BSG: Sine Qua Non

[lizardbeth]

HUMANITY IS DOOOMED!



After reading all the reactions earlier in the week I had a hard time actually sitting down to watching this one, expecting... I don't know, badness. But instead it was alternately game-changing and good and then totally WTF *cringe*?

Uneven? Yes, that's an excellent word. Or maybe it's because I don't much care for Lee? Or Romo? (And man, I say that as a person who has LOVED the politics stuff before.)

wow, and I thought the Colonies had the worst excuse for a governmental system before! Interim president while they form a committee to search a new candidate?????? WTF? President of the Colonies is like being a School Principal or Hospital President? Hell, you can tell it was designed by a bunch of people fifty years ago who had not frakkin clue what they were doing, can't you? (really, kudos, for that, show - it does really FIT that their system is so fucked up. But they need a NEW one desperately)

But in terms of this show, it's all so stupid. If it's up to Admiral Adama, just let him frakkin pick the candidate he'd prefer, otherwise it should be Zarek and Adama has to deal with him. He dealt with Baltar for a year after all (in some capacity at least). But then, the point isn't Zarek, it's that Zarek isn't Laura, I suppose. And really only Lee can get past that - nobody else would.

But then? Adama's not around, so what difference does it make? It's not like Tigh's not going to talk to Zarek.

President Leland Adama. Happened a bit earlier than I expected - I was hoping for more of the Zarek presidency and Lee as VP, but meh. After hearing how they cut out that Zarek was supposedly the one who sent those thuggish zealots after Baltar's cult, I was pretty resigned to the end of Zarek as a character who gets to do much of interest anymore. Pity. He was so wasted. Maybe he'll go back to terrorism and we can see Lee's pretty ideals get all crumbly?

Anyway what else?

awww Natalie. I thought she might pull it out, but no. And Cottle is moving up as the Fifth. Not for nothing they showed him holding her hand EXACTLY like Sam took the Eight's. er, probably. *g* (I'll stop, for the sake of the kittens!)

Athena ... Hera is her Sine Qua Non, that's for sure. oh honey, you are just ruining it all aren't you? (nice that Bill remembered Helo was missing too) But at least he let her have Hera to hold - he really is a big softie with his 'kids' isn't he?

So Pike bought it. A bit overdue, but yes. He has now paid for being such a dickhead on the Demetrius as several people seemed to want. So, there you go.

Racetrack going EVA to find him was pretty cool. As was the ship graveyard.

I am assuming Sam is with the missing ship? yes? Because he's been sadly missing lately.

OMG Tigh and Lee are in charge of what's left of humanity? That is hilarious. Humanity is so DOOOOMED.

GOod thing the Cylons can procreate after all.

THAT? Caprica being pregnant is awesome with awesomesauce. Because oh man, POSSIBILITIES. Best part of the episode.



And next week, looks AWESOME. Did you see how she...? YES. WHY couldn't Scifi threaten Sky until after NEXT week's?

Comments

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I DID SEE, YES.

Sigh.

[sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, next week looks awesome. I didn't hate this week's ep, decent filler, but... O_o

I'm still not convinced that Natalie is gone for good. Of course, I could just be in denial because I love her and can't imagine why they would waste all that time developing her only to kill her off this early in the season.

And then there's Caprica. Is it more awesome for her to have Tigh's child and show us that the FF can procreate with other Cylons? Or is it more awesome for the timing between Baltar leaving the Cylons and now to be shorter than everyone is assuming so that head!Six's prophecy about hers and Baltar's child being born in that cell comes true? Poor Tigh was hallucinating so heavily during his visits to Caprica, and the cameras and microphones in the cell were turned off, that we don't honestly know if they ever frakked or not.

And something just occurred to me. If Caprica is pregnant with Tigh's kid, and next week's promo shows Three telling someone on that baseship that he/she is one of the FF (and it's not, of course, Sam, but rather Roslin, Baltar, or Helo), then my crack!case for Helo being the final Cylon is even stronger. Heh.

[selmak.livejournal.com]

yes! Someone that agrees with me that Cottle is the Final Cylon. :)

and Saul/Six wow. That's just wild though when I saw Saul punch Adama during this week's promos I KNEW what the reason was.

[frolicndetour.livejournal.com]

Interim president while they form a committee to search a new candidate?????? WTF? President of the Colonies is like being a School Principal or Hospital President?

Yeah, especially when you consider Roslin is DYING, and has been for a while, and someone might have thought about this? I guess no one counted on Adama not accepting the elected VP, so, instead they install his son. Go democracy! ;) And yeah, it didn't really matter since Adama stepped down anyway.

He has now paid for being such a dickhead on the Demetrius as several people seemed to want. So, there you go.

*Chastened*

*Sorta*

My glee at his death was purely feminist joy that they finally killed a man and had nothing to do with how annoying he was at all!