Episode 418 Spoilers: Islanded In a Stream Of Stars

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[Kosh GTO]

[spoiler]Helo grabs Adama's arm as he's walking away and says, "You want me to let it go? You're the one who can't let go. The ship is DEAD!" Near the damage from Boomer's jump, the hull fails. The effects are felt in the hangar deck and in the pilots' briefing room. There is decompression in one of the repair areas and several members of the workcrew are sucked toward the breach. Two Raptors illuminate the damaged area of the hull. Adama says, “I’m stopping all the repairs on the ship.” Tigh replies, "I can't let you do this." Someone [Sure looked like a still bald Anders to us] is in either a resurrection tub or a Cylon hybrid's tub and grabs Starbuck's arm. She is visibly startled and tries to pull away. A body floats into space otuside the breach. Someone [Probably Kara] places a picture of Kara on the memorial wall next to Kat. Adama sinks to the floor, crying. In a continuation of the earlier scene, Adama tells Tigh, "Galactica. She's dying and we both know it.

As Galactica continues to deteriorate, Adama resists the need to abandon the ship and Baltar emerges as an unlikely voice of hope,The ship continues to deteriorate and Adama faces the prospect of abandoning the vessel altogether. Sam remains comatose, but his brain activity causes unusual power surges, while Hera's kidnapping serves only to strengthen the belief of those onboard Galactica that the child is a key to humanity's future as well as that of the Cylons[/spoiler]

[Valkyrie]

Only 2 more days....

[Neoandrew1]

this is by far the best season so far, its even got me gagging for the next ep lol

[Kosh GTO]

[spoiler]Let's face it, Battlestar Galactica is falling apart. The ship, that is. The series took another few baby steps toward resolving the story... but with only two episodes left, will baby steps be enough?

[These spoilers await your command.]

We get some bad news right away: The goop isn't repairing Galactica as expected, and Boomer has doubtless taken Hera to The Colony, a sort of roving Cylon homeworld. Adama is a bit too busy throwing a pity party to listen: "I've had it up to here with destiny, with prophecy, with God and the gods." You and me both, brother. I'm ready for some of these prophecies about destiny to pay off.

On Colonial One, Apollo tries to convince the new Quorum that Adama can command the fleet just as well from the Cylon basestar, considering Galactica's condition. The Quorum is a bit too enthusiastic about this: They immediately start calling dibs on various bits o' battlestar. Apollo is not happy at the thought of his dad's flagship being stripped for parts.

Starbuck, meanwhile, is listening to Baltar sermonize about angels. Uh-oh. She confronts him in the head, hilariously peeing while they talk. Baltar's newfound religion is genuine, he swears, and she gives him her corpse's dogtags since he's all science-y.

Anders, meanwhile, has been hooked up to a makeshift hybrid pool on Galactica in an attempt to reboot his brain. It didn't work, but he did use the goop to infiltrate the ship's electrical system, which is causing power surges. Starbuck asks for a moment alone, then has a really touching scene about just wanting "her Sam" back. Just as she's about to put a bullet in his brain, Sam grabs her hand and starts hybrid-babbling. Among his words are the familiar ones about Starbuck being the harbinger of death, and leading "them" to "their" doom.

She disconnects, but returns later. When she restores his link to the ship, I want to think he says "by your command," but on rewind it sounds more like "await command." Also according to Sam, "this has all happened before, and will all happen again." So we've heard.

In sickbay, Roslin (there for chemo) and Adama share a joint hidden in the pages of her book and muse about the meaning of home. For Roslin, home is anywhere Adama is... and while she knows he considers Galactica home, if he doesn't do something, he'll lose both of them. He looks thoughtful.

At a funeral for the various humans and Cylons killed by the damage from Boomer's jump, Baltar confronts Starbuck, saying the dog tags tested positive for her blood and necrotic flesh, which means she must have been literally reborn. Starbuck slaps him, and Adama clears the deck.

Apollo and Starbuck have a nice moment by the memorial wall where he tells her he doesn't care what she is: She's Kara Thrace to him, and always will be. Another amazing moment, great acting by both Jamie Bamber and Katee Sackhoff. After Apollo leaves, Starbuck puts a picture of her short-haired self on the wall.

After a minor breakdown, Adama calls Tigh to his quarters and makes his decision: It's time to abandon ship and let the rest of the fleet salvage what they can. Ach, that breaks my heart.

Boomer and Hera's Excellent Adventure

Turns out The Colony is at least 12 jumps away from Galactica, assuming Boomer wasn't exaggerating to a whining, crying Hera. Said whining and crying is getting on Boomer's nerves, but she can't bring herself to pump the girl full of horse tranquilizers. Instead, Boomer mentions her happy place, the fake mind-house she and Chief visited.

Hera, surprisingly, can reach right into Boomer's mind and project them both into the house; the comforting surroundings quiet Hera and cause Boomer to express remorse for leaving Chief again. It's a bonding moment between Cylon and hybrid.

Unfortunately, the house party's over when our girls arrive at The Colony. Cavill takes Hera, who begins crying out Boomer's name, and Boomer's waterworks start flowing. I see a triple-cross in her future.[/spoiler]

[Kosh GTO]

So say we all!






What Worked

The Quorum picking the Galactica to pieces in the middle of a session was far more morbid than the death of any one character on the series (and there have been quite a few). The idea of a Captain's relationship to their ship has been explored but "Battlestar Galactica" helps bring that to a whole new level through the completely underplayed circumstances of his terminal condition and also through the fantastic acting and direction of Olmos.

The private moments of Adama as he succumbs to the knowledge that his ship is a lost cause and that there is nothing, despite his deepest wishes, he can do to heal her was a very poignant and powerful moment. The claustrophobic and ceiling shots painted a very intimate atmosphere and the pain that so clearly portrayed by Olmos shows that this is the kind of moment no one is meant to see.

In a similar sense, everyone's reactions were spot on; Apollo's shock and surprise at Baltar's name being mentioned; Gaius' heartache over Caprica Six and her transformation and change; Tigh's honesty with a dying Eight, his wife and Adama; Boomer's inner turmoil about what she is doing on Cavil's behalf (essentially tormenting her niece) and her breakdown after handing her off to Cavil.

Baltar in particular remains something of an enigma: has he really changed? i don't think so. His sermon at the funeral comes super-charged thanks to the piecing together of the three distinct cultures that have emerged from the Colonial refugees. It perfectly illustrates the diversity of this series given its somewhat one-track origins of a rag-tag fleet running from the pursuing Cylons.

Given their checkered history, it was brilliant to see Kara finally open up to Baltar in the hopes that he might be able to solve the mystery of her death, re-birth and status as the Harbinger of Death and as always Katee Sackhoff didn't disappoint.

What Didn't Work

The troubles of the Agathon household were relegated to only a few moments of pain, anger and fear. Although seriously weighty, the scenes between Athena and Helo could have prompted some longer scenes of addictive viewing.how can you tell them apart??? They did serve their purpose by leading up to a tear jerking exchange between Helo and Adama.

And although answers are definitely coming on the Starbuck front, it was a slight letdown that we're still waiting for some level of conclusion to the events of the third season.

[Neoandrew1]

it was a good ep! I keep saying it but Im gonna say it again lol

The best season of them all so far!!!!!!!

[Valkyrie]

The only unfortunate thing for me is that it's one ep closer to the end.