BSG: The Son Also Rises

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This aired on March 11, so the minor spoiler of saying "Here's what I thought of the big scene between Lee and his dad" shouldn't really upset anyone, right?

Frankly, I still don't know what I think of the episode, but Jacob the Recapper at TWOP said the following about that scene, which is exactly how I felt while watching it:


The dialogue, as Adama tells Lee to stop assisting Romo Lampkin:

Adama: Forget it. I need you as CAG.
Apollo: Why did you give me those books, huh? I mean, you gave me your father's law books.
Adama: I made a mistake.
Apollo: Why? Why is it a mistake? Are you afraid that I'll be like him?
Adama: You're a pilot.
Apollo: And with Zak gone, and Kara gone, you needed someone to carry the flag, is that it?
Adama: You're a pilot. You're a pilot and you're my son. And I will not look across that court and see you sitting on the other side.
Apollo: See me? Or see someone else.
Adama: Report for duty.
Apollo: Is that an order?
Adama: You're in way over your head. Report for duty.
Apollo: Is that an order?
Adama: (taking his glasses off, making no sense) I'm through giving you orders.

Jacob's response:

Am I an idiot? How am I unable to make even basic sense of this shit?

Adama: You're not the CAG, you're the head of security. STOP ACTING LIKE ROMO LAMPKIN or so help me God I'll make you CAG again.
Apollo: Please, sir, do not give me my job back.
Adama: Then I'll hate your grandfather some more!
Apollo: But sir, what about Zak and Kara? Can't I bring them up for no reason? They were both pilots and died in the air, just like you don't want me to do!
Adama: Go die in an airplane or I will be really mad!
Apollo: But I have a calling to serve, which you and Roslin have now given to me and then taken away again sixteen times.
Adama: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE LEGAL SYSTEM WORKS! IF YOU ARE SITTING AT THE DEFENSE TABLE AND I AM MAKING AN ETHICAL DECISION BASED ON THE FACTS, I WILL HAVE TO FIGHT YOU SOMEHOW!
Apollo: No, you won't.
Adama: GO DIE IN AN AIRPLANE! BECAUSE I LOVE YOU! KARA THRACE IS DEAD! DEAD!
Apollo: Is that an order?
Adama: NO! THE COMMANDER OF THE FLEET DOES NOT GIVE ORDERS TO HIS SUBORDINATES! GO BE A LAWYER LIKE I JUST TOLD YOU NOT TO!

Me too, Jacob; me too.