Helo has been put in charge of the refugees living on Galactica; they are suffering from over crowding and an infection has broken out; to make matters worse most the Sagittarons refuse medical treatment for cultural reasons despite the fact that the disease is fatal. When one of them approaches Helo and claims that Doctor Robert has killed her son he is initially sceptical; after all they won't take the medicine, she insists that he had gone for treatment but the doctor said they came too late. Helo raises the possibility with the senior staff but they don't believe a word of it; especially Col Tigh who is an old friend of the doctors. Eventually Helo confronts Dr Cottle with evidence that the vast majority of Sagittarons treated by Dr Robert die but even then he is unconvinced. When Dee, herself a Sagittaron goes to see Dr Robert Helo rushes to her and finds her in a bad way leading to a confrontation that will see either him or the doctor arrested depending on who Dr Cottle believes. Away from the main plot Zarek is warning the president that giving Baltar a trial will lead to trouble in the fleet and Sharon tries to persuade the captive Six into testifying against Baltar.
This episode suffered from a common flaw amongst stand alone episodes; namely the fact that it deals with important situations and characters that have never been mentioned before and are unlikely to be mentioned again, another flaw is that Helo once again makes a contentious decision that once again turns out to be right; it would make his character a bit more interesting if he had to deal with the consequences of a bad decision for once. I still like the character and think Tahmoh Penikett does a good job in the role... I just wish he wasn't right all the time!
This episode suffered from a common flaw amongst stand alone episodes; namely the fact that it deals with important situations and characters that have never been mentioned before and are unlikely to be mentioned again, another flaw is that Helo once again makes a contentious decision that once again turns out to be right; it would make his character a bit more interesting if he had to deal with the consequences of a bad decision for once. I still like the character and think Tahmoh Penikett does a good job in the role... I just wish he wasn't right all the time!