It’s every bit as bad as you remember, and not nearly as bad as you think. John and Eugene look at Space Croppers.

Episode Synopsis
The Cylon Imperious Leader is getting impatient.  The Colonials haven’t lead them to Earth so he’s decided to force their hand.  He orders a flight wing to destroy the Colonial Fleet’s agroships.  In the fight, two out of three of the ships are destroyed.  Without those ships, the Galactica will be unable to feed the fleet.  It’s a good thing the Cylons didn’t think of that plan 30 yahrens ago!

Somehow Adam sees this as an opportunity.  They will now establish their first colony on Earth, one that will raise crops for the fleet.  Not only will this be their first foothold on Earth, but it will give a permanent home for the children that are already there.

Troy and Dillion will return to Earth and partner with a local farmer to get things underway.  To do this, now that the fleet has ended running from the Cylons and are in orbit, they’ve had to use special fighter diversionary tactics to allow Troy and Dillion to make their trips to and from Earth undetected by the Cylons.  “D” Squadron, knows as the Daggits, are a bunch of hot-rod pilots who mod their vipers, and while they don’t have much to do in this episode, it’s clear they will be playing a much bigger role in future episodes.

On Earth, the Tepid Duo buy a partnership in the troubled farm of Hector Alonso.  Hector and his family are good, hard-working salt of the Earth types.  They just have one problem, Hector is Hispanic and the major land baron in his area, John Steadman,  does not like Hispanic people.  As the largest landowner and loudest voice on the local valley growers association, Steadman has bullied his way into having the lion’s share of the water, and is actively trying to force Hector to sell out by cutting back on his water allotment.

His ranch hands aren’t any better and they deliberately destroy all the seed Troy and Dillion purchased at the local seed store.

Of course, Troy and Dillion know that they can reason with Steadman, so they go to talk to him like civilized people.  Surprisingly, that doesn’t go as badly as you’d think, because Steadman makes them a wager to ride his unrideable horse, Satan, and they win.  They get the horse, $1000, and restitution for the materials destroyed by the ranch hands.

Things are pretty desperate back at the fleet, they’re going to need those crops right away, and they’ve apparently never heard of this thing called a “grocery store” on Earth.  They’ve gotta get that seed planted tonight so they can harvest it tomorrow.

But everyone in the valley is afraid of Steadman, and no one will work for them.  Not to worry, we’ve got some space scouts, and between that, plowing the fields with their laser pistols, Dr. Z’s flying saucer making rain and adding a grow booster to it, they have a bumper crop by morning!

But there’s more, Steadman was spying on them.  He saw the UFO and the Colonial farmers arrive, but when he tries to call in the law, everyone thinks he’s crazy, and the local growers association grows a pair and redoes the water allocation for the valley.

The Galactica has its food, they have a colony on Earth, the kids have a permanent home, and Troy and Dillion needlessly fly off into the sunset awaiting their next adventure.