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4.12 The Disquiet that Follows my Soul Adama: "You know, there are days when I really hate this job." Adama went back to life as usual. He put his grief and despair in its place and moved on to the important business of saving the human race. But the rest of the fleet wasn't ready to move on with him. To them, allying with the Cylons is still sleeping with the enemy. And not telling the fleet who the final Cylon was? Big mistake. Huge. Everyone is going to fill in the blank. Like Gaeta did, with Starbuck. I'm having a hard time seeing Gaeta as a mutineer, even under these circumstances. Well, okay, they're extraordinary circumstances. That scene in the mess where Starbuck did just about everything but slap him with a glove and challenge him to a duel was pretty powerful. The emphasis was on the humans, but what was happening to the Cylons was even more disquieting. I've always assumed that the Final Five were a different kind of Cylon, and now that's been put to the test; Six is pregnant, and Saul Tigh is the father. (Pardon me while I throw up in my mouth just a little.) And, in another major and interesting development, it turns out Callie is still frakking up from beyond the grave; she lied to Tyrol about something pretty damned important. Hot Dog, Callie? Really? Tyrol's connection to the human race just got a whole lot weaker. When this gets out, the Cylons will know that Cylon/Cylon reproduction is now possible, and human/Cylon reproduction looks a bit less probable as a long-term solution. Guess those rebel Cylons won't need the humans any more. They can all have babies with Saul Tigh. Roslin really has given up. Her exercise euphoria felt oddly ridiculous as well as uncomfortably tragic. What really bothered me, though, were the great big honking hints that Adama is ill, too. (Because heaven knows things aren't bad enough.) I had never once considered the possibility that the "dying leader" could be Adama. The final scene showed Adama and Roslin in bed together. I always thought they had done it before now and we just hadn't seen it, but I guess not. Roslin asked Adama if she had earned the right to live a little before she dies. Maybe they both have. Bits and pieces: -- No saga sell. The credits were the same, except for the phrase "home called Earth"; it's just "home" now. Twice. -- This week's survivor number: 39644. Six less, since Dee was already counted. The suicides that they mentioned? -- This week's Most Obvious Symbolism was Adama picking up litter around the Galactica, as well as that piece of paper that represented Tom Zarek's betrayal of his "rebels". There was the pointed symbolism of Zarek washing his hands, too, before giving Gaeta the order. -- That scene where Adama bluffed Zarek into giving up the tyrillium ship because of evidence that Zarek sold favors reminded me of the Blagojevich scandal. I wonder if that was deliberate? -- Loved Cottle smoking in front of the pregnant Six. -- This episode was written *and* directed by Ron Moore. Quotes: Six: "It's our baby, Saul. Our baby." Saul: "I need a drink." And so say all of us. Chief Tyrol: "Their technology... our technology is way ahead of ours. Yours." Tigh: "Maybe you'd like a chart to keep it all straight." Gaeta: "So I guess a pity frak's out of the question, then?" What do you think? Three stars? Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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