BSG: Crossroad Part 1.
The bulk of my reaction can be summed up in this open letter to Lee & Laura. That reaction in a little more detail is explained in the rest of the letter, i.e. the post scripts, behind the fake-cut.
Dear Lee, and Laura,
I WISH I KNEW HOW TO QUIT YOU!
Love,
Me.
PS. Laura if you keep this up I will have to change my OTP from you and Maya back to you and Lee. Just don't say I didn't warn you.
PPS. I hope you were as unimpressed as I was with Adama's Glasses of Hypocrisy (asta77 is totally right - that NEEDS to be on an icon!). If you're not familiar with the way he accused his son of knowing about Tigh's UberSecret killing of his wife, you know, what with him being in orbit at the time, just ask Lee. I'm sure he'll fill you in. It was...I just...by now I'm used to Adama behaving in ways I find reprehensible, but now I can't tell how anyone else could possibly justify it. Perhaps you can explain it to me, Laura? Because you and he seem awfully friendly lately; care to explain exactly why that is?
PPPS. Well done for not perjuring yourself. I find that very telling and wonderful; you could have lied and you didn't. And it was heartbreaking. Because you believe in this system too; don't tell me you don't. If you didn't, you would have lied. Could you tell me why it is you feel so sorry for Lee? Because I believed you, and I even believe that you, unlike Adama, understand exactly why he's doing it - so why are you sorry? That his principles have landed him in this mess? That he looks so young, and beautiful, and lost in that white shirt and solemn suit? You weren't talking to him as if you were angry, just sad and resigned. Perhaps that's what watching someone grow up and grow away from you is when you don't take it personally because you don't have an insane, drunken friend to blame on him? Except, you failed to make me believe you aren't totally and quietly in love with him, no matter how hard you've been trying to convince yourself you're in love with Adama Snr because you think it would be more useful and appropriate.
PPPPS. This bit is for Lee: I suppose at least your wife is consistant in her contempt for the current civilian system of government; she did, after all, try to rig an election (sorry for dropping that on you if you didn't know...) I don't really know what happened there, though. I mean, how could she not see you? I almost want you to get back with her because her leaving you like that was so weird. Except we all know that you and Dee and Laura and your dad would be sooo much happier if you swapped girlfriends. But you looked so lost and broken when she left, I just. I want to give you a hug, because I can't get my head around this plot development.
PPPPPS. Laura, don't die on me, but feel free to keep on having awesome, trippy Cylon-related visions. Lee, don't go back to the military. Leave your dad with his now literally insane best friend (which I totally called), and take Tory's place when she also goes totally brain-splody.
PPPPPPS. If either of you are wondering why I'm not going on and on and on about the politics and the trial and the visions and the insanity of Tigh and the music and the rest of everything, it's not because I'm so blinded by my love of both of you (well, okay, maybe a little), it is, in fact, because I'm not sure I want to draw any conclusions until I've seen the second half of the episode. But I just couldn't help myself when it came to you two crazy kids.
Dear Lee, and Laura,
I WISH I KNEW HOW TO QUIT YOU!
Love,
Me.
PS. Laura if you keep this up I will have to change my OTP from you and Maya back to you and Lee. Just don't say I didn't warn you.
PPS. I hope you were as unimpressed as I was with Adama's Glasses of Hypocrisy (asta77 is totally right - that NEEDS to be on an icon!). If you're not familiar with the way he accused his son of knowing about Tigh's UberSecret killing of his wife, you know, what with him being in orbit at the time, just ask Lee. I'm sure he'll fill you in. It was...I just...by now I'm used to Adama behaving in ways I find reprehensible, but now I can't tell how anyone else could possibly justify it. Perhaps you can explain it to me, Laura? Because you and he seem awfully friendly lately; care to explain exactly why that is?
PPPS. Well done for not perjuring yourself. I find that very telling and wonderful; you could have lied and you didn't. And it was heartbreaking. Because you believe in this system too; don't tell me you don't. If you didn't, you would have lied. Could you tell me why it is you feel so sorry for Lee? Because I believed you, and I even believe that you, unlike Adama, understand exactly why he's doing it - so why are you sorry? That his principles have landed him in this mess? That he looks so young, and beautiful, and lost in that white shirt and solemn suit? You weren't talking to him as if you were angry, just sad and resigned. Perhaps that's what watching someone grow up and grow away from you is when you don't take it personally because you don't have an insane, drunken friend to blame on him? Except, you failed to make me believe you aren't totally and quietly in love with him, no matter how hard you've been trying to convince yourself you're in love with Adama Snr because you think it would be more useful and appropriate.
PPPPS. This bit is for Lee: I suppose at least your wife is consistant in her contempt for the current civilian system of government; she did, after all, try to rig an election (sorry for dropping that on you if you didn't know...) I don't really know what happened there, though. I mean, how could she not see you? I almost want you to get back with her because her leaving you like that was so weird. Except we all know that you and Dee and Laura and your dad would be sooo much happier if you swapped girlfriends. But you looked so lost and broken when she left, I just. I want to give you a hug, because I can't get my head around this plot development.
PPPPPS. Laura, don't die on me, but feel free to keep on having awesome, trippy Cylon-related visions. Lee, don't go back to the military. Leave your dad with his now literally insane best friend (which I totally called), and take Tory's place when she also goes totally brain-splody.
PPPPPPS. If either of you are wondering why I'm not going on and on and on about the politics and the trial and the visions and the insanity of Tigh and the music and the rest of everything, it's not because I'm so blinded by my love of both of you (well, okay, maybe a little), it is, in fact, because I'm not sure I want to draw any conclusions until I've seen the second half of the episode. But I just couldn't help myself when it came to you two crazy kids.