I've talked before about the new Battlestar Galactica.
My faith has been justified by the first 4 episodes of Season 3.
SPOILERS ABOUND, so if you're a fan but have not yet watched Friday's episode, "Exodus, Part 2," you might want to watch it first.
Since the season began, they have:
- Suicide-bombed the Cylons, and their collaborators;*Had a gun to the head of Baltar not once but TWICE;
- Let Starbuck kill the same Cylon (Leoben) SIX TIMES;
- Split the fleet, returning Galactica to New Caprica, while Pegasus guards the civvies;
- Set up a ton of conflicts among the civvies - and the military - as the identities of the collaborators are revealed;
- Made Col. Tigh AWESOME; (Note: !!!!!)
- Warned the Cylons that if they ever got hold of the hybrid baby, Hera, that "everything they've worked for" would be destroyed.
- Starbuck's a mommy?!?
Let's see...
- Col. Tigh killed his wife for collaborating with the Cylons. That was a big moment.
- Gaeta backed down from Baltar again, telling him to "redeem" himself, by stopping the Cylons from nuking New Caprica.
- Baltar told the Cylon leadership that the solution to all their problems with humanity was "Leave," which was his best bit in a while.
- Speaking of Baltar, we also saw the return of his hallucinatory Number Six, even if only for a minute. She bailed as soon as Caprica showed up.
- The Cylons got hold of Hera; if the warning they got was legitimate, they're in serious trouble stemming from her.
- Starbuck's not a mommy. Big surprise, but only to her.
- Admiral Adama DROPPED THE GALACTICA INTO NEW CAPRICA'S ATMOSPHERE. Coolest shot in a TV show, ever. Bar none. MUCH OMGWTF.
- Pegasus was destroyed playing "rescuing cavalry," but in the process took out not one, not two, but THREE Cylon Base Stars.
- The colonists were successfully evacuated, and most of the civvie fleet ships recovered.
- Hail the returning savior; Admiral Adama is now considered everybody's hero; it'll be a long time before we see any more of the Season One conflict of government between him and whoever becomes the new president of the colonies.
- Baltar is with the Cylons for the duration apparently; he wussed out and didn't shoot D'Anna in the back when he could've, so, off he goes to a Base Star, just like in the original series.
- Three (D'Anna Biers)
- Five (Aaron Doral)
- Six (Caprica / Gina / Shelly Godfrey)
- Eight (Sharon / Boomer)
Only five more to go; we'll know whether Ellen Tigh was in fact a Cylon, as Admiral Adama initially suspected, if she ever shows up again. Anyway, there are quite a few cast members under suspicion of being a Cylon sleeper agent.
I totally want some of these shirts. Because I am a huge geek. But this is the best TV show ever made, man, seriously. If you've never watched it, give it a chance.
What else, lemme see...
...Oh, yeah.
Just thought I'd share.
