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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mighty Blogger Snay: [QB] I was trying to think of a good introductory sentence for this post. First it was "Gaeta's uniform isn't prim & proper!" Then it was, "Gaeta smokes!" Then how could I resist, "Gaeta has a tatoo!" But then I was like, "Aw shit, Starbuck's back in the cockpit!" (For those of you paying attention, Starbuck's character, a fighter pilot, hasn't been in a cockpit since the fourth episode of the 1st season -- in other words, sixteen episodes ago). And then, how could I resist, "Aw shit, we know another Cylon!" Hell, she played everybody. Xena was always going to put out a fluff piece (regardless of how accurate) to engraciate herself to the Galactica's crew. Gain their trust, become a regular pipeline of information to the Cylon command on Caprica. Surprising? Hey, I didn't see it coming, so let that inform your judgement. There's a lot to like about this episode -- it's sort of like "a day in the life". I particularly enjoyed seeing the operations of Tyrol's crews aboard the flight deck. One thing I never liked about Star Trek Voyager was that no matter how many years it'd been since the ship had last seen a starbase's "Merry Maid" detachment, the ship always looked brand new. Like, when you first see the Colonial Viper Mk II in the miniseries, they've got sparkling paint jobs and they're gleaming in their white and red paint schemes. Here, several scenes focuses on Kat's Viper, which is burned, blackened, the paint is peeling, it looks like me after six rounds with Mista' T. I commented in another post that the Galactica's hanger deck was similarly scarred. <em>THAT'S AWESOME!</em> It reinforces the illusion that the ship has been away from maintence for close to a year, and just those little details makes it all so much more real. There's not a whole lot else I can say about the episode. Captain Kelly makes a rare appearance -- I guess he's the "Boss" of the flight pattern. Looks like Lee's back as CAG (not surprising), I'm a little curious about one thing - Hot Dog chases Kat into the pilot's rack, and Lee chases him back out chiding him for coming into senior officers' bunks. Maybe its just a misunderstanding, but Hot Dog and Kat were both enlisted from the fleet and trained together -- shouldn't they be the same rank? On the other hand, maybe Lee intended the chide for both of them. Whatever - you'd think as CAG, Lee would rate his own cabin. Lee and Starbuck are the leaders of the flight squadron, and Starbuck demonstrates her leadership clearly in several instances -- first, breaking up a fight between Kat and Tyrol, and then trying to assist a drug-addled Kat into a not-so-non-crashy landing. We haven't seen a lot of Starbuck in her job on Galactica lately (obvious reasons why), and it's great to see her getting into the swing of things. The Corridor of Photos, last seen I think in the first season opener, is back. It's particularly resonating what with the upcoming four-year anniversary of September 11th (from which the producers admit they got the idea), plus photos I saw briefly on CNN of a similar wall in New Orleans, with photos and notes of and to family and friends, from the victims of Katrina. A big deal is made about the "Massacre at Gideon", during which Galactica Marines, in an attempt to retrieve supplies neccessary for the ship, opened fire on a hostile mob and killed four. Lt. Palladino, a pilot who led the mission, apparently is a bit unhinged about the whole incident and finally snaps, ready to take out the man who ordered it - Tigh. "Snapping under stress" seems to be a recurring theme of the episode, but one I hope the show revisits. This brings up something else: Galactica has a rather large Marine detachment aboard, yet earlier in the season the point was made that there weren't enough Marine NCOs to command the number of raiding parties Tigh ordered (this is why Palladino was in command on Gideon). Ok. So the Marines don't have a lot of NCOs, and apparently, they don't have any Marine officers, <em>either</em>? Something fishy, there ... What was wrong with Sharon? I mean, besides the blood on her hands. One complaint -- two episodes ago, everyone was at each other's throats. Now they're all buddy-buddy again. I would've liked to see some conflict between Starbuck and Tigh or something, y'know, something along the lines of, "Meh, I still don't trust you." Did Billy even get a line this episode? I think he was in the background of the teaser. Oh, yes -- this is also the first time I can remember seeing <em>Colonial One</em> this season. Well, that's it for me. Two weeks until the mid-season break, and then no more <em>Galactica</em> until January. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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