BSG - Maelstrom
Wow what a great episode. What really stood out for me was the emotional impact of the last bits when her viper went boom. It really reminded me of why I love this show. Lee's reaction and those in the CIC especially Adama and Tigh. Amazing. After this ending, I really do believe that her death has seriously hit, slammed, punched, kicked, etc... the whole show - just like RDM and DE said they wanted to accomplish. Even though the episodes are totally different, it really reminded me of Hand of God in terms of the emotional impact on me. Hand of God is my all time favourite episode. I loved the way they celebrated as a team at the end when the mission was accomplished. And in this episode seeing all of them totally devastated really shook me. What powerful moments on extreme ends of the scale. Amazing what great TV can do.
There is no way Starbuck is dead... not with all the hints about Aurora, her destiny, "they" waiting for her, etc. I think she probably got transported out of the viper to the "place between life and death" just before her viper exploded. If she doesn't appear in the last scene of the last episode in S03, then I surely think she will be in S04.
I have to revised my theory of her being "resurrected" by the cylons though :) She will know the way to earth and will return to the fleet as an enlightened being - whatever this means. But not everyone will trust her. Perhaps people will think she is a cylon cos she returned from "the dead."
Got much more to say but will save it. My last words will be that I am glad, in a way, that this episode is over, now I can get back to real life. Whew! :)
ETA: Katee was fan-fraking-tastic in the episode, esp in the scene where she is looking at her younger self talking with her mom. All the reasons why Starbuck is such a great character is cos of her.
There is no way Starbuck is dead... not with all the hints about Aurora, her destiny, "they" waiting for her, etc. I think she probably got transported out of the viper to the "place between life and death" just before her viper exploded. If she doesn't appear in the last scene of the last episode in S03, then I surely think she will be in S04.
I have to revised my theory of her being "resurrected" by the cylons though :) She will know the way to earth and will return to the fleet as an enlightened being - whatever this means. But not everyone will trust her. Perhaps people will think she is a cylon cos she returned from "the dead."
Got much more to say but will save it. My last words will be that I am glad, in a way, that this episode is over, now I can get back to real life. Whew! :)
ETA: Katee was fan-fraking-tastic in the episode, esp in the scene where she is looking at her younger self talking with her mom. All the reasons why Starbuck is such a great character is cos of her.