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4.17 Someone to Watch Over Me Piano Guy: "Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one." Seems like forever since we had an episode about Starbuck. This was a really good one. And it may very well have given us one of the Big Answers. It wasn't stated outright, but Starbuck's father was Daniel, the lost seventh Cylon, wasn't he? It explains a lot. She was projecting without realizing it. Imagining her father there, just as Boomer and Tyrol were imagining their house and their "daughter". It explains how and why she found her way to Earth. It even explains why Starbuck thought she was a Cylon. Because she is. She's a human/Cylon hybrid, like Hera. Does this also explain Starbuck finding her own dead body? If she died on "Earth," and the resurrection equipment was still in orbit... yes, that has to be it. Although, wouldn't there need to be bodies ready to download? If bodies were created in case of emergency, wouldn't there have been more than five original survivors? Okay, still not explained satisfactorily, but I bet the truth is in there somewhere. I thought the picture Hera drew was a star map, not musical notes. Hera even said they were stars. And then I thought, maybe it's both. Maybe that's why the song activated the Four, and why Starbuck's father Daniel taught her the song when she was a little girl. Maybe the map will lead them to their final ending place, their ultimate home. I was oddly disappointed with Boomer. Yes, we knew she had betrayed her own model and taken Cavil's side, and we knew she had shot and nearly killed Adama as well. The recent ten-part webisode told us that Eights can be a lot nastier than we might expect. But I was still sad that she betrayed the Galactica *and* the Cylons, and most of all, Tyrol. I thought that her projection fantasy proved she really did love him. And I didn't know what to think of that bizarre sex scene with Helo. Did she just do it because she had no choice if she wanted to keep her cover as Athena? Why didn't Helo realize he wasn't with Athena, by the way? I was also disappointed with Tyrol. Running to do Boomer's bidding and covering for her again, with disastrous results. Did he kill an innocent Eight, too, in order to cover Boomer's escape from the brig? I couldn't tell if she was dead. I hope she's not, for Tyrol's sake. This episode certainly started slowly. I kept wondering where it was going, and why we were revisiting Starbuck's miserable childhood again. And then it built to a climax with that creepy song and really shocked me. I didn't see the end coming, either the revelation about Starbuck or the kidnapping of Hera. So bravo. Very good. What will Cavil do to little Hera? He doesn't believe in saving the race through reproduction with humans, so I'm guessing he won't take her to Disneyland. Bits and pieces: -- This week's survivor number: 39,556. Same as last week. -- The Galactica has only a few more jumps in her, plus a big hole in her side. And three more episodes. -- Good casting of Starbuck's father. Roark Critchlow looked a lot like Katee Sackhoff, but I didn't notice until they were sitting together on the piano bench and in the same shot. -- Stars, notes, whatever, there were thirteen of them. Like the Cylons and the colonies. -- During the opening bar scene, Starbuck and (mostly) her wedding tatt were reflected in a mirror. As if Anders were there. -- Nothing from Anders yet. His brain appears to be rebooting. -- As the Galactica was shuddering and moaning, so was Boomer. She was having more fun than the Galactica, though. Or she was faking it really well. -- Roslin looked terrible. And even worse when she heard Hera was gone, as if a connection had been broken. -- Hot Dog was reading "Mind & Matter." Appropriate for an episode that was mostly Cylon projection. -- Starbuck: "Remember, the first one who sights a habitable rock will get this fine oral hygiene product. It is the last tube of Tauron toothpaste in the universe. Gods know most of you need it." Weird, mystical, surprising. Another excellent episode, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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