BattleStar Galactica S2/E7 08.26.05

[WizarDru]

Baltar may be a cylon, I'm beginning to think. It would explain a lot.

Adama may be dying: remember, Cottle said they wouldn't be able to tell if he'd had brain damage or not for some time. Remember that scary pause when he gave his first speech after recovery? Depending on how you interpert it, Adama may be suffering from some serious problems that haven't surfaced, yet.

And yes, Doc Cottle is awesome. He's virtually untouchable and he knows it...though I suspect he was ALWAYS like he is now.

Roslin hit on the head with Adama, though...he's angry about the perceived betrayl from her going back on her word than from the actual infraction. And don't rule out a near-death experience to change a man's outlook, some. Or a lot. I've seen it in real-life, so seeing it in Adama Sr. makes perfect sense to me.

 

[ecliptic]

It was suggested by someone that the Old Man was potentially the dying leader in the scriptures. I don't remember who said it or which thread it was... but I felt like this last episode sort of played into that notion. Don't think that I believe that he is the leader in the scriptures, but it's definately an interesting possibility. *shrug*

*raises hand*

 

[mrtauntaun]

Next week looks very interesting. Lucy Lawless's character looks coniving, manipulative and intent on sowing discord amongst the fleet. Sound like just the kind of thing a CYLON would do.........
I hope she isn't, it would be neat to have her as a recurring character (not a regular, just an occasional), but I don't like what I saw there. And two weeks to wait to boot!

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I thought this episode was ok, but the whole thing had a "feel good" type vibe going IMO.

I get the feeling that Sharon is BSG's 7 of 9...something I was desperately hoping they would avoid. If she turns into the friendly Cylon helper who was saved by the crew from her nature I'm going puke and hope I can overcome my distate for that to enjoy the rest of the show...but that will be hard.

 

[Fast Learner]

I don't think that's going to happen. I think she maintains 100% of her Cylon motivations. That they happen to line up with human plans right now makes her seem cooperative, but in reality, she's getting everything she wants, and she wants what the Cylons want.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I sure hope so. The entire show will be ruined for me if they do something foolish like I was talking about.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Her turning against the Cylons doesn't automatically make it a 7 of 9 situation. Honestly, I wouldn't be SURPRISED if she's now on the humans' side. From the things the Cylons were talking about on Caprica about her falling in love to everything we've seen, this Boomer really does look like she's more stable and actually in control as compared to the other one.

Of course, its equally possible that she's just sticking around to have the baby on Galactica where Baltar is before a change of plans comes up.

 

[maggot]

On a more serious note: Baltar cannot just be crazy. If he is, he's also prophetic. He has known things that he could not have possibly known if a little cylon didn't whisper it in his ear.

I still think he could be crazy. Sure he thinks the cylon is whispering things to him, but he never acts on these things, only reacts. So maybe he hears about the baby coming and then thinks he remembers the cylon telling him it was coming.

The other things he hears could be his intelligence or experience coming through and shrouded in insanity. The only one I cannot explain is when he picked out the right target at the cylon base, but the cylon chick never told him where to point, so I'm at a loss for either explanation on that one.

 

[Jakar]

A blonde Lucy Lawless flaunting her natural Australian accent, no less

She has a pretty good Aussie accent for being a New Zealander.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Best Creepy line:
"You ask why?"

Yeah... Didn't he ask that when Galactica-Boomer was already dead?