Barbelith Underground > Film, TV & Theatre > Battlestar Galactica: Razor + Season 4 (SPOILERS)

And now, the case for the Prosecution...

* What is this mad desire the writing staff have for having an Adama at the top of the tree at any one time? It was bad enough when his Daddy gave the Pegasus to Lee in season two, Lee who, lest we forget, couldn't even mount an attack on the Resurrection Ship in a Stealth Fighter without breaking it. But now we have the Forest Gump of politicians being unanimously voted to be President of Humanity? The Quorum don't want Admiral Adama declaring Marshall Law again, their pissed at him for not following the rules and talking to Zarak who, as he himself points out, has more legitimacy to be in the Big Chair than Laura Roslin herself, so why would they be willing to accept Lee in the Chair? Wouldn't they see this as an attempt by the Adamas to cement their control over this remaining pocket of humanity? And even if that weren't an issue, we haven't been shown yet that Lee is capable of doing anything right.

* Tigh Six Secks. More hybrid babies. Oh yay. I really can't believe that, despite everything that Six is, despite all the pressure Tigh is under, despite the fact he keeps seeing his wife, that Six and Tigh have done it. And certainly not managed to hide the fact until Cottle decides, for no readily apparent reason, to examine Six. Which brings us to...

* Tigh Adama Secks. Either you have Bill and Saul fight over Tigh having dirty monkey passion with Six or you have Adama making Saul king of the fleet and going off to find Laura, you can't do both in a forty minute period without looking like inconsistent idiots. And yes, Saul might be a good XO but he's not the person to be in charge, do you forget that a few months ago he was cracking up in public at Baltar's trial? That he sowed sedition amongst the fleet before that and had to be relieved of command? Zarak should be President and Lee Acting Admiral if it needs to be done.

* King Rollo. You can't humanise Rollo, you mustn't humanise someone like him. If you try and show his sensitive side then he becomes someone with a bad Oirish accent, silly glasses and ridiculous affectations. He took on Baltar's case despite knowing he would be hated by the fleet, despite someone attempting to blow him up on several occasions and now he goes mad because someone kills his cat as revenge? And tells Lee he should become President? AND is listened to? And Lee doesn't think that maybe the crazy man telling him he should be President before trying to kill him shouldn't be listened to? And then Lee gives him a dog? Again, either crazy Rollo says Lee should become President and he doesn't, or sane Rollo says Lee should become President and he does, not crazy Rollo says Lee should become President and he does, that's just taking the piss.

* I was surprised to see Starbuck on Galactica, I think I thought she'd gone to the Base Ship with Roslin. It was odd that Adama found time to shout at Athena for shooting the Six, but no-one bothered to mention Starbuck had brought a Base Ship to the fleet which had now jumped away with the President and most of their fighter pilots. I can see her becoming CAG out of necessity but you'd have thought the possibility that this was an over elaborate Cylon trap and that she was an agent that had succeeded in organising the capture of the Human President and the crippling of the fleet might have been mentioned, even in passing. And wasn't Lee supposed to be in a position where he would come and help out on Galactica if necessary? I would have thought he'd be out flying with the Air Group who was short of people rather than talking to the mad Oirish fella about cats.

That was a 'Lost' series one episode, where the cast run around doing a lot to disguise the fact that very little of importance happens. Very bad. Hopefully next week they'll finally bring back Xena the Warrior Cylon.