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BSG 2x09 - "Flight of the Phoenix"
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mighty Blogger Snay: [QB] Note: when Gaeta snaps, morale is bad. During the BSG Miniseries, there�s a scene where, if you weren�t familiar with the concept of the show, you realize that things have gotten really fucking bad. A flight of Vipers from the Galactica prepares to engage a Cylon patrol, when all of their instruments go haywire. Out of power, the Vipers drift into each other, and as the CAG tries to figure out whats going on, the Cylons fire missiles and toast every single Viper. There�s a similar scene in this episode - except, the reverse. This time, the Galactica is able to disable a massive Cylon attack force, and as the Viper pilots � led by Starbuck and Apollo � realize that they�re about to play �bobbing for apples� with 30mm cannons and drifting Cylons, every pilot looks cheerful and excited. Which is a big jump from the start of the episode. To me, the feel of the episode felt a bit wrong coming on the tail of �Final Cut.� I would have preferred it if the episodes switched places � the crew felt upbeat in that episode, and at the end of this episode. But the beginning and middle of this episode, everyone was downbeat, angry, and half a second away from slugging their shipmates. BTW - what�s up with Lee & Dualla? Hello Lee, you�re an officer, she�s not! Bad bad, no no! Of course, I suppose, those kinds of relationships aren�t looked harshly towards on this ship � Once again the preview does a good job of concealing what the episode is actually about. The writers have really nailed the multiple-story plotlines down. They flow well, and, this might be me, but are these episodes longer than 45 minutes?, because they feel like it. So, our A Story revolves around the Cylon virus, and Adama�s decision on how to confront it: namely, trusting Sharon Mk II. He�s a hard ass about it, even pulling a weapon on her, then dragging her back to her cell without so much as a thank you. As he later explains to President Roslin, he found common ground: if Galactica would be destroyed, so would she. � did anyone see Tricia Helfer in this episode? I don�t remember her being around. I�d like to believe that the human-model Cylons have been so programmed that its possible for them to buck their programming, and in Sharon�s case, rebel against her direct creators: the Cylons. This is a theory, yes, but reinforced by Sharon Mk 1�s suicide attempt last season. Of course, none of her actions could be viewed as completely � altruistic? She�s got a certain self-preservation motive, not only for herself but for her child. Also, all of her actions on Kobol could be seen as an attempt to gain the trust of Commander Adama, and make her therefore untrustworthy. On the other hand, one wonders how much the Cylons are actually interested in seeing Sharon�s baby born. I mean, we don�t know the true nature of Baltar�s personal version of hell, I mean, Six, but she�s always indicated that the Cylons have a vested interested in the first child of both species (because, face it, its fair to call the Cylons a �species�). But that massive Cylon battlefleet seemed to indicate, �We. Want. To. Kill. You. All. Don�t you understand this? Fools!� Of course it could all just be a test, I suppose � The B Story picks up with Kat�s fighter from �Final Cut.� Remember her fighter? Let me refresh: Kat takes stimulants. Kat takes too many stimulants. Kat crashes much-needed Viper Mark II onto Galactica�s landing deck. Kat, in the process of doing that, totals the fighter. There is no Allstate to buy Galactica a new Viper Mark II. Chief Tyrol caresses this scarred and damaged Viper with intercut scenes of he and Sharon Mk 1 in some intimate embraces. His hands move across a starfighter as they do across a near-perfect copy of a human female � it�s his Scotty moment, y�know? He�s married to his ships. But he can�t escape the verdict and he slaps a sticker onto the cracked canopy: �SCRAP.� Later, during a confrontation with Apollo, Tyrol realizes the CAG is going easy on him and gets frustrated � maybe the problem is people aren�t pushing hard enough to get things done. He�s got a brilliant idea: I�ll build my own Viper!� At first, no one thinks it can be done, but by the end of the episode everyone�s pitching in and what we have is this scrappy looking thing held together by nothing more than bubblegum, spit, and elmer�s glue. Starbuck - who volunteered as test pilot - looks incredibly terrified in the launch tube right before the untested plane is launched into space. Thanks to a suggestion by Helo - which gets him in the good graces of his crewmates - the new Viper is almost invisible to rader, and there�s a cute scene between Starbuck and Apollo. Christ Captain � Duala or Kara, no orgies for you, plus, c�mon man think of poor Billy. So, the flight test goes well and Galactica has a new Viper, nicknamed �Blackbird.� There�s a touching naming ceremony, and, yes, I did think Laura was going to crack the champagne bottle over the fuselage � the other characters� reactions were humerous: �NO! Don�t waste alkie-hall!� The C-Storyline intertwines with both of the above. Tensions aboard ship are high � few folks will talk to Helo because of his relationship with the Cylon, which doesn�t do much for Starbuck�s temperment. Pilots don�t want to play cards anymore because the cards themselves are so cracked and worn they can recognize the �Ace of Spades� from the various folds and tears. Tyrol and Helo attack each other, Starbuck and Racetrack don�t exactly get along well either. Once again, an excellent episode. As I mentioned, the feel felt odd. I think this episode and �Final Cut� should�ve been switched in production order, as the darker feel at the start of this episode would�ve tied in a bit better with the end of �Home Pt. II�, and the upbeat ending led better into �Final Cut.� Also, I felt it a bit ridiculous that Helo is only now getting around to introducing himself to the other members of the flight squadron, and that only now we�re getting to see people�s reactions to him as a �Cylon sympathizer� they probably consider him. All in all, little nits � Cally, who was sentenced to a month in the brig for the execution of Sharon Mk 1, is released at the start of this episode. It�s good to have her back. Was that Socinus? Hot Dog�s actually got stuff to do in this episode. He seems like much less of a hard-ass snarky fuck than he did in �Acts of Contrition.� Yes? The preview for next week�s episode labeled it as the show�s season finale. Liars! It�s only the season hiatus break! Relax, folks, the show�s back in January of next year. (Newer Battlestars look frikkin� awesome!) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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