Geek & Random 08 Nov 2006 03:34 pm
Galactica again
As I said, I started watching BSG somewhat late; I finished season 1 just after Channel Ten started showing season 2, and have been catching up with the episodes since. And this weekend I did it: I watched the sixth episode of the third season (”Torn”), and had a very weird feeling afterwards: there were no episodes left to watch! (until next week, that is) That’s a first for me.
About the latest episodes (possible spoilers ahead): the start of season 3 redeems any problems from the end of season 2. Episode 4 (”Exodus pt 2″), in particular, is probably the single best TV episode of any genre of the last several years. Although… it’s a bit odd that, at the end of episode 5, we’re almost back to the middle of season 2: Laura is the president, there’s only one battlestar, Adama Jr. is the CAG, Thigh is drunk… even the number of survivors is sharply down from the peak reached right after the Pegasus showed up. At least Thigh’s very annoying wife is gone.
The “cylon disease” plot shows some promise; I still can’t quite figure out what Baltar plans to do, but probably the best guide is what Lt Gaeta (is he still an official?) said: his ability for self-preservation has no match. He may now be about to realise that staying with the cylons is not the best way to do that.
Waiting for the next episode…
