GALACTICA

What does “fragged” mean anyway?

It’s most unfortunate that I had to miss last week’s episode on account of having no cable TV, but now my cable and my Tivo are working again. I didn’t seem to miss much last week, because Commander Adama is still unconscious in sickbay, the landing party is still on Kobol, and Laura Roslin is still in the brig. But Starbuck and Helo are nowhere to be seen. Neither is Sharon.

As previously predicted, Lee “Apollo” Adama comes out of this smelling like a rose. He’s out of the brig and back doing his job. And talking about Apollo, the real Apollo, Richard Hatch, makes another appearance in this episode. His presence warns us that there’s going to be a lot more political stuff going on in the next few episodes. The quorum of twelve was also a pain in the ass in the classic original Battlestar Galactica.

Number Six doesn’t seem to look as good as she did last season. I think it’s because Tricia Helfer lost some weight, losing some of her lovely feminine curves in the process. Someone needs to buy her a few Big Macs.

Commander Adama will probably be in sickbay a few more episodes because the writers seem to enjoy putting Colonel Tigh in the spotlight. Tigh had to declare martial law at the end of the episode, which was the right thing to do given that Laura Roslin is a nutcase and the rest of the quorum are making pains of themselves. But unfortunately, it’s easy to predict that Roslin will turn out to be right, and that Starbuck will bring that Arrow back and it will help them find the way to Earth. I say unfortunately because I can’t stand Roslin's character.