I'll admit I'm curious as to how she went from being utterly despondent last week to back to her usual self this week
Actually, I think it was pretty brilliantly set up. Kara discovers her own body. She goes through a period of being understandably shell-shocked. She gets into a verbal scrap with Gaeta; catches wind of his intentions. She picks another moody scrap, this time by poking fun at Hot Dog over his fatherhood. Hot Dog throws back at her, "Yeah, well, you've frakked over half the fleet; what have you got to show for it?" This clearly rattles her/she takes it to heart. She witnesses the crew arming themselves after the evacuation, tries to call the CIC and gets blocked out by Gaeta, puts two-and-two together. She arms herself and sets off to stop sulking and do something about it, and the first thing she finds is Lee at gun point. This, I think, is what really flips her "bad-ass" switch. Boom, boom. Head shot, another man down and she's out of there with Lee - she kisses him heatedly and looks more alive than she has all season. My thinking is a combination of Hot Dog's remark, the mutiny situation and nearly loosing Lee made her realize that regardless of what she may be or what's happened she needs to make a choice about what it is she actually wants before it's too late. Looks like she's chosen. ;)
Actually, I think it was pretty brilliantly set up. Kara discovers her own body. She goes through a period of being understandably shell-shocked. She gets into a verbal scrap with Gaeta; catches wind of his intentions. She picks another moody scrap, this time by poking fun at Hot Dog over his fatherhood. Hot Dog throws back at her, "Yeah, well, you've frakked over half the fleet; what have you got to show for it?" This clearly rattles her/she takes it to heart. She witnesses the crew arming themselves after the evacuation, tries to call the CIC and gets blocked out by Gaeta, puts two-and-two together. She arms herself and sets off to stop sulking and do something about it, and the first thing she finds is Lee at gun point. This, I think, is what really flips her "bad-ass" switch. Boom, boom. Head shot, another man down and she's out of there with Lee - she kisses him heatedly and looks more alive than she has all season. My thinking is a combination of Hot Dog's remark, the mutiny situation and nearly loosing Lee made her realize that regardless of what she may be or what's happened she needs to make a choice about what it is she actually wants before it's too late. Looks like she's chosen. ;)
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