I thought Battlestar Galactica's last episode for the next month or so was good, but not really their best. They packed a lot of plot into 60 minutes (minus commericials), which had its good and bad points. Many ongoing plots got pushed a little further along in this episode -- the Starbuck/Apollo relationship, Sharon and Helo's baby, the quest for Earth, Baltar's "reunion" with the fleet, D'Anna's spiritual quest.
But it all came tumbling out so fast, I didn't feel that the character moments Galactica is most strong at always got "room to breathe." For example, things in the Baltar/D'Anna plot were so focused on their need to get down to the planet that I didn't really feel the weight of Caprica Six's isolation from the two of them. She spoke of it, but it felt a like a bit too much "telling" and not enough "showing."
Still, there were other moments that landed solidly. I thought the best scene in the episode was the one between Helo, Sharon, and Adama. Helo's accusation, "I thought you of all people would appreciate what it's like to lose a child" -- chilling and heart-breaking at the same time. Yet still maybe topped by Adama's response.
Since it was such a plot-driven episode, though, I feel like my ultimate judgment of how I like it will depend on how the cliffhangers are wrapped up in the next episode(s). It was certainly not a "bad" episode, but I can't help but compared it to last season's mid-year cliffhanger, Pegasus. And that's probably unfair, since Pegasus was quite possibly my favorite episode of the show.
Battlestar Galactica has managed to set a very high bar for itself, I suppose.
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it might have something to do with the fact that I'm playing Zelda currently (for the Wii of course :) ) but when the Chief went into the temple it looked very similar to something from the game. what are the odds both the show and the game would be in the same place at the same time right as the star was going to blow? it can't be a coincidence (hehe) I thought that was the coolest part of the show, is it really divine intervention or just random luck?
and the temple of "5" like in the 5 final cylon models? that's some juicy stuff for sure. I wasn't quite feeling the mega tension of the cliffhanger scenes (what like 5 or 6 of them?) but I'm looking forward to the riddles and answers and new questions.
the mole
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