Plot Device?

[NormanDoering]

I really liked this ep - particularly the John Cavil / Ellen / Boomer scenes. But then again, a lot of why I liked them (besides getting answers! yay!) has to do with why I find Sartre’s play so interesting, too (I’m not generally a fan of wikipedia but for those who haven’t read/seen the play there’s a short description of it that would be worth looking at.) “l’enfer, c’est les autres,” or, hell is other people.

ETA: Someone already updated the site for the play with a reference to this BSG ep, awesome I don’t have to do it!

I saw Cavil / Ellen as more Ellen Tigh as Doctor Frankenstein and Cavil is her monster (more of a comic book villain kind of monster). The other final fivers are apparently just a collection of Igors:

http://normdoering.blogspot.com/2009/02/few-pieces-of-puzzle.html

[Ebonheart]

RDM says as much in his commentary. the shooting was a plot device for spewing the information.

[CylonMATRIX]

RDM also said in his commentaries, right from the beginning in season 1, that he always wanted a muntiny scene and a standoff, like in The Sum of All Fears.

omg, I just realised that the Sharon model, when playing off Ellen, functioned as a Rick character from Magnum P.I. :eek:

[clickclickboom]

Yes, quoting one self is goofy but, I just got through listening to some of Podcast #151 and heard Audra talk about ‘info dumping’ in movies and writing:)

It’s only goofy if you say “Damn this guy is smart”