# Battlestar Galactica--recommendations? (No spoilers, please)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-recommendations-no-spoilers-please/485526>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 12, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-recommendations-no-spoilers-please/485526 "2009-02-12T14:43:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-recommendations-no-spoilers-please/485526/41 "2009-02-13T15:51:01Z")

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> [@Lightray](#):
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> It is pointless because, while it is supposed to be a Helo character development episode, Helo’s character doesn’t actually _develop_. He does exactly what you would expect, and does not have any character-changing moments (unlike, say, revelations about Apollo in “Black Market”).

Okay, replace “develop” with “define”. If someone wanted you to show them one episode that best characterizes who and what Helo is, I can’t think of another that does it better.

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**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:** [February 13, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-recommendations-no-spoilers-please/485526/42 "2009-02-13T16:01:40Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> If someone wanted you to show them one episode that best characterizes who and what Helo is, I can’t think of another that does it better.

Either “Epiphanies” (where Helo faces down Adama on his way to sickbay with Sharon) or “A Measure of Salvation” (where the use of a virus as a bioweapon is contemplated). The latter isn’t a great episode but it’s markedly better than “Woman King.”

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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-recommendations-no-spoilers-please/485526/43 "2009-02-13T18:35:50Z")

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Yeah, I think **Cervaise** ’s description of “Black Market” is on the mark. And several of the other problematic episodes aired around the same time. They’re just… filler.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-recommendations-no-spoilers-please/485526/44 "2009-02-13T18:42:56Z")

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> [@Cervaise](#):
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> Either “Epiphanies” (where Helo faces down Adama on his way to sickbay with Sharon) or “A Measure of Salvation” (where the use of a virus as a bioweapon is contemplated). The latter isn’t a great episode but it’s markedly better than “Woman King.”

Okay, fair enough. And both are before “Woman King”, so Helo’s actions aren’t new developments.

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