The one episode of this series everyone likes. It's the quintessential Glenn A. Larson script - lively, ripped off a movie (in this case Hell in the Pacific) with some religious mumbo jumbo.
There's some funny Starbuck-Cylon dialogue, and their relationship is very sweet and warm, even if not really consistent with Cylons in the series (I guess Cy got knocked on the head). The female character feels like a lost opportunity - she's all spacey and mysterious. It would've been better had she and Starbuck had a real relationship.
The episode has great emotional undercurrent because this is an adventure on which Starbuck won't return. When Boomer says good bye we're not going to see him again. When Adama has to leave him (Lorne Greene a little OTT here "I love you") he's not going to see him again. The ending where Cy dies is moving.
Dirk Benedict was a really good actor. The kid who played Doctor Zee isn't.
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