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Apparently, when not being top Viper pilots of the Galactica, Apollo (Richard
Hatch) and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) are also top aces at the fleet's most
popular sport (basically a weird combination of basketball and rugby) -
and in that sport, hothead Starbuck has developed a fierce rivalry with
one Ortega (Frank Ashmore), a rivalry that goes beyond the game itself.
But then Ortega is found shot dead, Starbuck has been seen near the scene
of the crime, and it's proven without a doubt that the shot was fired from
his weapon. For prosecutor Solon (Brock Peters), this is an open-and-shut
case, and while Starbuck pleads innocent, nobody fully believes him -
nobody but Apollo, who volunteers as his defense attorney, even though
having no experience in the matter. Plus, despite being an advanced
civilisation, the Galactica's laws give the defense ridiculously little
time to prove their case - and Apollo, aided by fellow Viper pilot Boomer
(Herbert Jefferson jr), doesn't even know where to start looking. But then
he learns that Ortega always won big at a certain table in the fleet's
casino, and soon gets a confession out of that table's dealer, Chella (Ben
Frank), who back when his homeworld was destroyed blackmailed Ortega to
take him onto his evacuation ship - him and two others, and one of them
was Karibdis, a traitor to the Cylons in the employ of treacherous Count
Baltar (John Colicos). So Apollo decides to remove Baltar from his prison
cell and fly him to the Galactica for Starbuck's trial, allegedly to have
him identify Karibdis - only Baltar has never agreed to do that. But it
was really just a trap for Karibdis (Lyman Ward) as Apollo figured he'd
come on board to kill Baltar and him to escape identification - and the
trap snapped, and was transmitted over intercom right to Starbuck's trial
...
Really one of the weaker episodes of the series, basically a tired
whodunnit with the culprit pulled out of the hat rather than worked
towards, with a storyline that soon becomes over-convoluted and a
conclusion that left open way too many questions and ignored plotpoints,
first and foremost how did Karibdis get his hands on Starbuck's weapon.
Plus, the episode makes very little use of the series' sci-fi settings and
is short of any real action or excitement. Now I'm not even saying the
series as a whole is great, but within it this one's still a bit of a
disappointment.
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