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BSG 2x19 - "Lay Down Your Burdens Pt. 1"
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: [QB] Quick rant -- for some reason that I don't understand, the Sci-Fi channel promoted this episode as part of the "season finale." While it's certainly closely tied to the season finale, it isn't. If you want to get technical, it's the "pre-season finale", but the "season finale", is by definition, the last episode of the season ... <em>[qb]not[/qb] the second to last episode of the season</em>. "But it's a two part episode!" No, that's actually not a very correct expression -- you want a two part episode, you take the teaser and the first two acts and label it "episode one" then take the last two or three acts and label that "episode two." This is a story continued over two episodes. Ranting over, I'll just summize -- this wasn't the season finale. Nor was this the first half of the season finale. The first half of the season finale will be over at 10:45pm next Friday night. ** Not bad! We get to touch with a lot of the characters we haven't seen much in the last eight episodes -- everyone but Tigh gets at least a solid line, and sometimes more -- and there's a nice focus on "a day in the life of the fleet" ... I wish I'd followed The West Wing more so I could compare how the shows are similar and different in their fictional depictions of Presidential Election Campaigns. Speaking of which -- who won The West Wing's? There's a lot going on in the episode, and the format of the teaser reminded me a lot of "Kobol's Last Gleaming Pt. 1"'s teaser. Okay, I'm jumping from here into snarkiness. Emerging from FTL jump into a solid cliff? Ouch. I love Dean Stockwell's line: "Well, maybe <em>I'm</em> a Cylon and I don't recognize <em>you</em> from the Cylon meetings." I'm going to be really dissapointed if Dean Stockwell turns out to be a Cylon. Whoever thought Tyrol would look really crazy if he grew a beard was like <em>totally</em> correct. I can't remember the last time either Tyrol or Cally had this much screen time. I have a hard time believing the hangar deck is ever quiet enough for a guy to go to sleep on the dirty floor. And if I was tired enough to go to sleep on the hangar floor, I certainly would leave my pants on. Geez Chief. Thank goodness you don't wear a thong. Weren't the Presidential Elections supposed to happen two months ago? I'm pretty sure Zarek said in "Bastille Day" that elections were seven months off, and I'm reasonably certain "Bastille Day" happened just about right away after the Miniseries (third episode into the first season, IIRC), which was ... nine months ago? Speaking of which, I think it makes logical sense to settle on the planet. Galactica found it by accident. There's no indications the Cylons know about it, and would it be an acceptable risk to settle? I mean, sure, it's putting all your eggs in one basket, but if you keep running and the Cylons keep chasing, sooner or later <em>they'll</em> win. I think staying on the planet -- no matter how difficult it might be to eek out a living -- would be worth it. Anders - again! The meeting between his group and Starbuck's Marines seems fortuitous, and expected -- were they in contact before the mission was launched? Or did they just stumble across each other by luck? Man, those Cylons sure can set up their artillery batteries quick. Guess they stopped planting shrubs. Roslin giggles when she gets nervous. I can relate. I could tell you an embarassing story about a right of manhood when I was nervous and started giggling and it got me in a bit of hot water, but I'll exercise discretion this once. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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