Lord....that was the best episode of Battlestar Galactica.....EVER

[Liberal Veteran]

I'm exhausted after watching that.

[Haole Girl]

1. I'm still watching it..right now..

...it was recorded. Thanks for not posting any spoilers! :hi:

[Beetwasher]

2. No Kidding

The way it began, with Tigh :wow:

Powerful.

[unsavedtrash]

3. best one so far

I cried through most of it. I just wanted to hug Tigh and Starbuck.

[Mojambo]

4. Bookmarking until after I watch it tonight.

I can't friggin wait!

[Haole Girl]

5. OK, I finished it

Yes, it was good. I enjoyed the ending, too. And, without spoiling it for anybody, I think they "wrote off" the wrong actress. She was very good. Maybe she'll get some acting jobs where they won't make her..um..er...well, I don't want to spoil it for anybody.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. True...but it was a powerful storyline.

It was heartbreaking in its way.

[Haole Girl]

7. True... heartbreaking

She was great...even, and especially, in her final scene.

[Ravenseye]

13. Well you never know

She could always be just a number...wink wink.

[Liberal Veteran]

14. I hope not....

It would take everything from one of the most powerful moments on BSG ever.

[Ravenseye]

15. Yeah true

[Liberal Veteran]

16. Did you also get the feeling....

...that she totally knew what was happening?

[Haole Girl]

17. I got that feeling

...that she loved her husband so much, she just did it instead...instead of making him do it. (I'm trying not to put any spoilers in this). Anyway, I do know what you mean.

[Pithlet]

19. I think he did it.

The look on his face during that moment. You could see it. And the things he said to her while it was happening (trying not to spoil it).

[Giant Robot]

20. I'm with you

I think he did it. Just consider the way he was talking and the words he said to her. Trying not to spoil anything.

[Liberal Veteran]

21. I was more moved by the things she...

...said to him. She bared her soul...at the same time acknowledging she was beyond redemption.

It was heartbreaking.

And one of the most impressively human moments on television.

[Pithlet]

23. I agree. I think she knew at least on some level that it was coming.

One of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen on any television show, or movie for that matter.

[Haole Girl]

25. Agreed...

very powerful scene.

[Giant Robot]

37. That was tragic and touching

In my post I was talking about who did it basically, and I think it was him not her. Her speech was a lot more touching and heartfelt and sad by a wide margin.

[Ravenseye]

30. No

Maybe at the very end, but I don't think she knew when she took the cup. Heck I was surprised...It didn't even occur to me that he'd do it that way until she started laying down.

[Benfea]

41. Same here.

VERY moving and powerful scene. There is only one other time I got teary from watching a movie or TV show.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Shit!

I'll have to wait until Monday to find out. A friend is recording it for me.

I can't wait to see it.

Forgive me if I leave your thread now, I do not want to read any spoilers.

:hi:

[crispini]

9. A, freaking. Mazing!

Indeed.

[Giant Robot]

10. Not sure what I thought of it

Some parts of it were amazing and surprising. But....it just feels like the New Caprica storyline moved at too rapid a pace for my liking. Like there was this innovative and dangerous story idea that they had the courage to put into place, and now are abandoning rapidly. I would have liked to see New Caprica drawn out more I guess. But I am looking forward to next week to see how this all plays out in the fleet.

[Mojambo]

28. Yeah, I could have gone for a LOT more of New Caprica.

But as good as it was, ultimately that is not really what the show is about. I still could have used an extra episode or two, but oh well.

I'm just as eager to see what the next arc brings anyway. From the previews it looks like they are going to seek justice against the human collaborators, and due process is nowhere to be seen. Could be good.

[Benfea]

34. They stretched it out as it is.

The occupation was extended via ten webisodes, and Exodus was stretched from one episode into a two-parter.

[Giant Robot]

36. I understand

but it felt like much more could have been done, and should have been done, in my mind. It felt rushed to me that's all. Having it this soon in the season wrap up, and yes I understand repercussions are coming and *may* be around a while, just feels like it was a plot device, not as momentous of an event as it could have been. It was a great episode, one of their best so far. I just think it could have been even better yet. Again it's just a matter of opinion and personal likes and dislikes.

[Benfea]

39. I won't begrudge them that

Sure, I'd have liked more occupation stuff too, but in exchange for losing that, we're gaining a major story arc (first half of this season) that explains a lot more about the cylons and their various flaws.

[Giant Robot]

40. Meh

Personal differences. No worries.

[Benfea]

33. I'm looking forward to how this "plays out"

The first half of season 3 will go into much more detail about the cylons and their communal flaws.

I do hope they go into more detail about what they did to the centurions. That seems like a tragedy unto itself. (The centurions used in the previous war were sentient and involved in the rebellion. The more modern centurions are given less sophisticated programming so that they are not even self-aware. The cylons don't even bother "downloading" them when one of them dies. The reason given is that the cylons are worried the centurions would turn on them the same way they turned on the humans, but there almost has to be an interesting story behind that, don't you think?)

[madrchsod]

11. shit! i missed it !oh well i`ll watch the repeat...

[Giant Robot]

12. BTW

Mad love to you for the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs sig line. Now there was an obscure quirky comic!

[madrchsod]

26. is this you?

[Giant Robot]

35. No thats from Fullmetal Alchemist

This is me: http://www.stomptokyo.com/otf/Johnny-Sokko/Johnny-Sokko.htm

Sorry at work so no pics. This says Flying Robot not Giant Robot, but they are the same thing.

[Pithlet]

18. It was incredible.

I think I held my breath from the very beginning. Just phenomenal writing, and special effects.

[Benfea]

44. Meh. Who cares about the special effects?

The SFX in this show could be as bad as the old Doctor Who, and it would still be amazing!

[hedgehog]

22. Can I ask about last week's episode?

How did Laura and the other captives escape getting executed?

[ruiner4u]

24. the insurgents got info on where the prisoner liquidation would be

so they guns ready to take out the toasters

[malmapus]

27. Man what an episode!

The Galactica pulling off it's little stunt was freaking awesome!!

[Ravenseye]

31. totally

Man, I wasn't expecting that. It was pretty freaking cool.

[Benfea]

42. I actually let out a whoop.

That scene rivals any action/SFX sequence in any movie I can think of.

The viper pilot's "Oh sh*t!" moment while coming out of a flaming launch tube added exactly the right emotional punctuation to the scene.

PS -- I think the viper pilot in question was Hot Dog, who is played by Edward James Olmos' son.

[malmapus]

43. Haha same here.

And I agree, that scene does rival anything I've seen. Freaking awesome!

[Ravenseye]

46. Well, this should be interesting.

Excellent line.

[jrandom421]

29. Unfortunatly for us..

we can't count on a BattleStar jumping in system in the nick of time.....

[Benfea]

32. The Ellen Tigh scene made me all weepy (semi-spoilers)

What's impressive is that I knew that moment was coming, and it made me weepy anyway. That was a very powerful moment.

The circumstances in which Galactica arrived on New Caprica was a "wow" moment to rival any action movie, much less anything on the small screen.

I very much like the fact that the final celebration and associated reunions weren't just a one-dimensional "whoot!" thing, but tinged with a couple of severe down notes, producing conflicted emotions.

[NewJeffCT]

38. Wow, what an episode

If that's not up for an Emmy nomination at the end of the season, I'll have lost respect for the Emmy process.

That was so powerful.

I can't say much more without spoilers, but it was really moving with Tigh/Ellen and the Starbuck twist was so quick it was like "OMG" (not the first part, but the very end of the show)

[Vidar]

45. I agree.

[ContraBass Black]

47. "I'm exhausted after watching that."

BSG is the only show that moves me so profoundly that I have to huddle and talk with dear friends and then go to bed afterward.

[Frank Cannon]

48. I just watched it last night

I swear that was the best hour of dramatic TV I've ever seen. There were more jaw-dropping moments in that 40-some minutes than I've seen in most feature-length films.

[jrandom421]

49. And it makes me weep

Ron Moore was perhaps the best writer for Star Trek DS9 and Voyager. His leaving Paramount to do BSG, makes me weep at what Star Trek could have been with him as producer.

[Frank Cannon]

50. Absolutely. But the Paramount suits would probably never...

let him do all the crazy, amazing things to Star Trek that he's doing with Battlestar Galactica.

I just thank the gods that Battlestar Galactica could be revived by someone like Ron Moore. I loved the original show, but this one takes all the good stuff from that series and escalates to unbelievable heights.

If last Friday's show is not at least nominated for an Emmy, then that will absolutely confirm that those awards are a complete joke. This episode excelled in every conceivable way.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

51. Colonel Tigh keeps getting better and better.

He's getting Shakespearean. If you'll allow me to use the word.

[Frank Cannon]

52. To think that this guy started out as the stock "shaky drunk"

He's made a magnificent, believable evolution to one amazing, tragic, bad-a** dude.