[Ghost]

So, am I the only one having watched the new episode ?

Besides the near-genocide ... something struck me. When Baltar was humping Six in his head during the torturing, she asked him to say "I love you." and "I believe in you." repeatedly, which makes me wonder ....uhm ... has Baltar the Cylon god in his mind ?

That'd be bizarre. I still don't know what to make of Head-Six... she's called him insane for seeing her before, which is pretty interesting. Also, God having a plan for Baltar seems like something he'd make up both to assuage his ego and to keep his mind from completely snapping, and I could see it as a kind of insanity. On the other hand, now she just called herself an angel. So... I guess we play the waiting game to find out what happens.

[Mefustae]

Quite a good ep, although it had the distinct feeling of the dreaded reset button at the end.

I wonder what ever happened to Caprica's 'internal Baltar'.

[Ford Prefect]

Oh **** I totally forgot about that. Yeah, what the hell?

[ZylonBane]

This was a godawful ep.

[Ford Prefect]

I thought it was excellent.

[BlackDove]

This was a godawful ep.

It was?

I kind of thought it somewhat necessary.

The whole "mind Caprica" needed to establish control again, and that was done. Also, Bathar faces his self-preservation demise in the worst possible way. He didn't get painless death, cheated his way out of consequences or whatever - he got some excruciating torture he didn't really deserve.

We also now know the human contact (pregnancy) with Cylons is almost like a quick-fix evolution of sorts as well.

I kinda dug it. You really can't expect every episode to have the Galactica performing a jump five thousand feet above the ground.

[Rictor]

The genocide bit was just a teaser, since you know that it can't go through. So there was no real danger involved, and subsequently no real reason to care. It would have been better if they had kept the weapon in reserve, used it to threaten and bargain with the Cylons, instead of using and wasting their ace as soon as it comes by.

[Bobboau]

yeah, I'd think keeping them on board would be useful, they'd dare not destroy Galactica, not with a resurrection ship near by, and they'd dare not engage without that.

[Kosh]

It was nice to see the refits to the raptors though........

[Mefustae]

It was nice to see the refits to the raptors though........

They're gorramn Missileboats, now.

[Ghost]

They're gorramn Missileboats, now.

Wrong slang. 

[Mefustae]

They're Gods-damned Missileboats, now.

Better? Do it in a Tigh accent and it just works.

Which reminds me, the first ep in a bloody long time where we didn't see Tigh once, and only a brief glimpse of Starbuck in a Viper towards the end.

[Ashrak]

well the new ep RAWKED

[Janos]

hahahah D'Anna is doing GREAT

[Bobboau]

and the Baltar 3 way he's doing just... wow

[Rictor]

At first I thought the close-ups of the sweaty face and voice coming from the Cylon raider were Baltar. I was thoroughly surprised when it turned out not to be him. After all, a fuzzy, distorted "Bulldog!" sounds almost exactly the same as "Baltar".


Good episode, overall. Though I can't help but think that the Galactica crew is a bit dense, all except Starbuck completely buying the "escaped from the Cylons" story, and even with Starbuck it was like "Well, we've got a Cylon agent aboard, but I'm going take it easy and have a talk with Tigh first".

Also, if the Admiralty (maybe) intentionally sent a fighter across the armistice line to provoke a war, why were they so unprepared when the Cylons came knocking? And yes, at this point I have to agree with Bob. and admit that the writers are milking the War on Terror for all its worth. Adama's story parallels too closely the claim that the Bush administration knew bin Laden was out there and planning a strike,  but didn't warn anyone or take any action.

[aldo_14]

At first I thought the close-ups of the sweaty face and voice coming from the Cylon raider were Baltar. I was thoroughly surprised when it turned out not to be him. After all, a fuzzy, distorted "Bulldog!" sounds almost exactly the same as "Baltar".


Good episode, overall. Though I can't help but think that the Galactica crew is a bit dense, all except Starbuck completely buying the "escaped from the Cylons" story, and even with Starbuck it was like "Well, we've got a Cylon agent aboard, but I'm going take it easy and have a talk with Tigh first".

Also, if the Admiralty (maybe) intentionally sent a fighter across the armistice line to provoke a war, why were they so unprepared when the Cylons came knocking? And yes, at this point I have to agree with Bob. and admit that the writers are milking the War on Terror for all its worth. Adama's story parallels too closely the claim that the Bush administration knew bin Laden was out there and planning a strike,  but didn't warn anyone or take any action.

But didn;t the Colonial fleet expressly have a far larger fleet than needed for peacetime because of the Cylons?  After all, it was the CMP vulnerability and the 'human' Cylons that undid the Colonials, not Cylon rearmament......

[Shade]

Indeed. They were not at all unprepared for war. They were unprepared for treachery. In a fair fight, it seems pretty clear to me that the colonial fleet would have beaten the cylons into oblivion, given what just two errant battlestars can do.

[Janos]

The new episode is a bit weird. I mean, it had some good drama and explanations about Adama's past and his motivations. He's feeling guilty! Three is acting all weird and hooked on death. Tigh gave an awesome speech and Roslyn *****-slapped Adama back to his place (oww poor bill all pussy-whipped).

However, then there are huge continuation glitches and some rather stupid things (cylons knowing everyhing and just letting Bulldog escape because he's bitter? He just getting to Galactica?).

[IceFire]

The new episode is a bit weird. I mean, it had some good drama and explanations about Adama's past and his motivations. He's feeling guilty! Three is acting all weird and hooked on death. Tigh gave an awesome speech and Roslyn *****-slapped Adama back to his place (oww poor bill all pussy-whipped).

However, then there are huge continuation glitches and some rather stupid things (cylons knowing everyhing and just letting Bulldog escape because he's bitter? He just getting to Galactica?).

I was fairly convinced that "Bulldog" was somewhat brainwashed into believing something and only after Tigh physically intervened (kicked ass he did) did he seem to come out of it.  They don't have to tell us everything to try and reach in and figure some stuff out.  I don't see this as a glitch...they just had another opportunity to try and out out the guy at the top. Which they have tried to do directly at least once before (when Sharon shot Adama).  So it seems perfectly well within their modus operandi and there's no real loss to a pair of Raiders (which reincarnate anyways).