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2.14 Black Market Zarek: "Did you really expect some utopian fantasy to rise from the ashes?" This may be my least favorite episode of the series. I mean, don't get me wrong. I like Lee a lot, and I care about him as a character. But what happened here? We saw him go all Sam Spade with the black market thing, and that somehow managed to be incredibly dull even with the garroting and blood and all. We saw him turn down a romantic overture from the beautiful and sweet Dualla, which just made no sense considering he was encouraging her interest in previous episodes. And we discovered that he regularly visits a prostitute who appears to remind him of some woman from his past, and wow, this just felt out of character for upright, forthright Lee Adama. Why would Lee treat a hooker like a girlfriend? Is he just more comfortable with an artificial relationship over which he has total control? Did Blonde Flashback Woman die in the war, and was she pregnant? Is that why Lee picked a hooker girlfriend who was also a mother? At least Lee and his father have rebonded, and that was good. Gaius was also really interesting here, acting all vice presidential and confident for a change, enjoying his power, standing up to Lee, standing up to Roslin. Harvey Six said Roslin was afraid of Gaius, but I'm not so sure of that. Roslin offered Gaius a chance to resign, so I bet she does indeed remember seeing him with Six, and she's going to hit him with it pretty soon. That'll be interesting. Phelan, the really really bad guy, said at one point, "It's hard to find the moral high ground when we're all standing in the mud." Well, some mud is muddier than other mud. There are degrees of badness, after all. Lee may have failed at stopping the black market, but at least it is now a kinder and gentler black market that doesn't sell kids. Bits and pieces: -- This week's survivor count: 49,597, which is one less than last week's. Since the number was shown after Fisk's murder, I'm assuming this was Fisk. I guess no one was killed in the tylium explosion last week. -- I'm certainly not going to miss Fisk. He was creepy in a strange way. Fisk and Gaius appeared to be forging some sort of alliance before Fisk's murder... or was that just the cigars? And who is going to command Pegasus now? -- What actually happened with Zarek? I'm confused. Was he involved with the black market or wasn't he? He said he wasn't, but I don't believe him. -- It has recently occurred to me that "Astral Queen" is an unfortunate name for a ship full of male convicts. What were they thinking? -- Harvey Six's extreme red dress has returned. -- Ellen Tigh's bracelet made an appearance. Ellen Tigh did not. -- Prostitution is legal in the BSG universe. Smart of them. -- The black market ship was called "Prometheus." Prometheus was the mythical titan who was punished eternally for bringing fire to humankind. Appropriate. -- This week's Most Obvious Symbolism was probably the one-eyed doll that Lee gave to Paya. (Is her name short for Papaya, perhaps?) -- Roslin: "You know, I'm never quite sure where we stand with each other, Doctor." She's very astute. After all, Gaius himself doesn't know where he stands with anything. Two stars, barely. Maybe just one, Billie |
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