Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5, Episode 6
If ever you needed evidence BSG has started to "jump the shark" in season 4, witness: Deadlock.
So Ellen Tigh comes back from the dead (i.e., download-central) and returns to Galactica as the final Cylon model, leader of the Final Five. Ellen starts acting a little more Ellen-like when Saul Tigh is back in the picture, employing more of the old sexual charms and mind game tactics we saw in Ellen of S1-S3.
Most of this story revolved around "love" - who Tigh loved and who he loved most. This is where things got a little ridiculous, when Ellen and Caprica Six start competing for the #1 spot in Saul's heart. When C6 suspects Tigh doesn't love her, she starts having labor pains. In fact, she does eventually lose the baby (Liam) when her faith in Tigh's feelings for her wavers.
But neither Ellen nor Six can claim the #1 spot in Tigh's heart, that place goes to...Bill Adama. That's right, Tigh has always had a major hard-on for his pill-popping commanding officer, even naming the pre-natal toaster a shortened version of "William".
Um, excuse me, but what was all of that? First off, all this "#1 love makes Cylon baby" business doesn't make sense. Secondly, why the compulsive 'shipping? This isn't Melrose Place, it's sci-fi. I mean, I get Adama & Roslin, and Athena & Hilo, and Boomer & Tyrol (oh, and guess what they're building to in next ep), but the Tigh/Six thing I have never bought. Same goes for Cavil/Boomer. Lame - what, will everyone be paired up by series' end? I'm a little disappointed in Jane Espensen (the writer), I thought she usually did better work.
Deadlock's B-story was a little better, but not by leaps and bounds: Baltar returns to his cult after some time (weeks?) away, to find acolyte Paula has taken the reigns and is running things a lot differently. Paula, if angrier and less charismatic, at least has more street smarts than Baltar, who manages to act like a complete loser and get all their food stolen. He does eventually manage to get his weak-willed flock to come around to him, and hatches a plan to get Adama to provide them armaments. Um, why would anyone give Baltar's group guns? After all that has transpired in the past? I presume this will be explained in the next episode, because although Adama is out of his mind on drugs & alcohol, Lee and Laura were in that room and they weren't.
Since I don't want to be a total downer on the ep, I'll mention one high point: the look on Laura's face when Adama produces a flask out of his jacket at Ellen's request. Brilliant.
So Ellen Tigh comes back from the dead (i.e., download-central) and returns to Galactica as the final Cylon model, leader of the Final Five. Ellen starts acting a little more Ellen-like when Saul Tigh is back in the picture, employing more of the old sexual charms and mind game tactics we saw in Ellen of S1-S3.
Most of this story revolved around "love" - who Tigh loved and who he loved most. This is where things got a little ridiculous, when Ellen and Caprica Six start competing for the #1 spot in Saul's heart. When C6 suspects Tigh doesn't love her, she starts having labor pains. In fact, she does eventually lose the baby (Liam) when her faith in Tigh's feelings for her wavers.
But neither Ellen nor Six can claim the #1 spot in Tigh's heart, that place goes to...Bill Adama. That's right, Tigh has always had a major hard-on for his pill-popping commanding officer, even naming the pre-natal toaster a shortened version of "William".
Um, excuse me, but what was all of that? First off, all this "#1 love makes Cylon baby" business doesn't make sense. Secondly, why the compulsive 'shipping? This isn't Melrose Place, it's sci-fi. I mean, I get Adama & Roslin, and Athena & Hilo, and Boomer & Tyrol (oh, and guess what they're building to in next ep), but the Tigh/Six thing I have never bought. Same goes for Cavil/Boomer. Lame - what, will everyone be paired up by series' end? I'm a little disappointed in Jane Espensen (the writer), I thought she usually did better work.
Deadlock's B-story was a little better, but not by leaps and bounds: Baltar returns to his cult after some time (weeks?) away, to find acolyte Paula has taken the reigns and is running things a lot differently. Paula, if angrier and less charismatic, at least has more street smarts than Baltar, who manages to act like a complete loser and get all their food stolen. He does eventually manage to get his weak-willed flock to come around to him, and hatches a plan to get Adama to provide them armaments. Um, why would anyone give Baltar's group guns? After all that has transpired in the past? I presume this will be explained in the next episode, because although Adama is out of his mind on drugs & alcohol, Lee and Laura were in that room and they weren't.
Since I don't want to be a total downer on the ep, I'll mention one high point: the look on Laura's face when Adama produces a flask out of his jacket at Ellen's request. Brilliant.
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