BSG: Daybreak, Part II and III
Holy frakking hell, I don't even know where to begin. I don't even know how to say goodbye. Right now, it feels like the end, but my brain still hasn't processed everything. I'm riding the BSG high.
I will say this: the episode was epic, just how Logan Echolls described it. Lives ruined, blood shed, spanning years and continents. EPIC.
So here I go in my attempt to write about the epic series finale of one of the best shows on television, the one, the only (heh, not quite true now is it?) Battlestar Galactica. It won't be complete until I have rewatched the show again, but right now, this will do. It's kind of all over the place.
I told you guys Gaius would man up in the end and join the fight.
Okay, so Head Six and Head Gaius and Kara were all angels. Am I right? That's what I gathered from everything. I mean Kara was gone, and I know my girl still can't run THAT fast. So she came back to lead them to Earth. She had a destiny and she fulfilled it.
Kara will not be forgotten. How amazing was Katee Sackhoff in this finale? I love that Kara was always scared when she flew, but she was never afraid of dying (which we already knew). She was only afraid of being forgotten. And I can say one thing: Kara Thrace will never be forgotten. Not by anyone who knew her, and not by anyone living and watching this show. She was such an amazing character. She will live on.
But I now see how Katee wasn't happy with the way Starbuck's arc was complete. She had peace, yes, but she wasn't explained. Not really. You don't know what happened to her after that. Did she meet up with Anders like he said he would? You don't know, so I can see how Katee might have been unhappy.
But yeah, so she was an angel. She led them to Earth after all. The second Earth. The Earth that they settled and then 150,000 years later we occupy. With Ron Moore reading a magazine.
I really hope I'm not related far, far, far, far, far down the line to Lee Adama. I'd feel dirty for wanting him for all these years. HAHA. I wish I could say that Kara was my ancestor. But she was an angel by that time. Sadness.
I had a feeling last week that when Kara put numbers to the notes of the song that they were going to be important. And what do you know? They were the coordinates for Earth. That still doesn't explain how the Final Five knew them, etc. But I'm okay with lingering answers. I really am.
I guess I can understand why Kara and Lee couldn't end up together then. If she was an angel. But it makes sense that they could never be together at the same time. The first time they almost got together was the first night they met with Zak lying passed out on the couch. It was obvious Lee was in love with her from the very first moment he met her.
I wonder what would have happened if Zak hadn't woken up? I wonder what would have happened if she had never met Zak? Would she have ever been on the Galactica? Would she and Lee have been able to get together? I guess Kara is finally free though. That bird is free, and now Kara is free. But it's true, those two will always be connected. Always. They will always be a part of each other. He will never forget her.
Anders ... OMG. I can't begin to describe how I feel about Anders. He piloted all of the ships into the sun. And after Kara told him she loved him and gave him her dog tags yet again, he said "I'll see you on the other side." Which is what she had said to Lee right before she died in "Maelstrom." If Kara and Anders are happy then on the other side, I have to say I'm dancing. But I'll always be a Kara/Lee shipper. Always and forever. I love those characters as much as I love Rory and Jess, and Logan and Veronica. (Hm, none of my characters ever seem to wind up together ...)
But speaking of Anders and Kara, I think it was good that she finally realized that she truly did love Anders. I think it's good to think that she didn't just marry him because he was a safe choice, and she was running away from Lee. She was so terrible to him, using him for sex and stuff for a lot of the show, that I think it was awesome to give Anders the end he did. He deserved to be loved by Kara.
I think, despite what many of us fans thought, that Lee and Kara never would have worked out. There was too much there, too much between them, to ever work out in a relationship. Sure, they loved each other, and were very deeply connected, but it was right for Kara to end up with Anders in the end. (I never thought I would write those words.) Lee and Kara are beyond friends, and possibly beyond lovers. They just are who they are. Two people who mean very much to one another.
Gaius and Caprica wound up together! I knew they would. They had to! They just had to. And she was proud of him! Aw. And the way he said, "I do know about farming," and the crying after, that broke my heart. Poor Gaius has a heart! And his speech about faith to Cavil was so amazing. I knew that they would make Gaius a pivotal part of the finale. He was a pivotal part of the beginning of the show, so it had to be that way in the end. He started the entire war (albeit unintentionally) and he ended it, in a way. Full circle. Very nice.
I have to admit that I thought Helo was a goner. I thought for sure he was one of the characters to die. I thought for sure he was dying once he got shot and I was screaming "NO HELO NO!" and my dad was yelling at me to shut up. I'm still not totally convinced that Helo at the end wasn't a cylon projection by Hera and Athena. But it's okay, I would rather think Helo lived. Because he's a badass.
Roslin dying. We all saw that coming. If you didn't, well you're stupid. Sorry, but it's true. The woman had cancer. At least she got to live to see Earth. The new Earth (please someone stop me from making a bad Doctor Who joke).
I knew that killing Cally was going to have to be addressed. And I'm so excited that Chief killed Tory, especially because they were so in love back on the original Earth. I have never liked Tory. So when Chief killed her I was all, "WOO HOO!"
I was totally surprised that Cavil killed himself. Really. I was like, "WHOA REALLY? WTF?"
I don't think anyone was really surprised that these people were the ones to settle Earth. I mean, how else would they explain the names Hera and Athena and Apollo? All of them are the names of Greek gods. And obviously the colony names were the zodiac. So I was happy to see them landing on OUR Earth (because even I questioned where the frak the moon was back on Earth version 1).
I hate to think though, that Adama, Lee and Tyrol all wound up alone. They all lost the women they truly loved. Roslin died of cancer. Kara was already dead and an angel, and she disappeared. He had also lost Dee. And Tyrol had loved Boomer so much and she had died to save Hera. And then of course he also lost Cally. I hated that those three ended up alone building cabins and climbing mountains. Their family lines died out. Which makes me sad.
But Caprica and Gaius were together. And Hera had both of her parents, which was awesome (though I was 89% sure Helo would die. And I guess that's what Tahmoh meant when we wouldn't expect this ending. We all thought Helo would die to save his wife and child, but he got a happy ending! YAY!) And Ellen and Saul finally got to be happy together. I guess, Anders and Kara got to be together too.
I know I have said almost nothing about the fighting, but I can't figure out what to say. Oh yeah! BOOMER! She owed the Admiral one, so it was great to see her doing something good. I knew, I just knew that she would save Hera. So yay. I'm so excited.
I can't think anymore right now. I'll update more again later. Perhaps with some of the stuff about the battle.
Oh yeah, but RIP Racetrack and Skulls! And yay Hot Dog lived!
By my count we only lost (from the main group) Roslin, Tory, and Kara (because she was an angel). Right? Am I missing someone?
ALSO, DEAR ANGEL GAIUS AND ANGEL SIX: CAN WE PLEASE NOT DO IT ALL AGAIN? I'M RATHER ATTACHED TO THIS PLANET RIGHT NOW. (Ok, I wouldn't mind flying all about space and stuff).
I did love the flash forward though, to the thing about advances in robotics. I loved it. It was a little jarring, and it could have been removed and just ended on the scene with Adama looking east into the unknown future with Laura's grave behind him, but I think it was also good to see that it really could happen again, and that we humans are in control of our destiny. It shows that we need to take responsibility for our own actions, for the things we create.
And I loved that the robot they were showing after that was totally Asian. What up number 8! And the song, of course, lived on. I mean Bob Dylan (and Jimi Hendrix) had to hear it somewhere. I think it's a sign. Frak. I'll be in my raptor now, getting ready to leave. Me and Jamie Bamber and Michael Trucco of course. I guess I'll grab Kristen Bell, Joss Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris and Katee Sackhoff too.
It's true though, not all of the questions were answered not really. And I'm okay with that. But I still want to know what the frak that job was that Adama was going through all that shit for. But I think not knowing the answers makes good television. RDM left us wanting more, so I think he was right to not reveal everything.
I guess, I still can't believe it's over. I think the fact that it had an actual ending makes me happy and not too sad that it ended. Sure, I'm sad but I feel complete. The show felt complete. It had closure. It was ... perfect. It truly was. So I'm happy. I'm sure after awhile I'll be wishing for new episodes. I'll want to know what all the characters did in the end, after the bit we saw. But right now, I'm happy. But it was bittersweet for sure.
ETA: And now, I'm watching it all over again. I'm not ready to let it go. It's setting in that it's over now. It's only been over for an hour for me. And I'm already feeling the loss. Thank God I have a DVR. And Thank God that I know this will be out on DVD in the summer. It's truly the best show ever. I have to say that this is tied for my number one favorite show (along with Buffy of course
ETA2: Upon second viewing, I have to say that I've never appreciated the beauty of this show, because for the most part it was dark, cramped corners of a battlestar, but now, this episode was just beautiful. The colors and the lights in every scene, the sets and everything about the show were simply breathtaking and beautiful. I cannot wait until I own this show on DVD.
SO SAY WE ALL
I will say this: the episode was epic, just how Logan Echolls described it. Lives ruined, blood shed, spanning years and continents. EPIC.
So here I go in my attempt to write about the epic series finale of one of the best shows on television, the one, the only (heh, not quite true now is it?) Battlestar Galactica. It won't be complete until I have rewatched the show again, but right now, this will do. It's kind of all over the place.
I told you guys Gaius would man up in the end and join the fight.
Okay, so Head Six and Head Gaius and Kara were all angels. Am I right? That's what I gathered from everything. I mean Kara was gone, and I know my girl still can't run THAT fast. So she came back to lead them to Earth. She had a destiny and she fulfilled it.
Kara will not be forgotten. How amazing was Katee Sackhoff in this finale? I love that Kara was always scared when she flew, but she was never afraid of dying (which we already knew). She was only afraid of being forgotten. And I can say one thing: Kara Thrace will never be forgotten. Not by anyone who knew her, and not by anyone living and watching this show. She was such an amazing character. She will live on.
But I now see how Katee wasn't happy with the way Starbuck's arc was complete. She had peace, yes, but she wasn't explained. Not really. You don't know what happened to her after that. Did she meet up with Anders like he said he would? You don't know, so I can see how Katee might have been unhappy.
But yeah, so she was an angel. She led them to Earth after all. The second Earth. The Earth that they settled and then 150,000 years later we occupy. With Ron Moore reading a magazine.
I really hope I'm not related far, far, far, far, far down the line to Lee Adama. I'd feel dirty for wanting him for all these years. HAHA. I wish I could say that Kara was my ancestor. But she was an angel by that time. Sadness.
I had a feeling last week that when Kara put numbers to the notes of the song that they were going to be important. And what do you know? They were the coordinates for Earth. That still doesn't explain how the Final Five knew them, etc. But I'm okay with lingering answers. I really am.
I guess I can understand why Kara and Lee couldn't end up together then. If she was an angel. But it makes sense that they could never be together at the same time. The first time they almost got together was the first night they met with Zak lying passed out on the couch. It was obvious Lee was in love with her from the very first moment he met her.
I wonder what would have happened if Zak hadn't woken up? I wonder what would have happened if she had never met Zak? Would she have ever been on the Galactica? Would she and Lee have been able to get together? I guess Kara is finally free though. That bird is free, and now Kara is free. But it's true, those two will always be connected. Always. They will always be a part of each other. He will never forget her.
Anders ... OMG. I can't begin to describe how I feel about Anders. He piloted all of the ships into the sun. And after Kara told him she loved him and gave him her dog tags yet again, he said "I'll see you on the other side." Which is what she had said to Lee right before she died in "Maelstrom." If Kara and Anders are happy then on the other side, I have to say I'm dancing. But I'll always be a Kara/Lee shipper. Always and forever. I love those characters as much as I love Rory and Jess, and Logan and Veronica. (Hm, none of my characters ever seem to wind up together ...)
But speaking of Anders and Kara, I think it was good that she finally realized that she truly did love Anders. I think it's good to think that she didn't just marry him because he was a safe choice, and she was running away from Lee. She was so terrible to him, using him for sex and stuff for a lot of the show, that I think it was awesome to give Anders the end he did. He deserved to be loved by Kara.
I think, despite what many of us fans thought, that Lee and Kara never would have worked out. There was too much there, too much between them, to ever work out in a relationship. Sure, they loved each other, and were very deeply connected, but it was right for Kara to end up with Anders in the end. (I never thought I would write those words.) Lee and Kara are beyond friends, and possibly beyond lovers. They just are who they are. Two people who mean very much to one another.
Gaius and Caprica wound up together! I knew they would. They had to! They just had to. And she was proud of him! Aw. And the way he said, "I do know about farming," and the crying after, that broke my heart. Poor Gaius has a heart! And his speech about faith to Cavil was so amazing. I knew that they would make Gaius a pivotal part of the finale. He was a pivotal part of the beginning of the show, so it had to be that way in the end. He started the entire war (albeit unintentionally) and he ended it, in a way. Full circle. Very nice.
I have to admit that I thought Helo was a goner. I thought for sure he was one of the characters to die. I thought for sure he was dying once he got shot and I was screaming "NO HELO NO!" and my dad was yelling at me to shut up. I'm still not totally convinced that Helo at the end wasn't a cylon projection by Hera and Athena. But it's okay, I would rather think Helo lived. Because he's a badass.
Roslin dying. We all saw that coming. If you didn't, well you're stupid. Sorry, but it's true. The woman had cancer. At least she got to live to see Earth. The new Earth (please someone stop me from making a bad Doctor Who joke).
I knew that killing Cally was going to have to be addressed. And I'm so excited that Chief killed Tory, especially because they were so in love back on the original Earth. I have never liked Tory. So when Chief killed her I was all, "WOO HOO!"
I was totally surprised that Cavil killed himself. Really. I was like, "WHOA REALLY? WTF?"
I don't think anyone was really surprised that these people were the ones to settle Earth. I mean, how else would they explain the names Hera and Athena and Apollo? All of them are the names of Greek gods. And obviously the colony names were the zodiac. So I was happy to see them landing on OUR Earth (because even I questioned where the frak the moon was back on Earth version 1).
I hate to think though, that Adama, Lee and Tyrol all wound up alone. They all lost the women they truly loved. Roslin died of cancer. Kara was already dead and an angel, and she disappeared. He had also lost Dee. And Tyrol had loved Boomer so much and she had died to save Hera. And then of course he also lost Cally. I hated that those three ended up alone building cabins and climbing mountains. Their family lines died out. Which makes me sad.
But Caprica and Gaius were together. And Hera had both of her parents, which was awesome (though I was 89% sure Helo would die. And I guess that's what Tahmoh meant when we wouldn't expect this ending. We all thought Helo would die to save his wife and child, but he got a happy ending! YAY!) And Ellen and Saul finally got to be happy together. I guess, Anders and Kara got to be together too.
I know I have said almost nothing about the fighting, but I can't figure out what to say. Oh yeah! BOOMER! She owed the Admiral one, so it was great to see her doing something good. I knew, I just knew that she would save Hera. So yay. I'm so excited.
I can't think anymore right now. I'll update more again later. Perhaps with some of the stuff about the battle.
Oh yeah, but RIP Racetrack and Skulls! And yay Hot Dog lived!
By my count we only lost (from the main group) Roslin, Tory, and Kara (because she was an angel). Right? Am I missing someone?
ALSO, DEAR ANGEL GAIUS AND ANGEL SIX: CAN WE PLEASE NOT DO IT ALL AGAIN? I'M RATHER ATTACHED TO THIS PLANET RIGHT NOW. (Ok, I wouldn't mind flying all about space and stuff).
I did love the flash forward though, to the thing about advances in robotics. I loved it. It was a little jarring, and it could have been removed and just ended on the scene with Adama looking east into the unknown future with Laura's grave behind him, but I think it was also good to see that it really could happen again, and that we humans are in control of our destiny. It shows that we need to take responsibility for our own actions, for the things we create.
And I loved that the robot they were showing after that was totally Asian. What up number 8! And the song, of course, lived on. I mean Bob Dylan (and Jimi Hendrix) had to hear it somewhere. I think it's a sign. Frak. I'll be in my raptor now, getting ready to leave. Me and Jamie Bamber and Michael Trucco of course. I guess I'll grab Kristen Bell, Joss Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris and Katee Sackhoff too.
It's true though, not all of the questions were answered not really. And I'm okay with that. But I still want to know what the frak that job was that Adama was going through all that shit for. But I think not knowing the answers makes good television. RDM left us wanting more, so I think he was right to not reveal everything.
I guess, I still can't believe it's over. I think the fact that it had an actual ending makes me happy and not too sad that it ended. Sure, I'm sad but I feel complete. The show felt complete. It had closure. It was ... perfect. It truly was. So I'm happy. I'm sure after awhile I'll be wishing for new episodes. I'll want to know what all the characters did in the end, after the bit we saw. But right now, I'm happy. But it was bittersweet for sure.
ETA: And now, I'm watching it all over again. I'm not ready to let it go. It's setting in that it's over now. It's only been over for an hour for me. And I'm already feeling the loss. Thank God I have a DVR. And Thank God that I know this will be out on DVD in the summer. It's truly the best show ever. I have to say that this is tied for my number one favorite show (along with Buffy of course
ETA2: Upon second viewing, I have to say that I've never appreciated the beauty of this show, because for the most part it was dark, cramped corners of a battlestar, but now, this episode was just beautiful. The colors and the lights in every scene, the sets and everything about the show were simply breathtaking and beautiful. I cannot wait until I own this show on DVD.
SO SAY WE ALL