BSG: Blood on the Scales

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Wow. That was intense! Not quite as much as The Oath but still very good. The end left me with a few questions though. I haven't exactly formed complete thoughts on the episode yet so I'm just going to list my somewhat disjointed thoughts down quickly. I think I need to see it again.

- The Quorum, sheesh. I actually thought to myself just before the slaughter of them all "Gee, what's Zarek going to do off the whole quorum? lol" And well then he did, whoops.

- I loved Adama's steely determination. And the others joining and following him along the way marching down the corridors to take back the CIC was one of my absolute favorite parts of this season. I loved that.

- I also love how Roslin stuck to her guns even when she was told Bill had been executed. I liked her transmissions to the fleet and her fury at Zarek - she was full of fire and I think could have done just about done anything right then.

- I loved Bill & Laura's reunion scene, it was touching and emotional. It's interesting about these two because while I've always liked them together, I think there's been a big shift, a growth if you will, in both their characters since they've admitted their feelings for each other. I say it's interesting because it obviously makes them stronger together and I like seeing that development without unnecessary angst.

- Poor Anders! Please don't die Sam! I really liked Kara's concern and her staying behind to take care of him.

- The engine room was interesting, I cheered aloud when Tyrol disabled the FTL drive. Buuuut what were the mysterious cracks/marks on the wall? Were they the same that were in Bill's quarters?

- LOL @ Lee's grenade

- Did Hera have a sudden growth spurt and no one noticed?

- What exactly is up with Gaeta!grossleg's itchy nub? Was it important for another reason that it had stopped itching right before he was executed? I wonder if it was because of guilt, it seemed to get worse as he was plotting his uprising.

And was his conversation with Baltar real? For some reason I got the idea of it being head!Baltar or something he was waiting for the execution. I'm also confused about the bit 'people knowing who he was' and all that. I actually thought for a second that maybe he orchestrated the entire coup just so the fleet would come together with Adama and the rebel Cylons but that doesn't make sense because I he truly did hate the Cylons and probably also truly believed that what he was doing was right. Maybe it was concerning the events from the last webisodes. I dunno but I'm not exactly sad or to see him gone, he seriously annoyed me the last couple episodes. And Zarek too, I'm glad he's gone though he made a good baddie. But I was also surprised that they were being executed, even though I'm alright with both characters being gone, I'm not sure how I felt about it happening that way.

- It's interesting because I find myself really rooting for the rebel Cylons now and I want them to come together with the humans and I think eventually that's what is going to have to happen. I can't help but wonder again about the whole 'this has happened before and will happen again' and think maybe because this very same thing has happened before, maybe that's how these other human Cylon models came to be - the 13th colony.

Next week: No Exit
- The return of Ellen! I think this Ellen will be a very different Ellen than we were used to and I'm very curious about her knowing 'the whole truth'. I wonder where she resurrects at though, I'm betting it's on Cavil's ship.





Preview for No Exit

I was also going to post about the last Bones episode along with this but this BSG has sort of fogged my brain at the moment so I'll have to post about it later.