Beware, mind games and spoilers ahead. (But I'll warn you first.)
After last weeks conclusion to Starbuck's long story arc -- really a three season arc -- it was a little tough to get fully back into the politics surrounding the trial of Baltar.
The show may have milked Starbuck's ups and downs, and downs and downs, too much this season, but it also built relentlessly toward a conclusion that, when it came, seemed inevitable and delivered a big pay-off in its sense of doom and human tragedy. Starbuck has always been on a hell-bent path toward destruction, but there were plenty of folks to push her along the way. Mom included.
Appropriately, "The Son Also Rises" opened with plenty of linguring pain over Kara's death, particularly, of course, among the three men who loved her most.
It seemed, rather satisfyingly, to draw Lee and Sam together, while creating a competition between Apollo and his father. (Did we actually have a scene in which Lee and Adama were arguing over who misses her most?! Boys will be children.)
Battlestar Hasn't Jumped the Shark I started college the same year the original Battlestar Galactica started, and have watched every episode of both the current and original series at first run. I remember at the time the original show first ran that there were two main criticisms.
First, the constant battles in every episode was turning the show in "Cylon battle of the week," especially since they kept re-using the same footage.
Secondly, the original Battlestar Galactica never explored the real problems and logistics of holding a fleet together with little to no access to resources. In my opinion, the current show has not only done an excellent job handling these questions, but in the process has raised topics such as abortion, terrorism and even labor relations in a way no other show on television does today. This is hardly "jumping the shark."
Beware, mind games and spoilers ahead. (But I'll warn you first.)
After last weeks conclusion to Starbuck's long story arc -- really a three season arc -- it was a little tough to get fully back into the politics surrounding the trial of Baltar.
The show may have milked Starbuck's ups and downs, and downs and downs, too much this season, but it also built relentlessly toward a conclusion that, when it came, seemed inevitable and delivered a big pay-off in its sense of doom and human tragedy. Starbuck has always been on a hell-bent path toward destruction, but there were plenty of folks to push her along the way. Mom included.
Appropriately, "The Son Also Rises" opened with plenty of linguring pain over Kara's death, particularly, of course, among the three men who loved her most.
It seemed, rather satisfyingly, to draw Lee and Sam together, while creating a competition between Apollo and his father. (Did we actually have a scene in which Lee and Adama were arguing over who misses her most?! Boys will be children.)
