"Right..."
Some random thoughts about BSG 4.01 "He That Believeth in Me".
- Three main storylines this episode, all centred on belief and faith: Kara's return from the dead; the existential dilemma faced by Tigh, Anders, Tory, and Tyrol; and Baltar's encounter with adoring disciples and his apparent "miracle". The last - Baltar's reaction to seeing the altar dedicated to him - was priceless.
- "You see, Gaius? I knew God wouldn't desert you. I felt his love course through me, giving me the strength to smite them."
- "A little less smiting next time unless we want to be up for murder charges."
HEEE!
- Whatever his healing of the boy Derek meant, that ominous little smile head!Six gave at the end showed that she was pleased with it. Did Baltar, in one of his mood swings, really want to die? What is he going to use his group of believers to accomplish? Is this part of the Cylon's plan of converting humanity to the One God?
- I felt terrible for Anders, perhaps more than any of the other of the final four, this episode. Ander was a member of the resistance on Caprica and New Caprica, but he has only been in the army for a few weeks, he's not a soldier. Never directly killed a human being, unless you count his involvement in the suicide bombing on New Caprica. Now, moments after discovering that he is a Cylon, he has to jump in a Viper and kill other Cylons. Before, he could tell himself that they were not like him, but now he knows that they are just like him. Ander considers those doubts that Tigh won't allow himself to.
- ...which reminds me of Caprica Six. Trying not to think of the Final Five, because that would go against her programming; like Tigh is trying not to think of being a Cylon, because that would go against the man he thinks he is. Neither are being very successful.
- wisteria_ has some good points about Kara in this episode. What I thought was really interesting was how, even though only a few hours has passed for Kara, and she seems to have perfect recollection of what happened before she flew into the planet's atmosphere, she doesn't tell anybody on Galactica about her visions of Leoben and her mother. Of course the most likely reason is because she knows how it would sound, when everybody already thinks she is a Cylon, and she only tells them what minimal information she thinks they need to follow her to Earth. But this raises the question of what else she isn't telling them. If she's keeping back the visions that led her to finding Earth, what else could she be keeping back? Another thought is that, if this Kara isn't actually the same Kara as the one that flew to her death, if she's a clone or a Kara from an alternate universe, etc., does she really have the same memories as the old Kara?
- Three main storylines this episode, all centred on belief and faith: Kara's return from the dead; the existential dilemma faced by Tigh, Anders, Tory, and Tyrol; and Baltar's encounter with adoring disciples and his apparent "miracle". The last - Baltar's reaction to seeing the altar dedicated to him - was priceless.
- "You see, Gaius? I knew God wouldn't desert you. I felt his love course through me, giving me the strength to smite them."
- "A little less smiting next time unless we want to be up for murder charges."
HEEE!
- Whatever his healing of the boy Derek meant, that ominous little smile head!Six gave at the end showed that she was pleased with it. Did Baltar, in one of his mood swings, really want to die? What is he going to use his group of believers to accomplish? Is this part of the Cylon's plan of converting humanity to the One God?
- I felt terrible for Anders, perhaps more than any of the other of the final four, this episode. Ander was a member of the resistance on Caprica and New Caprica, but he has only been in the army for a few weeks, he's not a soldier. Never directly killed a human being, unless you count his involvement in the suicide bombing on New Caprica. Now, moments after discovering that he is a Cylon, he has to jump in a Viper and kill other Cylons. Before, he could tell himself that they were not like him, but now he knows that they are just like him. Ander considers those doubts that Tigh won't allow himself to.
- ...which reminds me of Caprica Six. Trying not to think of the Final Five, because that would go against her programming; like Tigh is trying not to think of being a Cylon, because that would go against the man he thinks he is. Neither are being very successful.
- wisteria_ has some good points about Kara in this episode. What I thought was really interesting was how, even though only a few hours has passed for Kara, and she seems to have perfect recollection of what happened before she flew into the planet's atmosphere, she doesn't tell anybody on Galactica about her visions of Leoben and her mother. Of course the most likely reason is because she knows how it would sound, when everybody already thinks she is a Cylon, and she only tells them what minimal information she thinks they need to follow her to Earth. But this raises the question of what else she isn't telling them. If she's keeping back the visions that led her to finding Earth, what else could she be keeping back? Another thought is that, if this Kara isn't actually the same Kara as the one that flew to her death, if she's a clone or a Kara from an alternate universe, etc., does she really have the same memories as the old Kara?