BSG 3.03: "Exodus, Part 2"
Oct. 20th, 2006 08:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathepiperHOLY CRAP, that was great. It's official. I am now in awe of Season Three. Let's hope they can now maintain this momentum!
Wow. So, so many things to goggle about here.
The entire scene with Tigh and Ellen, and Tigh slipping Ellen that drink. I thought he was going to wind up executing her somehow. And once she started sipping from that mug I thought in dawning horror, "Oh my god, he's poisoned her." And then she fell over and OMG.
The Galactica JUMPING INTO ATMOSPHERE. WOW. Just WOW. I thought seeing it appear overhead in the sky was cool, but then it got cooler, as the flaming ship descended and vipers swept out over the city and things started going splody and then the ship winked out again and holy CRAP that was hardcore navigation.
The Cylons realizing they're screwed and beginning the evacuation--and Three extending the offer to Baltar of a place with them, a "reward". And his staying behind. And Gaeta pulling the gun on him. And Baltar begging him to shoot him. And Gaeta letting him go to find the nuke.
Hera's adoptive mother getting killed. Baltar and Six finding the baby, and Three taking her, and AIGH.
That ever so fascinating little glimpse of Hallucination!Six AND Caprica!Six both present at the same time, so now we know that's actually possible, and what the FUCK is up with THAT, anyway?
Roslin coming into Colonial One with her team, and sitting down serenely in that chair, and announcing, "I'm ready to go now." NICE. SO VERY NICE.
Anders finding Kara. Kara going back for Kacey. Confrontation with Psycho Cylon Boy. Kara with hate seething in her eyes while she mouthed the words he wanted to hear--which of course is the only way to handle that, though I have to wonder, Psycho Cylon Boy couldn't tell she was clearly insincere? I mean, was he really that oblivious? Also, she took way too long to stab him. But she DID, so GOOD. Even if it was severely fucked up that she had to do it in front of the kid.
I do very much wonder how many times this makes that Kara's slain Psycho Cylon Boy, too!
(Also: I am very relieved that Anders did not come in during the kiss or overhear Starbuck's faked "I love you". They so easily could have brought him in at that point. A lesser show would have done that and taken the cheap source of tension that way. I am so, so very relieved it didn't play out that way.)
The Pegasus swooping in to save Galactica's ass as you absolutely knew it would. Adama growling, "Damn you, Lee" and then "Thank you, Lee" in the very next breath. Then the Pegasus taking out two base ships in a spectacular fireball, just as the Pegasus in the old series did. BEAUTIFUL.
Kara finding out that Kacey had a real mother. That the child wasn't really hers and that Psycho Cylon Boy had lied to her even about that. I'd half-wondered if he'd actually stolen a human child for this little plan of his. Now we know. Severe, severe mindfuck. Poor Kara. Man. And Kacey's mother--am I imagining things, or did we see her in a prior episode?
Everyone coming aboard the Galactica. Especially Tigh with his "permission to come aboard". I actually teared up at the exchange between him and Adama. Awwww man.
*CHEER* Adama losing the mustache!
WOW. And did I mention, WOW?
Wow. So, so many things to goggle about here.
The entire scene with Tigh and Ellen, and Tigh slipping Ellen that drink. I thought he was going to wind up executing her somehow. And once she started sipping from that mug I thought in dawning horror, "Oh my god, he's poisoned her." And then she fell over and OMG.
The Galactica JUMPING INTO ATMOSPHERE. WOW. Just WOW. I thought seeing it appear overhead in the sky was cool, but then it got cooler, as the flaming ship descended and vipers swept out over the city and things started going splody and then the ship winked out again and holy CRAP that was hardcore navigation.
The Cylons realizing they're screwed and beginning the evacuation--and Three extending the offer to Baltar of a place with them, a "reward". And his staying behind. And Gaeta pulling the gun on him. And Baltar begging him to shoot him. And Gaeta letting him go to find the nuke.
Hera's adoptive mother getting killed. Baltar and Six finding the baby, and Three taking her, and AIGH.
That ever so fascinating little glimpse of Hallucination!Six AND Caprica!Six both present at the same time, so now we know that's actually possible, and what the FUCK is up with THAT, anyway?
Roslin coming into Colonial One with her team, and sitting down serenely in that chair, and announcing, "I'm ready to go now." NICE. SO VERY NICE.
Anders finding Kara. Kara going back for Kacey. Confrontation with Psycho Cylon Boy. Kara with hate seething in her eyes while she mouthed the words he wanted to hear--which of course is the only way to handle that, though I have to wonder, Psycho Cylon Boy couldn't tell she was clearly insincere? I mean, was he really that oblivious? Also, she took way too long to stab him. But she DID, so GOOD. Even if it was severely fucked up that she had to do it in front of the kid.
I do very much wonder how many times this makes that Kara's slain Psycho Cylon Boy, too!
(Also: I am very relieved that Anders did not come in during the kiss or overhear Starbuck's faked "I love you". They so easily could have brought him in at that point. A lesser show would have done that and taken the cheap source of tension that way. I am so, so very relieved it didn't play out that way.)
The Pegasus swooping in to save Galactica's ass as you absolutely knew it would. Adama growling, "Damn you, Lee" and then "Thank you, Lee" in the very next breath. Then the Pegasus taking out two base ships in a spectacular fireball, just as the Pegasus in the old series did. BEAUTIFUL.
Kara finding out that Kacey had a real mother. That the child wasn't really hers and that Psycho Cylon Boy had lied to her even about that. I'd half-wondered if he'd actually stolen a human child for this little plan of his. Now we know. Severe, severe mindfuck. Poor Kara. Man. And Kacey's mother--am I imagining things, or did we see her in a prior episode?
Everyone coming aboard the Galactica. Especially Tigh with his "permission to come aboard". I actually teared up at the exchange between him and Adama. Awwww man.
*CHEER* Adama losing the mustache!
WOW. And did I mention, WOW?
