It’s gotten worse! The situation in the Colonial Fleet has gotten seriously bad. Very bad. Totally fracked up bad. All I kept repeating to myself during the last five minutes of this episode was, “oh my God, oh my God, OH MY GOD!” The writers of BSG continue to absolutely fracking WOW me. So much stuff happened in this premiere episode and so much of it is some really serious shit. This is, without a doubt, the best fracking show to be on TV in a very long time.
There are spoilers from this point on. If you have not seen the episode, do not read any farther. If you have seen it, click the link immediately below this sentence.
Okay, let’s start from the beginning. Galactica and Pegasus and their respective Vipers did not fire upon each other (that good). Starbuck flew off in the stealth Viper and got excellent recon on the mysterious Cylon ship, hence the title of this episode, Resurrection Ship Part 1 (that’s good, the recon that is). She was also promoted to Captain and made CAG of Pegasus Air Group (that’s good, I think). Apollo has been demoted and his flight status is suspended (that’s bad). AND, Chief Tyrol and Helo have had their execution delayed (that’s good), BUT they are still in the Pegasus brig (that’s bad). President Roslin’s health is in serious decline and she has been given a month to live (that’s very bad). Jeez, there’s so much stuff flying through my head as I write this that I am sure I will miss a few things. I hope you will contribute in the comments. Okay… breath. Umm, what else? Oh, Baltar is working with the captive Six who was SERIOUSLY abused, beyond even being raped, and she is so mentally fracked up, that she is pleading with Baltar to kill her (that’s bad), so she can resurrect on board the – say it with me now – the Resurrection Ship (this is probably bad), although it might be good, maybe). Oh, Lt. Sharon “Boomer” (ummmm Boomer) Valeri suffered a fractured rib, but no serious or life threatening injuries from the attempted rape (that’s good). Her baby is fine (that’s very good). Starbuck has been placed in charge of planning the attack on the Cylon Resurrection Ship (that’s good). The attack uses all available Vipers and leaves no cover for the civilian fleet (that could turn out to be very bad). It is discovered that Pegasus had – “had” being the operative word here – a small civilian fleet, which Cain ordered stripped for all parts and supplies and useful civilians (that’s bad, but it gets worse). Some people refuse to go with Pegasus and leave the civilian fleet and their families because Cain says that non-essentials cannot come (that’s bad). Cain has their families executed by putting their backs to a bulkhead and putting a bullet in each of them… wives, husbands, children (that’s not bad, that’s FRACKED UP). President Roslin cuts to the chase with Adama and tells him straight up, “you must kill Admiral Cain.” Or be killed by her so she can take over Galactica and repeat her ways with the fleet of survivors (man this is so fracked up). Okay, the last four minutes or so go like this. Here’s the setup. A Raptor is carrying Admiral Cain and her XO back to Pegasus after a council of war. Commander Adama and Starbuck are in the Galactica’s war room standing over an operation map. Adama tells Starbuck that he has a really nasty mission for her, one that she isn’t going to like, but that needs to be done. Cain tells he XO to hand pick a squad of totally loyal, totally faithful marines to the Galactica and station them outside the CIC. Adama tells Starbuck that upon completion of the attack she is to return to the Pegasus and not Galactica, and that she is to report, with Apollo covering her back, to Admiral Cain. Cain tells her XO to be on the Galactica and to stay in the CIC with Adama the entire time and do not leave his side. Adama says to Starbuck that she is to give her report and call him on the Galactica and when he says “downfall” that she is to put a bullet in Cain’s head! Cain tells her XO that after the return of all ships he is to call her on Pegasus. When she says “case orange” that he is to have his marines eliminate Adama’s command starting with him. This is not just bad or fracked up, it goes beyond all of that! Then my most hated three words in all of television appear on the screen. TO BE CONTINUED! That’s bad.
There was a part in this episode that had my eyes tearing up. On Colonial One, when President Roslin is lying in bed coughing and in a very poor state, I was tearing up. I have grown to really love this character and she is dying. We are watching cancer slowly take her away. This is probably hitting me a little hard because in the past three years alone I have lost two relatives and a long time family friend to cancer. Here I am watching tonight and it really hit me, not only how much I love President Roslin, but how much I don't want her to die. WOW! I haven't been this gripped by a TV show is a very, very long time.
What a way to start the second half of second season. Bravo and a job greatly done to Ron Moore and to the writers, crew and the entire cast for one hell of a ride. So say we all.
Wow. Still quite the ride! I didn't know you could hold your breath for an entire hour! (Maybe I took breaths during the commercials?!).
Posted by: Becky on January 7, 2006 11:01 AMDid I understand correctly? I got the impression that Pegasus' Six wants to die and not resurrect -- hence her telling Baltar about the Resurrection Ship so it can be destroyed.
I've decided that the only reason that the Cylons haven't wiped out these last few Humans is that they're looking for Earth, too, and when they find it they'll finish what they started in the Colonies. Galactica, Pegasus, and all the rest combined are no match for the Cylon forces.
Posted by: Thomas G. Atkinson on January 7, 2006 08:51 PM