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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MaxKaladin" data-source="post: 2442725" data-attributes="member: 1196">I had a thought earlier today.  I'm glad Tigh is in charge.  I wouldn't have said that even a week or two ago, but having seen the first couple of episodes, I'm glad.  Why?  Because Tigh doesn't want to be in charge and is very loyal to Adama.  Adama needs to be in charge.  He's the only sane leader they've got.  The president is on some kind of drug for her cancer and is now having "visions" (either drug or cylon induced hallucinations, IMO), acting like she's some sort of prophet or something egged on by Elosha and sending critical personell off with critical hardware to hunt down religious artifacts to fulfill her vision.  The vice-president is going nuts from the cylon in his head (though nobody knows why he's going nuts, they know he's "not quite right in the head" so to speak).  The chief "opposition" among the civilians is Tom Zarek who seems to be some sort of demagogue who only cares about himself and his ideology and who would love to use the current crisis to impose that ideology on everyone.  The only sane leader they have right now is Adama.  He's the only one who is actually focused on the realities of the situation.  The president was too, at first, but then she decided she was a prophet and is now unfit for the job, IMHO.  Tigh doesn't want the job and he's loyal to Adama, doesn't buy any of the nonsense either Roslin or Zarek.  I think when his wife starts to push and try to get him to side with Zarek, he'll stand firm however painful it may be and ultimately give command back to Adama.  That's why I'm glad he's in charge.Adama needs to be in charge and his idiot son would love to turn things back over to "President Hallucination".</blockquote>

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