BSG 2.5 "Lay Down Your Burdens"
I will make this brief, as I should be tired, and I have a very specific complaint (and no, it doesn't involve Starbuck's hair, although SRSLY?).
So in part one, the Chief is having a scary dream. SCARY! DREAM! This comes after the awesomeness of "Downloaded" (trinityvixen was totally right) and is a serious letdown. But it gets worse! The Chief has a fucked up dream. He wakes up from it and beats the shit out of Callie (Cally?). This means he has to talk to a man we later learn is a Cylon. I shall call him Priest Cylon. Priest Cylon talks a raft of shit about Dreams and What they Mean, and is very quickly revealed to be a Cylon.
So let me get this straight: The entire purpose of the Chief's dreams was to get him in the company of Priest Cylon, thereby guaranteeing he'd be able to ID the other copy of the guy when other copy returns from Caprica. There was no reason for him to beat the shit out of Callie. This entire thing has no bearing on the plot WHATSOFUCKINGEVER. And then Callie kisses him and in the (kind of cop-out-esque) jump to the future, they're makin' babies.
Does anyone else have a problem with this? With the random beating of a female character who instantly forgives the man who broke her jaw? Yes, I know Callie already was in love with the Chief, and I LIKED THAT. But why, why, why, God(s), why was it necessary for him to punch her, when it means NOTHING in the long term? He couldn't have randomly accosted some other character - say, that civilian fella from the Pegasus hasn't been around for some time, and clearly, in a brilliantly subtle move, everyone from that ship is an utter douchebag.
Please tell me there's more to relationships on this show than this.
Also please tell me we are going to hear something about how OMG NO it was bad for the Chief and Sharon to be involved, therefore the relationships between Lee and Dee AND the Chief and Callie are hierarchically doomed.
Anyway. Yeah. Issues. And the end didn't exactly make sense. And I have a hard time believing that the settlement wouldn't have figured out how to build houses (where are those fruit trees?). Not to mention believing that Adama would let so many of his key people be on the ground at once. Or HELLO I HEARD OF THIS PLACE? Maybe you've heard of it? It's called Earth?
Two thumbs up for rebellious Cylons. I await season three with slightly antsy breathlessness.
So in part one, the Chief is having a scary dream. SCARY! DREAM! This comes after the awesomeness of "Downloaded" (trinityvixen was totally right) and is a serious letdown. But it gets worse! The Chief has a fucked up dream. He wakes up from it and beats the shit out of Callie (Cally?). This means he has to talk to a man we later learn is a Cylon. I shall call him Priest Cylon. Priest Cylon talks a raft of shit about Dreams and What they Mean, and is very quickly revealed to be a Cylon.
So let me get this straight: The entire purpose of the Chief's dreams was to get him in the company of Priest Cylon, thereby guaranteeing he'd be able to ID the other copy of the guy when other copy returns from Caprica. There was no reason for him to beat the shit out of Callie. This entire thing has no bearing on the plot WHATSOFUCKINGEVER. And then Callie kisses him and in the (kind of cop-out-esque) jump to the future, they're makin' babies.
Does anyone else have a problem with this? With the random beating of a female character who instantly forgives the man who broke her jaw? Yes, I know Callie already was in love with the Chief, and I LIKED THAT. But why, why, why, God(s), why was it necessary for him to punch her, when it means NOTHING in the long term? He couldn't have randomly accosted some other character - say, that civilian fella from the Pegasus hasn't been around for some time, and clearly, in a brilliantly subtle move, everyone from that ship is an utter douchebag.
Please tell me there's more to relationships on this show than this.
Also please tell me we are going to hear something about how OMG NO it was bad for the Chief and Sharon to be involved, therefore the relationships between Lee and Dee AND the Chief and Callie are hierarchically doomed.
Anyway. Yeah. Issues. And the end didn't exactly make sense. And I have a hard time believing that the settlement wouldn't have figured out how to build houses (where are those fruit trees?). Not to mention believing that Adama would let so many of his key people be on the ground at once. Or HELLO I HEARD OF THIS PLACE? Maybe you've heard of it? It's called Earth?
Two thumbs up for rebellious Cylons. I await season three with slightly antsy breathlessness.