Hallelujahbebbejeebus!
This episode rocked and it rocked hard. After the lull of the last two episodes, including the less-than-stellar “Deadlock”, this episode came out with punches and rugs pulled out from under right and left.
Watchtower – When Starbuck joined in on the piano playing and it was then panning to the Final Five (Four) Roundtable and Tigh’s crazed recognition I knew “Deadlock” had been redeemed. The palate has been cleansed and the storyline was furthered. I loved the callback to Watchtower and that the missing piece came from Hera.
Boomer. The ultimate frakked up Eight Model. But she owned this – she played everyone, got Hera and took out Galactica (to a degree) with an FTL jump. ((I. Did. Not. See. That. Coming.)) Oh, and majorly frakked with Athena solely because she could.
The (presumed) death of Laura and her somehow (blood transfusion?) being attuned to Hera.
The beginning of the end of Galactica due to the Eight that Sucketh Mosteth.
What a difference 44 minutes can make!! I feel re-energized over these final upcoming episodes/hours. Already, the Old Girl and Adama’s Girl are going, going, gone…
Episode appreciation moments:
–Starbuck/Helo friendship: One of my favorite (small) elements of the show; and despite Helo’s collossal “whoops!” in this episode, he’s still the best d*mn guy.
–Starbuck being the least self-destructive we’ve seen her – despite her forcing herself to go through the motions of life with the weight of what/who she is due to Charbuck and Anders’ situation constantly a burden to her. Instead of frakking anything in sight, she creates a Head Daddy to talk about her frustration and true question of what am I?
–Cylon Roundtables
–Chief’s expressions: (1) first freaking out with projection; (2) embracing projection and the live he and Boomer once planned to live; and (3) his devastated realization that he helped Boomer kidnap Hera.
–Boomer.
–Anders – still in the game.
–All Along the Watchtower brought to you by Hera and Starbuckv2.
