Battlestar Galactica Season Three, Episode "A Day In The Life", Page 2
Inside the airlock, Cally asks, "He didn't even cry?", to which the chief answers, "Cal? I told you, Nicky's fine." Cally is aggravated, by the chief's tone and replies, "Yeah and anyone could have dragged a tool bag down here, it didn't have to be me." It's, obvious, her anger is a result of working so many hours, that she cannot find time to be with her son. Chief Tyrol sighs with his reply, "Yeah, well ...it had to be somebody and you know these gearing systems better than anybody. What do you want me to do? Give you special treatment, because you're my wife? How would that look?" Cally yells her reply, "I don't care!", but realizes that she lost her cool, so she walks over to where the chief is working and says, "You keep pretending like nothings changed, that our lives are exactly, like they were before we went to New Caprica, but it IS different. We're married. We have a son." Chief Tyrol goes on about his work, but tries to comfort her with his reply, "Yeah, it's just a little rough patch." The camera pans over to the other room, where Seelix is operating some controls and we hear Cally over the COM, "What if, rough patches, are all we have left?" The camera pans back over to Cally telling the chief, "We swore we were going to raise Nicky, ourselves. Remember?" The chief replies with, "Yeah, well ...we swore a lot of things ...", then asks her to hand him a tool.
Suddenly, an alarm goes off and the Airlock doors close shut, locking them in. Cally gets to her feet and yells, "What the hell!?" The chief, also gets to his feet and impatiently says, "Seelix? what are you doing? Open the door." Seelix replies, "I didn't do anything", as she flips some switches, in an attempt to bypass the alarm and reopen the door. She notices something on the monitor and says, "Chief? I'm picking up a pressure differential, in there. There's nothing drastic, but you guys are definitely losing air." Chief Tyrol makes the comment, "Well, it doesn't take much. Once, the airflow sensors detect a big enough leak, all the inner doors are designed to drop, automatically. It's just a safety precaution." Cally sarcastically replies, "I feel safer, already." Seelix, who has been listening over the COM asks, "Wait a second. Are you saying that the hull has been breeched?" Chief Tyrol replies, "Well, breeched is a bit dramatic, but the air is going somewhere." As he and Cally look for an air leak, the chief says, "One of these patches must have cracked when we came in ...As soon as we plug it and restore the pressure, the doors should open." Cally replies with, "Then we can pull the work orders on who ever made these Fracken welds and kick their asses!" Chief Tyrol replies, "Yeah, well ...the most important thing, is to keep breathing, so ...let's just find the leak.", as he continues to search. As soon as he puts his hand over one of the patches, he notices air escaping through a crack in the weld and says, "Ahh ...this is it, right here. This one." The camera switches outside, to show the air escaping through a tiny hole in the side of the ship.
New Scene:
Still onboard the Battlestar Galactica, the scene starts off, showing the admiral daydreaming, again. This time, he is walking out to a spring fed pond, just outside his house, when he starts repeating, "Leeson, takes first watch ...Leeson, takes first watch. Kensey, checks the roster ...Kensey, checks the roster. Jaffey, brings me coffee ...Jaffey, brings me coffee.", in an attempt to memorize the names of those crewman. His wife asks, "Are you still doing that? The memory exercises? Do you really think they expect you to know all of their names?" Admiral Adama replies, "You never change, do ya?" She laughs and says, "One of the joys, of being long dead. I suppose. Now, hurry. You're going to be late, meeting Laura."
The scene fast forwards to show the admiral walking down a corridor, when his wife says, "Maybe, she's got a thing for bad boys. She wouldn't be the first." Then we see the admiral day dreaming, that he is back home, sitting on his couch, talking to his wife, "She's the President of the 12 Colonies." His wife smiles at him and says, "Oh ..I'm sorry, I'm sorry ...Of course! Since you've created one godlike facade, for yourself, why not invent another one, for her?" The scene switches back, to show the admiral continuing to walk down the corridor, nearing his destination. Then we hear his wife whisper, "It's another excuse, to keep your distance ...", as the admiral turns to walk into the room, where the president is waiting.
As soon as he walks into the room, the president greets him, "Admiral." and Adama reaches his hand out, to shake her hand, returning the greeting, "Madam president." The president asks, "How are you?", to which the admiral smiles and says, "Very good." The president replies, "I'm sorry, I'm sure this all could have been done over the wireless, but very frankly, I was going a little stir crazy on Colonial One and I had to get out." The admiral replies, "Deep Space Pilots, used to call it O.B.E., to which the president asks, "What's O.B.E.?" and the admiral replies, "Overcome, by events ...and you're always welcome here. You know that." The president smiles with the reply, "Well, you may not feel that way, after you finish this open agenda" and hands him a document.
The admiral examines the document and replies, "Baltar, again ...hmmmm, can't we just give him back to they Cylons?" The president replies, "Oh ...you know how much I love that idea, unfortunately ...given what little I was able to glean from Caprica Six, I don't think the Cylons will take him back. So, we're stuck." The admiral replies, "Fine. Then, try the son of a bitch and be done with it." President Roslin replies, "We have to give him a trial, but under what law? Caprican? Picon? Torren? Do we give him a jury trial? Do we set up a tribunal? We don't have anything, closely resembling a comprehensive law library and this fleet is not, exactly, brimming with legal talent." The admiral replies with a concerned, "Why you bring lawyers into THIS ...they're going to drag you around for months." The president replies with the question, "Wasn't your father an attorney, on Caprica?" Admiral Adama answers, "Yes and I told you, that I didn't get along with him very well."
The president replies, "Alright, ok ...", then decides to move on with, "I'm ready to set up an organizing committee, but frankly, trying to get a room full of legal scholars, to stay on task, is like herding cats and so ...I need to set up a chairman of this committee, somebody who can make a hard decision and won't get seduced and bogged down, by all the legalese." The admiral asks, "Do you have a candidate?", to which she replies with a smile, "As a matter of fact, I do. I was thinking, Lee ...Like grandfather, like grandson, perhaps. What do you think?" The admiral informs her, "I'm not going to say, that he is incapable of handling it, but he's never shown any type of interest in law." To that, the president replies, "I know, but here's the thing. We can use the lawyers to parse the law, but we really need people, who actually know the difference, between right and wrong ...thus, Lee." Admiral Adama, who is in agreement, replies, "I'll talk to him." and the president says, "Good!" She pauses for a brief moment, then says, "Also, admiral? I was wondering if you mind, if I stayed on your ship, for the rest of the day?" The admiral, replies with an enthusiastic, "Please! By all means." The president straightens her dress out and replies, "This is very difficult for me to say, but I'm going to go to the gym." Admiral Adama smiles and says, "Prepare yourself. On it's best day, it smells like the inside of a shoe." and they both have a giggle.
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