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BSG 2x19 - "Lay Down Your Burdens Pt. 1"
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by bX: [QB] So we're clear... [b]49,579[/b] was the count at the head of this week's episode. And also the previous week's. The week before that was [b]49,584[/b]. But none of that is very interesting to me, so I'm going to pretend like it's not happening. What is vastly interesting to me is what's happeing on with Chief Tyrol. I'm with Sol System again. The bit with the Chief whaling on Cally was the most utterly fracked up and horrible thing they've actually shown in the series thus far. I too am very curious to see where they are headed with this. As for why the Chief would be in his skivies on the flight deck, I'm less than clear. I can't imagine it's a quiet place, or an out-of-the-way place to grab some Zs, which makes me think he might be a sleep-walker or blacked out or something. The stuff with Dean Stockwell was great, but again, I can't imagine The Chief's reintegration with his crew is going to be a smooth one. There definitely needs to be some consequences (medical leave being the most lenient thing I can imagine). I really like the actor and the character a lot, and it's a shame they can't make up their mind what to do with him. I mean the blackbird gave me some hope, and this rude awakening was certainly unexpected, but I hope they've got a good plan for his arc. The politics bit was also interesting. I'd kind of assumed it was a closer contest. Not that it should have been, but you know, whatever. The trash talk between the candidates was nice, but I was sort of hoping to see Six up there supporting Baltar (as only she can) during the debate. As has been previously stated, it seems like a HUGE risk for this rescue op. I think had I been in command I would have decided the results would not be worth the dangers. Not the least of which is they are banking on extracted Cylon technology (which as far as I know, is the only instance they have of this particular model) The FTL instrument (organ?) seems to be animal and to their credit has a nice, gunmetal cradle of humano-techno gadgetry to interface with it. But apparently that's not enough, because they also need poor bereft Sharon to operate it. As for why they'd trust their (again unique) Cylon prisoner to control this technology correctly and not, say, warn the Cylons of their plans so that they can have advanced artillery units at the ready, well...sometimes things don't make sense. And again, one ponders why the distinct lack of your average human's ability to interface with said technology via some port in their arm might be a good start on building a functional cylon detector. So I missed a bit of dialogue with all the shelling towards the end of the episode. Did somone (Helo?) say that the artillery was coming from where they'd parked the Raptors? Also, I suspect that a couple dozen Raptors re-entering the atmosphere would probably be the sort of thing Anders et. al would recognize, even given the distraction of Cylon harassing fire. Which might go towards explaining why they were headed that direction. I do realize it's just a TV show and so therefore they need to do things for dramatic purpose, but bringing the critical element of your escape (i.e. Sharon) with you doesn't seem to be at the level of tactical brilliance we've come to expect from Ms. Thrace. Nor does abandoning the Raptors entirely. I'm hoping that in the next ep, someone will remember the half dozen Raptors they kept manned on the off chance they needed some close air-support. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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