I'm picking up something. Just rising on the back side of the planet. Oh, no. No!
Starbuck?
Get out of here! It's a Cylon base star!
“The Hand of God”
In this episode: Captain Apollo (4), Lieutenant Starbuck (4), Baltar (1), Colonel Tigh (1), Lieutenant Sheba (1)
[referring to the Cylon base star] She has 300 fighters, carries two long-range mega-pulsars here, and here, and over 100 laser turrets. She's an orbiting killer, capable of destroying every ship we have, including the Galactica.
Good luck! [To Adama's incredulous/cynical look] If they don't succeed, I die, too.
Who picked you for this mission?
I did.
You really want to get yourself killed, don't you?
What's that supposed to mean?
Ever since you lost Serina, you've taken every high-risk mission.
Serina has nothing to do with it.
She was a very lovely woman, Apollo. But she's dead.
Look, can we just drop this?
No, we can't just drop it! [tearful] You think you have the corner on loneliness here?! I'm sorry.
It's all right.
I guess we've been at each other's throats ever since we met.
Yeah, I guess we have.
Except for lately. You've included me in your tight little circle of friends, and I appreciate that, Apollo.
Yeah; well, I realized I'd been a little hard on you.
Did you ever think about the fact that maybe two people who snap at each other for no reason are doing it to avoid their real feelings? I've thought about it quite a bit. [kisses Apollo] Be careful.
Cassiopeia (near tears): You just don't understand, do you?!
Yes! I do understand! I just don't see the sense of dwelling on what might go wrong! (quieter) It's a lousy way to live.
You still don't think that transmission was a lure, do you?
No. Only now, we'll never know. Wilker's lab was destroyed in the battle and the recording with it.
So you're waiting here for another transmission.
Yeah. Boomer rigged a gamma signal booster. If anything's out there, I should pick it up.
[realizing] You – think it came from Earth, don't you?
I hope it did. Our first contact should be a transmission, something similar to what we saw.
Just looked like an old spacecraft on a routine run to me.
[chuckling] Well, what would you expect, a momentous message? No, we'll just pick up routine radio or video scans. Nothing extraordinary... to them, anyway.
They're really gonna give us a medal?
Did I say us? I think they're just decorating me!
VNVoice of Neil Armstrong
Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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