Lost and Desperate Housewives may have gotten all the hype -- and deservedly so, I think -- but for my money, Battlestar Galactica is the best show on television right now. Just as "33" kicked things off with a bang in the first season, tonight's second season premiere, "Scattered," was incredible.
Colenol Tigh in the hot seat, a place he never wanted to be. Apollo being thrown in the brig with his father's blood still all over him. Starbuck and Helo, arguably in the best position of all the characters as of the end of the first season, now find themselves in arguably one of worst positions by the end of this episode. A Cylon boarding party getting onto Galactica. Major character stories for even the more minor characters like Gaeta and Tyrol.
And best of all, we have nearly twice as many episodes coming this season as last. Alright!
(As a postscript, the SciFi.com web site is offering podcast commentaries on each new episode from series creator Ronald D. Moore. I haven't listened to tonight's yet, but I found all the first season commentaries very interesting -- far above the crap commentaries one often gets on the average DVD.)
7 comments:
It was awesome! How many episodes this year?
20 eps this season, compared to 13 last. Okay, I guess that's a bit less than the phrase "almost twice as many" implies -- but it's still a 50% increase, basically.
You're welcome to do my taxes next year if it'll turn a 33% rebate into a 50% rebate! Thanks for the info BTW.
Not enough Starbuck time in that episode!
Yeah, it was thin on Starbuck, Roslin, and Baltar. But I still found the stuff that was in the episode very compelling.
Hey, Tom! I saw her first. (That's probably not true but she's on my celeb lust list so get in line, married man!)
20 episodes is just fine. Any more episodes might thin the writing.
It wasn't quite as strong a premiere as "33", but it's up there. Everyone had a scene or two, even the almost dead guy. Plus, a flashback!
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