Holy crap. What a week to go on vacation. I came home to a DVR-filled with mind-boggling television revelations, like Sanjaya still kicking (because I can't call it singing) on American Idol; John Lockes' dad sitting bound and gagged in a magic box on LOST; and oh, did I mention maybe two of the BEST BSG episodes EVER. Ever. Ever. Okay, season one was pretty amazing... and season two... but come on: courtroom drama + the lurking five cylons + a sitar-sounding Watchtower cover + a dead Starbuck = frackin brilliance.

THIS is what I've been waiting for all season. Though I think the season hit a filler-fueled lull around Christmas, it came storming back in the past month or so. I don't want to breeze past last week's great episode, but I can't help it... I just want to talk about the cliffhanger, a science BSG has mastered... let's get to it.

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Posted by NikBot at 8:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (22)

I tried sooo hard to watch BSG on Sunday night, but I only got through the previous scenes. I woke up to see some dude in sunglasses and thought I was hallucinating... thanks NyQuil! It was even harder to stay out of the forum on Monday and Tuesday.

There's nothing like being sick at work and feeling so crappy on the inside, but thinking that you may be pulling off a semi-healthy exterior. Until that a-hole co-worker comes up and says, "Yeah, you don't look so good," with that distorted-looking sneer, like the flu has taken solid form and is growing out your forehead. Thanks for making me feel a trillion times worse -- as if I thought I looked like Heidi Klum with a bit of a stuffy nose - I'm not that heavily medicated. Anyway, the flu sucks, but BSG doesn't... Monday I tried coming home and putting it on... nope, I was out before the theme music.

So here I am, a couple of days later - lots of pills popped, fluid drank, and soup-consumed -- I've mustered up the strength to watch the latest episode and write a few words about it. I'm hoping this week's episode is just as nasty (nasty good, not nasty bad) as last week's and I'm crossing my fingers about the Starbuck situation. I think we're mostly in agreement that Starbuck cannot be dead. Hopefully, she's just imprisoned by Leoben again on some cylon ship. Sucky for her, good for us... what's in store this week Galactica? Let's take a look...

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Posted by NikBot at 10:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

BSG is back! I think this is the beginning of a series of mind-blowing episodes that we're accustomed to from our favorite dysfunctional spaceship. When I first started watching BSG, Starbuck quickly became my favorite character. She is a natural, talented pilot -- a little rough around the edges with loads of misplaced anger, emotional instability and an all around badass chick.

Her character has been developed so well that I actually became angry with her after all her douche-bag acts toward Anders, her marriage, and everyone else who got in her way. But hey, we all have bad days, right? I was so excited to see the Starbuck-centric episode - and I've been dying to know if her finger painting has to do with anything earthly. Let's find out...

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Posted by NikBot at 7:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (8)

Enamored by the beautiful faces and skeletor frames of Hollywood, I almost missed the 10 pm start-time of BSG. Close one. In the spirit of things, here are my nominees for Best Performance by a Cylon in a Supporting Role:

• Six's steamy seduction of Gauis Baltar on Caprica, her mission: to get secret defense information and destroy humanity.

• Leoben imprisoning Starbuck on New Caprica with delusional hopes of making her his Stepford Wife

• Brother Cavil, the Quantum Leap cylon, duping the fleet and counseling Tryol after he beats the frack out of Cally

• Athena convincing Helo to kill her, sending her to download onto the Resurrection Ship in order to rescue her baby, Hera

• D'Anna infiltrating BSG as a reporter from the Fleet News Service, gaining access to the pilots and officers and seeing the impregnated Sharon

And. The. Envelope, PLEASE...

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Posted by NikBot at 11:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

So it looks like this episode will focus on relationships galore - this is going to be one, long therapeutic hour. Dammit. I'm beginning to think the rest of the season will bring us more fluffy, filler episodes, chock full of drama, feelings, toothpaste shortages, then BAM, the last two episodes will be kick-ASS. So sit back... relax... be patient... throw down some whiskey -- it's time for some sharing & caring on BSG. It's been 48 days since the last cylon sighting, so we all know they'll come back with a vengeance and some sneaky cylon trickery... just not this episode. Anyway, hash it out, wherever you may be -- in an airlock or in your head -- therapy hour starts now...

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Posted by NikBot at 7:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)