After a stellar episode of Battlestar Galactica last week, I think we were all waiting to see the follow up from all of the aftermath from last week. Sharon and Six had about 36 hours to perhaps change the course of Cylon events. Would their plan to make the Cylons less murderous actually work? Well, I was expecting that we would get some answers to such things, but it looks like the writers wanted to make us wait until the season finale next week. Our favorite defier of authority, Starbuck, wasn't going to wait for any answers, largely because she didn't know any of this was happening, but she was planning on returning to Caprica to rescue some of the people who were left behind.
Some of you may think that Starbuck taking a whole shitload of Raptors back into the heart of occupied Caprica would warrant a little bit of attention, but there were bigger things to deal with among the fleet, like an election! Listen, I know that there is a lot of interest with the Baltar storyline, and the way he went against the President is sure going to make for some interesting times. Factor in the relationship he has with Gina, and the fact he gave them a nuclear warhead, and you have a situation that could cause some problems. That being said, why don't they just get to the election? Does anybody really want to watch some stupid debates? Is it really that important for us to know that the President gets the giggles before she is about to debate?
To simplify things, I am going to go out and talk about one thing first and then backfill the rest. At the beginning of the episode, we see this random scruffy guy rolling around on the ground. Upon closer inspection, it is Tyrel, and Cally, who had been looking for him in the hangar bay, sees him, and checks to see if there is something wrong with him. When she gets close, Tyrel snaps and starts punching her in the face for some unknown reason. After a few moments, he sort of wakes up, sees what he has done, and cries out for help. You see, it's been almost two weeks since we have seen the inner workings of a crew member and the demons that are tearing them up inside, so now we get to look in on the chief.
What was bothering Tyrel? Well, he thought he was a Cylon. Instead of seeing a psychotherapist, he visits the Galactica chaplain, played by Dean Stockwell. Yes, that Dean Stockwell. It was nice to see him, but it seems like this whole story was conceived in order to find a way for Dean Stockwell to have a guest role on Galactica. He's not like most chaplains because he says prayer is worthless, but he does sort of knock some sense into Tyrel, and tells him that he is not a Cylon. It's not really convincing, and you leave thinking that it is Dean Stockwell that is the Cylon. He says that the only way for Tyrel to get through this is to embrace his family. They love him and know he is not a Cylon, and if he embraces their love, he will be OK. Even Cally loves him, and if people ever ask what happens, she'll just say she ran into a door.
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Comments (2)
Decent ep- not as good as last week but better than some of the recent ones. I too am not particularly interested in the debates, and that dream Tyrel had lasted about 100 years too long. BUT it is good to keep guessing about who the other cylon models are, and the planet they found will pose some interesting stuff. but as for this love we've been waiting for starbuck to find, that looked more like two friends from college running into each other at a party.
1 of 2 | Posted by Leah3t
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Posted on March 9, 2006 5:42 AM
I can't help thinking the raptor that found the planet was part of the Cylon plan too. Probably more Boomer stealth programming. As for the team that jumped into the mountain: at least they'll never know how it ended.
Now that the baby is gone, Helo really needs to come to his senses on this whole Sharon thing.
I, too, thought the chaplain was a Cylon.
2 of 2 | Posted by Lady J
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Posted on March 9, 2006 9:43 AM