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

[Munch]

@Lightray

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.

[Cervaise]

@Munch

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.”

[Lightray]

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.

[Munch]

@Cervaise

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.