The Bar Got a Piano, And Other Revelations – Battlestar Galactica Episode 4.16 Review!
I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR STUPID TOASTER BABY
Okay.
Last week, we saw a new kind of Ellen — a mother goddess of cylons, so to speak. Apparently, resurrection doesn’t take the cattiness out of a millenia-old bitch. The old Ellen was back in top form this week, and what a shame. There are four episodes left and it seems as though the characters have slipped back into old patterns (maybe the point?). But this episode was a let down.
The thing is, does anyone care about Tigh’s frakking baby? Or watching Ellen get jealous and mess with the Caprica Six — prompting the miscarriage? The Ellen that spoke so highly of the human attributes of love and compassion last episode was completely gone, replaced by a petty harpy that cared little for the outcome of her behavior — which by the way, happens to be the fate of the entire cylon race. Doesn’t make much sense to me… Your thoughts?
GAIUS GETS HIS GAL BACK!
Thank the gods for the return of Gaius’ Head Six. It’s my view that the best scenes from the entire series are the ones between Baltar and his imaginary cylon lover in the first half of the series. It completely set the show apart from anything I had ever seen and helped make Baltar such a fascinating character to watch when she’d help him squirm out of sticky situations and manipulate him into doing her will.
Unfortunately, Baltar has pretty much been comic relief the last two seasons, having lost much of his relevance in the overarching storyline after the debacle on New Caprica. I’ve been wondering how he was going to play into the final episodes in a significant way. With Head Six back and running the show, I have hope for Baltar yet.
What’s she have planned for all those guns? Will Baltar lead another insurrection, or perhaps more likely, help defend the ship when shit finally does go down?
THE OLD MAN IS STILL A DUMB DRUNK BUFFOON
Speaking of guns, did Adama forget that an armed mutiny just took place on his ship a few weeks ago??? Nevermind, I’ll answer that: yes, he did forget, BECAUSE HE’S BEEN BLACKING OUT FROM ALL THE FRAKKIN’ LIQUOR!
I think I can speak for a lot of BSG fans when I say, enough with the alcoholism. If Adama gets any more trashed, he’s gonna end up kissing Tigh the next time he comes in for one of their bromantic hugs.
I’ve been getting shit from my friends, commenters, and Nerdbunker co-host for being too hard on the old man. Really? If arming Gaius and his hottie cult chicks only days after a mutiny isn’t enough proof for you that Adama is a stupid douchebag, check it: Last week he appointed Tyrol as chief again and asked him to repair the Galactica. This week, Tyrol was like, “Screw this! I’m voting with the cylons! Frak Adama, I’m going back to the toaster base ship!”
Need more proof of Adama’s poor leadership? I’d love to give it to you, but we never found out what happened to Racetrack, Nacho, and the other mutineers. Did Adama forgive them? Throw ’em in the brig? Execute ’em? Sorry, we weren’t given that little piece of information… But at least we know the bar has a piano now!
I’M SCARED BECAUSE IT’S ALMOST OVER AND I’M CLEARLY ACTING OUT
Look, I love BSG. I know I’m being picky. It’s the best show ever. But personally, I’d rather the writers spend the last episodes giving us some more mythical revelations and cleaning up the messy details than playing soap opera with Tigh and his blondes.
But that’s just me… What do you think?
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Nar Williams is the host of Science of the Movies on the Science Channel, which premieres in May. He’s the Geek-in-Chief of the Achieve Nerdvana blog, where he writes about sci-fi, sci-tech, and geek culture. He also co-hosts the weekly podcast Nerdbunker. Follow Nar on Twitter.
