BSG: Daybreak, part 1
I know I'll like this one more when I watch it again, and it's not that I disliked it, but what the hell? I love, LOVE flashbacks, I loved seeing Kara and Lee meet for the first time, and Sam being interviewed and freaking the reporter out a little with that eloquent and philosophical answer, but why were they there? This late in the game, they HAVE to serve some purpose greater than "oh, cool!" but I can't figure out what that purpose might be.
And while we're on the subject of flashbacks, why the frak couldn't we get just a little something about Helo? C'mon, RDM, you threw Sam fans and Kara/Lee fans and Adama fans and Baltar/Six fans a bone. Why not the Helo fans? *sniffle*
Helo and Athena were heartbreaking. After seeing him hanging on to the last shreds of hope, while Athena did her level (and despairing) best to burn those shreds to cinders, it's pretty clear that she is the one who put the picture of Hera and herself up on the memory wall. I don't know if she also considers herself dead, but she obviously considers Hera to be dead, or as good as. And poor Helo, being so stubborn in asserting that everything will be okay, trying to convince himself that it's true, even though it's clear that nothing is okay, not for the Agathons and not for what's left of the human race.
And even though it contributed greatly to Adama's unevenness in the latter half of the series, I cheered (and may have gotten a little misty-eyed) when Kara, so lost, asked Adama, "What am I?" and he answered, "You're my daughter."
And, man, Boomer hurt Chief bad. Him telling Helo, of all people, that she (as in Sharon, not just Boomer but also Athena) that she was a treacherous bitch. Just as those flashbacks at the beginning must mean something, does Tyrol's pronouncement of "it's what they do," mirroring Roslin's words to him about Boomer, foreshadow what's to come for Athena? Did Adama's decision to go after Hera come too late for Athena? Has she finally become so disillusioned that she WILL do something to betray the fleet?
I loved Baltar's struggle whether or not to volunteer for the rescue, but I was seriously disappointed when he didn't do it. I hope that, since that was also about the time TBC appeared on the screen, it was part of the cliffhanger, that he does volunteer because of the need to finally do something selfless. And that it will redeem him in Caprica's eye, because he did/does love her and she so needs for someone to care.
All in all, I think it was a fairly solid episode, even though I wasn't wowed by it.
And while we're on the subject of flashbacks, why the frak couldn't we get just a little something about Helo? C'mon, RDM, you threw Sam fans and Kara/Lee fans and Adama fans and Baltar/Six fans a bone. Why not the Helo fans? *sniffle*
Helo and Athena were heartbreaking. After seeing him hanging on to the last shreds of hope, while Athena did her level (and despairing) best to burn those shreds to cinders, it's pretty clear that she is the one who put the picture of Hera and herself up on the memory wall. I don't know if she also considers herself dead, but she obviously considers Hera to be dead, or as good as. And poor Helo, being so stubborn in asserting that everything will be okay, trying to convince himself that it's true, even though it's clear that nothing is okay, not for the Agathons and not for what's left of the human race.
And even though it contributed greatly to Adama's unevenness in the latter half of the series, I cheered (and may have gotten a little misty-eyed) when Kara, so lost, asked Adama, "What am I?" and he answered, "You're my daughter."
And, man, Boomer hurt Chief bad. Him telling Helo, of all people, that she (as in Sharon, not just Boomer but also Athena) that she was a treacherous bitch. Just as those flashbacks at the beginning must mean something, does Tyrol's pronouncement of "it's what they do," mirroring Roslin's words to him about Boomer, foreshadow what's to come for Athena? Did Adama's decision to go after Hera come too late for Athena? Has she finally become so disillusioned that she WILL do something to betray the fleet?
I loved Baltar's struggle whether or not to volunteer for the rescue, but I was seriously disappointed when he didn't do it. I hope that, since that was also about the time TBC appeared on the screen, it was part of the cliffhanger, that he does volunteer because of the need to finally do something selfless. And that it will redeem him in Caprica's eye, because he did/does love her and she so needs for someone to care.
All in all, I think it was a fairly solid episode, even though I wasn't wowed by it.