The Cally-cide gave us a window into what had previously been a wallflower of a woman.
In her words, shes perfect.
In essence, shes living la vida Magneto (from X-Men, natch).
And that way lies madness, even for a machine.
Machines can go mad, too, right?
Oh, and the peanut-butter-and-jelly-ness of pain and pleasure.
And so his eulogy for Calandra Henderson Tyrol (aw, Calandras an awful pretty name) was moving.
But his shifty machine eyes kept scanning the funeral attendees, making sure no one saw.
Saw him drop the human act, ever so slightly?
Later, consumed by guilt (or was it distracted by guilt?
), he almost killed Racetrack through simple absentmindedness.
And when no one called him on his error, he started shouting like a crazy man.
So he blew up at everyone in a manner they cant ignore.
Even the Old Man couldnt turn a blind eye when Galen exploded at him at the bar.
Or, at least, not as easily.
Hes the only one willing to take responsibility for who and what he is.
Hes gonna become a Freedom Walker?
Though maybe that was a poor directorial choice laughter wasnt what was needed there.)
When youre in pain, thats when you know who you really are.
Or so said Six to Colonel Tigh, whos been visiting her in her cell on a daily basis.
To find out how she lives with the guilt of having destroyed the human race.
To find out how to live as a Cylon.
(Ah, science fiction, where character death means nothing to the working actor.)
Good luck with that, Colonel.
Theres a real poignancy to whats beginning to feel like Laura Roslins farewell tour.
But does every exchange with her need to be about her mortality?
Everything didnt revolve around her imminent death the last time she was dying.
Regardless, that brunet wig is more than a little sexy,nest-ce pas?
Clear-eyed and serious as an airlock accident.
Well, Im glad Lee is interesting to someone.
Sometimes its magical, as in the case of the Black Freighter story strand in Alan MooresWatchmen.
(It was calledBad Twin.
Thanks, Doc Jensen.)
But thats nigh impossible to pull off, especially while having the meta-fiction be interesting in its own right.
It helped to have an actor like Olmos reading the fictional fiction,Searider Falcon.
A fine episode that handled everything but Baltars ascension to the clergy with aplomb.
Things are moving, and thats what I want from a show like this: constant evolution.
So, what did you think?
Did you miss Starbuck, or was it nice to have a rest from that particular brand of crazy?
Will Tigh and Six live happily ever after?
