I'd be very surprised if they wrote Ali off the show. Having no idea what happened to her (did he squeeze something? does just phasing through someone and holding it there freak stuff out?) it remains to be seen what needs to be done.

Who is there who'd come over? That best friend?

Did anyone post Entertainment Weekly's Fauxbituary of Ellen Tigh here?

DIED: 143 DAYS AFTER SETTLING ON NEW CAPRICA

Ellen Tigh, 35 (according to her previous statements), wife of Col. Saul Tigh, executive officer of the Battlestar Galactica, died in her sleep on the eve of the exodus from New Caprica. Though she engaged in the occasional marital indiscretion (according to Cmdr. William Adama, she had ''slept with half the fleet while Saul was in space''), her devotion to her husband, and his career, was both unwavering and absolute. After President Baltar took office and the colony of New Caprica was established, Mrs. Tigh was instrumental in persuading her husband to move from the orbiting Galactica to the surface (''They were so sweet together,'' says Chief Petty Officer Gaelin Tyrol of the couple. ''He had that special look in his eye...you know, the eye that wasn't ripped out by the Cylons'') — and if she hadn't, the Insurgency would not have had Colonel Tigh to lead them so unflinchingly out of bondage. (Rumors of Mrs. Tigh's ''collaboration'' with members of the Cylon government have never been confirmed.)

Ellen Tigh is survived by her husband — whose only comment was to ''get the frak out of my face before I blow you out the damned air lock'' — but her loss will be felt by hundreds of men throughout the fleet.

''He had that special look in his eye...you know, the eye that wasn't ripped out by the Cylons''

Oh! Poor Tigh...

You know, I've been thinking about it, and Niki totally had this coming. I think this is the wake-up call she needed to gain control of her powers. Taking her son away? I think that's going to be her catalyst. Whether she decides to remain villain or hero will then be up to her. Her fight with DL was badass, though, and I can't wait to see what's up with their awesome kid.

I LOVED "This is how we roll." It made me snorfle.

Bad!Pixie was boring and predictable. We got nothing out of the Claire storyline that we didn't already know. It's kind of counterproductive for Hiro and Ando to go all the way to NYC just to go to Texas, but whatev.

Torchwood: Er, I realize I will be in the minority of the fandom in this, but I really dislike Gwen. Frankly, I think she's a twat who doesn't even make a good foil. I will probably fast forward any further parts of the show trying to ship Gwen and Jack, and that's not just because I love the idea of Jack pining for the doctor, who will never be the same person he thinks of even if they do meet again. I think it's trite, and didn't even have the glow of Rose/Doctor, which is at least a pleasure to watch. This is more like uncomfortable, being forced into a mold of wrongness.

Also, TW is completely fucking around with moral centres in an entirely uncompelling way. Where I can watch DW and buy that this awesome Time Lord with the weight of the universe on his shoulders has Difficult Choices, I find I can't stretch that acceptance of loose morality with a bunch of humans messing with things they can't control or understand. Though that isn't that unusual--it's definitely an extention of the Torchwood set up in DW proper. But c'mon. Owen is a rapist. He is a loose canon. He's not interestingly messed up, and he's not a very nice person. I honestly don't see how I'm supposed to cheer him on, at all.

It's too bad, because I wanted to like it. But I really don't at all. (That's not to say I won't keep watching, though, because of Jack's ass and the possible future DW crossovers. And I don't want to rain on anyone else's happy parade. It's disappointing, mostly. Like Studio 60.)

Having no idea what happened to her (did he squeeze something? does just phasing through someone and holding it there freak stuff out?) it remains to be seen what needs to be done.

I don't know if Kitty ever did it, but both the Vision and Phantom Girl would just partially materialize their hand in the bad guy's chest, which apparently causes great pain and shock to the recipient. D.L.'s a long time comic book fan, so he knows this.

Oh, I thought he was choking her oesophagus from the inside. But I see what you're saying.

SA, re: Torchwood, I'm pretty underwhelmed by the whole thing so far, which is a bummer. I think I must have had expectations going in (that it'd be funneir, for one), and I didn't get it right. I'm still watching, though. I just loved Captain Jack so in Dr. Who, it pains me not to be in love with the new series. Ah, well.

both the Vision and Phantom Girl would just partially materialize their hand in the bad guy's chest, which apparently causes great pain and shock to the recipient.

Seems to me that'd do more than that...that it would cause injury and not just shock. But the term partially materialise is variable in its interpretation even from me.

I think Kitty was at risk if she materialised in the same place as anything else...but I bet it varied by writer in the end.

D.L.'s a long time comic book fan, so he knows this.

I don't know if being a long time comic fan is necessary to work out that there'd be negative impact to having a hand through your torso.

BSG Halloween comic

Speaking of Torchwood: (responding to SA's comment)

Owen is a rapist. He is a loose canon. He's not interestingly messed up...

While I was watching ep. 3, I noted something I thought would get more discussion here: That Owen, who had used alien tech to rape people by pheromoning them into willingness, was forced by alien tech to experience rape.

ETA: Sorry, sorrry, sorry, wrong tag... fixed now.