Battlestar Galactica"Faith"
Original Air Date: May 9, 2008
Brittany – TwoCents Reviewer
brittany@thetwocentscorp.com
I take back every bad thing I said about the writers last week. All of it. If this was their ‘I’m sorry’, then apology accepted. So much happened in this episode that I already know I could spend a thousand words just talking about the final scene, so bear with me here; we’ve got a lot to cover.
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Original Air Date: May 9, 2008
Brittany – TwoCents Reviewer
brittany@thetwocentscorp.com
I take back every bad thing I said about the writers last week. All of it. If this was their ‘I’m sorry’, then apology accepted. So much happened in this episode that I already know I could spend a thousand words just talking about the final scene, so bear with me here; we’ve got a lot to cover.
We start right where we left off last week, which sounds crappy, but I promise it’s not. In the first ten minutes, this episode is already ten times better than last week’s whole hour. A standoff between Kara and the rest of the crew is still going down. Anders can’t take the tension as Athena holds Starbuck so that she can’t execute a jump on her own. As Gaeta coordinates the jump back to the fleet, Anders shoots him in the leg and holy frak, nothing I write can explain how amazingly chaotic this scene is. It’s like season one of BSG, with cussing and blood and screaming and guns. Kara proposes that she goes with Leoben back to the base star with Athena (Of course Anders will tag along too) while the Demetrius waits for no more than 15 hours. When the clock runs out, with or without Kara, Helo and crew are to jump back to the fleet.
Once everyone is strapped into a raptor, Leoben included, Starbuck and crew make their way back to the remains of a basestar. There’s devastation all around, but the raptor manages to dock. Kara’s goal is to talk to the Hybrid, to find out what needs to happen for the Fleet and the Cylons (led by Natalie) to find the path to Earth. There’s obvious tension between the Cylons and the humans once they’re all standing in the same room. Athena is disgusted by the other Eight models who want her to lead a new mutiny against Natalie who is apparently, a horrible leader. One of the human crew members, Barolay, is obviously having an issue with the Six models. The two of them are supposed to be working together to connect the basestar to the raptor’s jumping system. But instead it turns into the two of them going back and forth. Barolay was part of the resistance on New Caprica and killed this particular version of Six. A girl fight breaks out, but it’s short lived. Barolay takes a hit and goes down, dead on the ground. Anders flips out and grows a pair in about ten seconds, ready to execute Six on the spot. He sure is trigger happy this episode. Starbuck tries to talk Anders out of shooting Six, but then Natalie interferes. She kneels down in front of the other model, trying to make her understand why killing the human was wrong. And then, the best thing in the history of television happens. Natalie kisses Six, then pulls the trigger herself, and there is no resurrection ship. Blood for blood, as Natalie puts it. But let’s go back to that kiss for just a second. Tricia Helfer just made out with herself. I’ll let you soak that in for just a moment.
Finally, Starbuck is allowed to see the Hybrid, and she’s spouting off all sorts of gibberish. Starbuck tries to work through what sounds like a bunch of words strung together, but soon enough it’s time to go; the raptor and the basestar are synched up. As one of the Eights moves to unplug the Hybrid, the gibberish suddenly stops and instead one long wail is emitted. It’s slightly high pitched, and no one knows what’s happening when a Centurion snaps, firing on the Eight. Starbuck blows its head off, then leans over the Hybrid, and she finally hears her message. “Thus will it come to pass. A dying leader will know the truth of the opera house. The missing three will bring you the five who have come from the home of the 13th. You’re the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end.” Mission over as Kara silently freaks out and the basestar and the raptor make it back to the Demetrius just before Helo is ready to give up and jump back to the fleet.
Meanwhile, on Galactica, Laura is bald. Her hair has fallen out, and in lieu of a wig, we see her shiny head for a few moments before she starts parading around in a scarf. Down in sick bay, she eventually meets and forms a sort of relationship with another dying woman named Emily. Emily has taken to listening to Gaius Baltar on the radio, and she and Laura go back and forth debating his validity, each one arguing their point. Emily tells Laura of a dream she’s had, of seeing all of her dead loved ones waiting for her as she makes her way to them in a boat on the water. All of this brings to light Laura’s fear of dying, and she admits that she remembers watching her mother go through hell when she was sick. Now she knows that the same thing may be happening all too soon to her. As Emily dies, she and Laura share the same dream of Emily greeting her family, and as Laura looks on, her gaze drifts. A look of recognition crosses her face and she realizes that her own family (led by her mother) is there waiting for her. Laura backs away, refusing to let go of her life, silently whispering that she isn’t ready.
This prompts a late night visit to the Admiral, who answers his door in his pajamas and robe. Two old people in their jammies is the cutest thing in the world. Anyway, Laura tells him that it’s possible Gaius might have some valid points, but Adama is still convinced that anything Gaius says is ‘horse manure’. Laura and Bill are both having issues, his have more to do with the fact that he’s losing everyone around him. He sent some of his best people on a mission and he may never see them again. But Laura reminds him that she’s still there, and that the two of them will still find Earth together. He says that Earth was something he used once upon a time to simply keep the fleet going, but now he believes. Laura asks him what changed, and over the swell of music (the aptly named Roslin & Adama theme), he responds: “You. You made me believe.”
I only have a few questions for this episode. Before I get to that though, I know some things were left out, so leave your favorite moments in the comments! I wonder though, what do all of the ramblings of the Hybrid mean? This isn’t the first time Kara’s been referred to as the Harbinger, but is she the harbinger of death for the cylons, or for the humans? While we focus on Natalie’s crew, where is Cavil’s fleet? And on a scale of one to ten, how massive a heart attack is Adama going to have when a basestar jumps back with Helo’s crew? Leave your Two Cents, readers!
ummm yeah.
ReplyDeletebest episode eva.
eva.
I think Anders almost putting his hands in the goo-console was the most excited/anticipatory I've felt in a long time. I really, really wanted that to happen.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed Starbuck pulling herself together enough to help Gaeta out...I'm tired of her being all Overcome by Events.
I don't have much to say, but definitely one of best recent episodes! Laura is killing me.
ReplyDeleteGreat review. I do think the writers were trying to apologize with this episode. At least they should be.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone think they would jump without Starbuck. Uh, yeah. Riiight. I hate fake tension.
Definatly one of the best episodes so far! As a Laura fan I thought it was really brave to show her sans hair. Very sad, but very real. The A/R scene was beyond amazing, someone should just give MMD and EJO the awards for this season. On the whole though the ep had everything cylons, The Demetrius and A/R a definate A+ episode.
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