Battlestar Galactica episode "Take the Celestra"

"Take the Celestra"

No Cylons again! When was the last time we say a Cylon? Way back in "Fire in Space" NINE episodes ago. I don't count those two in "Baltar's Escape" because they were dismantled and hastily put back together, presumably dismantled again after Baltar's re-capture. Those don't count as they were no threat. Nine episodes ago. I guess that kind of gives a bit of crediblity to the suicide attacks of that episode being some kind of last ditch effort.

Captain's Log: Adama talks about the increasing number of inhabited planets they are discovering.

Starbuck sees a long-lost love, Aurora, when the Commander Kronus of the Celestra is being given an award. She's pissy that Starbuck never looked for her.

Kronus has a list of accomplishments that would put him above Adama, but he retired and only became active again after the Cylon decimation when they needed people. He even remarks that Adama was once his aide.

Starbuck wants to patch things up with Aurora, even though Apollo tells him to remember Cassiopeia. They both head for the Celestra. Cassiopeia must be a real stupid woman to let this go.

We find that Aurora is part of a rebel force on the Celestra that mutinies against Kronus and his first officer Charka. The mutiny takes place, luckily with Apollo and Starbuck already on board. They stop the mutiny. They put the prisoners on a shuttle for trial, with Kronus who must press charges, to go back to the Galactica. It's all Mutiny Plan B by first officer Charka. Seems he is pissed when Kronus won't retire. He knew either the mutiny would succeed, deposing Kronus, or they would be captured and this shuttle-thing would happen. The shuttle is given directions to take it out into deep space so it will run out of fuel and never make it back.

The shuttle is lost. There's a stupid little love triangle between Aurora, Starbuck, and Damon, one of the mutineers. They find the Celestra by a very good guess. They land just as their fuel runs out. (As they try to retake the Celestra, why do they bother getting out of the shuttle? They weren't seen boarding. Couldn't they just radio for help? I don't know.)

They retake the ship in a fun little gun battle. Charka kills Kronus saving the ship. Charka is imprisoned.

Cassiopeia goes back to that bastard Starbuck after he was chasing an ex-girlfriend. She says she doesn't want to "own" him but she could at least stand up for herself. He's done this before with Athena, remember? What a strong, modern woman.