GALACTICA

Sharon's sacrifice should not be taken to easy.
 

Really don't know what to make of the character of Dualla, except that she is too much like Deanna Troi in the Star Trek Next Generation series. Some kind of empathetic touchie-feelie type, everyone keeps going to her for advice. I would have preferred to see her die, and have the crime lord live, he had a backstory that the writers could have mined for several eps at least.

If they're going to keep her around, it would be nice to flesh her out instead of the psychotherapist-cum-eyecandy role she has now. Every scene where she has down time, she's either in the gym, in a bar or in someone's bed. Does the girl have any interests or hobbies that involve modest clothing and an amalgam of a thought process?
 

Yeah, I really don't yet know what to make of the death of Billy, or how it fits into the overall scheme of the show. Clearly he's supposed to be some sort of tragic character, but to me it's weird because he's tragic in such an un-dynamic way. He's just this guy who does unexciting, dutiful, behind-the-scenes work: he's underappreciated; he's not taken too seriously; his girl-friend turns him down for marriage; and then he dies in a completely ill-advised and inept gesture. All you can say is, "What a poor guy!" Is this what the viewer is supposed to identify with??

Eh hem. I have to admit I identify with it very much.

I think his character is really real.

Still I'm not sure why the writers choose to end his character at that exact point in the series, and how that aides in the development of the series (except in as much as Di is supposed to hook up with Lee). To me this episode seems a bit... ad hoc, I guess.
 

Does anyone see a parallel to Billy's character (as described in my previous post) in other works of fiction? It might be some convention that I wasn't aware of until now. It certainly makes its own kind of sense.