CIC. Dualla tells Adama that the strike team is cutting into Colonial One. Adama asks her to get the Prez on the phone.
Caprica. Starbuck has landed her Raider outside the museum. She pulls out her gun before hurrying up the stairs toward the rubble-filled door. Inside, there are a lot of smashed display cabinets, and some statues still standing on pedestals. Starbuck opens up a tin of anti-radiation vials and injects herself in the shoulder. Owie. Then she straps her belt back on and starts to stalk through the museum, her gun at the ready.
Boomer's Raptor flies toward the Basestar. Racetrack wonders if the iSpy is working. Boomer says, "We're about to find out." As they approach the Basestar, a mess of Raiders fly out toward them. What I like is, we just get a long shot of the Raiders flying past, as seen from the Raptor. We don't get a lot of intercut shots with Boomer and Racetrack looking nervous, of sweat trickling from their foreheads, or whatever. The Raiders fly past, and then we go back to see Boomer and Racetrack exhaling. It's nice that they let the characters react without playing it up like the audience was supposed to be tense about it.
Kobol. Crashdown pulls a blanket over the face of the handsome pilot. He walks over to the other handsome guy, who has great hair, and the chick I thought might be Ensign Davis but who, now that I can see her hair, isn't. Should I start over? Sorry. Crashdown walks over to a couple of soldiers. The woman is playing with something that I'm forced to describe as a tricorder, and says that she hasn't gotten a response. Crashdown crankily grabs the tricorder and asks, "Are you even trained to use this thing?" I wish the other handsome guy would say something. He has great hair. Crashdown marches over to where Tyrol and Cally are tending to Socinus. Tyrol says, "I don't know if his lungs are burned or what." Crashdown casually insists that he'll pull through, and advises Tyrol to see to his own cuts and bruises. Then Crashdown hurries off uphill. Tyrol follows, and awkwardly asks, "Shouldn't we be moving out? I mean, do you have a plan for tactical deployment?" Crashdown snorts that they should move to high ground, so that they can be spotted by a search party. Tyrol points out that if they do that, the Cylons will also be able to see them. Crashdown looks panicked for a second, and then nods and agrees. The point of this scene is that Crashdown is totally unprepared for this situation, really. And he's trying to act like he's cool with it. The other point is that Tyrol's thinking more strategically, as he suggests that they take cover somewhere and get stealthy. Crashdown nods and agrees curtly, and then stomps off toward the burned Raptor. Tyrol watches Crashdown stroll away and then scratches his head like a monkey.













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