Deadlocked

[teachlikeroslin]

Color me surprised! Before I watched Deadlocked last night, I was under the impression that I didn't like it very much. But as I was watching it this time around I was actually pretty taken with the story and kind of got a little misty eyed there at the end. Who knew? This is exactly why I love this project. Going back and watching the episodes and

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[teachlikeroslin]

Yeah, he's definitely naming Liam after Bill. That's partly the reason Ellen brings it up to Caprica in their first confrontation. She's planting a seed. But also at the end when Tigh tells Adama that they were going to call him "Liam", Bill understands what that means. And it underscores one of the prevailing themes of the show as far as Tigh's concerned. He may love Ellen and he may love Caprica, but he doesn't love anyone as much as he loves Bill.

About the miscarriage- I think love is supposed to play into it, yeah. I think that it's likely Caprica became pregnant because Tigh was imaging Ellen in her place and his love for Ellen transferred to Caprica by default. And when Caprica started to doubt Tigh's love for her and the baby, that's what preventing the pregnancy from going forward.

I don't like the idea that love is needed for cylon pregnancies because it's so . . . Lame? Not at all realistic? Because even though they're machines and should be able to quanitfy things, quantify love? Not going to happen. But I do think the show's intent is to make it about love.