Herb wrapped fish

Mark here...this recipe from Barefoot Contessa (I'm starting to realize I need to pull from different sources too!) I made for Battlestar Galactica's Season 2 premiere, "Scattered"

Herb Wrapped Fish

Ingredients

Cod fillets
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
thyme sprigs
large pitted olives (I have no idea what mine were except that I got a variety of fancy ones)
1 egg
parchment paper

Preheat oven to 400F.

This recipe seems a little easier than it ends up.  First place you individual fillets on separate pices of parchment (big enough to fold together into a packet).  Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper and then mix the lemon juice and olive oil and top each fillet (you may need more than in the recipe).  Add a couple olives and sprig of thyme to each fillet.  Beat the egg to use as the "glue" to seal the parchment packet.  Brush the edges and fold to seal the packet (this can be a bit challenging as parchment paper does not want to to cooperate).

Place on baking sheet pan and cook 12-15 minutes.  Serve in the packet.

Scattered

Mark here…Laurel and I are on to our first round of Season 2 episodes!  I made us Ina Garten's Green Risotto and herb wrapped fish and Laurel made a delicious kale salad to accompany.  And we're off with season two of Battlestar Galactica.  I'm excited to move on to Season 2s of our shows as we don't have to deal with the set up and establishment stuff of Season 1.

On to the episode!  This episode picks up right after the cliffhanger from Season 1.  Adama has been shot by Cylon Sharon and the entire fleet is thrown into disarray.  Tigh takes over and orders an emergency jump, leaving behind Chief, Cally, Baltar and an expeditionary force on the planet Kobol.  Fearing that Sharon has revealed their location to the Cylons, the fleet does the jump, and in the confusion, the civilian fleet ends up at a different location than Galactica.  It's a tense and fast paced episode as the crew on Galactica struggles to find a way to locate the civilian fleet.  At the same time Adama is in critical condition while Dr. Cottle is still lost with the civilian fleet.  Col. Tigh struggles with the responsibility of leadership and eventually they devise a plan to find the fleet.  All the while Roslin is still in Galactica's brig for sending Starbuck back to Caprica to retrieve the arrow of Apollo (a key to finding Earth).

In the end after a battle with the Cylons, Galactica does locate the fleet, but a ship full of Cylon Centurions has crash landed in one of Galactica's flight pods…unbeknownst to anyone…

Hey Laurel here…I'm a little confused about Sharon.  It seems like she is still the same old Sharon that we love and trust, and just got taken over by her programming temporarily when she shot Adama.  It will be interesting to see how that plays out.

I'm also interested to see how Roslin being in prison plays out.  Will Starbuck come back with the arrow and save the day?  Will Roslin be exonerated?

Also just wanted to add a note about Starbuck's makeup…when we see her this episode she is a little bloodied and beaten.  It just so happens that some of the blood runs down her face in the shape of a goatee?  Accidental or on purpose?  hmmm..

Also is Adama going to survive?  If not will Tigh be able to handle it?  So far he seems emotional but is handling things well?