GALACTICA

PRE-EPISODE THOUGHTS

There have been some comments the past week to the effect that stuff doesn't make sense. The characters both human and Cylon don't act logically, the science makes no sense, and the writers seem to be making stuff up as they go along without a plan and without regard to the history of the show.

To this, I respond, "what, you only figured this out now?" This show has never made any sense. At least, this season, they aren't trying to make left-wing comments about United States foreign policy. And they figured out that the viewers like the show better when there are several arcs that unwind over the course of many episodes.

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10:08 pm

That was a beautiful funeral, beautifully filmed. So say we all.

So Tory likes being a Cylon. She mentioned that she's "strong." Somehow, she has super-strength all of a sudden. She says she has no "guilt." She didn't mention the part about how she enjoys killing people.

10:23

Chief Tyrol "fraks up" in repairing a Raptor. Is he just emotionally distraught from losing Cally, or his his Cylon programming kicking in, telling him to kill humans? Probably just the former.

Tory looked like she was raping Gaius. Cool. Until the religious "fundamentalists" had to attack the worship den and ruin everything.

Gaius goes to the temple of the old gods, and he makes a speech about how stupid their religion is, and he throws around a few idols.

10:36

Tigh keeps visiting the Number Six in the brig. He's confusing her with Ellen. He really ought not to keep doing that, unless he wants people to get suspicious.

Admiral Adama visits Chief Tyrol at the bar. Tyrol drops some hints about how he's a Cylon, but Adama doesn't get it and he just thinks that Tyrol is being subordinate, and gives him his wish and demotes him. Now he's just Tyrol, no longer Chief Tyrol.

10:47

Roslin, who is quite the fascist, has a law passed to prevent more than 12 people from gathering together. Consequently, the guards won't let Gaius back into his worship den because there are already 12 hotties in there. The Number Six in his brain tells him to walk inside anyway. He listens to her, and he gets punched in the face. It looked very painful. Blood was dripping out of his mouth and nose. Normally the Number Six doesn't give him such blatantly bad advice.

10:57

Number Six punches Tigh out. Then she gives him a passionate kiss. I don't think she knows Tigh is one of the Final Five, but it's hard to know what the Cylons are thinking. They never do anything logical.

So the purpose of getting beat up was to enable Gaius to give a really good speech. How can we love others if we don't love ourselves? Tory bought it.