Atlantis: And the other thing about Zelenka...when Weir told him "If Rodney can't count on you, who can he count on?"...how slashtastic was that? *snerk*
BSG: Still the newbie here, but...the "emo act" for Lee I found kind of worked, really. Jo and I were talking after the ep, and she brought up how much Lee's arc is like season 2 Crichton...and it really is. He's got the whole PTSD thing going on. He's had to grow up and get harder and make tougher choices, and he's spazzed a bit about it. But at the same time...he's doing it. He pulled off a pretty big coup here. And I think he was entirely right and Roslin is being dangerously naive...there's gonna be a black market whatever they do, and Lee's given them the best chance they've got of keeping it reasonably managed.
I even found the whole hooker relationship rather interesting. Even though I'm shipping Kara/Lee, I like the fact that even when Lee gets himself into this sort of situation (which is a fairly common one in most wars), he can't be casual about it. So they showed us a flaw, but also a reason to respect him more.
And then there's poppa Adama...who I think is handled his son's issues very well. He's being there for him, and he's given Lee faith that Lee doesn't always have in himself, especially right now. (Love the bit where he tells Roslin that he's given Lee the authority here.)
So this ep...not a happy ep, but I found it a good one for characterization. Maybe even great.
Missed Starbuck, the Chief, Helo, and Boomer, though. :?P
(But hey, at least I've got Leo!Starbuck, conversing with me on the insane meme over in my LJ. *eg*)
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Date: 2006-01-28 04:19 pm (UTC)BSG: Still the newbie here, but...the "emo act" for Lee I found kind of worked, really. Jo and I were talking after the ep, and she brought up how much Lee's arc is like season 2 Crichton...and it really is. He's got the whole PTSD thing going on. He's had to grow up and get harder and make tougher choices, and he's spazzed a bit about it. But at the same time...he's doing it. He pulled off a pretty big coup here. And I think he was entirely right and Roslin is being dangerously naive...there's gonna be a black market whatever they do, and Lee's given them the best chance they've got of keeping it reasonably managed.
I even found the whole hooker relationship rather interesting. Even though I'm shipping Kara/Lee, I like the fact that even when Lee gets himself into this sort of situation (which is a fairly common one in most wars), he can't be casual about it. So they showed us a flaw, but also a reason to respect him more.
And then there's poppa Adama...who I think is handled his son's issues very well. He's being there for him, and he's given Lee faith that Lee doesn't always have in himself, especially right now. (Love the bit where he tells Roslin that he's given Lee the authority here.)
So this ep...not a happy ep, but I found it a good one for characterization. Maybe even great.
Missed Starbuck, the Chief, Helo, and Boomer, though. :?P
(But hey, at least I've got Leo!Starbuck, conversing with me on the insane meme over in my LJ. *eg*)