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So Friday's episode felt a bit like the ever so slightly boring mid-plot episode that sets up a bunch of scenarios we'll probably see resolved next week.
I liked the resolution of the death squad scene -- not Boomer redirecting the centurions, but the Resistance. It left a few questions, though. Ie: Cally was running through the scrub last episode, and this time she's running across what looks like a field, and no-one from the New Caprica Police notices her? Clumsy continuity, people... And four resistance fighters versus a heap of centurions and the NCP doesn't seem credible, either -- we aren't told, but I assume the police officers all deserted once they realised that they were about to participate in mass killings. That's the only way it makes sense. (I bet it's one of the bits they had to cut. Why does this show always have too much plot for one episode? Why do we have to sit through more tear-jerky, gung-ho militaristic scenes of goodbyes on the Galactica, particularly Lee and the Admiral when we needed to be shown more on the planet?)
Ellen's been busted. Of course. And now Tigh has to decide what to do with her. He won't kill her. Sure, he may send suicide bombers off on missions and talk about how they're the destructo wreaking-havoc element, but he loves Ellen. He lost her once already. He also knows what an idiot she is, how oddly her sense of loyalty manifests itself, and how she always needs to feel like she's a player. He will understand, I think. I'm a bit worried that the rest of the resistance crew might demand to have her executed, but I figure Tigh will stare them down. With his patch. Plus, they're in the middle of an op. Saving the fleet is more important than dealing with the collaborators right now. That will happen once they've escaped, and it will be Adama's call. And Adama is more sane. I'm also loving this characterisation of Tigh. We already know he's such a bad leader, chronically bad. While in Season Two, this resulted in the emergency powers, and Roslin being put in jail, etc, here he's running suicide bombers. It fits, somehow. You can trust him always to make the most destructively potent, but strategically worst, decision.
I find myself admiring Grace Park more with every episode. Not only because she got to kneecap osmeone, but because Galactica Boomer (sorry, Sharon Agathon *puke* how this show's gender politics need work) has matured so beautifully over the course of the series. It's as if she's grown up. She's no longer angry with the world, hating that she's a Cylon. She has a serenity and a directness that she's won over time. On the other hand, Hera is alive! But Adama would never lie to her! I hope she can think strategically about that when she finds out the truth.
Amanda Plummer as a stoned Oracle with the munchies! |
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