It's back!! And oh my, it picked a nice scene. Mmmmmm. Looks like the jump rope worked damn well.

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Looks like the jump rope worked damn well.

Yes, indeedy.

Hmmm. I fear if I projected like a Cylon, I'd constantly be walking into walls. Maybe they, er, what do you call, the thing that bats do, echo locate? Anyway. Interesting notion, this projection.

Ooh, Athena! I like it.

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I like it too!

(After the first episode people were talking about her new call sign: those people must have heard spoilers. Or did Ron Moore talk about ti on his podcast?)

Okay, I'm a bit worried that Athena will get the virus.

I wish that my hair would cut so easily as hair does on tv and in movies.

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Or did Ron Moore talk about ti on his podcast?

I don't remember hearing anything like that on the podcasts.

I'm kind of not sure what I think about this ep yet. Guess I'll have to rewatch. I have a vague sense of being rushed through things, or just past them without really stopping even.

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Thank heavens. I had such a crap day and that made me feel better. Though I could have done with some explosions. Still, very trippy and mostly fun.

Oh, Baltar, you so crazy. Even though it was kind of obvious what they were building toward on the Basestar, I still got chills.

I have a vague sense of being rushed through things, or just past them without really stopping even.

There were quite a few bits aboard the Cylon Basestar where I had to rewind and listen again because I needed more time to process what they were saying. And that was before they were all talking at once. I admit some of my difficulty may have been due to beer. And that may not even be what you mean, but again: beer.

At the end, when Adama was tearing into Starbuck, I was all, "Yeah!" And then he tore into Tigh, I felt more like, "I know he deserves it, but... aw, Tigh!" And to be fair to them both, Kat was being ridiculous in that first scene.

But then I bonded with Starbuck because we cut our hair the same way. So now we're BFF! (Okay, I use scissors, but same idea.)

Apollo's "poof, I am studly again" thing was rather silly. And I do feel resentment that I was deprived of a scene where Starbuck mocked his belly. Harrumph.

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This Doctor was not my favorite. Too many of the "desperately evading the Cybermen" were pure filler. No real wit. But the people who wanted Mickey gone got their wish. I was not as anti-Mickey as all that. (After all, this is not the first time he's saved their behinds.) But, I have to admit, he is not exactly essential to the show.

I do hope the next episode is a bit cleverer.

Also did I miss where the one Cyberman saying "Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!" as the very last line of the first part of this two parter was explained? I mean before the implants were turned off in the second half, their emotions were meant to be blocked. True?

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Okay, I'm a bit worried that Athena will get the virus.

Me too!

And to be fair to them both, Kat was being ridiculous in that first scene.

You think so? I thought she was talking sense, what with Starbuck and Tigh being total assholes.

I was sort of surprised that everyone responds to being occupied by Cylons by loving Sharon.

I got sort of lost with all the talk of hybrids. What now? Was that an eighth model, then?

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That was the ship.

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But it looked humanoid. What is it a hybrid of, and how is it different from the Cylon models?

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You think so? I thought she was talking sense, what with Starbuck and Tigh being total assholes.

They were, but even so. When she was whining about how bad it was in the fleet? Dur. It's not that it didn't suck, but have some sense, woman. It was like saying, "Oh, you were in a concentration camp? Whatever, let me tell you about how much it sucked for us here, with the food stamps and all." She totally deserved to be talked down to, but then of course Tigh & Starbuck had to escalate everything. I think Kat's psychotic competitiveness (she's like my family!) is leading to her trying to out-martyr Starbuck. Which is just not going to happen.

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