What did Tyrol see at the end there? Was that deliberate damage, or was it some sort of natural stress? I feel like something significant might come out of that in the coming episodes.
I have the bad feeling that Galactica will be destroyed in the last episode.
This is now the second or third scene where a character from the show takes a close look at these by metal fatigue caused "scratches".
I don't like it.
The cylon bimbo did bother me. Apparently all the sixes are programmed to find Baltar irresistibly attractive? What is this nonsense? Even if she does become important later, there was no hint of complexity in that introduction. Moreover, Roslin’s speeches were disappointing, and I was displeased with the way Starbuck was effectively removed from the final events. She had quite the comeback going in the last episode, and suddenly she’s reduced to this sobbing caregiver and begging Lambkin for help. Frakking love interest characters – they should have just killed Anders, so she could go back to kicking ass.
Well, it seems she really cares about him. What would you do in this situation?
I know it's not real, but still...
But yeah, i like the ass kicking Starbuck more then the weepy one.
Also:
The resurrection of Ellen seems to trigger the next events, the final five seems to remember everything for instance.
My guess is, for whatever has to happen in the next episodes, all of the final five are needed.
So, I think that this episode only works if you ignore every single female character, because Angeli clearly hates them. That said, there were some elements that I thought were at least somewhat successful – mostly in the progression of Gaeta’s arc.
Right about the females part, i guess.
Roslin, and to a degree Athena, have the only "important" scenes ( Roslin as counterforce to the Zarek/ Gaeta faction, Athena as part of the stormrifle waving "liberation force"
), Starbuck was out the moment Anders got shot.
Other female characters are rather "flat", Racetrack laughing over a stupid joke from Zarek, Tori - from a badass Cylon to a weepy Cylon in only 4 epiosodes.
I think the moral greyness of this episode was always centered on Gaeta, rather than Zarek. I’ve never felt that Zarek’s intent was particularly in doubt, which is a large part of why I dislike the character. He’s too simple, too clearly motivated by his own gain, and he seems more interested in disrupting everyone else’s plans than in actually achieving anything productive. He’s been the go-to character for deals with the devil for a long time, and I find him profoundly boring.
I hoped that the character of Zarek "evolves" after the happenings from new Caprica.
Not to a good guy, but at least away from the character he was in the first two seasons.
That's why i never liked this character, never believed he cares for anybody else then himself.
Gaeta, on the other hand, seemed like the major strength of this episode. While I was fairly harsh in my assessment of him early on, and I cringed at his choice to turn to Zarek for support, I found myself somewhat more sympathetic to his plight near the end. They de-emphasized his personal motivations, and focused on his attempts to regain control of an uncontrollable situation, which made it much easier for me to appreciate the difficult choices he was forced to make. He was clearly trying to do some good, and realizing just how much had already gone wrong. I also appreciated that he faced appropriate consequences for his actions, and that he seemed to accept it. By that point, he knew that he’d screwed up, and the cheesy little moment where his leg stopped bothering him was a release of all the rage and guilt that had been driving him on anyway.
I like the moment in CIC near the end of the episode, where Gaeta realizes that he has failed.
He realized earlier on the Colonial One that he made a deal with the devil, but still he wants Adama punished, but it's the moment in CIC where i feel for the first time sympathy for him after he started this mutiny.
Roslin seemed relevant, but passive. Adama's group managed to instantly re-convert a lot of marines, and encountered no on-screen resistance after he was freed; we didn't even get to see that happen. Tyrol's sabotage was convenient, but there was little peril. Anders got shot, but he got help when the lawyer took down a marine in melée combat.
There is not much she could have done, right?
Well, the Marine was surprised by the attack , also he stabbed him in the neck with a pencil. Three or four times.
