NICK’S BLOG

Last night’s conclusion to the “mutiny” story-line on BSG was simply frakkin’ awesome!

If you haven’t seen it yet, then don’t read any further.

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Kudos to Ron D. Moore!

The entire buildup was key. The webisodes that really explored certain aspects of Gaeta’s character were well done and lent itself greatly to his motivation for doing what he did. Zarek’s character arc was well established since season one so we knew that he was capable of attempting a coup, and with the recent developments to Gaeta’s character it made sense for him as well to be involved in this reckless action.

Simply launching the coup was brilliant. How Gaeta kept everybody off-guard until he was ready to move was well played. But of course there’s always gotta be a counter-offensive which was also well executed on the part of our “good guys.” When Kara shot those guys down who were about to plug Lee and later she kisses him saying, “how does it feel to be alive Lee!” That was priceless and totally within her character.

But the best thing was Adama, hardcore and unyielding to the last.

In last night’s episode, after refusing to leave HIS ship, he continues to fight and be defiant even though he most certainly will be shot—I love his character. And Rosalin as well, she won’t go down without a fight, no how, no way. And she loves Adama to the last and will never abandon him even when the rebel Cylons wanted to. No rest for the weary even if she is dying of cancer.

But when Zarek executed the entire Quorum of The Twelve Colonies of Kobol, that was perfect and shocking and totally realistic when coups happen. I was expecting the same thing under George Bush! Finding out just before the plug would be pulled on the free Internet that all of Congress were gunned down while in session.

Anyway, perfect ending to retaking the ship and doling out the appropriate justice to Gaeta and Zarek: firing squad. I love it when Gaeta said just before he was shot that his amputated leg finally stopped hurting at that moment. Wow!

And one other thing, when Tyrol noticed in the engine room that the Galactica is starting to crack (something also seen in at the SciFi Channel’s You Will Know The Truth website), that is just another foreboding sign that the worst is yet to come!

Brilliant Ron! Brilliant!

I tell you, these last two episodes of Galactica have really frakked up my head!

Basically, I’m a little confused about how he “glossed” over the whole Earth storyline. We have this massive build up for 5 years about Earth and then they finally get there and “poof” nothing. Not a damn thing. Earth is nuked, most likely Cylons colonized it and called it Earth, and that’s it. And maybe everyone is a Cylon and back into space.

What a let down. I was hoping for a more prophetic revelation about Earth like it was truly the cradle of humanity and Kobol and the Colonies and perhaps other worlds (including the Cylon homeworld) are all off-shoots from there. The time-line doesn’t synch up either. They discover Kobol and it’s ruins were about 2000 years old, they discover that probe (mostly likely from Earth) that carries the Cylon-killing disease that is about 3000 years old, and then they discover on the Algae planet the Temple of the Five that is 4000 years old—all presumably on the way to Earth. So, shouldn’t the nuked out ruins on Earth be something like 4000 to 5000 years old? That would make sense if Earth is the homeworld. Of course if Kobol is the homeworld then sure Earth’s demise is in line with Kobol’s, but that doesn’t make much sense either because Earth is certainly more built up than Kobol was.

All I want is an explanation. I don’t care which, just an explanation and then we can get back to the angst of the story.