The biggest annoyance for me was that last week, Cally tumbles down a hill when she's escaping. So that "Oh no, she's in our line of fire" thing seemed particularly dopey.

Yup. That and the fact last week (and in the recap) Cally heard gunfire while she was running. Then, last night Chief tackles her before the gunfire starts.

Guilty. The only reason I bought season 2 was because I'm a completist. I quit watching season 2 about halfway through. I feel I should watch the rest, just to say I did.

If you watch Supernatural first, you stand the chance of having S2 of DA seem suddenly shinier, just because of the Ackles factor.

t waves tiny pom-poms marked "Sam" and "Dean" in the air in an effort to get Sail watching.

And "everything has its time, and everything dies" was not, apparently, just about the Daleks. But, since it can't be the Time Lords (It's not Doctor Who without the Doctor, yo), I don't know. Likely something with the human race stepping beyond itself.

Debet, I take it as a meta-message about the essential nature of the show - about the viewers' attachment to each version of the Doctor, and to the various companions. There is a new wave of Doctor Who fans who've known only CE as the Doctor may still be adjusting to the change to DT at this point in the series. The principle applies to other aspects of the show as well, and development of that theme is certainly in the eyes of the beholder - as well I know, having realized yet another aspect of it as I'm thinking out a reply to your statement (and which I shall not elaborate on at the moment for spoileriness).

My question for those who were not sure of enjoying David Tennant's performance as the Doctor - and to whom I said (or meant to, anyway) to give him up to "School Reunion" to prove himself - is, what do you think of him now?

Okay, it's totally THAT John Barrowman. . . and I think he may wear a kilt in this somewhere

It is. He does. And the lucky owner of Cawdor castle gets him to carry her tea tray about while he's wearing said kilt. Since she's the Lady and she also knows where the heck she's going, you'd think she'd go first. I'm pretty sure she's letting JB walk in front of her to check out his ass in the kilt. As would I, were I her. But since I'm not, I just sat here and enjoyed my own view of things.

Dark Angel S2 gets radically better as it goes on, seriously, and not just Ackles' part, either.

My biggest letdown so far for S3 of BSG is the horrid lack of CKR. Granted, we're only a couple of eps in, but another thing that bugs is there's no multiples of him walking around.

Is this just scheduling difficulties, or is it specific to Leoben's character/model that he enjoys his individuality and doesn't actually like too many of himselves walking around, obsessing over Kara. Maybe it has something to do with his "I am god, I swim in the stream". I hope it's a story-choice, and not that CKR wasn't around that much.

If it's story-specific, then it would seem that he (Leoben) has his own agenda, and doesn't give a fig about what the rest of the Cylon do with the remainder of humanity, so long as he can play house with Kara. Perhaps even they consider him a freak and don't want his model mucking up the already mucked-up works with his new-age mumbo jumbo (Brother Cavil would probably commit fratricide on his ass a dozen times over!).

Still, whatever the reason is, it all boils down to me stomping my feet and whining "I want more Callum!"

eta DA, it gets better? Cuz I had to stop watching early on in S2 due to the crapitudiness (and just downright weirdness) and my eyes couldn't stop rolling over the whole "Eyes Only is deathly allergic to Max's dander."

I do wish we were being shown other Cylon models besides the 7 we already know. I understand the budgetary constraints on casting 5 more characters (and the additional efffects-work in showing us multiple copies of them), but it doesn't seem to make much sense that there would be 5 human models completely out of the loop on the entire New Caprica venture.

it doesn't seem to make much sense that there would be 5 human models completely out of the loop on the entire New Caprica venture.

Yeah, this was an observation I had as well. Really, all 12 models should be part of this thing. I wonder if they'll make up some sort of reason why the other 5 aren't there because as of now, it's a practical decision, not a story decision.

Did you guys notice Leoben's reaction to the little bonding moment between Kara and Casey? What was that? Was he happy because he thinks his vision is starting to come true? Disturbed because she's paying more attention to the toddler than she ever paid to him - -besides killing him? What?

Also, aside from the giant continuity error with Cally and the running and the guns: Chief tells Laura and Tom that Adama is coming to get them while he's standing right in front of that truck and not really that far away from the dying Cavil. Seems like a bad idea to me.

My question for those who were not sure of enjoying David Tennant's performance as the Doctor - and to whom I said (or meant to, anyway) to give him up to "School Reunion" to prove himself - is, what do you think of him now?

My squee for the episode was about evenly divided between Sarah Jane Smith, K-9, and ASH as the headmaster. What affection I've been able to summon for Tennant is because I've heard (here, I believe) that he's a huge Who geek and actually has artifacts from shows with previous incarnations. He's manic. Okay, so was Baker, and I loved him. He feels more wobbly than Nine. And let's face it, I fell hard, deep, and repeatedly for Nine. He broke me, then put me back together, stood me on my feet, patted my fanny and said "on you go." I'd have trusted him, even if I knew he had to betray me, because it was for a bigger necessity.

I don't trust Ten. But I don't really know Ten. Ask me again at the end of the season.

And yes, I enjoyed the Barrowman Keys to the Castle thing SO very much. So, apparently, did he.

Also? SO freakin' good to see Chief's beardless face again.