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Battlestar Galactica 4x4 "Escape Velocity" | Full Episode Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-02-12 16:00:05
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This was a bit of a slow burn, but still some jaw dropping moments. I’m loving how they are taking their time letting out resident cylons wrestle with their humanity, while Gaius continues his evolution.

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/CYpYtFgRxn4

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Charity Konusser (the chonus)

Couple of things: Survivor count is down by one this episode, for obvious reasons. Standing ovation for Michael Hogan. What an actor's journey he went on in that cell with Six. Just phenomenal. Roslin's wig is very similar to Admiral Cain's hairstyle and color -- perhaps a nod to Roslin's increasing ruthlessness (and possibly to her ultimate fate). It also resembles the hairstyle she had in her visions of the Opera House. Tom Zarek isn't at the Quorum meeting and his absence is never explained. Originally, Zarek was going to be the man behind the Sons of Ares' attack on Baltar's cult, but Ron Moore ultimately decided not to go with that. One member of the Quorum brings up a religious sect called the Mithraists. Mithraism was a religion in the Roman Empire and has a fascinating history . It predates Christianity, and the stories about the god Mithras seems to be the source of some of the stories of Christ. The rise of Christianity saw the persecution and elimination of Mithraists. Really worth reading about. Skulls and Racetrack have a TERRIBLE flight record together - this is their third flight mishap (FTL malfunction that jumped them to discover what would become New Caprica in "Lay Down Your Burdens I," and a thruster problem in "Dirty Hands"). Ron Moore says in the podcast he never meant for anyone to think Head!Six could physically move Baltar's body, and that it was only Baltar moving himself in the corridor face-off, but much of the audience had that take-away. He says he can see how the way they filmed it was maybe a little too bizarre. There was some speculation when this episode aired as to whether Chief pushed Adama to demote him out of fear after he made the mistake with the raptor - that he might be acting as a sleeper agent, and getting demoted might save the fleet from whatever he would do in a position of power. I don't think we know the "official" story the Fleet got regarding Cally's death. Adama closing the book, after Roslin closes her eyes, and speaking his own thoughts directly to her is commonly believed to have been prompted by Chief's rant about how the people they truly loved were either dead or dying.

casualnerdreactions

Oh boy, excellent tidbit with Roslin's hair! I definitely could see Zarek being behind the sons of Ares, but I'm curious to see where they do take his character. Yea, head six NOT moving his body makes more sense, but it 100% looks like it he's possessed. That's good speculation. I just figured it was an emotional decision to punish himself, but I like the idea that he did it to protect the fleet.

David Anderson

Tyrol's scene with Adama in the bar is one of the most well written scenes for me in the series. It is awful to watch, almost worse than watching Callie get murdered in the previous episode. The revelation of Tyrol's real feelings is a twist that makes complete sense, given his past with Boomer. So much was in his character, revealed after this much time, and its ugly and tragic to watch. Many sci-fi shows use the idea of self aware machines finding out about what their existence means to explore human experiences. But Tyrol's realization that he is trapped in a world in which he had settled for less in every way, and is willing to blow up his life to speak the truth about his feelings, was perfectly put together and terrible to watch. It's been more than one time I've really wanted to speak my whole mind out loud after being frustrated, angry or depressed, and I've thought of this and held my tongue. lol