Islanded in a Stream of Stars

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

With Hera now likely in the hands of John Cavil, Admiral Adama sends out search teams to locate The Colony, the Cylon home world if you will, that Ellen Tigh says is the only place she imagines she could be. Adama reluctantly comes to the conclusion that the Galactica has reached the end of its days. He orders all repair activities halted and decides to strip the ship and share everything that is salvageable with the rest of the fleet. Starbuck meanwhile shares with Gaius Baltar what she found on the uninhabitable Earth.

Our Take

This is a mournful hour, mostly about goodbyes, and the show earns most of them. Adama walking the dying ship and finally accepting its fate lands hard, and the Starbuck and Baltar scenes give her storyline a needed jolt of mystery. It drags a bit in the middle and some threads feel like marking time before the finale, but the emotional weight carries it. Worth watching.