Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]Alright, so I will be honest with you guys and say this, so far this show has not quite followed through on what they did with the pilot... The truth is, is Adama (Lorne Greene) is annoyingly long winded... (As he is in this episode), so far a few of these early episodes were extremely dated, and frankly kind of dull... But I have a feeling that, that is about to change...
So far that is proving to potentially be the case with, 'Lost Planet Of The Gods'!
You see, this episode which tells the story of how after getting off of, 'Corolon' and continuing on their quest to find the 13th colony, the Battlestar Galctica is faced with a tough decision... You see, while on patrol, Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) and Apollo (Richard Hatch) come across a void that looks like it could be insurmountable.
The problem with that is that really the only other direction that the refugee fleet can go through is to try and destroy a small Cylon outpost... Little do they know though, that a Cylon Base Ship that is being commanded by the traitor, 'Baltar' (John Colicos) also happens to hiding out near there as well, and is putting his plan in to action to bring the last remnants of humanity in to subjugation...
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Baltar as he is putting his plan in to motion...[/caption]The problem is, is that for the Galactica, is that Baltar may have his chance, you see, after Boomer (Herbert Jefferson Jr.) end up coming back from investigating the asteroid and the Cylon Base on it, they end up getting sick and accidentally giving it to almost the entire flight staff...
So now it will be up to the Shuttle Pilot trainees and 'Apollo' &, 'Starbuck' to help get a cure for their downed pilots, and to do so before the Cylons, or Baltar himself, or heck, even this bug, destroys the crew of the, 'Battlestar Galactica' and the only hoping of saving what remains of humanity!
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The ranks of the refugee fleets new protectors.[/caption]In the end, the truth is, is I found this episode to be kind of boring at first. Don't get me wrong, it had it's promise, but for me it just wasn't keeping me interested... But as the episode drew to a close, I have to admit that the episode was pulled off nicely enough that I am looking forward to the next episode!
As for the good stuff, I won't say to much, but if you stick to your guns on this episode... Well I can't say for certain, because at the time that I am writing this review, I haven't seen the next episode, but if the next one goes as well as the ending of this episode... Then this will be a real nice 2 parter!
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