Battlestar GalacticaDeadlock
Original Air Date: Feb 20, 2009
Brittany – Associate Staff Writer
Brittany@thetwocentscorp.com
You know, after three weeks of intense, edge of your seat action and revelations, this episode left me wanting a little more. I know that not every episode can be an edge of your seat event, but now there are only four episodes left and I’m wanting a little more. What we did get, however, was a little stirring of the pot.
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Original Air Date: Feb 20, 2009
Brittany – Associate Staff Writer
Brittany@thetwocentscorp.com
You know, after three weeks of intense, edge of your seat action and revelations, this episode left me wanting a little more. I know that not every episode can be an edge of your seat event, but now there are only four episodes left and I’m wanting a little more. What we did get, however, was a little stirring of the pot.
Ellen Tigh means trouble. She’s not self-obsessed like Gaius, but she does enjoy playing both sides of the field. On one hand she wants to appeal to the final five and convinces Tyrol and Tory that the humans don’t care about the existence of the cylon race. She even narrates that instead of thirty thousand survivors of a species left, imagine only five. With that reasoning, she posits that all of the cylons in the fleet should go back to the basestar to live. With the same argument she’s trying to make Tigh choose between Caprica and a life with his wedded wife on the basestar. Between the woman he’s been married to for over a thousand years, or the woman he loves who is carrying his child. Ellen knew what tearing Saul away from Caprica would do, and the already fragile Six miscarries the only pure cylon baby known. (To be honest, I saw this coming last week; you can’t get a happy moment on this show without some sort of trade off. See: Every pairing on this show.)
With nothing left, Tigh goes to Adama, his one best friend and constant for over thirty years. As Ellen put it, there was one thing that Tigh loved more than both she and Caprica: Bill Adama. It’s guy love, between two guys. He’s lost his baby and he goes to Bill, crying that the child’s name was to be Liam – short for William. (I’ll admit it. I cried.)
Bill, for the entire episode drinks and pops pills, alternating between sulking in his quarters and supervising the job Tyrol and the other cylons are doing repairing Galactica. This character shift seems sudden but necessary; a man who has held up for years, watched the people he loves lost, standing by the woman he can’t live without as she slips away from him. With the blow to his gut over Earth, well, there are just some things you don’t come back from all the way. Even after the mutiny, things are still very slowly spiraling downward for this man. But he’s there when it counts; comforting his best friend and crying with him over the loss of a child.
Gaius is more and more like Jesus every day, preaching that with all the totes of food and supplies he and his Happy Harem have allocated they can afford to share. He meets a young boy sharing his same first name and it inspires him to give to the less fortunate. The Sons of Ares (remember them?) have different plans though, and after bullying the Harem into giving up a portion of their goods, Gaius (with the help of Head Six; welcome back!) appeals to Adama for weapons. Why Adama, Lee, and Laura all agree to this I’ll never understand. Maybe there’s a portion I missed; maybe that particular part went right over my head. What I do know is that Paula, a harem wannabe leader, looks dangerous with that assault rifle in her hands. This cannot bode well.
I have one theory that I’ve been nursing since we found out Earth wasn’t habitable. It involves thinking…out of all the planets that are out there; out of all the planets Galactica’s crew and the Cylons know about, which one do they know to not be nuked? Which planet could still sustain life and be the one true melting pot? I’ll give you a hint: Our Madame President broke out of the brig to get there.
Sam Anders seems to be waking up just in time for the next episode, and Ellen proclaimed that she would go back to the basestar alone. The Eight that happened to fly Ellen to Galactica was Boomer, and now she’s in the brig. Is that solely because she’s the one who shot Adama way back when?
What are your thoughts and theories heading into the final four episodes? Shoot me an email, or leave your Two Cents in the comments!
I agree... it wasn't the most satisfying episode, but after last weeks' FREAKIN' AWESOME installment, I knew this week would fall a bit flat.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm angry with Saul... he stole my baby name! The next boy I have is gonna be named William and called Liam... we established that with my last pregnancy, but it was a girl. Geeze. Saul didn't even check with me! Jerk. :)