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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.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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