The Oath

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

The Fleet refuses to cooperate with Cylon engineers and Adama decides to put and end to it. He sends the Quorum a message stating that unless they wish to join Zarek in the cell, they get their people in line. However, Gaeta is already freed Zarek with the help of other wannabe-revolutionists. They allow Zarek to leave Galactica on a raptor. He lands on Colonial One and enters a gathering of the Quorum. Meanwhile, Anders gets ambushed and captured. At the CIC, Gaeta cleverly manipulates everyone else until the time is at hand for the revolution to begin.

Our Take

A tense, claustrophobic hour that turns the ship into a pressure cooker, and it earns every bit of that rating. Gaeta finally steps out of the shadows and it’s genuinely unsettling to watch him take CIC, while Adama and Tigh fighting their way through their own hallways gives the mutiny real weight. The pacing rarely lets up. Absolutely worth your time.