Battlestar Galactica WTF part two: Season Finale
There's not enough WTF out there to adequately cover what happened in the BSG season finale:
Where do I even start:
The trial of Baltar: Gaeta blatantly perjures himself to get Baltar, Baltar gets off, gets abandoned by Lee and his lawyer, who magically drops his limp and cane once the trial is over. Then Baltar gets spirited away to start his "new life"... by who I think was the lady in the previous episode that wanted him to bless her child.
I'll give props to the speech that Lee gave during the trial though. I thought that was well done, even if it was a defense of everything that Baltar has done to undermine the security of the human race in the show.
"All along the watchtower"?
Why is there "earth music" playing in these new Cylon's heads??
Yeah, the "new" Cylons hear Dylan and they work lyrics for the song into the episode.
And... the "new" Cylons.
Four of the final five Cylons??
Are they part of THE final five?? They have to be, I guess... unless there's more out there or some other weird shit.
AND IT'S CHIEF,COLONEL TIGH, ANDERS and some presidential advisor chick that was trying to get it on with Anders. I think the Cylon revelation with Bob Dylan music tossed in was the biggest, I don't know, I wouldn't call it jaw dropping. More like head shaking, what in the fuck is going on here part of the entire episode. I got the song they were hearing before it was entirely spelled out... when they first started muttering the bits about "There must be some way out of here".
Interesting that the four outed on this show were in positions of power... Adama's right hand man, a presidential advisor, the fleet's head mechanic.... and... well... Starbuck's boyfriend. Which I guess is important, since she's VERY important, it seems.
AND they weren't afflicted by the "Cylon virus" from earlier in the season. Are they somehow physically different from the other Cylon models? They'd have to be, I guess. The "final five" are special, indeed.
Why are the Cylons hearing the music?
They're getting close(r) to Earth... and Cylons can pickup/like covers of Bob Dylan mucic..?
Who's the fifth? Baltar's lawyer who no longer limps?
I wonder... perhaps the trial of Baltar was a trial of humanity, in the eyes of the Cylons. Previously, the Cylons have said that humans are barbaric and needed to be eliminated because they hold grudges and would come and hunt down the Cylons if they were allowed to live. It's implied that the actions Adama was ordered to take prior to the Cylon invasion/destruction of the colonies(the ones involving the pilot "Bulldog" from the beginning of the season flying into Cylon territory and getting captured, etc) may have provoked the Cylon assault.
Baltar has been indirectly responsible for a lot of what has befell humanity in this series. (Cylon virus in the defense grid that crippled the colonial defense network. Settling on New Caprica. The abused Six from Pegasus getting her hands on the nuke and detonating it, which led to the Cylons finding New Caprica and enslaving the population there... etc... etc...)
However, he's also been manipulated by Six... and was forced to do some of what he did at gun point, literally. Maybe the trial was a test to see if humanity was capable of compassion? Of letting the past go and moving forward without angry, mob minded vengeance?
Maybe the lawyer will turn out to be a Cylon "observer" of the whole affair, like Three was of how the humans were living under their new conditions, (in her case, doing it under the guise of a reporter).
Or maybe it's Rosalyn? She's having shared hallucinations with Six and Boomer... visions of the opera house in season 2 (I think) and of the hybrid child. AND she's taking meds again for her cancer... so maybe she's too doped up to hear the SURPRISE-YOU'RE-A-CYLON music.
Oh, and Starbuck isn't really dead/isn't totally gone. Yeah, I sort of saw this one coming, but still.
WTF?
"I've been to Earth. I'm going to lead us there."????
Maybe she's "in Lee's head" now... sort of like the Six and Baltar thing.
She's flying what appears to be a brand new Viper... it would have to be a new Viper, since the one she was in clearly got burnt to a crisp in the "Maelstrom" episode. Where does one find new Vipers if not currently part of the Colonial fleet?
Is she a Cylon? I really really hope not... it's bad enough they outed 3 long standing characters (and the Prez's advisor who I didn't know existed until a few episodes ago) as Cylons. That's still bugging me. Gah.
What forced all the ships to power down coming out of the jump? The "Ship of Lights" that may or may not actually exist in this telling of the story? I assume that whatever did also triggered the final realization of "The Four" and another one of Rosalyn's hallucinations.
Seriously... so much WTFOMGBSG in this episode, it's staggering.
Finally:
2008 for the next season?? 2008??? A frakin' year(almost)???? Grrrrrrr!!!!
Well, I give BSG's creators kudos for knocking this season out of the ball park. There's been a lot of pissing and moaning by fans about the uneven nature of this season... too many "emo" and seemingly filler episodes that did little to advance things. Not enough action, etc. I don't mind the extended forays into the lives of the various characters, and while the show tended to be somewhat soap-opera-y at times, I really see that as one of the strengths.
At the end each season these guys have moved the story into a "how in the hell are they going to get their way out of this one" type territory... both in terms of the actual plot and the corners they seem to write themselves and their characters into. I hate the fact I have to wait so damn long to see how it will all pan out. But hey, their cunning little plan worked... I'm still hooked and I'll be tuning in when it returns.
Yeah, I'm probably a sucker. :P
Where do I even start:
The trial of Baltar: Gaeta blatantly perjures himself to get Baltar, Baltar gets off, gets abandoned by Lee and his lawyer, who magically drops his limp and cane once the trial is over. Then Baltar gets spirited away to start his "new life"... by who I think was the lady in the previous episode that wanted him to bless her child.
I'll give props to the speech that Lee gave during the trial though. I thought that was well done, even if it was a defense of everything that Baltar has done to undermine the security of the human race in the show.
"All along the watchtower"?
Why is there "earth music" playing in these new Cylon's heads??
Yeah, the "new" Cylons hear Dylan and they work lyrics for the song into the episode.
And... the "new" Cylons.
Four of the final five Cylons??
Are they part of THE final five?? They have to be, I guess... unless there's more out there or some other weird shit.
AND IT'S CHIEF,COLONEL TIGH, ANDERS and some presidential advisor chick that was trying to get it on with Anders. I think the Cylon revelation with Bob Dylan music tossed in was the biggest, I don't know, I wouldn't call it jaw dropping. More like head shaking, what in the fuck is going on here part of the entire episode. I got the song they were hearing before it was entirely spelled out... when they first started muttering the bits about "There must be some way out of here".
Interesting that the four outed on this show were in positions of power... Adama's right hand man, a presidential advisor, the fleet's head mechanic.... and... well... Starbuck's boyfriend. Which I guess is important, since she's VERY important, it seems.
AND they weren't afflicted by the "Cylon virus" from earlier in the season. Are they somehow physically different from the other Cylon models? They'd have to be, I guess. The "final five" are special, indeed.
Why are the Cylons hearing the music?
They're getting close(r) to Earth... and Cylons can pickup/like covers of Bob Dylan mucic..?
Who's the fifth? Baltar's lawyer who no longer limps?
I wonder... perhaps the trial of Baltar was a trial of humanity, in the eyes of the Cylons. Previously, the Cylons have said that humans are barbaric and needed to be eliminated because they hold grudges and would come and hunt down the Cylons if they were allowed to live. It's implied that the actions Adama was ordered to take prior to the Cylon invasion/destruction of the colonies(the ones involving the pilot "Bulldog" from the beginning of the season flying into Cylon territory and getting captured, etc) may have provoked the Cylon assault.
Baltar has been indirectly responsible for a lot of what has befell humanity in this series. (Cylon virus in the defense grid that crippled the colonial defense network. Settling on New Caprica. The abused Six from Pegasus getting her hands on the nuke and detonating it, which led to the Cylons finding New Caprica and enslaving the population there... etc... etc...)
However, he's also been manipulated by Six... and was forced to do some of what he did at gun point, literally. Maybe the trial was a test to see if humanity was capable of compassion? Of letting the past go and moving forward without angry, mob minded vengeance?
Maybe the lawyer will turn out to be a Cylon "observer" of the whole affair, like Three was of how the humans were living under their new conditions, (in her case, doing it under the guise of a reporter).
Or maybe it's Rosalyn? She's having shared hallucinations with Six and Boomer... visions of the opera house in season 2 (I think) and of the hybrid child. AND she's taking meds again for her cancer... so maybe she's too doped up to hear the SURPRISE-YOU'RE-A-CYLON music.
Oh, and Starbuck isn't really dead/isn't totally gone. Yeah, I sort of saw this one coming, but still.
WTF?
"I've been to Earth. I'm going to lead us there."????
Maybe she's "in Lee's head" now... sort of like the Six and Baltar thing.
She's flying what appears to be a brand new Viper... it would have to be a new Viper, since the one she was in clearly got burnt to a crisp in the "Maelstrom" episode. Where does one find new Vipers if not currently part of the Colonial fleet?
Is she a Cylon? I really really hope not... it's bad enough they outed 3 long standing characters (and the Prez's advisor who I didn't know existed until a few episodes ago) as Cylons. That's still bugging me. Gah.
What forced all the ships to power down coming out of the jump? The "Ship of Lights" that may or may not actually exist in this telling of the story? I assume that whatever did also triggered the final realization of "The Four" and another one of Rosalyn's hallucinations.
Seriously... so much WTFOMGBSG in this episode, it's staggering.
Finally:
2008 for the next season?? 2008??? A frakin' year(almost)???? Grrrrrrr!!!!
Well, I give BSG's creators kudos for knocking this season out of the ball park. There's been a lot of pissing and moaning by fans about the uneven nature of this season... too many "emo" and seemingly filler episodes that did little to advance things. Not enough action, etc. I don't mind the extended forays into the lives of the various characters, and while the show tended to be somewhat soap-opera-y at times, I really see that as one of the strengths.
At the end each season these guys have moved the story into a "how in the hell are they going to get their way out of this one" type territory... both in terms of the actual plot and the corners they seem to write themselves and their characters into. I hate the fact I have to wait so damn long to see how it will all pan out. But hey, their cunning little plan worked... I'm still hooked and I'll be tuning in when it returns.
Yeah, I'm probably a sucker. :P