BSG: Well, *this* oughtta be different...

3.04: "Exodus (2 of 2)"

Frackin A, man, this is some good felgercarb, this is. =)

Just got done replaying tonight's episode. Got home around 1 after hitting the Brattle for SEVERANCE and AUTOMATONS (good crack =). And now, I'm more than a little overtired, so I may not hit all the stuff that I love about "Exodus," but I'll give it a go.

Freefalling Galactica in the atmosphere dropping vipers and FTLing the hell outta there! Vipers launching through the flames caused by friction heat of a battlestar bellyflop! Is it a Boy thing to get so frickin pumped up by that? F'in kickass! =) The only way that could've been even cooler is if they used the vacuum created by the jump to damage some Cylon hardware or infrastructure, y'know?

The entire rescue campaign was put together and shot/sequenced really well. We got to see it from the ground, in the air, and in space, and never lost track of how it's all meant to come together. And, Dr. frickin Z! but we got to see some kickass space carnage, didn't we?

A kickass military victory, but battered and fried in much sadness...

(Note: image is from a previous episode.)

Ah, poor Pegasus... But what a grand two-fer way to go! Too bad we haven't seen another resurrection ship around New Caprica, frack. Y'know, the show went back to the original series well twice this episode, first, with the exit of the Pegasus while taking on base ships head-on, and second, with Baltar being "adopted" by the Cylons, particularly because of his usefulness as a human, with insight into human behavior.

Y'know... assuming he IS human. =)

Oh, and poor mama Starbuck. Cruel Cylon jerkass. But, oh, can you imagine the Starbuck payback wants to deliver? Should be righteous and terrible. Yay! =)

And, poor, poor Mrs. T. Sleeping with a machine to save her man... That's some loyalty right there, that is. Or, at least, a kind of loyalty... And Tighe had to do her in.

What? No, that's where I wanted to end that sentence, really. I know it's with a preposition and all, but really, that's the end of it.

=)

Really, though, that was powerful sad. Damn. And the way Tighe wanders and loses himself in the crowd on the flight deck at the end. What will become of him? Between ordering suicide bombing missions and offing his wife in his arms, and altho he'd be the first to give credit to Adama, returning to Galactica only to play unrecognized second fiddle as leader of the insurgency...

He's gonna be seeing the Galactica shrink for more than a few centons, eh?

Should be interesting when Mrs. T comes back as model #8 somewhere down the line, eh? Or maybe brother Stockwell will commission a model, complete with swirling capabilities?

I don't like the looks of the guy that Zarich pulled aside on New Caprica. Y'know, the guy he gives his gun to and directs to protect Roslyn until she's back on Colonial One.

Poor mama Maya... Guess her EUREKA shooting schedule might've gotten in the way, eh? Well, at least BSG lost her to another SciFi show, and a fun one, at that. Also, she looks pretty damn good in a uniform (as deputy of Eureka).

And what of baby Hera? Cylons don't get sick, right? So what's her blood going to do for them? Maybe it'll distill down to a red dust that will kill all the Cylons, except for the nice ones who will get an antidote, of course.

Loved the double Sixes there for that one moment. When Baltar picks up Hera, his Jiminy Six appears to confirm that this is The Child, then disappears as Caprica Six approaches him. Alas, I don't think we actually got to see both of them on screen at the same time.

Don't be stupid. Watch this show.

=)

Keep on keepin on~