Speaking to Boomer, COl Tigh said, “We knew about. Hell, everyone knew about it.”
Hell yes. It was Salem writ large.
(I’ve always wanted to say that.) 
If you go to the Sci-Fi channel website, they have some deleted scenes from “Act of Contrition” where Sgt. Hadrian is grilling CPO Tyrol about the detonators found on Boomer’s Raptor.
She’s every bit as irritating there, and it explains a lot of Tyrol’s animosity toward her in “Litmus”. Seems like she has a chip on her shoulder about something.
But investigating the Chief wasn’t acting on speculation. Four different people (including the Chief) had four different stories as to his whereabouts at the time of the bombing. Considering all four of them had access to the hatch that the Cylon went through, it’s perfectly appropriate to find out who is lying and why.
I think there may be a later episode where it’s revealed that Boomer is a Cylon, and they all realize if they had let the tribunal continue, they could have discovered her much sooner.
And at this point, IMHO, the Chief is despicable. He should tell Adama everything that’s happened between him and Boomer - there’s just too much evidence that he has covered up that she either is a Cylon, or has been working with Cylons.
At times you can tell that this is not the most professional of crews (it was a ship being turned into a museum, after all). You had 4 people lying under oath? Jeez, you think someone might take the oath a little seriously? I guess someone listened to Shakespeare and killed all the lawyers* as none were to be found. The Master-at-Arms had significant findings to start a case, but went on a witch hunt and needed the dope-slap Adama doled out.
I think Six took great delight in beating the crap out of Boomer. I’d like to know what is the purpose of letting Helo run loose. My WAG is that they made themselves too human-like, and are trying to guage their own reactions to their humanness more than how humans react. That’s why Helo was expendable if he didn’t go back after Boomer, and why Boomer bought him the few extra seconds he needed to make the ‘right’ decision.
Yes, I know the context of this statement in the play. Indulge me.
4 people didn’t lie under oath. Only the Chief and the guy who was put in the brig did(I can’t remember if Boomer was put on the stand).
The rest were questioned without being asked to take the oath.
I had assumed that we didn’t see the entirety of the witch hunt, and that everyone was brought before the panel. It makes a lot more sense that way, rather than going straight for Adama. I also believe there was a statement made about statements under oath by the Master-at-Arms, but I can’t place the when and where. Boomer also lied under oath, if I’m not mistaken.
Unless she turns out to be the “Good Bad Guy” a’la Bonanza (forgive me) and remains undiscovered to save the humans in some way.
I reckon everyone was under oath, they just didn’t waste air time showing them taking it.
I thought about that too. One thing I noticed re-watching the episode, is at the beginning, when Roslin said, “independent tribunal, openness, transparency, it all sounds great. But after 20 years in political office, I’m telling you these things have a way of inflicting damage on the people you least expect. I do not want a witch-hunt on our hands.” And that is precisely when Adama brought an end to the proceedings.
So Adama wasn’t just beating his military chest, he was following Roslin’s lead on this. Screw the tribunal. It became evident it didn’t have anyone’s best interest at heart, other than it’s own need to grab for power. Adama & Roslin make a pretty impressive team, and they genuinely hold the Colonial’s survival paramount.
Anybody see I, Robot. I finally watched it Saturday and the same guy who plays the Chief is in it. He doesn’t have a speaking part, he’s just in the background in one scene.
It was wierd because I had just watched BG right before that.
Thats all I have to say.
Did he get it on with one of the robots?
At some point, they had to reveal to the public at large that Cylons could be among them, and it had to be at a point where the humans had regained enough confidence to handle it. They couldn’t very well ignore the reaction it would entail, and that adds up to a full episode.
But what were the Cylons really planning with the suicide bomber? I don’t buy the explanation that they intended to destroy Baltar’s detector, for several reasons:
- It would be more effective to wait until it was almost operational before destroying it.
- Camera Guy Bot #2 could have placed the charges more effectively than around his waist
- Number Six desperately wants Baltar to finish it, and she’s telling him what to do. She’s toying with him, sure, but I don’t see her turning traitor out of simple affection for him. The thing she’s having Baltar build, whatever it is, will serve the Cylons’ purposes, but how? What is it really?
That makes the suicide bombing just a terrorist attack, turning up the fear factor again. It also implies that there are enough Cylons in the fleet that they could waste one. There presumably aren’t any more of the Camera Guy model, or the Crazy Weapons Depot Guy model either, or they’d be found.
There’s a Miller Lite commercial from last year that had that guy in it too, and the same thing happened to me- watched the second half of the miniseries, changed the channel, and saw the Chief drinking beer in some bar. Definitely a strange feeling.
I still don’t see why they didn’t say that there’s a guy who looks like this who’s trying to sabotage the fleet - anyone see him, tell us. Same effect, but without as much panic.
Adama and Roslin already knew there were 12 types, but only had pictures of 2. They’d have to assume there were other models represented in the fleet.