I believe Helo's angst came on two fronts in this episode, first the problems with the refugees and his obsessiveness in finding the truth (which is really his wish to be known for more then being married to Sharon. Its an identity thing) and his lingering guilt over his actions in AMoS
1. I don't think this was Lee's episode the refugees were Helo's responsibility. I would have been disapointed in Helo if he hadn't acted in regards to the refugees, they were and that's just not Helo.
2. It's common knowledge that Helo cares about people, think about it people under his, if not care, supervision were dying suspiciously. Given that Helo and Sharon are two of the most consistant characters on the show I think the un-Helo like thing to do would have been to sit back and do nothing. It's also obvious that Helo was also being a little obsessive in this episode to that point that even Sharon called him on it. As far as doing the right thing vs. the moral thing. I would imagine that as the Officer in Charge (OIC) it was his responsibility to determine if a wrongful action had taken place. I mean if evidence had made itself available that Dr. Robert was in fact not doing anything wrong Helo would have discontinued his actions. The further Helo dug the more incriminating evidence presented itself. It was almost like Helo was a detective in this episode looking for a murderer, which he found. Even though it was obsessive his examintion of Dr. Cottles papers did expose a pattern of abuse by Dr. Robert.
3. I do think Helo's obsessiveness stems from his feelings in that the only thing people see when they look at him is his connection with his wife, Sharon, and his daughter Hera. He wants to be know for himnself.
second: his lingering guilt over his actions in AMoS
In the initial scene in the episode, Helo is having a sleepless night, undoubtedly this is from his actions in AMoS. If you watch the deleted scene in it's entirety, as posted at SciFi. Helo pretty much details and confesses his action to Adama, Adama pretty much lays out the consequences and then in as so many words tells Helo to drop it. Think about the ramifications of Adama telling Helo to drop it.
No more lingering guilt. Un-official approval if you will.
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Date: 2007-02-13 05:15 pm (UTC)I believe Helo's angst came on two fronts in this episode, first the problems with the refugees and his obsessiveness in finding the truth (which is really his wish to be known for more then being married to Sharon. Its an identity thing) and his lingering guilt over his actions in AMoS
1. I don't think this was Lee's episode the refugees were Helo's responsibility. I would have been disapointed in Helo if he hadn't acted in regards to the refugees, they were and that's just not Helo.
2. It's common knowledge that Helo cares about people, think about it people under his, if not care, supervision were dying suspiciously. Given that Helo and Sharon are two of the most consistant characters on the show I think the un-Helo like thing to do would have been to sit back and do nothing. It's also obvious that Helo was also being a little obsessive in this episode to that point that even Sharon called him on it. As far as doing the right thing vs. the moral thing. I would imagine that as the Officer in Charge (OIC) it was his responsibility to determine if a wrongful action had taken place. I mean if evidence had made itself available that Dr. Robert was in fact not doing anything wrong Helo would have discontinued his actions. The further Helo dug the more incriminating evidence presented itself. It was almost like Helo was a detective in this episode looking for a murderer, which he found. Even though it was obsessive his examintion of Dr. Cottles papers did expose a pattern of abuse by Dr. Robert.
3. I do think Helo's obsessiveness stems from his feelings in that the only thing people see when they look at him is his connection with his wife, Sharon, and his daughter Hera. He wants to be know for himnself.
second: his lingering guilt over his actions in AMoS
In the initial scene in the episode, Helo is having a sleepless night, undoubtedly this is from his actions in AMoS. If you watch the deleted scene in it's entirety, as posted at SciFi. Helo pretty much details and confesses his action to Adama, Adama pretty much lays out the consequences and then in as so many words tells Helo to drop it. Think about the ramifications of Adama telling Helo to drop it.
No more lingering guilt. Un-official approval if you will.
Bob