Maybe you should be stoned...

...Or on the writing staff of The Venture Brothers.

Happy Birthday, Jess!

Happy Birthday, Jessica!

Smallville: So they've got a miracle drug that can instantly cure any lethal injury, but because it causes aggression, they're just going to throw it away? Dude. Keep it. Give it to people about to die and then keep them under observation and/or sedation until the aggression passes. Much better to be dead than pissed off, apparently. Sheesh.

BSG: I thought they were going to do execute the Cylons and then the virus wouldn't actually download with their conciousness. There was a lot of speculation among the Cylons about whether or not it would happen, but they didn't want to risk it. I think it would have been more in tune with the show for the "heroes" to actually dirty their hands, but it not work out in the end.

And I am I the only one who finds it incredibly disturbing that a random person with a set of dog tags can concievably kill people undetected on Galactica via a box in an ungaurded corridor?

I don't think that Helo really thought that they wouldn't know that he was the one with access to the keys to that box and the motive to do it.

I'm a little confused by the end of Torchwood 5:

OK, so the little girl wanted to go with the creatures to this magical forest place, and Jack let her go because otherwise the creatures would have caused all kinds of death and mayhem and worldwide devastation. Fine. I didn't understand his final exchange with the little girl, though. He says, "What good is that to you? There will be no more chosen ones." She says, "They'll find us back in time."

Huh? Why no more chosen ones? Who will find whom back in time?

And then Jack says, "...this is the only chance we have against them."

Are they suddenly going to stop interacting with humans now? Why?

I am so confused. I admit I got a little distracted a couple of times, so maybe I missed some exposition. Can someone help a girl out? Anyone?

We did learn a little more about Jack's history, which was nice. He's... well, he's just not the bestest all-around actor, is he? I didn't buy his torment in the final scene. I wanted to, I just... no. Ah, well. He's very pretty .

the bestest all-around actor, is he? I didn't buy his torment in the final scene

really? because he totally had me. the red rimmed eyes, the unshed tears.

as for the rest of your question, i have no idea and i watched the whole thing un-distracted. i'm guessing it will be something that comes up later...or maybe not. *shrug*

have y'all seen his interview with Jonathan Ross? hy-STER-ical!

I don't think that Helo really thought that they wouldn't know that he was the one with access to the keys to that box and the motive to do it.

Right, there's every reason for Adama and Roslin to suspect him because he had motive. But the fact he was able to stroll into an unguarded, unpopulated part of the ship and use his dog tags to access a panel and kill 5 people (Yeah, they were Cylons, but humans would be just as dead) in another room doesn't say a whole lot for Galactica's security. I'm not questioning the why, I'm questioning how easy it was to do. If there are still any Cylons on board Galactica (barring Athena) it'd be ridiculously easy for them to bump off rooms full of people and get away without suspicion.

But the fact he was able to stroll into an unguarded, unpopulated part of the ship and use his dog tags to access a panel and kill 5 people (Yeah, they were Cylons, but humans would be just as dead) in another room doesn't say a whole lot for Galactica's security.

Well, Helo is now the XO, right? (Moore said something about that on the podcast.) In any event, Helo has a lot of responsibility for the running of the ship, so it makes sense to me that he'd have easy access to that electrical box thingie. Plus it seemed to me that what Helo did relied on some fairly obscure knowledge of the mechanics of the ship.

Well, Helo is now the XO, right?

Wait, seriously? That's so weird. I guess that makes Tigh's comment make more sense. And...yeah, I guess Adama wouldn't let him be XO in his condition.