One the one hand, there was more than one turn of plot that I wasn’t especially thrilled with - particularly the little blonde girl who no-sir-no-way should be Kara’s* but who knows, might be anyways, but a few other little things too.
On the other hand, I was on the edge of my seat for the entire two hours of this, and will happily describe my viewing experience as delightfully delicious.
*As long as she’s sitting there holding peoples’ hands, she is Kara. She can be Starbuck again when she takes a knife to her hair and some more forks to some more toasters.
Any idea what the song was over the opening montage?
I still think it’s a mistake to trust “Sharon Agathon” because toasters can’t always control themselves. I can see why Adama did it, but it’s not a matter of trust the way it is for people. You could have absolute faith in a Cylon and she might want to live up to it, but as we saw, it’s not always in her hands. But we’ll see how that goes.
Despite the big old bandage, Col. Tigh looks HOT with a beard. Someone needed to say it. Damn that Ellen! DAMN HER.
The Gaius Baltar Vichy government is also infurating. I wish Gaeta would just grow a pair and space him for the glorious rebel cause. Shoulda let Roslin steal that election, eh? So much for playing by the book. Frak the book.
Galactica Sharon looks all Maoist Revolution. She’s cuter when her hair is long.
Is Starbuck faking that maternal thing? Or is Leoben getting to her? I mean, the kid is cute and I don’t think I could have held out against that either, but she’s hard as nails. Can’t even trust that bitch with chopsticks. I love it.
I’m glad Anders isn’t dead, too.
Tom Zarek and President (I will keep calling her that) Roslin can’t be dead! Nooooo!!! If anyone has spoilers on this, please tell. I hate suspense.
Damn you, Sciffy, and your “upcoming episodes” previews! Give away the cliffhanger ending not two minutes after it aired, why don’t you!
Stockholm Starbuck was creepy and wrong. Ellen Tigh was – for about ten seconds – actually a sympathetic character. And Lee in the fat suit just looked stupid; all I could stare at were the chipmunk cheeks they’d given him.
So much for the Season 1 speculation that she’s a Cylon. Nice misdirection there, Ron.
No way the toasters actually performed a massacre - too many credited actors would disappear, along with their story lines. How about this, then - Sharon, er, Mrs. Helo told Adama the current-generation toasters had been programmed to be subordinate to the meatbags. But we know from Sharon’s own example that programming can be faulty. Maybe the toasters are revolting (again), starting by taking out a couple of Dean Stockwells and a Xena for good measure?
Always knew Colonel Tighe was a badass, but why are they making him look like Captain Quint from Jaws? I keep expecting him to tell the story about the sharks with “…dead eyes, like a dolls eyes…”
Kara’s not really falling for Kacey/Leoben, is she? Nahh…well, hmmm maybe?? NO!! She’s just pretending…or is she? (that’s what I love about this show, the twists and turns)
Ya know, I would not necessarily put it past them to off Roslin and Zarek, then they can always show up in the ubiquitous flashbacks that we know will crop up at some point. But I think it’s more likely that the resistance happened upon them at just the right time. And maybe Jammer takes the bullet meant for Roslin or something.
So what happened to Ellen’s face? At first I thought it was just lipstick smeared but I guess it’s bruises/marks? If that woman’s not a Cylon she missed a good chance.
I thought maybe Saul got drunk (again) and slapped her around a little for screwing around on him.
The eyepatch might just have been a setup for the scene where the President denies that his administration uses torture on prisoners (Gee, Elv, ya think?)
Kara has always seemed too strong to give in that way - she’s *playing * Leoben the way he’s playing her. The just-like-home apartment is inside the jail, btw - up the stairs is a door with bars.
The kid, who I don’t think is even hers btw, should have died from a brain injury causing that much blood to leak out. But maybe there’s some extra cranial reinforcement along with the Glowing Spine option package, available on female models only at a Cylon dealer near you.
Everyone pretend I spent ten minutes bitching about how much I don’t like the WWII resistance Iraq insurgency suicide bomber moral pondering bullshit.
There, that’s out of the way.
I dunno. I get the vague feeling somehow we haven’t met our last Cylon who doesn’t know she/he’s a Cylon yet. Ellen could still be one. Baltar could still be one. Heck, anyone could almost still be one.
Kara (I’ll call her Kara 'til she loses the hair and the “I’m acting innocent” act - anyone who knows Starbuck would immediately duck & cover the moment they noticed her acting sweet & innocent), is definitely faking. Gotta be. Maybe she doesn’t want to off the kid, but she’s still faking with the whole holding Leobon’s hand thing. He better not got to attached to that hand.
Fat Apollo is goofy. Kinda distracting how much they emphasized it. “Get your fat ass out of here.” “You’ve gotten soft, and I’m not talking about the weight.” Okay, we noticed! He’s a soft lazy fat-ass.
Seeing the same Cylons in the same room so much kinda took me out of the show. It’s an okay special effect sometimes when necessary, but when the camera keeps panning around the room Xena, Doral, Boomer, Cavil, Xena, Doral, Boomer, Cavil, Xena, Doral, Boomer, Cavil - it seems like someone in the special effect department is just showing off. Oh, hi Dr. Simon! Missed you. Wondered if even one of you would show up.
What’s the use of making us think you just killed off Roslyn if you’re going to show her alive in a preview ten seconds later?
I like how Adama is trusting Boomer-mom. I almost thought he’d secure her trust by telling her finally that her kid just might be alive down on New Caprica. But I like how they did it anyway.
One thing I’m wondering about is whether the Boomer who showed up on New Caprica as the Colonial liaison was the real Boomer-mom or a fake one and that’s how Roslyn doesn’t get killed? Anders somehow figured out she wasn’t the right one and the right one is off rescuing everybody? Or something? Is it possible Tigh didn’t trust his wife and when she walked into the tent everyone automatically started discussing fake plans?
Nice little tidbit of info regarding the Centurions not being able to detect a loyal humanoid Cylon from a particular disloyal humanoid Cylon. “They didn’t want their own Cylon rebellion.”
Oh, another thing - I don’t recall Michael Hogan’s name being in the opening credits. Maybe Tigh’s going out in a blaze of glory in another few eps?
Aaron Douglas and Nicki Clyne *did * make the credits this season, though. That means they’ve made the Jamie Farr Jump from supporting cast to ensemble, and we’ll see more of Chief Tyrol and Callie than previously.
I don’t think Starbuck is lulling anyone into a false sense of security. I think that Leoben has broken her.
We know she has abuse issues from growing up. We know that Leoben knows all about them. And we know that he’s been pushing her buttons for four months. He finally got her.
I do, however, think that the creepy kid deliberately cracked her head, on orders from daddy.