« Americans back Dems' withdrawal plan | Main | Americans Support Dems' Investigation »
March 26, 2007
Battlestar Blogging
Hell of an episode last night, though I wasn't as shocked and surprised as the preview articles led me to expect. I thoroughly enjoyed it all. Starting with Apollo's ringing speech about justice and the hypocrisy of those standing in judgement on Baltar, followed by Balter's sad walk down the hall, holding his meager possessions, free but totally alone.
And then the shockers: the reveal of four of the five unknown Cylons (if that can be trusted; I don't take anything in Galactica at face value). Four you would not have expected, either. I was sure Gaeta was one of the Five.
This Entertainment Weekly article contains interviews with Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, and Ronald Moore (the show's Exec. Producer). Olmos said:
All the kids who were chosen [to be] Cylons were floored. Just stunned. I remember reading it going, Oh my god — just like people watching the show.
I guess only Olmos could call Tigh a kid.
Then Cylons appear en masse and ready to assault the humans. A freak electrical outage leaves the fleet unable to jump away. So the Viper pilots rush out to engage the enemy, and Apollo is among them. And who does he find there in space?
Well, I always said I didn't think Kara was gone for good, though I don't think she's still among the living either. I guess we'll have to wait for frakking 2008 to learn more. Whatever convinced the producer to leave us hanging that long?
For those who want to know more about the musical choice in this episode, the man who scored it has written about the song.
The song link was taken from a commenter in the official Pandagon thread on this episode.
Screenshots courtesy of My TiVo.
UPDATE: Well, if this interview with Ronald Moore is truthful, and it certainly sounds truthful, the reveal was an honest one and we have found out who four of the Five are.
Posted by jnfr at March 26, 2007 03:34 PM