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3.1 Occupation Starbuck: "You're insane." Leoben: "To know the face of God is to know madness." I'm so pleased that they decided to go for a lighter, comedic touch this season. Yes, I'm kidding. It wouldn't be BSG without genocidal angst, now would it? Insurgents, resistance, suicide bombers. It's impossible not to draw parallels to what is happening in Iraq. (That would make the United States the Cylons, wouldn't it?) Starbuck has been Leoben's prisoner for four months, and has killed him five times. What a strange duel to the death, with an enemy that cannot die. I thought at the end of last season that Leoben was searching for Starbuck for revenge, to torture her like she did him in "Flesh and Bone". Instead, it seemed that he was actually in love with her, and expected her to love him in return. That was exceptionally shuddery. Nearly everyone looked different. Lots of extra hair everywhere, including facial hair. Even Helo, still in uniform, had a lot more hair. Lee got fat, which absolutely shocked me because they never do stuff like that to heroes on dramatic shows. Adama started getting grey hair, too. Well, they've both been under tremendous pressure. And Colonel Tigh lost his right eye. (Well, he didn't actually misplace it or anything.) I was sort of amazed that Tigh turned out to be the tough, strong leader of the Resistance, almost as much as I was surprised that Ellen screwed a Cylon for Tigh's sake. I didn't think either of them had it in them. The Cylons we saw here were the ones we already knew about. But the possibility that one of the cast is a secret Cylon appears to be getting more remote. If Ellen (my favorite candidate) were a Cylon, wouldn't she have tried to keep Tigh on Galactica? If Gaeta (my second favorite candidate) were a Cylon, would he be secretly aiding the Resistance? It also seems unlikely that anyone on Pegasus or Galactica is a sleeper Cylon, too, because they would have been activated by now. What was really interesting was the amount of dissent among the Cylon overlords. They couldn't seem to agree about why they were there and what they should do about those troublesome humans. Brother Cavill actually wanted to reduce the human population to a thousand in order to keep them under control. At the other end of the spectrum, Adama has gotten very close to Sharon Two. How about that. Why were the Cylons having meetings in front of Gaius? Gaius is now seen as a traitor to the human race. Well, he is a traitor to the human race. But Caprica Six's love for him might have kept the humans from going out altogether. Bits and pieces: -- It has been 134 days since the start of the Cylon occupation of New Caprica. -- The cast was the same. There were a few new snippits, but the credits were much the same, too. Instead of a survivor number, it was changed to "The human race, far from home, fighting for survival." -- I thought Anders would have died from pneumonia by now. Maybe working with Tyrol and Tigh in the Resistance will kill him. -- Cally and Chief Tyrol had a baby boy named Nick. Lee and Dualla got married. -- Helo is Adama's XO, and Cat is now Galactica's CAG. Didn't see that coming. But who else is there? -- Those tattoos on Starbuck. Were they new? Did I just never see them before? -- The opening music again reminded me of the movie "Gladiator." -- Let me say again how thrilled I am that they've added Dean Stockwell as Brother Cavill; he's a sci-fi god. I'm also grateful for Lucy Lawless. And Callum Keith Rennie. Hell, I love them all. -- There were ten "webisodes" in between seasons two and three. I had some technical difficulties with dial-up and wasn't able to see them. -- Using a dog as go-between for messages between Gaeta and Tyrol reminded me of "Terminator." -- Sharon's cell got a lot more comfortable, with a sofa and coffee table. -- Elections were obviously a big mistake. Are dictatorships ever the right thing to do? -- There was a parental discretion warning. Quotes: Roslin: "It is simply not enough to kill Cylons. Because they don't die. They resurrect themselves and they continue to walk among us. It is horrifying." Brother Cavill: "You're all living in a fantasy world. Consider the irony in that. (laughs) Delusional machines. What's the universe going to come up with next?" More in my review of part two, Billie |
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