Did SG-1 watchers notice that Kat's drug runner dude was Fifth?

OK, I love Jane and all, but that episode kind of blew. And I'm talking as one of few people who liked Kat in "Scar". I'm starting to hate these asspulled "character arcs" in which we learn in one episode (with little foreshadowing) that OMG! That character had all these hidden emotional pains and secrets festing inside and hey! why don't we use this nonsensical plot device to showcase their angst? Death optional! (Also see: Lee and his hooker girlfriend and WTF pregnant fiancee, and Chief with his out-of-nowhere suicidal impulse and violent streak.) The worst thing is, I vividly remember when this show used to develop relationship angst organically. Now, it just feels sloppy.

I'm also damned tired of the way they keep losing civilian ships to amp up character angst. It worked when Lee was forced to fire on Olympic Carrier. Here? The loss felt irritatingly gratuitous.

I rolled my eyes a lot when Adama put Kat's name in the CAG slot on the white board. Talk about shooting for unearned emotional payoff. Or maybe I'm just a heartless bitch.

The only thing I liked about this episode was the Cylon basestar scenes. Especially the Baltar/D'Anna/hybrid scene. I need to watch it again to see what the hell's going on there, but hopefully it's a seed for interesting future plot development. I find myself fascinated by the hybrid, even though she's such a blatant rip-off of the Agatha character from Minority Report (which, unlike many other Buffistas, I adored, Tom Cruise factor and all.)

I don't understand why they went with Jupiter as the husband of Hera. I mean, if it's Hera why not Zeus? And if it's Jupiter why not Juno?

Talk about shooting for unearned emotional payoff. Or maybe I'm just a heartless bitch

I find myself fascinated by the hybrid, even though she's such a blatant rip-off of the Agatha character from Minority Report (which, unlike many other Buffistas, I adored, Tom Cruise factor and all.)

I right there with you, Vonnie, on both counts

My favorite moment by far was the "paper shortage" hysterical laughing. It was pitch perfect.

That it was, Laura.

I'm with Vonnie on this episode. I...don't even feel like posting about it. It just doesn't seem worth it. For frak's sake, Jane even tried to win me over by pushing my Identity Issues button, but it was clumsily done with Kat. And I abso-fucking-lutely disagree that she didn't put any lives but her own in danger by recklessly returning to the fore: she was putting the lives of everyone on that civilian ship in danger. They were her responsibility, and she was likely to vomit in her helmet and die at any time, leaving them stranded.

she didn't put any lives but her own in danger

I don't even know why that was made into a point. Besides how not-true it is (and what P-C pointed out), all the other Raptor and Viper pilots are in that same position all the time.

Count me in as pretty underwhelmed with the episode, paper-shortage aside (which was great.) And I actually liked Kat.

The paper shortage issue addressed how Jane was going to be Jane in BSG. I didn't think it was funny--but totally understood how it was the most hysterical thing in the world for Tigh and Adama.

Had there been any hints of food problems, or was it "And this week, they're hungry!"?

Dislike Kat, remained untouched by her sudden backstory (though passingly curious about Fifth), and in no way sorry she passed. It wasn't a Mineary execution, one where I suddenly end up liking the character before they get splattered all over the walls.

I don't understand why they went with Jupiter as the husband of Hera. I mean, if it's Hera why not Zeus? And if it's Jupiter why not Juno?

The closed captioning said Zeus. I'm wondering if they changed it to Jupiter, for the planetary considerations.