BSG 4.04 Escape velocity
I had seen a few comments about this episode being scattered and having too many plot threads being juggled but I actually thought it was pretty well tied together by the central theme of the desire for absolution. ( something in the universe loves me )
Having thought of Galen's journey through your idea - it makes sense. That he is looking for a way to accept that he is a cylon and if his life he is/has been living is a mistake - then unknowingly being a cylon "fixes" that mistake because he can't be held responsible for those choices - since they weren't really choices, just programming.
Tigh really seems to be the most screwed-up - of course he has been since the show began and poisoning Ellen and knowing he is a cylon just amplifies that for him.
I agree that the cylons perspective of understanding through pain is not one I'm embracing, especially in light of DE's recent comment about any future BSG films would have to be prequels because the story is "designed to end." It makes me decidedly nervous and reinforces that I will NOT be getting invested in a new story from either of these men until I know how they wrap this one.
I also think that the discovery of the Final 4/5 will come through Sam .. which is going to be very interesting for Kara. Can I say how much I am NOT looking forward to next week??
Thanks for posting this! At least I feel more settled about EV.
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Ohh, that sounds scary!
then unknowingly being a cylon "fixes" that mistake because he can't be held responsible for those choices - since they weren't really choices, just programming.
Tory's obviously the one who's most embraced the idea that they are all 'perfect', and Galen's resisting it, but at the same time making any other approach impossible by self-sabotaging to the point where he'll be left with *only* his Cylon identity and then embracing it will be 'ok' because what else can he possibly do?
Tigh really seems to be the most screwed-up - of course he has been since the show began and poisoning Ellen and knowing he is a cylon just amplifies that for him.
Hee. I'm almost finding Tigh the most sane. :p Just because his emotions about it are so human, and for once I can understand his use of denial, given the immensity of discovering you are a human. I like that it's playing out as him getting hallucinations though--it's inevitable if he represses so much that it will come out in other ways.
It makes me decidedly nervous and reinforces that I will NOT be getting invested in a new story from either of these men until I know how they wrap this one.
That's fair enough. I like tragic, but I worry terribly that this kind of tragic is going to be one that I find unbearable to live with. If the Cylons get their pain-inflicting-for-your-own-good way, I will be deeply unhappy.
I don't know anything about next week (I'm a total spoilerphobe and don't even watch the trailers for next week's ep--I don't get them on my dl).
I'm glad my post helped somewhat.
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