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3.13 Taking a Break from All Your Worries Lee: "Forget it. This is frakking pointless." This episode was sort of a drunken ramble about marriage and prison being a whole lot alike; i.e., full of lies and the loss of freedom. And I suppose there was some redemption in there, too. I must admit I was intrigued to hear what would come out of Gaius' mouth while he was high on interrogation LSD. But then he didn't actually tell them much of anything, dammit. So yes, we learned that Gaius probably isn't one of the Final Five Cylons. (According to Harvey Six, who has been known to lie.) Roslin is obviously capable of losing her cool and screaming, which I found surprising. And Felix Gaeta has been repressing some serious rage toward Gaius. I thought Gaeta was setting Gaius up for Adama and Roslin, and was rather shocked by the pen in the throat thing. (What did Gaius whisper in Gaeta's ear? Must have been interesting.) Gaius's well-deserved misery was echoed by our confused marital foursome. "Joe's," the hot new night spot on Galactica where everybody really does know your name, has turned into a refuge for unhappy marrieds trying to get away from the tiny bunks they're sharing and the extreme lack of privacy. Dee and Sam showed exceptional classiness and tried to let Lee and Kara go. Lee and Kara showed exceptional idiocy and didn't take them up on it. Can't resolve all that romantic tension so easily, I guess. Did Lee mean what he said to Dualla? Does he truly love her? Or is he just unwilling to hurt her? Does he just realize that Kara will continue to jerk him around so he's taking himself out of the equation? Whatever. It's still unresolved. Although I bet Lee and Kara will stay away from each other at least for a little while. Bits and pieces: -- This week's survivor count was 41,403. Last week's was 41,401. Let's see. We re-acquired Athena, Hera and Gaius... but I thought there were at least two and possibly three casualties on the algae planet. So I'm confused. -- We got yet another ambiguous Adama/Roslin scene that suggested they might be sleeping together. Come on, guys. Inquiring (and prurient) minds want to know. -- No more Cylon base star scenes, unless you count Gaius' downloading fantasies. I always found those base star scenes fascinating but uncomfortable and disconnected from the rest of the show. -- Harvey Six knotted Gaius' noose and knocked over the chair. Have we ever seen Harvey Six doing something quite that physical before? -- Gaius, in his long hair and beard, was almost channeling Jesus. He even had a conversation with Gaeta about betrayal. James Callis must have spent a very uncomfortable, wet week when they were filming this one. -- Chief Tyrol and Cally have been fighting. I guess living in a bunk is kind of tough for a family of three. -- Lee and Dee's quarters are luxurious compared to those curtained bunks, but a far cry from Lee's digs on Pegasus. -- Where did all the booze come from? Was it in storage all this time? Did they distill it from algae? (And bleah.) -- I liked the little quid pro quo when Roslin brought Gaius his glasses. -- In this week's Most Obvious Symbolism, a drunken Lee dropped his wedding ring on the deck and was unable to find it. Get a clue, Lee. -- We got a "bonus scene" of Roslin and Caprica Six where Six asked if she was going to be airlocked and mentioned Leoben. Why a bonus scene? If there was time to show it, why not put it in the episode? -- This episode was directed by Edward James Olmos. A lot happened, but we didn't seem to get anywhere. Dan liked it more than I did and gave it three stars. I think I'll let that stand, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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