BSG Reviews: 3x07 A Measure of Salvation
Hmm, a BSG episode that features Athena & Helo for a change? Yay!
The fleet has found a Cylon Basestar adrift in space and the Galactica sends a wing of Raptors and Vipers to investigate. Major Apollo leads a boarding team inside the ship finding most of the Cylons are dead, however a small group is found barely alive on the bridge. Admiral Adama orders the prisoners to be brought back to Galactica for interrogation. As the boarding party leaves the Basestar it explodes.
Number Three and Number Six have found out that Gaius knew about the beacon aboard the infected ship and lied about it, and because Gaius is still a shifty bastard they decide to torture him.
The Cylon prisoners and the boarding party are placed under quarantine. Humans are found to be immune to the virus however so the the pilots are released from quarantine, although Athena to remains. Adama and few others interrogate the Simon model who tells them about the origin of the disease and Baltar's part in their search of Earth. He is promised reward while Apollo realizes they can exterminate the entire Cylon race with the virus.
Helo objects loudly to the extermination of the Cylon race, calling it genocide whereas everyone else seems to be thinking along the lines of Apollo; Cylons are just machines so why not?
Gaius is being tortured by Number Three, but head Six makes love to him in his head to block the pain and make Gaius seem as if he's having some kind of religious rapture (?!), which gets Three's sympathy.
Athena is found immune to the virus (because of the anti-bodies her baby released to her blood when she was pregnant) and released. Helo tells her about the genocide and his unwillingness to participate in it. Athena is devastated.
Roslin decides to go for the genocide plan. The fleet jumps into battle with the Cylons and Apollo rushes to kill their prisoners so they can infect the Resurrection Ship but they're already dead when he arrives so Galactica jumps out. We find out that Helo killed the prisoners b sabotaging the oxgen in their cell. Helo believes he did the right thing though.
Adama closes the investigation on the deaths of the Cylons. Both he and Roslin are pretty sure they know who it was that killed the Cylons. The two believe they're on the right tracks with Earth although that means the Cylons are on the right tracks as well.
- Somebody kill Lee. Man, he's annoying. "Let's kill everyone, because they're machines that're smarter and prettier than me, and seem to have better luck with Starbuck too!" Fuck I hate the guy.
- Mommy is not my favourite person right now. Roslin deserves to burn in hell. Biatch.
- Gaius is getting fugly. His Cylon interactions seem very dull nowadays. I wonder if the character just burned out in the eyes of the writers? Anyway, Gaius/(any)Six is so boring nowadays.
- It's not fair that they mention Callum Keith Rennie in the guest stars and he's there like dying and not shown any! It's cruel!
♥ We did have Callum Keith Rennie, even for a second. Some Leoben is always better than no Leoben.
♥ Barely any Starbuck. I love her, but she's been so messed up lately that a breather didn't hurt. Plus when there's no Anders for her, or Leoben, I'm always clinging to edge of my seat, in fear of Lee popping into the same scene with her.
♥ Athena/Helo of this episode was so very pretty. We've barely had them for the season, so I'm loving ever second. The root of their issues, her being a Cylon and everyone giving her a hard time about every frakking time was handled nicely.
ATHENA: I made a choice to wear a uniform, to be a person.
HELO: You were a person before you put on that uniform, okay? You were a person before I fell in love with you. And you don't have to prove that.
ATHENA: I have to prove that every day.
♥ Athena. Loved her in this episode. She wasn't too soft, or anything angsty like that pesky Boomer. She was just right.
♥ Adama. Because even if he wasn't loud about it, he felt uneasy about the genocide issue.
♥ God I love Helo. Especially when he was voicing my thoughts about the genocide issue. And when he saved the day, and said he felt he'd done the right thing because even though he loved the ship and it's people, he couldn't live without Sharon.
Queenline: "Let me tell you something Helo. My people may die. My entire race may be wiped out. But this Cylon will keep her word even if it means she's the last Cylon left in the universe. Can a human being do that?"
Overall: Wonderful episode that dealt with a great issue once again. I've had to fight tears for the injustice humans have done to single Cylons before, but Mommy's (frakking bitch) attitude has never been this clear. If we'd get Leoben instead of that Gaius torture thing, this would be perfect. It's always great to get Helo/Athena screentime.
The fleet has found a Cylon Basestar adrift in space and the Galactica sends a wing of Raptors and Vipers to investigate. Major Apollo leads a boarding team inside the ship finding most of the Cylons are dead, however a small group is found barely alive on the bridge. Admiral Adama orders the prisoners to be brought back to Galactica for interrogation. As the boarding party leaves the Basestar it explodes.
Number Three and Number Six have found out that Gaius knew about the beacon aboard the infected ship and lied about it, and because Gaius is still a shifty bastard they decide to torture him.
The Cylon prisoners and the boarding party are placed under quarantine. Humans are found to be immune to the virus however so the the pilots are released from quarantine, although Athena to remains. Adama and few others interrogate the Simon model who tells them about the origin of the disease and Baltar's part in their search of Earth. He is promised reward while Apollo realizes they can exterminate the entire Cylon race with the virus.
Helo objects loudly to the extermination of the Cylon race, calling it genocide whereas everyone else seems to be thinking along the lines of Apollo; Cylons are just machines so why not?
Gaius is being tortured by Number Three, but head Six makes love to him in his head to block the pain and make Gaius seem as if he's having some kind of religious rapture (?!), which gets Three's sympathy.
Athena is found immune to the virus (because of the anti-bodies her baby released to her blood when she was pregnant) and released. Helo tells her about the genocide and his unwillingness to participate in it. Athena is devastated.
Roslin decides to go for the genocide plan. The fleet jumps into battle with the Cylons and Apollo rushes to kill their prisoners so they can infect the Resurrection Ship but they're already dead when he arrives so Galactica jumps out. We find out that Helo killed the prisoners b sabotaging the oxgen in their cell. Helo believes he did the right thing though.
Adama closes the investigation on the deaths of the Cylons. Both he and Roslin are pretty sure they know who it was that killed the Cylons. The two believe they're on the right tracks with Earth although that means the Cylons are on the right tracks as well.
- Somebody kill Lee. Man, he's annoying. "Let's kill everyone, because they're machines that're smarter and prettier than me, and seem to have better luck with Starbuck too!" Fuck I hate the guy.
- Mommy is not my favourite person right now. Roslin deserves to burn in hell. Biatch.
- Gaius is getting fugly. His Cylon interactions seem very dull nowadays. I wonder if the character just burned out in the eyes of the writers? Anyway, Gaius/(any)Six is so boring nowadays.
- It's not fair that they mention Callum Keith Rennie in the guest stars and he's there like dying and not shown any! It's cruel!
♥ We did have Callum Keith Rennie, even for a second. Some Leoben is always better than no Leoben.
♥ Barely any Starbuck. I love her, but she's been so messed up lately that a breather didn't hurt. Plus when there's no Anders for her, or Leoben, I'm always clinging to edge of my seat, in fear of Lee popping into the same scene with her.
♥ Athena/Helo of this episode was so very pretty. We've barely had them for the season, so I'm loving ever second. The root of their issues, her being a Cylon and everyone giving her a hard time about every frakking time was handled nicely.
ATHENA: I made a choice to wear a uniform, to be a person.
HELO: You were a person before you put on that uniform, okay? You were a person before I fell in love with you. And you don't have to prove that.
ATHENA: I have to prove that every day.
♥ Athena. Loved her in this episode. She wasn't too soft, or anything angsty like that pesky Boomer. She was just right.
♥ Adama. Because even if he wasn't loud about it, he felt uneasy about the genocide issue.
♥ God I love Helo. Especially when he was voicing my thoughts about the genocide issue. And when he saved the day, and said he felt he'd done the right thing because even though he loved the ship and it's people, he couldn't live without Sharon.
Queenline: "Let me tell you something Helo. My people may die. My entire race may be wiped out. But this Cylon will keep her word even if it means she's the last Cylon left in the universe. Can a human being do that?"
Overall: Wonderful episode that dealt with a great issue once again. I've had to fight tears for the injustice humans have done to single Cylons before, but Mommy's (frakking bitch) attitude has never been this clear. If we'd get Leoben instead of that Gaius torture thing, this would be perfect. It's always great to get Helo/Athena screentime.