Plot; After an intense game of Triad (similar to basketball, but much more physical), Starbuck is accused of murder when one of his opponents, a particularly dirty player, is found dead. Apollo is tasked with defending him and sets out to find the real murderer.
After several months away, I'm back to my watch-thru of the original Battlestar Galactica. With Baltar in custody and the Cylons in the rearview mirror, the focus once again is less on space action (of which there's none here) and more on personal drama. That's both good and bad, as variety is great, but not so great as Vipers squaring off against Raiders. Though the setup is eye-rollingly contrived, the basic execution of the whodunit stuff isn't bad. They make a half-hearted attempt to make us believe that Starbuck could be guilty, but come on! The real story is solving the mystery, and though we're talking Scooby Doo level detective work here it works; at least for me. Stars Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch each do fine work (relatively speaking) and it was nice to see Herbert Jefferson's Lt. Boomer character get some solid screen time. As always Lorne Greene adds a touch of gravitas and John Colicos devours scenery like a well-coiffed Pac-Man as the evil Baltar.
After several months away, I'm back to my watch-thru of the original Battlestar Galactica. With Baltar in custody and the Cylons in the rearview mirror, the focus once again is less on space action (of which there's none here) and more on personal drama. That's both good and bad, as variety is great, but not so great as Vipers squaring off against Raiders. Though the setup is eye-rollingly contrived, the basic execution of the whodunit stuff isn't bad. They make a half-hearted attempt to make us believe that Starbuck could be guilty, but come on! The real story is solving the mystery, and though we're talking Scooby Doo level detective work here it works; at least for me. Stars Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch each do fine work (relatively speaking) and it was nice to see Herbert Jefferson's Lt. Boomer character get some solid screen time. As always Lorne Greene adds a touch of gravitas and John Colicos devours scenery like a well-coiffed Pac-Man as the evil Baltar.
- Episode features a few familiar faces in guest stars Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird, and perhaps most importantly, the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars radio dramas) and Lyman Ward (Ferris Bueller's dad).
- Apparently a shower in the Galacticaverse is known as a "Turbo wash", which sounds like a place you take your car to wash off the winter salt.
