Which is the thing that would be interesting if they'd actually given it some thought. But I mean, I'm a crimelord. I'm rich! Whee! So I can get... slightly better quarters, I guess. Then what?

I guess I don't see actual crimelord types thinking that far ahead either, so it doesn't bug me. ("Yeah, I could make a fortune on the black market and become king of the space-underworld, but once I get to the top, there'll be a very limited range of luxury goods to buy! I guess I won't bother...")

The problem I have with the space mafia is that they're dealing with finite resources.

Yeah, that confused me too in the initial "Let's boringly talk about trade" scene. Because they were all, "We're running low on resources." And I'm thinking, "Well, yeah...you're OUT IN FUCKING SPACE." I thought the solution was to GO FIND MORE RESOURCES. Where the fucking hell is this black market getting their shit that the military isn't?!

Now, I suppose it would be interesting if the black market were getting shit from the Cylons, or something.

the space mafia

Every noun is funnier when it is prefaced with "space," isn't it? Space monkeys, space madness, space cookies, space whales.

The problem with black-marketeering in a closed system is that most of the stuff you'd bother to sell illicitly is gonna get used up, and then you won't have anything to sell. It's not like you can call up your friend Jorgi and ask him to smuggle more tins of herring into the country under his coat, you know?

don't they have replicators?

uh.

I think we're supposed to assume that the civilian fleet has been restocking their raw materials along the way (when we met Cain, she pointed out that the fleet had been jumping to systems with natural resources, which is how the Cylons were able to track them so easily), so it's not a completely closed system.

Which doesn't explain the whiskey and cigars, but that's what handwaving is for.

This is was not one of my favorite episodes. Too much that seemed to come from nowhere.

The Lee/D thing seemed so poorly done. I actually felt awkward for D in that scene with Lee. They have one moment of sexual tension while sparring and suddenly she needs to ask him where things are going?

Also the prostitute seemed to come left field as did the black market. Actually, the market makes sense, I guess. But what's the legitiamte market like? What's wrong with trading what you have for what you need? Sure, trading children is bad, but the rest seemed like capitalism 101 - trade what you have but don't need for stuff you want but don't have.

They have one moment of sexual tension while sparring and suddenly she needs to ask him where things are going?

Well, apparently that one moment has been repeated during all the other sparring sessions that we didn't see.

I dunno, I don't need to see five episodes of flirtyness between Dualla and Apollo. It's really not such an esoteric, complicated situation that they need to spend a lot of time on it. They were flirty, she asked what was up, and he was... Apollo. I am confused by the fact that his response wasn't, "It's not going anywhere because You Have A Boyfriend, remember?"

Hey, Daniel? PUT YOUR GLASSES ON YOUR FACE RIGHT.

Ailleann, my sister. Every time I watch SG-1, I yell at Daniel to wear his glasses correctly, and tragically, he never does. If I could tackle him through my TV and fix them, I would.

I guess wearing them that way probably puts less pressure on the bridge of his nose, but still. Suck it up, Michael Shanks!

Actually, they said in the commentary that it's a glare issue. The glass reflects into the camera when they're worn normally.