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… I mean, frak, the whole reason Starbuck was recruited to the “jury” was because other members of said jury, who were in direct communication with the very highest-ranking members of the insurgency, overheard her conversation with Gaeta. They overheard him telling her he was the leak! Yet, after all the open agonizing over the true guilt of Mr. Gaeta, they made no mention of it whilst recruiting Starbuck, reopening the case with a full jury, and then convicting him.
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No, not at all. Starbuck and Gaeta were sitting at a table all to themselves (that was the point; no one wanted to be around Gaeta). And once Starbuck went over everyone started vacating the area – everyone knows what Starbuck is like, and didn’t want to be involved.
Circle Chick didn’t perk up until Starbuck started shouting at Gaeta. Gaeta had been talking to Starbuck, not particularly loudly, and IIRC leaning forward; they were in the middle of a very crowded room. Circle Chick didn’t overhear what Gaeta said – she just overheard that Starbuck thought he should be dead.
Making her perfect for their kangaroo court.
[QUOTE=anu-la1979]
I also had major suspension of disbelief issues over Gaeta being suspect at all. Jammer and the New Caprica police I can see-but Gaeta was a high profile officer in the CIC, the 2nd biggest brain trust after Gaius and the 2nd most high profile human in the administration after the Cylons took over New Caprica. He would have been hauled before Roz and Adama post-haste about explaining himself and giving inside information on Cylon plans whether or not he wanted to portray himself as the hero of the resistance.
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Roslyn wasn’t back in charge, yet. Adama had other things to worry about – getting the Galactica back in working order, thousands of refugees, overcrowding on the Galactica, figuring out what they had to work with, etc.
That’s why Tigh specifically said that “the Circle” had three days to do its work – that was how long until Zarek gave up the Presidency. So they had to have their lynchings before that time was up. Roslyn and Adama hadn’t even begun to consider what to do, let alone hauling in people from Baltar’s administration. Adama wanted his ship back up and running; so when he thought of Gaeta, it was “how can he fix my ship,” not “what can he tell me about Baltar’s booze and pills and honeys.”
Which explains why their review of the “facts” was so crap. Since Gaeta said he told his story to lots of people (who didn’t believe him), a proper investigation should have included that testimony. Instead, the evidence they’re reviewing is a corners-cut-off photo from when he was on Galactica (irrelevant), and some paperwork from Baltar’s presidency (circumstantial).
It’d be nice if we knew who prepared those dossiers that Tigh kept handing out; I suspect they came from some of Zarek’s surviving henchmen – which is an interesting plot point.
