All language subtitles for Battlestar Galactica 2003 S02E17 The Captains Hand-EN

NARRATOR: Previously on
Battlestar Galactica.

(GUN FIRING)

Lee, you can't leave.
You have to stay.

You have to really stay.

GINA: You must betray Roslin and run
for President in the upcoming election.

I know it's hard,
but it's the only way.

Word of Fisk's murder has spread
out through the entire fleet.

TIGH: A crew can fall apart
when their commander's killed.

Pegasus lost two
in a matter of weeks.

I'm putting Garner in command.

But he's an engineer,
not a command officer.

He's the best they got.

Pegasus, Buster.

Dradis intercept
training birds are away.

HOSHI: Buster, Pegasus. Roger
that. Take station as briefed.

Be advised communications
will suffer

sporadic interruptions due to
stellar EMI activity, acknowledge.

BUSTER: Pegasus, Buster.
Acknowledge. Our communications suck.

It's gonna be like this
all day?

Big time.

Those binaries are putting out so much
EMI, even the dradis is barely working.

Well, I'm gonna put a little
distance between us and the fleet.

Get us out of this soup, see if we
can get a cleaner dradis picture.

Hey!

Whoever's in there, time's up!
Let's go! Come on!

Got a couple of tired Viper
jockeys out here who want to sleep.

Go hit the showers, Duck.

We'll be gone by the time
you get back.

(GROANING)

How you feel?

Oh, not great.

But Cottle's given me
the thumbs-up,

and it's been almost a month,
so I guess it's back to work.

So you ready to go
into the belly of The Beast?

The Beast?
Yeah.

That's what they call
the Pegasus now.

Galactica's The Bucket.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

The Bucket and The Beast.

Huh.

Don't we make a pair?

Come on.

No, you come on.

Come on, come on, go.

Anyway, it's only
a temporary assignment.

I should be back again
in a couple of weeks.

Why'd the old man pick you?

One word, Starbuck.

Is she in hack again?

(CHUCKLING)

Not yet.

But apparently she's been
driving Commander Garner

up one bulkhead and down the other ever
since she took over flight training on,

what did you call it?
The Beast.

And since I won't be flying
combat for a while, I...

APOLLO: Oh.

Were you gonna mention these?

Oh, yeah.
I got promoted to Major.

Well, don't sound so happy.

Doesn't mean much.

I think it means a lot.

Oh, well, if you say so,
then it must be true.

(MOANING)

TYROL: So what's going on?

We were unloading one of the containers
and then one of the crates shifted.

So we looked inside and we
saw that something was moving.

Did you call it in?

Yeah. We shut the door and
the Marines are on their way.

Give me a light.

Chief, we don't know what
we're dealing with here.

Don't you think
we should wait?

Just wait out here.

Chief?

Is this the Galactica?

Yeah.

Are you Doctor Cottle?

(DISTORTED CHATTERING
OVER RADIO)

What the hell was that?

I don't know.
We should call it in.

I'm gonna spin up
the FTL drive just in case.

LYLA: Pegasus,
this is Raptor 718.

(DISTORTED CHATTERING
OVER RADIO)

Say again, Shark.

Shark, repeat your last.
Did you declare an emergency?

Buster, Shark, do you read?

Shark, repeat your last.
Did you declare an emergency?

OFFICER:
Commander Garner on deck.

Buster, Shark, do you read?

What have you got, Mr. Hoshi?

Not sure, sir.

I think Buster and Shark are declaring an
emergency, but their transmission's garbled.

We've lost them, sir.

OFFICER 1:
I want us to recheck that.

OFFICER 2: Okay, I need to check if we're
getting some readouts on the problem.

Yeah? All right,
I'll check again.

Welcome aboard, Major.

I didn't expect
a welcoming committee.

Don't flatter yourself.
I was in the neighborhood.

Major Adama, sir.

Major Adama.

Commander Garner.

Glad to see you, Major, although I
wish it was under better circumstances.

We have just lost contact with two of
our Raptors out on a training mission.

What? When did that happen?

Captain Thrace, perhaps if you were
actually down on the flight deck

and monitoring your Raptors, the way any
training officer worth a damn would have done,

you would know that four
of our pilots were missing.

Major.

You with me, Major?

Yes, sir.

They disappeared from the dradis
about an hour ago. They're gone.

Shut the hell up!

We lose two Raptors
in a training mission,

and I only find out when the
Commander throws it in my face?

Don't all speak at once.

Sir, it's been made clear that
discussing flight deck situations

with anyone outside
Pegasus crew is not allowed.

Sorry, sir.

And whose frakking
bright idea was that?

It was Garner, wasn't it?

STARBUCK: Of course it was.

So barely competent
and paranoid.

Huh.

There's
a hell of a combination.

I've a problem.

That problem's name
is Kara Thrace.

I know how to handle her, sir.

And for the record, she is
one hell of a Viper pilot.

What, I should cut her some slack
because she's good in the cockpit,

is that what you're saying?

Because nobody ever cut us
any slack in the engine room.

I can tell you that right now.

But then, I don't know, maybe being a snipe
is different than being a Viper jockey.

No flashy stunts for us.

No flying by the seat
of our pants down there.

The engine room is like
a finely-tuned watch,

and everything in it needs
to be monitored and maintained

in a very precise fashion.

Nobody freelances.

Everything is done in the
proper way, at the proper time,

in the proper order.

Or there'd be no power,
no lights,

no hot showers
for your flyboys.

You know, Major, I think some
of the people around here

could learn a thing or two
from the snipes.

I'm sorry, Madam President,
but it's that time.

Oh.

The campaign meeting.

Mmm-hmm. You've been
putting it off for weeks.

And we do have a presidential
election coming up,

unless you've decided
not to run.

I'm gonna be perfectly
honest with you, Tory.

I've thought about it
a few times,

but, no, I'm still here.

There's so much to do, so

let's talk politics.

Great.

Here are the results from
our first fleet-wide poll.

How did you manage this?

I was precinct captain
for the Federalist Party

in Delphi for five years.

We did polls to see what the
mayor should have for lunch.

For what it's worth, you've
managed to walk a very fine line.

Your presidential bid has the support of
both the military and the civilian fleet,

and you've received
enthusiastic endorsements

from the Gemenese
religious leaders.

Well, it helps when your only real
rival is a convicted terrorist.

Am I capable
of leading this fleet?

Absolutely.

And for a time,
I almost had a chance,

until Laura Roslin ascended
from politician to prophet.

The truth is, I can't win.

But you could.

You flatter me,
Mr. Zarek, really,

but I'm not sure I'm cut out
for a life in politics,

as I find the vice-presidency and
everything to do with it very tedious.

I would imagine carrying water for
Roslin would get old after a time,

but it's the office that makes
you the perfect candidate, Doctor.

You're pre-sold.

Really?

To whom?

You'd be surprised how many people
crave the assurances of cold science

as opposed to the superstitious
ravings of the Gemenese.

As a scientist,
you offer hope.

Think about it.

And you, Tom?

You'll just step aside,
will you?

I'm just happy to back
a man of true conviction.

A man who remembers
his friends.

CASE: Attention on deck.

APOLLO: At ease.

Where's Stinger?

He's in hack
for mouthing off to Garner.

Stepped on his
precious little toes.

Frakking Garner.

(ALL LAUGHING)

STARBUCK: He's such an idiot.
He's just...

All right, lock that up!

Get something straight.

We got two missing Raptor crews who
are gonna be out of oxygen in 36 hours.

That's all that matters.

So everyone knock off the schoolyard
crap and start doing your frakking jobs.

Now, we need to start
thinking outside the box.

Which is supposed to be
what you do best.

Sorry, Major.

All right.

I wanna know everything
there is to know

about these missing Raptors
and their crews.

I wanna know personal quirks, aircraft
squawks, wireless transmissions,

anything that might help.

Good. Get to it.

How is she?

Rya's four months pregnant
and doesn't wanna be.

I understand the Gemenese have a problem
with women terminating their pregnancies.

Tyrol said that she asked
for you by name.

Do you want to tell me
what that's really all about?

Pretty straightforward, really. I
get a note that a girl is on the way,

she arrives, I do my work,
and she leaves.

I don't ask
a lot of questions.

You're gonna start.

I wanna talk to her.

I'm Admiral Adama.

Don't worry,
I've just come to talk.

It doesn't matter what you say.
I'm not gonna change my mind.

Your parents are a little
worried about you.

They've contacted me through
the Gemenon representative.

My parents?

Oh, gods.

Do you have any idea
what they would do to me?

Please, do not send me back.

You're a stowaway
aboard a military ship.

COTTLE: Some people might say she
was a victim of political persecution.

Hell, she could
apply for asylum.

Asylum.

That's it. I want asylum.

Under Gemenon law, the girl is
still the property of her parents,

and they can deal with her once
she's safely back on her ship.

To be honest,
I'm more concerned

with the broader implications
of this matter.

Sarah.

I know you don't
wanna hear this,

but my people, my voters, are
demanding action on this issue.

We have been through this.

Abortion was legal under
Colonial law before the attacks,

and so it is still
legal today.

It's obscene.

The scriptures view abortion as an
abomination in the eyes of the gods.

You cannot equivocate
on this point

if you want our support
in the coming election.

Rya Kibby's petition
for asylum is under review.

Thank you, Sarah,
very much, for coming in.

I'm not turning that girl over.
I'm certainly not banning abortion.

TORY: Then don't.

But we have to move
aggressively on this thing.

I'm gonna arrange a conference
call with you and the Quorum,

or this is gonna get
out of hand, fast.

She's not Billy.

No, she's not.

(ADAMA SIGHS)

What?

I hate to say this

because I know that
this is a political issue.

The fact is, that number
doesn't go up very often.

I have fought for a woman's right
to control her body my entire career.

No.

No.

I'm just remembering what you
said right after the Cylon attack.

That if we really wanna
save the human race,

we better start having babies.

Nothing, nothing,
and more nothing.

Where is Shark's
last transmission?

Well, there's not much there.

"Eve, distress,
bearing, wreck,

"shuns, emerge, read. "

They're in distress.

They give a bearing
requesting instructions,

"It's an emergency.
Can you read?"

Maybe. But what's this
"eve" fragment here?

"Eve, distress. "
"Eve, distress. "

(WHISPERING) Distress call.

Eve. Receive... Received.

Received distress call.

Okay. From who?

I don't know.

But maybe that's where
they went, to go find out.

APOLLO: Commander, Captain Thrace has
a theory about our missing Raptors, sir.

That's good,
considering she lost them.

Excuse me?

Well, they were out on one of
your so-called training missions,

weren't they, Captain?

My "so-called"
training missions.

Okay, let's just
take this easy.

That's when you're not boozing
or sowing mutiny amongst the crew.

Mutiny.

Commander, we should take this
to a private place.

Don't you think I know what's
happening on my own ship?

"Barely competent
and paranoid. "

That was off the record.
I was just venting.

Accurately.

I'll have you court-martialed.

Commander, I'm not defending
Captain Thrace's behavior...

Thanks, Major.

Captain Thrace,
you're restricted to quarters

until I can ship you back
to Galactica.

You're Adama's pet.
Let him deal with you.

Major?

Sir.

You've been onboard less than four
days and you're already facing charges.

You don't waste any time,
do you?

Neither do you, Lee.

How's it feel being
Garner's new playmate?

I'm here to do a job.

Yeah, keep a loudmouth, disobedient,
frak-up Kara Thrace in line.

Not doing such a good job,
are you?

Evidently not.

We don't have much time, those
guys are running out of air.

Yeah, well, I tried,
all right?

All I have done since I got
to The Beast is try and help,

and all I've gotten is
Garner's foot in my ass.

Well, maybe you need
a kick in the ass!

All right.

Here we go, finally.

What is your problem, anyway?

What's my problem?
What's my problem?

Well, Kara, my problem is you.
You keep frakking up,

and I keep having
to clean it up,

and I am officially
sick of it.

Poor Lee, your life
is so hard, isn't it?

You mean since I got shot?

You wanna hear what I think
happened to Buster or not?

Pegasus, Red Devil. I'm
nearing the last coordinates

where our Raptors
went missing.

SHARK: (ON RADIO)
Repeat, emer...

There are...

RED DEVIL:
Buster, is that you?

This is Red Devil, man. Is that
you, buddy? Come back to me.

SHARK: (ON RADIO) Out of
power. Oxygen almost out.

By the gods, help!

Sir, one of our search Raptors just
picked a possible distress signal

from near where Pegasus lost
communications with Buster's ship.

Finally.

A possible distress signal. There's a theory
that Buster himself might have jumped away

to run down a phony distress
call. It could be a trap.

A theory?
Is this your theory, Major?

This is Captain Thrace's
theory, is it not?

Mr. Thornton, can you give us a fix on
where this distress signal is coming from?

Yes, sir, it's long range,
over 40 SU away.

Then spin up the FTL drive
and prepare to jump the ship.

Yes, sir.

Sir, this isn't just
Captain Thrace's theory.

I think this is a Cylon trap,
and...

And I disagree.

Now get Admiral Adama
on the line.

I'm going to get our men.

Admiral, we've finally got the
break we've been looking for,

a bearing on
the distress signal.

I can jump there
inside of two minutes.

Commander, believe me,
I understand how you feel.

The Cylons have been known
to lure our ships into traps

using fake distress calls.

Have you considered that?

We have, sir. It's a scenario
we don't think likely.

We?

Major Adama, do you concur?

Sir,

Captain Thrace and I are of the
opinion that the first two Raptors

may very well have been lured
away by just such a trick.

An opinion
I do not share, sir.

We'll send a recon mission
in full force.

Five Raptors.

Three escort, two rescue.

You have your orders,
Commander.

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Major.

I'm sure your expertise
is needed elsewhere.

Yes, sir.

Yes, I am curious.

Why the sudden interest in the
fleet's demographic projections?

An issue has emerged that may prove
divisive to our administration.

I would like all the facts in
hand before making my decision.

So now it's
our administration.

She must be desperate.

Well, I'm a very busy man.

Luckily, I made an initial calculation
on these figures over seven months ago

when nobody seemed interested
or concerned.

All I had to do was factor in
the numbers from the Pegasus crew.

It took me hardly any time
at all and I didn't mind.

Look, I'll save you the bother.
You needn't read the report.

If we continue
on our present course,

within the next 18 years, the
human race will simply be extinct.

ROSLIN: (ON PA) Since assuming the
Presidency, I've made it my mission to maintain

the rights and freedoms we so
enjoyed prior to the attack.

One of these rights has now
come into direct conflict

with the survival
of the species.

And I find myself forced to
make a very difficult decision.

The issue is stark.

The fact is that if this
civilization is to survive, we must,

must repopulate this fleet.

Therefore, I am issuing
an executive order.

From this day forward,

anyone seeking to interfere
with the birth of a child,

whether it be the mother

or a medical practitioner,

shall be subject
to criminal penalty.

Thank you.

OFFICER: (ON PA SYSTEM) All flight deck
personnel, please report to stations.

CASE: All right, come on.
Let's go! Let's go!

Captain Case, what's going on?

We've been ordered
to scramble, condition one.

Ship's getting ready to jump, we're
gonna launch on the other side.

Get down to the hangar deck.

What?

Look, you're the best pilot we've got,
so get down there, and find a Viper.

It's about time you
admit that!

Commander, what's our sitrep?

This is a rescue mission,
Major.

On whose authority?

Mine. I'm bringing
my pilots home.

All due respect, sir,
but if this is a Cylon trap,

then we are entering blind.
We should send a force recon...

My pilots are dying down there, Major.
I'm going in. I'm not waiting on recon.

Commander, this is in direct
violation of the Admiral's orders.

Major, leave combat...

Making this an illegal action
on your part, sir.

You are relieved, Major.

Sergeant of the Guard.

I am forced to take command
of this vessel...

This man is in direct
disobedience of an order...

...under federal regulations
and place you under arrest.

Sergeant, take him below.

Sergeant, the Commander has been properly
relieved. Escort him to his quarters.

This man is not a member of
this crew, and you will obey

a direct order that you have been
given by me, and you will do it now.

Major, if you'll come with me.

Admiral, the Pegasus
has jumped. They're gone.

Dradis signal's clean. Jump put
us clear of any interference.

Sir, I show two Raptors.

Transponder codes match.
They're ours.

Mr. Hoshi, tell the CAG to launch our
recovery team, and let's bring our people home.

Aye, sir.

Pegasus, Red Devil.
Our two birds look intact.

I can't quite see inside yet.

Commander, we're unable to
raise the Raptors on wireless.

Pegasus, both Raptor crews
are dead.

I repeat, they're all dead.

(BEEPING)

Sir, three Cylon Baseships
just jumped into weapons range.

Oh, my gods.

They're launching nukes!
Brace for impact!

(GROANING)

(ALARM BLARING)

(GLASS SHATTERING)

(CREW SHOUTING)

Damage report.

Two... Two nuclear detonations
in the stern, sir.

FTL drive inoperative, sir.

We're stuck here, sir.

All right, Showboat, you take Red
Squadron, hit them on the right.

Catbird, you take Green, hit them on
the left. The rest of you, follow me.

We're going
straight up the gut.

Sergeant, I think you have
better things to do.

Well, then
the spinner's fine.

It's gotta be a sensor.
Just pull it.

No, no. Listen to me. Listen
to me. Just pull it. Pull it!

(ALL SHOUTING)

Nuclear detonation.

There's structural damage along
the topside heat exchanger.

They can't take much more of this, how
long before those drives are back up?

I don't know.
They don't seem to understand.

I need to go down there.

You have the con.

(PILOT SPEAKING ON RADIO)

Yes, sir.

I have the con.

(ALARM BLARING)

Make for the nearest Baseship,

and roll us over to keep our
topside out of their line of fire.

Hoshi,
contact Starbuck and Case.

Tell them I've assumed command

and to concentrate
on protecting our topside.

Aye, sir.

Wilco, Pegasus.
We got your back.

Mr. Gaeta, any contact?

Negative, sir.

Give me this.

Can I get through there?

Baseship dead ahead.
We're closing rapidly.

We can't keep taking hits
like this, Major.

Helm, steady as you go.

Have the bow batteries
stand by for salvo fire.

Target their center axis.

Yes, sir.

See if we can't
cut down the odds.

We need those FTLs
fixed soon or we're dead.

(EXPLOSION)

Twenty-two hundred. Main
battery has a firing solution.

Fire.

CREWMAN: I wouldn't try it
without a canteen, sir.

GARNER: Coolant pressure's off-scale
low. Primary inlet's choked.

The pressure's dropping. We've got
a hull breach in there somewhere.

Well, we gotta get in there
and open the auxiliary valve.

We can't do that, sir.

We have to!

Sir, that breach could vent
all our oxygen into space!

We don't have a choice.
Now open the hatch!

(AIR WHOOSHING)

Breathing gear?

We used it all
in fighting the fire, sir.

Give me a sledge
and a number 12 spanner.

Okay.

Now, close this hatch
behind me. We're losing air.

Close the goddamn hatch!
Close it!

The Baseship's turning away.
He's...

He's frakking running, Major!

But the other two aren't.

They're coming hard.

Helm, left full.

(LAUGHING)

I'm at the manifold.

I'm gonna see
if I can turn them.

(PANTING)

(GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

There's definitely
air escaping

through a crack
over the FCC relay.

Your breach is behind that.

Starbuck reports
Vipers are skosh ammo, Major.

They're down to throwing
rocks at the bastards.

We've got to haul ass
outta here now, sir. Sir!

PILOT: Watch yourself,
starboard side!

Come on, Garner.

BELLAMY: O2's in the red,
Skipper. You're almost out of air.

(ALARM BLARING)

You got it!
The pressure's coming back up!

Now get the frak outta there!
Come on!

Air's gone, Skipper.
Get out of there. Skipper!

Engineering reporting a green
board, FTL drive online and ready.

Okay, commence jump prep.

Bring our birds home.

Pegasus, Starbuck.
Nobody behind me but toasters.

Now, get us out of here!

Air wing's back on board.
Launch bays secure.

Jump.

You give Garner
a lot of credit.

Well, it's all true.

He gave his life
to save the ship.

Starbuck's report
wasn't so kind.

Well, she had her perspective

and I had mine.

In your opinion,
off the record,

what was Garner's flaw?

He was used to working
with machines.

Command is about people.

Remember that

as you take command
of The Beast.

Garner was my decision.

His failure's
my responsibility.

Don't let me fail
a second time.

Congratulations, Commander.

Madam President, word has it
that you do not intend

to prosecute the Gemenese girl
on Galactica.

She has a name, Sarah.

And I think that Rya
has suffered enough.

She's just been through
an abortion.

I've granted her asylum
aboard Galactica.

This is in total violation
of the law.

My order came after
she sought her procedure.

No laws have been broken.

The girl belongs at home
with her parents. I insist.

You have your pound of flesh,

and I suggest you take
your victory and you move on.

Ma'am.

(SIGHING)

You realize you're screwed,
right?

All the pressure, the
responsibility, the sleepless nights.

All the officers
giving you a hard time.

Yeah, well, it could be worse.
You could be my CAG.

I'm gonna stay here
and be Galactica's CAG.

Something about wanting
to keep an eye on me.

Well, you and Colonel Tigh have a lot
of fun at those early morning briefings,

'cause the XO's a lot of fun
the first thing.

Great.

Congratulations.

Really.

Congratulations.

You deserve it.

I know why
I was mad at you, Kara.

A simple thank you
would've been sufficient.

Because you were doing
what you always did.

Buck authority
and get away with it.

I bucked authority once,

and I almost lost everything.

So I guess when I showed up
on Pegasus and there you were,

doing it all over again...

I don't know.
It pissed me off.

Doesn't make
a lot of sense, does it?

You should hear the way
my brain works sometimes.

Are we okay?

You have a brain?

(REPORTERS ASKING QUESTIONS)

Madam President, your decision to
criminalize abortion has created a furor.

Do you think that's hurt
your standing in the polls?

Absolutely.

If I may, Madam President.

It is true, in the light
of recent events,

the President may have
lost support in some quarters.

I would ask the people to understand
that, if this is an extreme decision,

we live in extreme times.

The decision has been made
with good faith.

I, however, cannot with good
conscience support it.

I'm so sorry,
Madam President,

but the Cylon have no understanding
of the meaning of the word freedom.

How could they?
They're programmed machines.

Every time you take away
one of our freedoms,

every time we restrict
or curtail one of our rights,

we become one step closer
to being like them.

As the Vice President, I am bound
to follow the administration's lead.

As President,

I should have
no such strictures.

Given the current situation, I'm
afraid that I have no alternative

but to announce that I am, as of
now, a candidate for the Presidency.

(REPORTERS SHOUTING QUESTIONS)