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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2585284" data-attributes="member: 14159">My thoughts on the episode.1. Cylons aren't immune to their own viruses, I guess they never expected to have to deal with that, or not from the humans at least?2. Humano-Cylons can apparently physically interface with computers via fiber-optic cables, although it's clear they aren't meant to do it under normal circumstances.  Since they appear identical to humans except under the closest possible analysis, they probably have some kind of organic cells that are light sensitive/bioluminescent that can interface with the hardware.3. The Colonials now have a stealth fighter, I wonder how it will play out.  It's built for speed, very hard to spot on dradis, and apparently quite hard to handle.  Not a dogfighter, but an excellent recon/scout ship.  With the apparent success of the prototype we may be seeing a small number of others built.4. Roslin has less than a month to live now, on the order of a few weeks, she'll probably be functional right up to the end, unless the cancer spreads to her brain.  Barring a true miracle, she won't live to the end of the season.  We better get used to the idea of Baltar as President of the Twelve Colonies.5. Destroying a cylon armada and building the first of a new class of fighter seems to have given the fleet a real morale boost, something they haven't had since this really began.  This is one of the few BSG episodes to really end on an unblemished "up" moment.6. Boomer sabotaging their fleet means that the Cylons are willing to go to truly herculean lengths to convince the Colonials of Boomers sincerity (sacrificing hundreds of fighters, and letting their virus get completely purged when they had the Fleet really on the ropes), or there really are multiple factions within the Cylons who have different, possibly conflicting, plans.  If it is a ruse, they pretty clearly want the fleet (or Galactica at least) alive, possibly to find Earth for them (my personal theory is that the Cylons want to find Earth too, and are trying to make the Prophecy come true, but not to destroy Earth, but in the hopes they find humans who share their religious beliefs).7. Notice that Tigh took a jar of "solvent" (i.e. moonshine alcohol from Tyrol's still) for himself?8. Tigh also seems to make every wrong decision (stop the fighter production, take the moonshine, try to shoot Boomer as she's shutting down the Cylon fleet), if they ever make a BSG d20 game, he better have a Wisdom penalty, he seems to be a textbook case of a low wisdom.9. While I do miss the "Cylon Occupied Caprica" interludes, this episode, like the rest of BSG, just seemed to exude quality.  The good acting, good writing, and just generally fine drama and sci-fi there is like always a breath of fresh air on TV.</blockquote>

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