Editing What The Frak Is Going On?

'''"What The Frak Is Going On?"''' is a humorous but impressively concise 8-minute recap of the 2003 ''Battlestar Galactica'' [[Miniseries, Night 1|miniseries]] and the first three seasons of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

Created by the [[Sci Fi Channel]], the recap uses a series of clips from practically every episode of the Re-imagined Series to illustrate and connect the central plot points of the series for new viewers in preparation for [[Season 4|the series's final season.]]

The narration, provided by a woman's voice, speaks with colloquial tones about plot points that include:

* [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|"Good Boomer's"]] adventures in season 1 and 2
* [[Kara Thrace]] finds the [[Arrow of Apollo]] in the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]] where a [[Number Six]] approaches ("Girl-fight.")
* The [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|enmity]], [[Home, Part II|friendship]] and [[Crossroads, Part II|romance]] between [[William Adama]] and [[Laura Roslin]] (A sequence of clips from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" shows Adama receiving his promotion and giving Roslin an improvised kiss in return as the narrator quips: "Roslin promotes Adama to admiral. He promotes her right back.")

Certain events that do not play a significant element to the central plot of the show to-date, such as most of the [[Colonial battles chronology (RDM)|battles]], are not discussed. Events from the special [[season 4]] episode "[[Razor]]" are also omitted. 

If the video is meant to be a chronological summary, it has minor story inaccuracies such as:

# [[Leoben Conoy]] is not found first aboard ''Galactica'', as the video states, but rather on [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. The Cylon found on ''Galactica'' is [[Aaron Doral]], who is later abandoned on the munitions depot {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}.
# The claim is made that "they (the Colonials) think Boomer is a Cylon". This is not the case. The only one who really suspects this is [[Galen Tyrol]], only after "Litmus". However, the same explanation is given in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far|The Story So Far]]'' to account for the "Cylon" writing on Boomer's mirror.
#Later, the narrator connects [[William Adama]]'s fight with Conoy to [[Laura Roslin]]'s announcement that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] look [[humanoid Cylons|human]], but Roslin's conference does not occur until "[[Litmus]]", some days or weeks later. 
#It is claimed that [[Lee Adama]] "wants to be a lawyer", when in fact he joins the defense team in the belief of justice and the rule of law. He was a child when he briefly toyed with the idea of stepping into his grandfather's footsteps.

In addition to these, a small mistake is made when [[Saul Tigh]] is identified as "Commanding Officer Tigh".

The producers of this recap video also assembled [[lostpedia:Lost in 8:15|"Lost in 8:15"]], a similarly humorous recap of ''[[w:Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' commissioned by [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] shortly before that series's season 4 premiere.  Both videos are narrated by Mary O'Brien, a senior writer and producer at Met|Hodder, the company that produced the video<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/03/battlestar-reca.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' recap video: Who the frak is that?|date=Mar 31, 2008|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>. 

As with much of the video content on the USA Sci Fi Channel [http://www.scifi.com web site], "What the Frak" will play only for United States residents. However, for everyone all over the world (with special thanks to the [[Sci Fi Channel]]), Battlestar Wiki now hosts the complete 8 minute recap video below. (To view, your computer may require [http://www.apple.com/quicktime QuickTime for Mac or Windows] or similar software.)

A newer version was also made including new material from the first half of the Fourth Season. This video is also available from iTunes.



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