BSG 4.08: Sine Qua Non

[icepixie]

So. I'd say this episode could pretty much be summed up in one word: DUDE.

Of course, I'm considerably more verbose than that, so you get more words.

Shocking revelation the first: Lee as president. I...what the HELL? Are they all braindead out there? Getting low on oxygen? I know they only have 39,000-odd people left, but even in that situation, surely they could've come up with someone besides the newest, most inexperienced, vastly naive member of the Quorum, yes? Gah. Even if it couldn't be Zarek, uh, it couldn't be anyone else in the Quorum? Ack. (Also, I'm guessing that in the political allegory this is has turned into, Lee is Obama, bringer of hope?)

Shocking revelation the second: OMGWTFBBQ, Six and Tigh gonna have a baby. Show, you have officially broken my brain. I'm guessing the rationale behind this is that the combination of Tigh being a special Final Fiver and the fact that he was seeing Ellen in Six-->the love necessary in Cylon procreation, and thus two Cylons are able to conceive. So, this should be fun.

(Not-so-)shocking revelation the third: Adama is crazy in love with Roslin. Which we all kind of knew, but I appreciated hearing it from him and half the cast. Although I'm not so sure I like that it's made him so very irrational. What I liked about their relationship from the start was that they stayed competent and rational no matter what. Then again, he did at least realize he was acting foolishly and handed over command to Tigh (which may not have been the BEST idea, but we'll see) and stayed behind so he was only risking his own neck. This same realization took Starbuck, what, three or four episodes? I guess we're improving there. (BTW, that looks like it has to be the most boring thing in the world, sitting there in the raptor waiting for someone who may not ever come. Well, we know they'll be back, because it's inevitable, but he doesn't.)

Short takes:

- Yay, Natalie lived! Oh, wait. Never mind. Damn you, show!

- OUCH. Sucks to be you, Sharon. (Also, EJO was really going for the Shatner resemblance tonight. I think I have flecks of scenery on my TV still.)

- Ooof, Colonial One looks like it took a beating since we saw it last.

- Now, now. Anyone who has spent any time in academia knows that a search committee is pretty much incompatible with ASAP.

- Oh. Lampkin. I hate Lampkin. (I totally was remembering his name as Lamprey before Lee said it.)

- Uh, Tigh. You realize that Six may be able to use what you just told her about Adama being head over heels in love with Roslin for nefarious purposes, yes? (I swear, this show has made me the most suspicious person EVER.)

- Pretty ships in space!

- Okay, I giggled at the model getting broken again, and at Adama's reaction to it. Poor model. (Also, I'm taking bets on how many Adama/Tight slash stories will be written based on that scene.)

- Lampkin imagined Adama a realist? Has he been paying any attention at all over the past three years?

- There was a not-so-small part of me chanting, "Shoot him, shoot him!" when Lampkin had the gun pointed at Lee, I'll admit. (Speaking of which..."Leeland"?)

- Um, can I take the dog? And Lampkin's cat? He's way too creepy for pets. Or any kind of interaction with living things.

- Were there enough cliches exchanged between the Adamas and Starbuck at the end there, or did we need a few more?


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YAAAAAAAAAAAAY, D'Anna's back! Woot! I love her. Also, I'm VERY VERY CONVINCED that that last bit where she's saying her interlocutor is unaware of their own Cylonicity and then it cuts immediately to Laura is a GIANT FAKEOUT. SO THERE.
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Comments

[laserhead.livejournal.com]

So with you on every point. I'm pretty sure I annoyed my roommate with all the WTF-ing I was screaming. And thank you for providing at least a marginally plausible reason for the Tigh-Six baby. (What's Gaius going to say?)

Lee as president? WORST DECISION EVER! I called it 3 minutes into the 'search committee' but was rather hoping that after Bill resigned, they'd name HIM president. Now that would have been interesting.

[elflore.livejournal.com]

My theory on the Sigh-Six baby is that the Final Five operate under different rules than the other Cylons. They're more unique, more human...and as Rachael pointed out, presumably Tiggy's been around in the Colonies for 20+ years, during which PapAdama's seen him age, which I didn't think the non-Five Cylons really did.

Agreed on the next week fakeout. Right now I'm really thinking Pop is #5.

And agreed of course on the WTF. Both BSG and Lost, I feel, stopped really being grounded in their characters about half way through. Everything's driven by plot machinery in their later seasons, and even if I'm still intrigued by the stories, I'm not engaged emotionally like I was by both shows' beginnings.

*sighs*

Ah well, my TV cup still runneth over these days.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

(Also, I'm guessing that in the political allegory this is has turned into, Lee is Obama, bringer of hope?)

Considering how long ago this had to have been filmed, I'd say probably not, but I like it way better than the theory I had, which is that Laura = Bush, and Lee = Cheney. After all, Cheney's the clever bastard who was in charge of coming up with a running mate for W and came up with...himself! Oh, hey, who ever said that's not the way it's supposed to work, Dick? ::headdesk::

Can't deny that Lee's looking better and better the longer he's out of uniform. Hair of measurable length, and those suits he's wearing, are seriously working for him.