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.