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[dianora2]

My favorite part of this episode was that it had some HUMOR to it, geez. Remember when this show used to be funny?

Seriously, though, Gaius preaching to the Centurion? COMIC GOLD. I loved that so much and was so sad that the Centurion got blown up. Who knows what chaos Gaius could have wreaked? Alas. I really wanted the Centurion to somehow speak, causing Gaius to fall on his ass.

Also hilarious was he and Laura arguing over the best way to talk to the Hybrid. "I'm just doing the same thing you're doing." And OF COURSE Gaius thinks the Hybrid actually likes him. And when Gaius did the "Sssshhhhh....." I thought that was so Ricky Gervais, OMG. Ricky Gervais playing Gaius Baltar would have been pretty awesome, actually, except for the whole not being nearly as hot as James Callis thing. But I digress.

Crazy Space Family actually got called family! That made me smile. And yes, I loved when a) Kara put her hand on Lee's back and b) Lee manfully clutched Kara to his chest even if all of it was NOT REAL AT ALL. (When watching with oeilade, I said, "It MUST be a dream, Lee and Kara actually remember each other!" :P) Doesn't mean I can't get icons out of it, though, so there, RDM! SUCK ON THAT.

I'm guessing that seeing yourself dying has to be just a wee bit unsettling, even if it is a crazy dream/subconscious/interdimensional experience. And I'm glad dionusia caught that Laura is wearing a butterfly scarf, and the Greeks believed the butterfly represents the soul. Excellent.

I have to admit I found Bill putting his wedding ring on Laura's cold dead hand to be....not romantic in the least. "Here, have the wedding ring that symbolizes my marriage to my bitchy ex-wife, which I have not taken off for twenty years even though she didn't want anything to do with me, and wear it now that you are totally dead and I never had the balls to do anything about it while you were still alive." OH, THE ROMANCE! No.

And why is there this implication that somehow LAURA is the one responsible for whether they can be together emotionally or not? I'm pretty sure it takes two, and if Bill hasn't had the balls to make a move until now, I don't see why that's all on HER. Partially, sure, because she didn't do anything about it either, but like I said, it takes two.

Now, I know that it was really the larger message of losing what makes her human and finding her emotions and saving her own soul as she stares down death, etc., etc., etc. And I'm glad she was made to come to terms with all that, because those poeple DO care about her and she does keep them at arms' length when she doesn't have to. And she is staring death in the face and needs to be reminded of what's really important and what kind of legacy she TRULY wants to leave. Etc. But still. He could have done something sooner, too. And thank goodness for Romo and Imaginary Elosha or they might never have done anything, eh? Oy.

Which doesn't make the hug at the end any less sweet, except, how lame is it that they STILL didn't kiss? Losing the opportunity again, there, Bill. Good job.

I couldn't believe they actually had Gaius confess to Laura about the access codes. Eeeek! Wonder what the repercussions from that will be. I wasn't surprised when she took the bandage off and was a little eyerolly at her sudden remorse, but it kept my man from dying so it's all good. And I snickered a little when D'Anna came running over to show concern. "Oh yeah, she fucked him in ADDITION to torturing him. I forgot."

Speaking of D'Anna -- eh, let's not. Grateful to her for killing Cavil but that's all I'll say.

What else. How frickin' hot was Six in that Cylon pilot suit? Rowr. How frickin' creepy was FauxAthena? Eeep. How much improved was Helo's hair this week? A lot. And why did FauxAthena have a Colonial flightsuit? The hell?

All in all, a good episode, and I think it's really interesting that they've spent so much time the past two weeks on the A/R relationship -- I'm very curious to see not only how that develops, but how, or if, it will affect events around them. Especially with Lee currently sitting in the president's chair.

But really, it's all about NEXT WEEK OMG. Did you see that promo? I shall leave spoiler space since I know some of my BSG friends do not like to watch the promos....
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HOLY CRAP! My real question is, how misleading or not was that promo? Do they really find out about all four Cylons, or just Tory and Tigh? Or none at all -- are Tory and Tigh dreaming those respective scenarios? Are Tigh, Tyrol and Sam really the three Cylons that Lee is about to airlock? Are Lee and Kara actually going to speak to each other? Also, Lee punching out Tigh! Adama punching a mirror! Gaius looking crazier than usual! Eeeeeeeeeeeee!



Is it Friday yet??? Multiple people affiliated with the show have said this next episode is one of their best, if not the best, so I hope it lives up to the hype.

Comments

[kelbelle.livejournal.com]

Heh. I know. The shipper in me was all "OMGYAY!" but would a kiss have KILLED THEM?

I'm sort of terrified about what's going to happen to them now. Obviously, she's gonna kick it. That's not a spoiler, that's just "I've been watching this since the miniseries," but it would be nice to see them, I don't know, together for a little while.

Gaius/Centurion= Best Scene EVER.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was all, "If I were a shipper, I would be PISSED right now." Of course, as a L/K shipper I've had plenty to be pissed about lately, so I feel the empathy, yo.

But yeah. Come on. ONE KISS? Not asking that much.

[cloudydaise.livejournal.com]

Don't you know that old people don't kiss... geez.

Next week looks AMAZING.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yes, my mistake.

[the-girl-sleuth.livejournal.com]

Hi, I was surfing my friend's friends page, and I saw your comments on BSG--I hope you don't mind a stranger commenting again. I just wanted to say how great it was to see ridiculous Baltar again--i forgot about how much levity the Baltar and Six scenes brought to the early seasons, and Callis' timing was perfect. I laughed out loud at "Hey, hey . . . stop jumping the ship, alright?" It make the horror, action, and seriousness of the rest of it stand out more, which has been missed.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Hi! I couldn't agree more re: the levity -- the early episodes had such a nice mix of lighter and darker moments (Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down is still one of my favorites), and I really miss that sometimes.

It make the horror, action, and seriousness of the rest of it stand out more, which has been missed.

Exactly!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

*skipping the spoilers*

I have to admit I found Bill putting his wedding ring on Laura's cold dead hand to be....not romantic in the least.
OH MY FRAKKING GOD, did he DO that?! I must have looked away... it really was very drawn out and boring and Adama reading always puts me to sleep That just... makes me stabbity with rage. *angry face* How presumptuous and appalling! YUCK!!!

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

OH MY FRAKKING GOD, did he DO that?!

Yeah, after she died, he took his wedding ring off and put it on her cold dead finger. It was...weird. And presumptuous is a very good word for it.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

You know, if Lee did that to Kara, there would be an outcry from fandom. I find it no less presumptuous or distasteful that Adama did it. If a man ever put a wedding ring on me after I'd died, I would come back from the afterlife and strike him down! Even if I'd wanted him to during life, I'd be hitting him over the head with an umbrella for not getting his act together earlier!

[catteo.livejournal.com]

HAH! I'm so glad that my fellow K/L addicts were like 'it may only be a dream but they're HUGGING!'. Does this mean we get kissing next week? Shouldn't there be some sort of pattern to this?

I love crazycakes Gaius when he's being comedy. I have missed that. I sort of started hating him as a character when he began preaching religion, but going "Shhhhhh" to the hybrid had me in stitches. Can we have head!Gaius back next week?

Next week? Looks SOOOO good. It looks to me from the promo that Tory tells Laura that she's a cylon and that the other three remain on Galactica where Tigh tells Adama. Not sure how Chief and Anders get found out, but I'm sure in the bit where Kara runs in to stop Lee airlocking them (President of the colonies = urgent need to airlock) she says "those three cylons just gave us Earth" . And Lee punches Tigh!!! I have to wait til Saturday to get it. Boo.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that my fellow K/L addicts were like 'it may only be a dream but they're HUGGING!'.

We have to take what we can get!

Does this mean we get kissing next week? Shouldn't there be some sort of pattern to this?

Man, don't I wish.

And apparently they had thought of bringing back Head!Gaius and then decided against it, which MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. Sigh.

It looks to me from the promo that Tory tells Laura that she's a cylon and that the other three remain on Galactica where Tigh tells Adama.

It LOOKS that way, but I wonder how much of that is the promo monkeys messing with us. We shall see! I hope it lives up to the promo.

[em-meredith.livejournal.com]

I cannot get over how much I enjoyed the Baltar/Roslin bickering and how hysterically funny Baltar was, and how much I thought he shouldn't die. AND YOU KNOW THAT KILLS ME.

Is it Friday yet???

*dramatic sigh*

Literally the only thing in the world that could stop me from watching Friday is an REM concert.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

I cannot get over how much I enjoyed the Baltar/Roslin bickering and how hysterically funny Baltar was, and how much I thought he shouldn't die. AND YOU KNOW THAT KILLS ME.

Hee! It is the power of James Callis, it cannot be denied.

Literally the only thing in the world that could stop me from watching Friday is an REM concert.

I just got invited to a party Friday night, so now I'm all torn! Dammit.

[willagurl.livejournal.com]

Your. Icon.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

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[girlunravelled.livejournal.com]

1) your icon made me cry with laughter

2) They brought the funny. Thank the Gods!!! And that they brought the funny with Gaius? All the better. I still can't decide which was funnier, Gaius with the centurion or Gaius/Laura with the Hybrid. AWESOME!!!

3) K/L. I"m going with a Dumbledor quote on this one "Just because its all in your head doesn't mean it isn't really happening". Why yes, I'm stubborn about my ship!

And as for this weeks episode, its almost enough to keep me from going out and getting drunk on my last day. almost... thank god for tivo

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

BWA!!! Yup, that hilarious nuclear apocalypse!!

Hee. You know what I mean. ;P

And yeah, as I just said in Boppy's LJ, I love that Laura is some kind of OOC Lee/Kara shipper. "Oh Lee! *swoon*" The hell??? What's next, bad fic?

Also, if all the Eights are the same, doesn't that kind of undercut how Athena kept insisting she wasn't the one who shot Adama? And how does Helo square making sure the Cylons - who can't reproduce any other way - can't download with his anti-genocide stance last season? (Eliminating the ability to reproduce basically destroys a species, no?

These are all good questions that I believe Jane Espenson is incapable of answering. You know, I liked this episode more before I started reading other people's comments about it and kept saying, "Yeah, that's right! Yeah, what about that? And that? Geez." Maybe since Helo made his own Cylon baby he figures everyone else can just do the same. Linear thinking is not always his strong suit. *g*

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

I think you're so right about "dropping the issues." There's no time for that sort of thing anymore in the midst of all the Cylon navel-gazing.

so the species is … over

Yeah. And yet no one but Laura has really put it that way. Maybe the implications haven't truly sunken in yet -- or maybe it will be yet another dropped issue.

I should be agog with anticipation of Lee airlocking people, no?

I certainly am. *g* And Kara says his name! It's a banner day all around. Plus, Sam might be one of the airlockees, I know how much you would enjoy that. ;)

[writingpathways.livejournal.com]

Baltar with that Centaurian was awesome. I mean not only was it hysterical but the implications if the Centaurian hadn't been blown up were awesome and slightly terrifying.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Seriously! So much wasted potential there! Alas.

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

And when Gaius did the "Sssshhhhh....." I thought that was so Ricky Gervais, OMG. Ricky Gervais playing Gaius Baltar would have been pretty awesome, actually, except for the whole not being nearly as hot as James Callis thing.
HA! Very true. Aside from the TRAUMA and all, this episode actually had some of the funniest scenes ever. Comedy Gaius! I missed you! Comedy Roslin, it's nice to meet you also.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

They could have an entire episode of Gaius and Laura bickering and I would be okay with that.

[jjworld.livejournal.com]

That has to be the best icon ever. I know if S had an LJ, he would so fangirl over that icon.