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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Guardian 2000: [QB] Well . . . I'd say we've found where things went FUBAR. It was off-camera whenever the "farms" were started up. I'm quite impressed by this episode. Upon discovering that Starbuck, who ostensibly loves Lee, was once again whoring about the countryside (this time literally), I felt virtually no emotional impact upon seeing her fall. However, by the end of the episode, I was actually concerned about her plight once again, and seeing her pouty and teary-eyed at the end actually held some impact. Meanwhile, Adama is back in command, and somewhat inexplicably seems to be maintaining things in keeping with what his drunken XO "really fracked up" while he was down. I'm sure a certain amount of decision-continuity is desired so that Galactica's command structure doesn't appear to be in disarray with each different guy in the center seat for a shift, but maintaining and even building upon the extreme-hardline approach seems a little absurd under the circumstances. The coup was one thing . . . it was for certain specific reasons. But now, it's becoming a larger conflict, ideologically. That said, it's made clear that as far as Adama can tell, Roslin is out of her flippin' mind with the religious claptrap. I did find it quite amusing, though, that he felt [i]no one[/i] would follow her. To be sure, he did not see the Quorum bowing to her in the jail cell, but to the eyes of a non-religious person in the early 21st Century, I'd say it should've been quite obvious that a significant number of people would. Hell, a significant number of people will follow most anyone . . . Koresh, bin Laden, whatever. We've had several indications that the society of Caprica and the other colonies has included a non-religious group and a religious group, so I might've expected Adama to have that somewhat cynical approach that comes with being a member of the former regarding the possibility of irrationality in the latter. I can only assume that he felt that was the old way of things, before the End of the Worlds. In any event, the events on Caprica in this episode seem to call into question the idea that Boomer is knocked up. The Cylons had a peculiar notion that love could be used for hybrid-creation in place of various disconcerting technologies. If Caprica-Boomer is actually pregnant, then this notion is accurate . . . but if so, then we've sort of ventured into the surreal. And, of course, there's the issue of the possible offspring of Gaius and Six, "the face of the shape of things to come". Six does seem to have feelings for Gaius, but during their sexcapades Gaius was too much of a player for me to believe there was love there. Nonetheless, I still think the notion of love vs. farms is a bit odd, and I hope they revisit this and make it fit better later. Despite the religious leanings of the series, things have been interpretable rationally thus far . . . and while I certainly have a soft spot for the idea that love conquers all, the notion of knocking up a toaster being possible because of love stretches my suspension of disbelief. Last thing: is this the real Caprica-Boomer that we see at the end of the ep? Last time we saw Cap-B she'd stolen Starbuck's ride. Now she's back, walking out of the forest, claiming to have tracked Helo. What did she do with the raider? And what was she doing between the time she left and the time she popped into view in the woods? I hope someone asks this soon, because although the presence of the shoulder wound seemed like proof enough when I first saw her, it really isn't . . . any number of Sharons could've been wounded to get the right effect. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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