The Captain's Hand

"The Captain's Hand" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
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Summary

• The episode begins as two Raptors begin a training mission outside from Pegasus, which is near a binary star, causing DRADIS interference. The raptors pass through a cloud, when they pick up a transmission. In the Pegasus C.I.C., the Raptors disappear from DRADIS, the Comm officer believing that they may be in distress.

• Lee Adama travels to the battlestar Pegasus, where he meets up with Kara Thrace. Lee has been promoted to Major, and Kara to Captain. The two encounter Commander Barry Garner, now in command of Pegasus, who orders Kara to the flight deck while he and Lee proceed to C.I.C.

• Commander Garner and Major Adama talk in private about the discipline on Pegasus. Garner thinks that Starbuck is a huge part of the problem, but Adama defends her, citing her excellent piloting skills. Garner thinks that he could his experience as an engineer would do the ship some good.

• Meanwhile, President Roslin's relationship with Vice President Baltar is growing increasingly strained.

• Garner is clearly having his own command crisis, and is hurt when Lee suggests that they coordinate the search for the missing Raptors with Admiral Adama (also recently promoted) and Galactica. If Kara's plan to find the ships doesn't work, Garner suggests that the deaths of the Raptor crews will be on Lee's head. (GateWorld)

Questions

• Would Adama allow Dr. Cottle to be arrested? From the episode, he is of the opinion that he would do what is necessary.

• Was Baltar's report real, or was it just invented to produce the opportunity to drive his wedge?

• Who will replace Baltar as Roslin's Vice-President?

• How will Zarek position himself in the Baltar campaign?

• Will Tigh accept the fact that Lee Adama now outranks him and has command of a ship? Or does Saul have no interest in command and already told Admiral Adama that before the posting was offered to Lee?
  • As mentioned in Scattered, Col. Tigh wasn't really interested in commanding a battlestar.
    • Fleet protocols, as in the real-world US Navy and other naval services around the globe, would require Tigh, as the senior officer to take command, as he did when Adama was incapacitated.
      • This is true for an intra-ship command structure, but if other qualified officers were available, Col. Tigh probobly had the privalige to pass up the command of Pegasus, citing XO's perogative (or something similar)

Analysis

• Survivor count is decremented by six from "Sacrifice", but seven people died in that episode - terrorists Sesha Abinell, Vinson, Page and Chu, two unnamed marines, and civilian Billy Keikeya. At least one birth must have taken place to offset the population count between the two episodes.
• In the course of this episodes timeline, Lee Adama rises from the rank of Captian (CAG of Galactica) to Major (No details on posting except assigned to Pegasus) to the rank of Commander and CO of Pegasus in the wake of Commander Barry Garner's death saving his ship.
  • Though not stated, MAJ Adama's duty was likely a temporary stint as Pegasus acting XO, to familiarize himself with the duties of a senior officer.

Notes

• The recap at the beginning of this episode shows a scene we have not yet seen in the series. It is the scene where Admiral Adama says that he is choosing Garner as the new Pegasus Commander, possibly a scene that was cut from "Black Market" and will most likely appear on the next DVD set.

• Roslin refernces Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice when she asks Councillor Sarah Porter if she want's her "pound of flesh". It's unclear if analogues of his work exist in the Colonies.

Statistics

Guest Stars

• John Heard as Commander Barry Garner
• Brad Dryborough as Lieutenant Hoshi
• Mike Dopud as Pegasus CIC Officer Gage

Production Notes

• Series 2 (2005 / 2006)
• Production Number: 2.17
• Airdate Order: 17 (of 20)

First Run Air Dates & Releases

• UK Airdate: Date
• US Airdate: 17 February 2006
• DVD Release (UK): Date
• DVD Release (US): Date
• Nielsen Rating: X.X million households, XXX share

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