BSG "No Exit"

[pataka02]

Phew... so this post-ep reaction is late because I'm finally back home after going to see the babies! And I just watched because dude, BSG vs. my niece and nephew? The babies win. And they're seriously SO adorable and full of personality at a week old, which is crazy...

Anyways, moving on to BSG...

 

Um, I'm already in love 15 min into the ep because all we've had is Kara/Sam awesomeness, and Ellen SUPER awesomeness (yes, my language skills are that good. Granted, I've gotten like sporadic hours of sleep due to aforementioned newborns, so cut me some slack ;) ).

Seriously, I adore the whole Kara/Sam dynamic this ep, and how protective and fiercely loving and loyal she was. This is Kara at her best, and Sam at his most heartbreaking... he just wanted answers, but she wanted him to live, even more than knowing everything. And his response, about the Demetrius? Oh Sam, I know you would help Kara regardless, but if the situation was turned, and you had a chance to save her life, I can't help but think you'd take it. That said, I think Kara would somehow kick your ass for trying, but you would do what she did. But then the end? With him brain dead? NO. I am hoping that Ellen and her awesomeness will fix it.

Btw, did anyone find it disconcerting that the dude from "The Daily Show" was Sam's doctor? I kept expecting bad things to happen. And also? I LOVE COTTLE. He is still my favorite secondary character without a doubt. There has never been anything to make me love him less.

Oh and I agree with Kara... she has to be something!  And this something is apparently beyond Sam's knowledge and Leoben's. Crap. I hope Ellen has answers.

As for Ellen, how calm and collected and fantastic was she? The way she treated the Centaurian alone was great. I'm still a mite confused about the logistics of Cavil's uprising against his creators and how he punished them by making them live amongst humans without knowing their identities, but the scene where he talks about how she made him into the sadist he is... dude. Isn't that what the mother of every sociopath goes through? And points for Boomer for coming through, though is it me or does Grace Park seem like she's sleep-walking through her scenes? Is that a deliberate choice?

And Saul and Caprica still ick me out, almost as much as her frakin' bad wig does... sigh.

Didn't really care so much about Adama, though I thought the whole ship falling apart at the bones metaphor worked nicely with how Adama/the old way of life isn't doing the job, and requires hybridization if they're all to survive. Same with Roslin and Lee's new quorum idea... the old guard stepping down, and a new one coming in. I was stricken when he washed his face; I was worried we were going to have to see his whole hygiene routine again.

I definitely need sleep... and Sam to get fixed. And Kara to find out what she is... either she's a hybrid or maybe she's somehow related to the one true god.

Comments

[anyareed.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with pretty much everything you said. I also thought Kara was being protective of Sam, but I also think she wanted to know what he was trying to say.

Is Sam's doctor the PC guy?

I was also excited to see Ellen back, although I have to say if I had seen the Centurion claw coming towards me I probably would have leapt to the other side of the room.

Boomer does seem asleep - no emotion whatsoever. I hoping that will change when she is back with the humans - as she appears to be going off to rendezvous with.

I'm afraid the Galactica is going to crack in half like the plane in Lost.

What I was wondering about Kara was if she was possibly another cylon from earth. There was a whole planet of them so more than just five could have escaped and it would explain why she found her body.

[anyareed.livejournal.com]

I forgot to add that I'm not sure what I think about Tigh and Caprica. I wonder if they're going to last now that Ellen is back. Although Caprica does earn points for seeming to keep Tigh out of trouble. He hasn't been self-destructive lately and he also didn't realize weeks had gone by without him taking a drink - and he didn't seem to care he couldn't have one.

[pataka02.livejournal.com]

The Tigh/Caprica thing freaks me out to no end. I kind of just wished for that scene to be over.

Tigh's drinking seems like it stopped a while ago, once he found out he was a Cylon. Now Adama seems to be the alcoholic.

[pataka02.livejournal.com]

Sam's doctor IS the PC guy! How did he get on BSG? So confused. Seems like an odd casting choice.

I am still afraid of the Centurions, personally. They creep me out to no end.


What I was wondering about Kara was if she was possibly another cylon from earth. There was a whole planet of them so more than just five could have escaped and it would explain why she found her body.

A lot of people are speculating that Daniel, the unknown model, was actually Kara's father, so she could be the first hybrid. But your theory makes sense about how she could have found her own body. But I want her to be more than a cylon, and I don't know if even being a hybrid fits the bill. I just want her to be SOMETHING...