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SPOILERZZZ (just in case someone hasn't seen the bit we're talking about yet)
That scene was, indeed, made of Win. Almost like the writers were deliberately taking the piss out of themselves.
What actually set it up brilliantly was the fact that it fit slap-bang into the box marked 'dramatic irony' - Roslin is dying, but has wiped out the Cylons to stop them resurrecting, only to find she is one, and has therefore (a) committed horrific genocide against her own people and (b) may have destroyed her shot at resurrection. And then Deanna laughs...
Roslin saving Baltar was done well, though I too think the portrayal of Roslin as some uber-Buster who hates everyone in the world was a bit strong. But Laura saving Gaius, and the point made that the humans have to show compassion if they're to be worth saving, was a really powerful moment, and, for me, was the first time this series that the show got out of its continuity obsession and vaulted back into being a powerful metaphor for our times, which has always been part of its appeal for me.
Gaius trying to rabble-rouse the Centurion was great. And Cavill, what a dick! 'She's going to destroy the hub...why, that would be an act of mass murder', oh rlly? And what exactly was it you pulled a couple of episodes ago, then? A picnic that got out of hand?
Really looking forward to the end now, but in a good way. |
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