not my place to say and I've already said
more than I should have.
- You'll have to ask her. I'm sorry.
- Captain, just...
Dad, you'll have to ask her.
ZAK: I don't want any special treatment.
Not from my father,
and certainly not from you.
You passed.
By the skin of your teeth, but you passed.
DUALLA: Attention.
Pass the word to Lt. Thrace.
Lt. Thrace, please report
to the CO's quarters.
Yes. Come in.
ADAMA: Lee was just here before.
STARBUCK: I knew it.
He thinks you washed out...
the nuggets without giving them a chance.
They didn't cut it. That's it.
He thought you were letting
personal feelings cloud your judgment.
STARBUCK: Really?
ADAMA: Your feelings about Zak.
That's not the case.
Okay.
ADAMA: He said something else.
He said something that
I would like to ask you directly.
ADAMA: He said that you might be feeling
guilty about something that you did for Zak.
What did you do for him?
STARBUCK: I don't know. Ask Lee.
ADAMA: I'm asking you.
I don't know...
I don't really know
what he was talking about, so...
Don't fence with me, Kara.
I love you like a daughter.
I don't deserve that.
Zak failed basic flight.
He wasn't a bad pilot.
He just had no feel for flying.
And when it came to his final check-ride,
he busted...
three of the test manoeuvres.
And I should have flunked him, but I didn't.
The bottom line is that your son...
didn't have the chops to fly a Viper.
And it killed him.
ADAMA: He told me that you were
an amazing instructor.
And that he was involved with you,
and that it was serious.
He asked me to come to his graduation
from flight school...
- to watch him get his wings.
- I know. I read the letter.
I see.
Then, maybe you can tell me
what he was hinting at.
Surprise, about you.
We were going to...
You know what, it's not important.
- I don't want that to...
- You were engaged, right?
You did it because you were engaged.
[Sombre instrumental music]
Because I made a mistake.
And because I was just...
I was so in love with him.
And I let that get in the way of doing my job.
He just wanted it so much and I didn't want
to be the one who crushed him.
Reinstate the trainees to flight status.
I will.
- I just want you to understand that I...
- Do your job.
Yes, sir.
And walk out of this cabin
while you still can.
[Starbuck clears her throat]
Unpack your gear.
You are all returned to flight status.
We're going to try this again.
Those of you who can be trained to safely fly
the Viper Mark II will pass.
Those of you who cannot, will be cut.
STARBUCK: It's my job to figure out which
is which, without personal feeling either way.
And I'm going to do my job.
Kat, Chuckles, Hot Dog, you're up first.
Pre-flight briefing in 20 minutes.
CHUCKLES: Where the hell
are you going, Hot Dog? Stay on me.
HOT DOG: Target acquired and destroyed.
Not bad, Hot Dog,
but you left your leader behind.
KAT: Looks like you're having a bad day,
Hot Dog.
- And the moral of this story is?
- Never leave your leader.
Thank you. That is correct.
You never want to be out here alone.
STARBUCK: Okay, Chuckles, take Kat's wing.
Hot Dog, you're on me.
We'll try a little manoeuvre called
"Thorch Weave."
I'll be damned. What's got into Starbuck?
TIGH: She actually sounds like
a real instructor for a change.
TIGH: She may actually make Viper pilots
out of some of those nuggets after all.
STARBUCK: Holy crap, we've got incoming.
TIGH: Where the hell did they come from?
Dradis. Multiple contacts.
GAETA: It's the Cylons.
TIGH: Why didn't we see them coming?
Launch the alert fighters.
Attention! Set Condition 1
throughout the fleet.
Galactica, send the Calvary.
Nuggets, punch it for home.
[Suspenseful instrumental music]
ADAMA: