Tigh and Roslin stand in the brig as Adama enters. Another soldier slides one of the cells open, and the Prez steps into it. The cell is closed, and Adama gives the Prez a little glare before exiting. He's just practicing for the glare he's going to give Apollo in a minute.
Boomer and Racetrack enter CIC, and a soldier shakes Boomer's hand and congratulates her. We pan around and see Apollo standing between two marines with his hands bound, waiting for his dad. Gaeta walks up to Boomer and congratulates her as well, and the camera slides down briefly but doesn't show us if Gaeta's shaking her hand or doing something else. I don't mean something dirty. Although I guess that's a possibility, too. Boomer sees Apollo and asks what's going on. Gaeta says, "A lot happened while you were gone." Heh. He returns to his post as Adama and Tigh enter. Adama stops to give Apollo a particularly nasty glare. Apollo's "Yeah, whatever" expression is priceless. Adama moves on, and then Tigh passes close by Apollo, and then Apollo does half an eye-roll and I giggle. Adama stands in front of Boomer and Racetrack. He congratulates them formally and notes that they carried out their mission "despite any personal misgivings you may or may not have had." Behind him, the camera focuses on Apollo, and then he lowers his head. Adama adds that he's very proud of them. He shakes Racetrack's hand, and then Boomer extends her hand as she thanks him, and shoots Adama. It really is a brilliant fakeout because my head was too busy with "Man, Adama has a gift for twisting the knife," and then: bang. So everyone jumps, including me, and we go into slow motion as Adama falls back against the center console. The sound fades out as Apollo shouts and rushes forward. Boomer advances toward Adama.













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