So Billy was just… in the background of that whole scene? I’m having fun imagining him trying to focus on paperwork while HIS OTP IS BECOMING CANON JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM HIM.
Look out, boss lady coming through.
Lee makes a joke about how Starbuck couldn’t have been the one to threaten Tigh because there’s no way she knows poetry. Starbuck fires back with a frakking poetry recitation. She’s like an ogre. Or an onion. SHE HAS LAYERS.
Later Roslin and Adama make up, with Adama telling Roslin he forgives her for what she did and Roslin responding “Thanks, but I didn’t ask you to.” Has anybody made a Laura Roslin sunglasses “deal with it” gif? Because I really want one, but I can’t Google BSG-related gifs lest I be spoiled. #RecapperProblems
Baltar tries to get permission to use his Cylon detector on Tyrol, but he’s summarily dismissed by Tigh, who has turned into the personification of everyone’s mean, drunk uncle. Imagine a bald, alcoholic Grumpy Cat, and that’s him.
Hicks from Alphas and Benny from Supernatural both play small roles in this episode, and Aidan from the US Being Human and Gerard Argent from Teen Wolf (“Mountain aaaash!“) are regulars. Please tell me Mark Sheppard shows up at some point. Please.
The episode ends with a tiny bit of good news—though over 1,300 people died, one was born, the first since the Cylon attack. I think I have a good enough handle on this show at this point not to expect the optimism to last.
If I were to assign Battlestar Galactica a spirit meme, it would be “that escalated quickly.”
It’s been two years since Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome was announced, beginning its long road to actually airing somewhere. Yes, it was 2010 when the project was announced, and it’s been shelved, altered, chopped up, put back together again since. But the two-hour prequel to the blockbuster space opera, set during the First Cylon War and featuring young hot-shot pilot William “Husker” Adama, has finally found a three-part release home. Entertainment Weekly has the announcement that the show is coming… and very soon.
KAREN, DON’T. PLEASE.
I’M SORRY.
YOU’RE SERIOUSLY LEAVING ME BECAUSE I’VE NEVER SEEN BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?
I WISH THINGS WERE DIFFERENT. I REALLY DO.