Man did they ever nail this one.
Basically the Cylons launch a Kamikaze attack on the Galactica, with one raider hitting a launch bay and another taking out the bridge.
Here's the preview:
Young writers can really learn something by watching Fire in Space. It's a classic situation where a lion chases the protagonist up a tree, follows him up a tree, follows him onto a branch and the branch begins to break.
Let's review:
-Commander Adama is fighting for his life. Lt Commander Tigh has to take over. Surgeons take a huge risk by operating on Adama under the threat of losing power. They have no choice.
-The Galactica has two major fires going. The fires are moving toward the ship's Energizer (read boiler) and firefighters can't contain it. These scenes are very well done and filled with tension.
-The fire is threatening to engulf the rec center where several of our main characters are trapped. They have to get out of the rec center but can't because the power is cut and they have to find breather masks because of all the smoke. Desperately they send a pet dagget into the air ducts to find help. To attract the dagget the bridge crew places some sweets at the entrance to one of air ducts and hope he finds them. Even after the dagget comes back with a bag of air masks tied to his tail the people in the rec center still have to worry about the fire. The dagget then goes back into the air ducts to save a downed fireman but the people in the rec center don't know that.
-Since the firefighters are losing the battle, in desperation Apollo and Starbuck go on a space walk to place explosives on the hull to open Galactica to space and starve the fire of oxygen. The explosives are placed but Apollo slips and floats into space. Starbuck goes after him.
Well done BSG writers. Well done indeed.
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