BSG 4.16-17
Tyrol knew Boomer ON SIGHT last week. Helo had sex with Boomer and couldn't tell it wasn't Athena. :( Ouch, my heart. I knew Athena was my Character, but I didn't know quite how much that was true until right now. I did like the Boomer/Tyrol stuff, since I used to ship them too waaaaay back when. If Ellen's escape was really orchestrated to get Hera for Cavil, I didn't see that coming, but it makes sense with Boomer's characterization. I liked her helping Ellen, but I knew there had to be more to it. I didn't know what it would be, but there had to be *something.* Boomer is Athena's mirror image; Eights pick a side and they stick. That tenacity, commitment, loyalty is such an integral part of the Eight characterization. "This cylon keeps her word" and it *is* in large part about belonging and love and FUCK HELO DIDN'T KNOW IT WASN'T ATHENA. That moment, afterward, when Athena starts punching him in the chest after she stumbles in all bloody? OUCH OUCH OUCH.
Aaaaaand, in other news Kara is magically the thirteenth cylon (or her dad was), which everyone has been predicting. I thought I didn't want her to be a cylon, but I think I'm okay with it because then at least the whole Earth thing makes sense.
Where is Lee in all this?
I still think Ellen as the final cylon cheapens the perfect tragedy of Saul's story, but I'm really liking cylon!Ellen, so that revelation is growing on me. I also very much enjoyed how much the show as shipping Adama/Tigh last week. That was A+.
Other than that I'm just confused. I can't keep the cylons straight. Before last week I'd forgotten that Tigh's Six was Caprica. And the whole cylons-only-have-babies-conceived-in-love thing strikes me as . . . kind of dumb, actually. And I still don't get the everyone-on-Earth-was-a-cylon thing. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. At this point I think the best thing to do is to watch it through to the end, and then watch it from the beginning and just pretend that they knew what they were doing all along.
I also watched Dollhouse. I've liked the last two episodes better than the Pilot. I'm still reserving judgment, but honestly, I was looking forward more to Dollhouse than to BSG this week. While it is creepy, it is also WAY LESS DEPRESSING.