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After a long time thinking that the Galactica is the only surviving battlestar the crew have quite a surprise when the Battlestar Pegasus turns up. At first everybody is overjoyed but soon they start to hear about how Admiral Cain runs her ship; the XO tells Col. Tigh how Cain killed his predecessor, he then claims it was a joke but Tigh isn't so sure. It certainly isn't a joke how they have treated their Cylon prisoner; she has clearly been violently and we later learn sexually abused. As Cain is the highest-ranking officer she takes command of the fleet and starts to transfer crew-members between the ships. The members of Pegasus' crew who have been transferred to Galactica start to boast about what they did to their Cylon prisoner and about what they intend to do to Sharon… this leads to Helo and Chief Tyrol rushing to her rescue, they find one of Pegasus' officers attempting to rape her. What happens next leads to their arrest and puts the two battlestars on a collision course as Adama is determined to free his men.

This was one of the most gripping episodes to date even though it isn't full of spectacular action. The way the Pegasus' crew act is both shocking and disturbing. Michelle Forbes gives a fantastic performance as Admiral Cain leaving the viewer in no doubt that she will do whatever she feels is necessary to run her ship, whether that is morally acceptable in a decent society or not. While this isn't officially a multipart episode it does end with the words '…to be continued' and certainly left this viewer eager to find out what happened next!

Was thrilled when I saw the Battlestar Pegasus as I loved the original show which featured the Pegasus in two episodes. When Admiral Cain, (played by a little too young Michelle Forbes but with relish!) comes aboard and throws her authority around the drama really moves into high gear! The differences in the way the two ships ran from what is discussed between the officers could have been explored a bit more though... However, when Pegasus's interrogation officer attempts a rape of Sharon Valleri who is in a holding cell on Galactica I was in shock that the show could be this brave! Two of Galactica's men stop the rape and end up killing Pegasus's man and are sentenced to death, another brave step forward for the show. This episode was one of the best of a brilliant second season. There is an extended version of this on the DVD box set which explains a lot of Admiral Cain's rise to the Admiralty and should not be missed!!

What a moment, when Adama decided to ignore his rank in comparison with the vicious Admiral and decided to send a team to get the two officers back... goosebumps all over.. i even clapped after that scene!

Some people pointed out the disturbing and degrading treatment of the female cylons in this episode. This includes repeated sexual assaults on one of them and an attempted rape of another while being interrogated.

What is not mentioned that this behaviour mirrored the abuse of Iraqi detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison around that time. This included physical and sexual abuse, torture, rape, sodomy and murder.

Battlestar Pegasus led by Admiral Cain turns up to the surprise of Galactica. Everyone is overjoyed but President Roslin learns that Adama is outranked by Cain. She is in overall charge.

Colonel Tigh finds out some disturbing information as to how Cain runs her ship, which includes killing the XO for disobeying a command.

In short Pegasus was run as a dictatorship. It also had no respect for any type of rights.

Helo and Chief Tyrol find out that Sharon will be interrogated by a Pegasus officer. This will include torture and sexual abuse. They try to stop it.

Adama finds that justice in the Pegasus is in effect a kangaroo court.

In effect Adama and Cain are on a collision course. Note the Biblical allusions to both the names.

Cain reminds Adama that he too has gone off grid as she looked at Galactica's logs. However Cain has certainly departed from the rules in an enhanced way.

The episode leads to a two parter story. It is going to be a civil war.