The finale to BSG season 3

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Again, don't bother reading this if you don't care, or if you don't want spoilers.

This episode featured one of my favorite scenes in the whole series so far in Lee's testimony on the stand in Baltar's trial.  Lee was angry, impassioned, eloquent, and finally came out and said what he's been thinking for three years.  I'm really happy that he

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I can think of a way that All Along the Watchtower might not be so shattering.

We get to hear the characters seaking in English because the show has been created for an English-speaking audience. We have no idea what language they use to communicate.

I cna't think of many songs that are commonly used in English that started out in another language..Silent Night and O Tannenbaum are some, and they were written in a language that is not too far from Rnglish. Summertime, from Porgy and Bess, has been recorded in a lot of languages, and was based on a Ukrainian lullaby, so it's probably the best example.

The guy who does BSG's music talked a bit about the thinking behind their choice in his blog, and he was my source for "cosmic coincidence" idea. (That article goes into a lot of depth as to how he disguised the music so we wouldn't immediately recognize it.)

I have some of the same objections to Tigh being a Cylon, although it was pointed out to me that we only have Tigh's word when it comes to exactly how long he's been in service. Adama's known him for a bit over 20 years, and we don't know when, exactly, the Cylons created their humanoid forms, so maybe he's the first model. Still, it's a pretty weak retcon, in my opinion (especially since we've previously heard details about Tigh's family which appeared to be confirmed by other characters), and I agree with you that it slams hard on major premises of the show.

I've had a similar loss of faith. I think they'll be able to pull off a decent 4th. season, but I'm glad it isn't going much beyond that, and I am worried that the prequel about the creation of the Cylons they've been planning will turn out to be awful.

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Whoops! I munged the link to the BSG music guy's blog: it's actually here.