Do the four (Tigh, Anders, Tori, and Chief) seem like they really didn't know they were Cylons? I mean -- is their shock real.
Oh, it's very real. At the end of the ep, they're all still in shock, and not a small amount of denial. Unlike Boomer, who was activated to do something (she didn't know for sure she was a Cylon until she shot Adama), these four seem to have simply been switched on. They know they're Cylons, but they don't know why. They don't know what they've been programmed for, why they were placed in the fleet, or why they've been activated now. So they're all not only freaked out that they're Cylons, they're freaked out that they might be programmed to sabotage the fleet in ways they're not aware of yet.
I think the Final Five might be a Cylon splinter group with a completely separate agenda from the other 7. It's just a hunch, but I can't shake the feeling that 4/5 (at least) of them being the leaders of the human resistance on New Caprica is significant. That they have a different plan, and that it's somehow connected to Earth.
What did you like best about it?
The editing. The construction of the narrative, especially of the second half, is pure brilliance, the way it builds.
I have basically not been able to watch this entire season (I caught the first two or three eps, and that was it).
I really need to catch up on BSG.
(PS, spoiler feedback is TEH BEST CRACK EVAR. I'd almost forgotten how much fun spoiling is! Silly me!)
Oh it is fantastic fun to be spoiled as well. I enjoy reading your spoils more than the actual shows sometimes. Which? Craxy.
But now I am looking forward to the next eps much more than I was at the end of the last show. Go figure.
In your review you wrote, Roslin approaches Adama on the bridge to console him about the verdict. Only...it turns out he was the swing vote. Roslin is not happy. If they were having a secret affair before, they aren't anymore.
What do they say to each other? Does Roslin say she never wants to see Adama again? Is there any indication that Adama already knew about the cancer?
I can't remember her exact words, but she makes it clear that in her mind, he let her down by letting Baltar walk free. I think she'll forgive him eventually, but it will be a while before they're back to calling each other up in the middle of the night to chat. Their jobs have finally gotten in the way of their relationship in a way neither of them is ready or willing to back down on.
Adama definitely knows about the cancer before the trial begins -- he tries to stop Lee from questioning her about the camala root and is overruled by the other judges. (So it's clear that he knew she was taking it, and why.)
DH just reminded me of a point I'd forgotten about (and that everyone seems to) -- Hera is no longer the only Cylon hybrid baby in the fleet, because Tryol's son is half-Cylon too.
Jessica,
do you think it is likely that Roslin is having the dreams because she was injected with cylon blood? That her being the 5th is a red herring?
do you think it is likely that Roslin is having the dreams because she was injected with cylon blood? That her being the 5th is a red herring?
I have no idea. I wouldn't even call it a red herring -- it's not directly suggested by the text, it's my own hunch/theory.
5thing the Jess is an awesome spoiler ho. Really, on a day I needed to smile, that went a long way.
You've left me utterly thrilled. Thank you, Jessica!
Thanks Jessica. This spoiler stuff is great.
I think that D'Anna was apologizing to Anders for threatening to kill him in the garage back on Caprica, but it could easily be Saul.
What I was wondering, how did you feel about the Starbuck reveal at the end? Might they edit that out before it airs? It just seems so fake to me.
