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October 14, 2006
Battlestar Galactica -- Exodus Part 1
For those who found the opening episodes last week "too wordy", this week's installment was more action oriented.
The Cylon execution of hostages at the gravel pit fell apart as the human resistence mounted an ambush, rescuing Cally, Roslin, Zarek and others. Meanwhile the Cylon ambush on the droppoint of Galactica's Sharon Agathon on New Caprica was countered as a strike team accompanying Sharon had planned for such a contingency.
As this episode is really the set up for the next, it set up more questions than it answered.
At some point, Sharon Agathon will find out that Hera is still alive. It is going to be ugly. Will she believe that Adama was not in on the plot? Or even Helo?
Kara seems taken with toddler Kasey. Has she bought into Leoben's assertion that Kasey is her child or is she just showing the sympathy and care due to a small innocent while attempting to lull Leoben into being careless?
What is going to happen to Baltar? He has been the craven, sex-obsessed villian we love to hate since the pilot. Once in a while we have been teased that there might be a tiny kernal of conscience under all the drunken lechery and arrogance. However, Baltar must be on the short list of every other human as People.we.want.to.execute.as.traitor. His "rehabilitation" as a character is going to have to be masterfully done if it is to be believable.
Speaking of traitors, the look in Tigh's one good eye as Ellen attempted to justify her betryal was priceless.
Technorati: Battlestar Galactica, Exodus,Scifi
Posted by Darleen at October 14, 2006 11:05 AM
Comments
Tigh's going to terminate Ellen, mark my words, shes a goner and he's going to do it himself...
Posted by: Viper1 at October 14, 2006 01:02 PM
Poor Baltar, I weep for him.
You are correct and I have been thinking the same thing. "How the hell are they going to save my favorite character without making it look all cheesy?"
Posted by: Digger at October 14, 2006 08:11 PM
Darleen wrote:
Kara seems taken with toddler Kasey. Has she bought into Leoben's assertion that Kasey is her child or is she just showing the sympathy and care due to a small innocent while attempting to lull Leoben into being careless?
I think Kara failed her Resist OverCuteness saving throw. :)
Posted by: Patrick Chester at October 16, 2006 03:23 AM
I do not have cable and tried iTunes without any functional success (downloaded, but plays jumpy), so I will have to wait for the season 3 DVD's.
I had thought that the Cylons had returned to baby sit humanity and protect them from their historic pattern of self-destruction. Wrong as usual.
Baltar spelled backwards in part is lab (Bal) rat (tar).
Maybe Hera was born with total memory/awareness and knows who her real mother is. She sure was not very big for a 13 month old at the end of season two even being born premature. She looked like a five month old.
Posted by: RaLph at October 20, 2006 08:43 AM