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Mood: impressed

Battlestar Galactica, Season 4.5, Episode 3

Sorry this is a little late - I watched the show over the weekend but work stuff came up so I didn't get a chance to post until now. This week and next will be hectic to the extreme, so the next review probably won't get posted until close to the 13^th/14^th. After that, life should settle down. :-/

Mutiny on board the Galactica!

The Gaeta/Zarek partnership bears fruit in the form of a plot to break Zarek out of the brig, and results in a full-on uprising to unseat Adama as commander of the military (because of his decision to ally himself with the rebel Cylons). This was not a bloodless coup either. Brutal and violent acts illustrates the fleet's [previously] pent up rage against the Cylons, such as:

- Seelix does a harsh turn to Anders. She approaches him sweetly at first, reminscing about their time spent together and their almost-relationship. Then she nails him about burning her, and his Cylon identity. She then says "even though it's been months, I still can't seem to let it go", and then two guys (on her orders) come up behind him, throw a bag over his head, and beat the crap out of him. To Seelix, Anders' existence is a personal offront; her hatred towards him is palpable.
- Murder of Private Jaffey (trying to protect Adama) by the marines during the coup on CIC. By his reaction, you can tell Gaeta really doesn't have the stomach for the bloodshed, even for supposedly justified "ends".
- But Zarek has just such a stomach, as evidenced when he murders Galactica's new deck Chief (formerly Pegasus deck chief) as he, in the course of doing his job, threatens to uncover their plot. In the BSG universe, being hit over the head with a wrench doesn't always just leave you with a bump on the noggin' - sometimes it kills you.
- Skulls, Racetrack and some other mutineers corner Lee, who was tricked by Zarek into returning to Galactica. They are about to execute him (many hold grudges against Lee for being Baltar's defence counsel) when Kara executes the executioner. Skulls protests, and is instantly shot by Kara. I am not sure if he survived, Racetrack who "functionally" attended to his wound, seemed to indicate he would recover.

Other random notes:
1. If everyone is still complaining about having to eat nothing but algae (algae coffee, algae baby food, etc), why are half of the cast gaining weight? ;-P
2. Adama and Tigh this season have both been getting kind of growly/groggy-sounding voices. Sometimes you can't tell what they're saying. I'm not sure if it's supposed to indicate they're getting old/weary, or that they're drunk and fucking up, but it's started to wear thin for me. Enunciate, just a little, pleeeeease?

Anyway, this episode left on a cliffhanger, when a grenade is thrown into the room Adama and Tigh are holed up in, defending the president's exit. I doubt they will actually die (but you never know with BSG) but how will this be resolved? There's no going back after a full-on mutiny. How will Galactica operate after routing out all these traitors?

Tags: sci-fi
Mood: busy