Battlestar Galactica 2.9 FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

This episode could have easily been a filler episode but it was so much more. A lot of character development was provided. We finally got to see Helo and Chief throwdown. You know they've been waiting to do that for a while. They had to address that "issue". LOL at Chief telling Helo, "I don't even know why I'm mad at you. It's not the same Sharon."

Good job for Chief trying to do "something" by starting his "Pimp my Viper" project. Once in a while Tigh does something right. Like getting the engines to Chief, in exchange for some Grade B moonshine of course.

I like this possible love rectangle between D and Apollo and Starbuck and Billy. If this means I get to see D more, I'm all for it.

It looks like Adama embraced "faith" and trusted Sharon enough to let her help them.

Grade
B
As I said, this was a good episode. It did all the things that BSG does right and didn't really do anything wrong. Next Week: Ensign Ro Laren aka M.E. Juliana Cox aka "Here's your Big Salad lady" makes an appearance as the commander of the colonial ship Pegasus...and she's in charge.

Quote of the Day Wednesday, September 14, 2005

"I mean, who saw that coming? I haven't been this shocked since Kwame Kilpatrick went out to dinner and ordered seconds." ---Detroit Free Press writer Brian Dickerson talking about Greektown Casino's plan to remain where they are.

Battlestar Galactica 2.8 FINAL CUT

This was a good episode. My girl "D" got some shine, Gaius became more and more unhinged, and a "twist" ending. Let's get to that twist. Going into this episode, I wasn't sure if she were going to be a cylon or not. I was leaning towards no for the simple fact that considering there are only 12 models of Cylons out there, I figured the producers would introduce new ones sparingly. Because the future availability of the actors may have be limited and they would have painted themselves into a corner with only Six and Boomer the Cylons they show. But alas, they proved me wrong. So they've shown 6 Cylons so far. I wonder if Lucy Lawless will show up in future episodes. The addition of another undercover Cylon within the fleet is interesting. At least they showed that other guy again. It had been a while since they showed him.
Also, the fact that the raiders showed up explicitly to get the tape out shows the Cylons know exactly where the fleet is at all times. They're just toying with them now trying to see how this baby thing works out. Interesting.

I too was smiling when they played the old theme. It was going all slow at first. "Is it? Could it be? They're playing the old theme. That's hot! (c) Paris Hilton".

The best part of the episode though was when the vipers scrambled to intercept the raiders. The entire battle was oberved from the perspective of those in CIC. It served two purposes: 1) It really gave the viewer the chance to see how it was being there while a battle is going on only hearing the communication. No viewscreens a la Star Trek. 2) This was clearly a bottle episode for the producers. After the special effects and location shot heavy previous two episodes. It allowed them to keep the production cost down and save money by limiting the special effects here. But they masked it with great story telling.

Grade
B
for the first 47 minutes. A+for the final minute.

Quote of the Day Tuesday, September 6, 2005

"Bureaucracy has murdered people in the greater New Orleans area. And bureaucracy needs to stand trial before Congress today," Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish, said on CBS' "The Early Show."

"So I'm asking Congress, please investigate this now. Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot. Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot. Just don't give me the same idiot.

Kanye Went OFF! He's my hero!

Kanye pulled no punches in his scathing opinion of how the Katrina disaster was handled. He is now my hero. Click the link below to watch the video of his comments during the NBC telethon on Friday, September 2, 2005.

KANYE SPEAKING THE TRUTH!

White People "FIND" Black People "LOOT"

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