BSG: 2.10 Best Episode of the Season
Sep. 25th, 2005 06:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieThat's why I love Galactica: grab by your throat hour culminating in a cliffhanger that is making Dangermousie goggle and make whimpering noises.
Wow.
Even though I knew nothing good would come of the meeting with the Pegasus, I couldn't help but be excited: the music, the reuniting crews etc etc.
I think, in very huge ways it's about men who are in love with Cylons and the difference about Cain who is by-the-book and Adama who will go to the wall for the people under his command.
Tigh: I love that man. I think it was great how he figured out that the other CAG was telling the truth about Cain shooting the previous XO. That's the thing about Cain though: she is no Captain Bligh. She is very strict but she is not irrational. And you do see that Galactica is somewhat of a reject, second tier ship and crew compared to Pegasus.
Baltar: I think I am in love. He really cares about Six. For some reason, the only person he cares about except for himself is a Cylon, but there it is. I loved his and Six's horrified expressions when they saw the other Six. Though Batlar's Six's smugness before that is interesting: she does view the rest of Sixes as extentions of herself, quite different from Boomer(s). And of course, it's horrible that P-Six got gang-raped and tortured into a coma, but Cylons are in no positions to take moral high ground: they nuked 12 habitable worlds.
But to get back to Baltar: I think the most moving, my most favorite moment in this whole episode was his speech to P-Six about his Six and his feelings and he really opened up to her in a way he has not to anyone, even his own Six. And when he said he loved Six, just sitting there slumped on the ground, dischevelled...wow. I think not only does it good for him to bare his soul to someone, the fact he is so horrified by P-Six's condition (and you can tell that in the way he orders the soldiers out), is because she IS another version of a person he loved.
The thing that he had to say that the food is not a trick and he won't take it away from P-Six tells a whole huge story. And the look on his face as P-Six's hand finally reaches to the food...
Baltar and tears. Who would have thought? And I love that he is smart enough to refer to P-Six as "It" even though that is not what he thinks at all...
And then you have Tyrol and Helo and Sharon. The almost-rape scene was horrible to watch. I love the fact that Tyrol had to physically keep Helo off whoever was talking about the gang-rape, and I also love the fact that Tyrol is a bit cooler headed. I love that he is willing to protect Sharon, even though it's not HIS Sharon. In some ways, I think it's his expiation to her.
I know the death of Thorne was an accident but I was cheering. And I love the fact that there is a look of horror on Tyrol's face at Thorne's death and that Helo loses it so bad that he is pretty much oblivious to everything else but making the man's face a pulp. But my favorite in that whole scene is Sharon, completely traumatized, falling apart, crawling under a blanket (reminding me of P-Six a bit), making that horrible noise, and the camera cuts to Helo who is at that point is made to be on his knees with the gun pointing at him so can't move and you see it's killing him not to be able to go to her that second.
In other news: Kara and Apollo and the other crew. Adama once again tried to argue with Cain but once he ageed he will not say that he agrees with Apollo and Starbuck. The look of betrayal on Lee's face is devastating. Of course, once again, I can see why Cain would want to do what she did but it still drives me crazy.
I also love that Starbuck's usual insolent-way-of-stating-the-plan doesn't work: different team and all. And that Apollo keeps his nose clean but gets Starbuck to sneak the camera in and do what he and Kara wanted all along. That's the difference between them. He is good at planning because he can keep his temper under control and come up with creative ways to circumnavigate authority. That's the man who red banned books in collge, indeed! Also, the whole "distracted during flight" thing is not just for Helo and Tyrol. He is worried for Kara, there.
And then we get Cain's attitude to Roslin. She definitely treats her as a mere schoolteacher. She makes Tigh look like the biggest supporter of civilians ever.
And finally, Adama. Who knows he is supposed to give up his command, but despite what he tells Roslin, he's used to it and not too pleased to do so (btw, I so see all these shippy vibes between them). And then, he orders vipers to protect Helo and the Chief. That is so in character. That's Adama who wouldn't leave Starbuck on the moon. That's Adama who ordered a coup because he thought Roslin tricked Kara. Etc etc etc. The man will do anything for his crew, and that is why they love him.
And I think now he can understand his son's mutiny better. He is rebelling against injustice, just as Apollo did.
Last note, I loved Cally going to bat for the Chief, as always.
Basically: perfect.
Wow.
Even though I knew nothing good would come of the meeting with the Pegasus, I couldn't help but be excited: the music, the reuniting crews etc etc.
I think, in very huge ways it's about men who are in love with Cylons and the difference about Cain who is by-the-book and Adama who will go to the wall for the people under his command.
Tigh: I love that man. I think it was great how he figured out that the other CAG was telling the truth about Cain shooting the previous XO. That's the thing about Cain though: she is no Captain Bligh. She is very strict but she is not irrational. And you do see that Galactica is somewhat of a reject, second tier ship and crew compared to Pegasus.
Baltar: I think I am in love. He really cares about Six. For some reason, the only person he cares about except for himself is a Cylon, but there it is. I loved his and Six's horrified expressions when they saw the other Six. Though Batlar's Six's smugness before that is interesting: she does view the rest of Sixes as extentions of herself, quite different from Boomer(s). And of course, it's horrible that P-Six got gang-raped and tortured into a coma, but Cylons are in no positions to take moral high ground: they nuked 12 habitable worlds.
But to get back to Baltar: I think the most moving, my most favorite moment in this whole episode was his speech to P-Six about his Six and his feelings and he really opened up to her in a way he has not to anyone, even his own Six. And when he said he loved Six, just sitting there slumped on the ground, dischevelled...wow. I think not only does it good for him to bare his soul to someone, the fact he is so horrified by P-Six's condition (and you can tell that in the way he orders the soldiers out), is because she IS another version of a person he loved.
The thing that he had to say that the food is not a trick and he won't take it away from P-Six tells a whole huge story. And the look on his face as P-Six's hand finally reaches to the food...
Baltar and tears. Who would have thought? And I love that he is smart enough to refer to P-Six as "It" even though that is not what he thinks at all...
And then you have Tyrol and Helo and Sharon. The almost-rape scene was horrible to watch. I love the fact that Tyrol had to physically keep Helo off whoever was talking about the gang-rape, and I also love the fact that Tyrol is a bit cooler headed. I love that he is willing to protect Sharon, even though it's not HIS Sharon. In some ways, I think it's his expiation to her.
I know the death of Thorne was an accident but I was cheering. And I love the fact that there is a look of horror on Tyrol's face at Thorne's death and that Helo loses it so bad that he is pretty much oblivious to everything else but making the man's face a pulp. But my favorite in that whole scene is Sharon, completely traumatized, falling apart, crawling under a blanket (reminding me of P-Six a bit), making that horrible noise, and the camera cuts to Helo who is at that point is made to be on his knees with the gun pointing at him so can't move and you see it's killing him not to be able to go to her that second.
In other news: Kara and Apollo and the other crew. Adama once again tried to argue with Cain but once he ageed he will not say that he agrees with Apollo and Starbuck. The look of betrayal on Lee's face is devastating. Of course, once again, I can see why Cain would want to do what she did but it still drives me crazy.
I also love that Starbuck's usual insolent-way-of-stating-the-plan doesn't work: different team and all. And that Apollo keeps his nose clean but gets Starbuck to sneak the camera in and do what he and Kara wanted all along. That's the difference between them. He is good at planning because he can keep his temper under control and come up with creative ways to circumnavigate authority. That's the man who red banned books in collge, indeed! Also, the whole "distracted during flight" thing is not just for Helo and Tyrol. He is worried for Kara, there.
And then we get Cain's attitude to Roslin. She definitely treats her as a mere schoolteacher. She makes Tigh look like the biggest supporter of civilians ever.
And finally, Adama. Who knows he is supposed to give up his command, but despite what he tells Roslin, he's used to it and not too pleased to do so (btw, I so see all these shippy vibes between them). And then, he orders vipers to protect Helo and the Chief. That is so in character. That's Adama who wouldn't leave Starbuck on the moon. That's Adama who ordered a coup because he thought Roslin tricked Kara. Etc etc etc. The man will do anything for his crew, and that is why they love him.
And I think now he can understand his son's mutiny better. He is rebelling against injustice, just as Apollo did.
Last note, I loved Cally going to bat for the Chief, as always.
Basically: perfect.
