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<blockquote data-quote="The Grumpy Celt" data-source="post: 4258939" data-attributes="member: 1019">Let us hope this was the weak point of the season. It reminded me of the “Vote Union Yes” episode from last year. The ideological point of this episode was less clear than the ideological point of that episode, but they both are rotted through with surprisingly naive and optimistic thinking for Battlestar Galactica, thinking which in turn produced a poorly thought-out episode.I was disappointed by the resolution with the cat; it seemed underdeveloped. Who killed the cat, why and didn’t I see Lee with the cat when it was alive during this episode? And if so, was that a hallucination on the part of Lampkin? The entire scene – particularly Lee’s speech – also seemed to come from a program that I don’t associate with strong writing and characterization, rather than from Battlestar Galactica.I was offended by the scene with the dog; in its predictability and crass (and manifestly evident) emotional manipulation it was pat, flat, cliché and insulting to Lampkin and the audience. The entire scene also seemed to come from a program that I don’t associate with strong writing and characterization. Further, nothing happened to Lampkin for pulling a gun on a man and threatening his life – he was not even taken into custody for a psychological evaluation.Aside from Admiral Adama’s emotional reaction to the loss of Roslyn, his hard-line opposition to Zerek seems poorly thought out.Let us hope this was the weak point of the season…</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Grumpy Celt, post: 4258939, member: 1019"] Let us hope this was the weak point of the season. It reminded me of the “Vote Union Yes” episode from last year. The ideological point of this episode was less clear than the ideological point of that episode, but they both are rotted through with surprisingly naive and optimistic thinking for Battlestar Galactica, thinking which in turn produced a poorly thought-out episode. I was disappointed by the resolution with the cat; it seemed underdeveloped. Who killed the cat, why and didn’t I see Lee with the cat when it was alive during this episode? And if so, was that a hallucination on the part of Lampkin? The entire scene – particularly Lee’s speech – also seemed to come from a program that I don’t associate with strong writing and characterization, rather than from Battlestar Galactica. I was offended by the scene with the dog; in its predictability and crass (and manifestly evident) emotional manipulation it was pat, flat, cliché and insulting to Lampkin and the audience. The entire scene also seemed to come from a program that I don’t associate with strong writing and characterization. Further, nothing happened to Lampkin for pulling a gun on a man and threatening his life – he was not even taken into custody for a psychological evaluation. Aside from Admiral Adama’s emotional reaction to the loss of Roslyn, his hard-line opposition to Zerek seems poorly thought out. Let us hope this was the weak point of the season… [/QUOTE]

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