Battlestar Galactica: The Wildly Varied Career Of Lee "Apollo" Adama

4. Delegate Adama (Six Of One, The Ties That Bind—Season 4, Episodes 2-3)

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Though he is offered his commission back, Lee Adama declines and embraces his civilian life. He leaves Galactica in favor of Colonial One, where he takes on the Caprican seat on the governing Quorum of Twelve.

The politically ambitious Vice President, Tom Zarek, hopes that this will give him an ally on the Council, and indeed Lee’s idealism does bring him into regular conflict with President Roslin over different issues of policy.

But when the President is apparently kidnapped by Cylons, Lee's practicality prevents him from supporting Zarek as interim President, and leads him to spearhead a search for an alternative.

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