing better at
845
:this point, but, like, yikes.
846
:Yikes.
847
:She got lucky it was Lee.
848
:That's all I'm saying.
849
:Xhafer: Yeah.
850
:Laura: And just Lee.
851
:Xhafer: Yeah, if it were a couple vipers
she probably would've got blown out
852
:before anyone would've even noticed.
853
:Laura: Mm hmm.
854
:Xhafer: She's brought aboard
as the crew celebrates.
855
:Yes.
856
:Lee goes and uh, catches her as she's
getting, like, carded to medbay.
857
:And he comments on the smell.
858
:Laura: I did think it was very
interesting, also, that Adama
859
:uh, Got very excited when Leigh's
like, Oh my god, it's Starbuck.
860
:It's definitely her.
861
:Like, he yells to bring her in,
but to shoot if it does anything
862
:weird.
863
:Xhafer: Yeah.
864
:Laura: still thinking like, oh,
could be Cylon problem here.
865
:he doesn't let that totally
overrule all of his better judgment.
866
:But still, I don't know, after
the whole, what was that ship,
867
:Olympic carrier incident?
868
:Where the Olympic carrier, like,
might have been under Cylon
869
:control for 30 minutes or so?
870
:Or was it a few hours?
871
:Xhafer: yeah, it was uh,
872
:Laura: Whatever.
873
:A shorter period of
874
:time.
875
:Starbuck Cylon Raider.
876
:Xhafer: Mm hmm.
877
:Laura: Do we completely trust Starbuck?
878
:It seems like we do,
879
:Xhafer: Yeah,
880
:Laura: magic.
881
:But
882
:I don't think I would,
883
:Xhafer: Yeah.
884
:Laura: because we don't know
what's in those Raiders.
885
:I mean, now she's bringing us
the ship back and we can see
886
:all the ship meat and stuff.
887
:But still, there was that
unknown period of time.
888
:You don't know what happened down there.
889
:I would, I would have
suspicions, like, for weeks.
890
:Probably, maybe even
forever after all of that.
891
:Xhafer: Yeah.
892
:Well, that's fair.
893
:The commander goes and greets her
in medbay, tells her that he's
894
:proud of her they have a nice
little proud papa moment too,
895
:Laura: Mm
896
:Xhafer: and gives her her la gives
her his last cigar to credits.
897
:Laura: hmm.
898
:Ta da!
899
:Xhafer: And that's the episode.
900
:On a scale of one to twelve
colonies, what are you thinking?
901
:Laura: This is probably the
least cliffhanging episode.
902
:I'm not going to say it's no
cliffhanger because we still have
903
:all that shit going on with Hilo that
904
:we don't know what's up with him at all.
905
:So that is nice to have a
feeling of a bit more resolution.
906
:Xhafer: Mm hmm.
907
:Laura: But yeah, I've got a
lot of questions about how
908
:Starbuck pulled this off.
909
:I kind of had thought, when we had the
cliffhanger here, that maybe she was
910
:going to have some more resolution to do
about the whole Zack thing, but I guess
911
:she's just surviving, so that makes sense.
912
:Xhafer: Yeah?
913
:Laura: Hmm.
914
:I'm going to have to bump this
one down to a nine, I think,
915
:because I have all those questions.
916
:It's almost overridden by the questions
that the show wants me to be asking now
917
:about the shipmeat and other things.
918
:But there's just some like logical
questions and I'm like, you didn't
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:fully get me on board with my
suspension of disbelief here.
920
:Xhafer: I would agree with that entirely.
921
:I think that this is meant to be
something for much later in the show.
922
:Laura: Hmm.
923
:Xhafer: gonna, I'm gonna leave
it, I'm gonna leave it at that.
924
:I think this is an episode that I did
not like my first time viewing for
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:the exact reason you did not like it.
926
:And I'm giving it a 10
out of 12 this time.
927
:Laura: Okay,
928
:Xhafer: I think that this episode,
with the context of the full series
929
:behind it, is a stronger episode.
930
:Laura: okay, that'll help.
931
:Xhafer: All right, well, that said,
next up, Season 1, Episode 6, Mitmas.
932
:When a new copy of Doril, a Cylon
who had previously been exposed
933
:while serving as Galactica's public
relations officer, sneaks aboard and
934
:blows himself up, killing three people,
Commander Adama and President Rosalyn
935
:must finally make public the terrifying
secret known only to a select few.
936
:Cylons now look like humans.
937
:Laura: Oh no, that was
almost a little spoilery.
938
:Xhafer: Eh,
939
:Laura: Eh, it's fine.
940
:I think if a description spoils something
that happens during the episode, at this
941
:point, we're like, pretty much every time.
942
:You and I are speaking, we've either
had to watch one ahead, or like, that's
943
:the very next thing we're watching.
944
:I'm not as concerned about those kind
of descriptions, cause like, we're right
945
:Xhafer: yeah.
946
:I mean, I have seen ones
where it has ruined the twist
947
:at the end of the episode.
948
:And
949
:I,
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:and I have avoided using
those descriptions.
951
:So I am, I'm looking at like, I've
got a place that I've been going to.
952
:I've been looking at one.
953
:If I like it, I run with it.
954
:If I think it's too much
spoilies, I find a different one.
955
:Laura: Yeah, that's fair.
956
:I, I appreciate that, because like,
spoiling a detail in the episode?
957
:Meh.
958
:Spoiling a twist at
the end of the episode?
959
:I would
960
:Xhafer: Yeah, especially Big Twist.
961
:I even think, yeah, the one on next
episode, I didn't like any of them
962
:that I found, so I just wrote one.
963
:Laura: No
964
:Xhafer: bits out of ones that I
didn't, the stuff I didn't like out of
965
:ones I didn't, thought was too much.
966
:Laura: Huh.
967
:Okay.
968
:I remember looking at the one on Apple
because we're watching it on Apple TV and
969
:I don't remember seeing anything bad about
970
:Xhafer: Okay.
971
:We'll get there when we get there, but
before we do, we have to say thank you.
972
:Thanks, Jeremy.
973
:Jeremy Siegel, Jeremy
Siegel, 42 dot bandcamp.
974
:com for putting together our theme
music, appreciate it so much.
975
:You can find more of Jeremy's work at
that aforementioned band cap website or
976
:on streaming services as nuclear Jaguar.
977
:Laura: And thank you to angry.
978
:duck.
979
:timemachine on Instagram
for our podcast artwork.
980
:Xhafer: Hey, Aaron, thanks
for editing this podcast.
981
:Really appreciate it.
982
:And all the hard work and
all the time you put in.
983
:Thank you so much.
984
:Laura: And thank you, listener,
for being here with us as we
985
:Go on our Galactica journey.
986
:It's a lot of fun.
987
:If you want to join the conversation,
you can check the website for our
988
:Discord and come hang out there.
989
:You can hang out with me everywhere
except the BSG spoiler shot.
990
:Xhafer: And uh, go ahead and
uh, leave us a five star on your
991
:uh, your, your pod catchers.
992
:We appreciate that.
993
:If you enjoy the
994
:podcast,
995
:Laura: be great.
996
:Xhafer: thanks to a crazy Rick who just
left us a five star review uh, a couple
997
:of weeks ago that I hadn't called out yet.
998
:Congratulating us on finishing up
B5 and Crusade and all of the films.
999
:Laura: yeah.
:
00:47:36,532 --> 00:47:37,262
Thanks, Rick.
:
00:47:37,676 --> 00:47:37,816
Xhafer: it.
:
00:47:38,356 --> 00:47:38,726
All right.
:
00:47:38,792 --> 00:47:39,132
Laura: hmm.
:
00:47:39,136 --> 00:47:39,976
Xhafer: you next week, internet.
:
00:47:40,222 --> 00:47:40,802
Laura: Bye.