# Battlestar 5/2/08 "The Road Less Traveled" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843 "2008-05-03T02:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/1 "2008-05-03T02:40:30Z")
Good episode so far. I wish they’d shown Galen shave his head; it was weird to just cut to him jump roping bald. This show now officially suffers from “Babylon 5” syndrome: It’s impossible to follow if you don’t watch it regularly, but is great if you do. It’s slower, but I’m enjoying season four so far. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/2 "2008-05-03T02:43:44Z")
Was Baltar wearing silk pajamas under the Messiah robe in the first scene? Vegas Jesus figure! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/3 "2008-05-03T02:46:17Z")
[Hey!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466407) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/4 "2008-05-03T03:04:31Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Good episode so far. I wish they’d shown Galen shave his head; it was weird to just cut to him jump roping bald. [/QUOTE] He looks like Private Joker. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/5 "2008-05-03T03:04:37Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] This show now officially suffers from “Babylon 5” syndrome: . [/QUOTE] Yeah, somebody shaved their head. Next there will be a beard. Shoot him, Chief, shoot him! dammit. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/6 "2008-05-03T03:13:33Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] He looks like Private Joker. [/QUOTE] You mean Private Pyle, Vincent D’Onofrio’s crazed character… Joker was Matthew Modine’s character. But yeah, that’s exactly what I was thinking Tyrol looked like also. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/7 "2008-05-03T03:19:54Z")
[QUOTE=bump] You mean Private Pyle, [/QUOTE] That was the same guy who played Thor in _Adventure’s in Babysitting?_ ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/8 "2008-05-03T03:30:34Z")
What controversial opinions can I offer about the show this week that we can argue about? Let’s see… Is Galen Tyrol gonna have to choke a bitch? I wished that Tyrol had seriously injured Baltar. I was waiting for it, for that smarmy shit finally not to work on someone, but… no. The Chief has shaved his head and drank the Kool-Aid. Next thing you know he will be distributing flowers on the hangar deck. Baltar has charm that seems to work on everyone but Laura Roslin, thank god. I can’t stand Athena and I think Helo is weak for giving in to her mutinous wishes. I understand that their kid is back on Galactica and they want to go back, but… their frakkin’ JOB is to follow Starbuck’s orders to find Earth. It seemed like Helo understood that but blood (or motor oil) is thicker than water, which seems to fly in the face of what the military chain of command is all about. Though we know how much respect Helo has for following orders. I don’t get why everyone thought Matthias dying was proof of a Cylon set up. The Cylon ship was damaged. Why couldn’t that explosion have been accidental? Yes, Leoben is a mindfucker and I wish he’d be a little more forthcoming about what the hell Starbuck’s destiny is, but… in this case, I don’t see what earthly (ha!) reason he’d have for killing Matthias. Seemed like just a pretext for mutiny. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-5-2-08-the-road-less-traveled/447843/9 "2008-05-03T03:45:35Z")
Earlier thread be over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466407).