Galactica: Blood On The Scales (air date 02/06/2009)
President Roslin faces off against Tom Zarek and Lt. Gaeta as they try to take control of the Colonial fleet. Both the alliance with the rebel Cylons and Adama's life are at stake.
That turned into the bloody Roman Empire for a minute there! I hope everyone is enjoying this, because the future course of Science Fiction has just been altered. Is this the new bench mark? Good luck, Star Trek!
Okay, now that my grand statement is over, what the hell did the Chief see on the wall near the FTL? And how cool is the Chief now?! Unsung frakin' hero!
I wonder what happens to Anders?
Did anyone else notice Six carrying Hera around a lot. Reminded me of a certain vision.
I loved the scene with the crying Marine, surrounded by the photos of his fallen comrades... as if to say "is this what all of you died for?" Great stuff.
I wonder if guys like Hot Dog will get a break. They can't lock everyone up. Seelix and Racetrack need to go to jail.
Holy Frakin' Sh*t!!! What an episode! I loved seeing President Roslin refusing to surrender to Zarek, Adama during that mock trial, Lee and Kara busting out the prisoners and that shot of the Engine Room when Chief Tyrol disabled the FTL Drive...That was some good special effects. OK, what did Chief see? A major crack in the hull of the ship. I hope the Galactica makes it to the end.
Any guesses? Will Anders make it? But then again they can be reborn, but reborn how? With Anders near dead we may find out because we don't know if Kara and Romo (I like that character) ever got him to Doc Cottle. I thought that scene with Adama getting executed was real for a split second, then I realized it had to be a dream. BSG is notorious for fraking with the viewers mind with dreams and visions. Remember the first episode of Season 4.0, where Tigh in the CIC pulls out a pistol and shoots Adama in the face? That was a dream. So I was thinking... What if Gaeta is not dead?
I just have this feeling that Zarek is dead but not Gaeta. Why? Because Adama didn't kill anyone else except that one Marine, when he and Tigh originally escaped in last weeks episode. Also because of how he treated Gaeta after taking back the Galactica. Did Gaeta go into the Brig? No! He was drinking and having a smoke with Baltar in a nice room. I'm sure the door was locked, but no guard? Didn't Gaeta try to kill Baltar in a similar situation not too long ago? Why were they even talking to eachother and didn't that conversation seem a little weird? Because of all of this and because of how this show likes to frak with the viewers mind, I think the execution squad only shot Zarek. I'm sure if one of them survived, it certainly will not be Zarek because Adama despises him.
Is it me or does each of these past 4 episodes just seem to get better and better? I really can't wait until next week. I can't see any of the remaining episodes to be duds, there's too many questions to be answered and you know that Cavil's forces will find the fleet, so I expect a big space battle. Ron Moore did say that Season 4.5 was going to be the most expensive from a special effects standpoint. The Engine Room scene and Colonial One landing in the Galactica Landing Bay with a pilot walking the deck. Those were cool special effects scenes!!!
FYI. To answer an earlier question by you Chairman, I just found out that the webisodes were supposed to have taken place between the first and second episodes, according to Ron Moore. Also he answered another question we all had. Why did the storyline have Hot Dog be the dad of Nicky? He said that even though 80 percent of the story arc is set in stone, there were elements that were added at one time that were not going to pan out right. When they realized at the start of this Season that Hera can be the only Human/Cylon hybrid, so as not to make the ending too confusing for viewers, they had to remove Chief Tyrol from being Nicky's dad.
Wow, what an hour. I didn't think the Adama execution was real. No way. This show will take chances, but he has to live to the last moment of this series.
Great call on the chief. That definitely looked like a structural ingerity issue with the hull that should come in to play in the final few episodes.
As for Anders, I keep wondering how they can bring back Ellen? If there's no resurrection capability anymore, she should be dead dead (Not just mostly dead, to borrow a phrase from a mutton-friendly Billy Crystal). But if she can come back, why not Anders? Seems logical enough.
This show is frakking sick. Forget about SciFi benchmarks. I thought the New Caprica rescue & the season 3 finale were two of the best hours of tv ever, in ANY genre. These last two episodes have been even better. Watching other dramas now is like the scene in Fight Club where Ed Norton's office existence has "the volume turned down."
But we can't expect the new Trek to live up to the final eps of BSG. It's just not fair.
Anywho, Chief is the man. He's been my favorite since the middle of Season 1, and I'm glad he's running around like John McClane. They even built a set for him to crawl around Jefferies Tubes! But I thought Kelly was going to paint the floor with chief's brains for a second there...
At first I thought Chief was looking at a hull breach, and he was surviving in less than normal O2 levels. But upon rewatching, I think it was just stress fractures from constant FTL jumps. I see Adama, days removed from Rosalyn's funeral, going down with Galactica in a blaze of glory to save the fleet.
Hot Dog should get a break for not shooting down Rosalyn's raptor, but Seelix and Racetrack should be shot.
I'm thinking Anders is a goner soon. I'm not sure if the final five can regenerate the same as the other cylons, though. We're assuming Ellen shows up before the end, yes? So did she regenerate b/c she died before they took out the resurrection hub, or do the final five have a separate regen system, or was there just another Ellen model running around the whole time? Maybe Anders has to die and resurrect to get to Ellen and lead her back to the fleet? Or maybe Ellen has been working her way back to the fleet since she died on New Caprica? Or maybe Cavil has had her stashed away the whole time?
I thought the Quorum's off screen massacre was absolutely brutal. But then I felt ripped off by not seeing Zarek & Gaeta get whacked. Until we see a corpse, GaetaIsTheFifth's theory has room to breathe. BTW, they did a nice job of working Gaeta's "sad sickbay song" into the score as his plan was collapsing around him. The melody is haunting.
And, yeah, that shot of Colonial One landing is some of the best FX we've seen from the show. I guess SciFi opened their wallet for the final 10 eps. So yeah I can't wait for one last space battle to top everything else they've given us so far.
Hey, what was that blinky gadget Leoben used to help Rosalyn get through on the wireless? Leoben is my 2nd favorite character, by the way...
I think Gaeta is a goner. It cheapens the impact of the episode to have him live. The only reason they didn't show the execution was because it would have been too brutal. Even Sci-Fi Channel can't show the excecution of two main characters on screen.
And I think that little scene with Baltar and gaeta wasn't real. I think it was going on inside Gaeta's insane head. As soon as i saw him in a comfy setting, drinking coffee and smoking with Baltar, I had a feeling something was wrong. Given what Gaeta had just done, there's no way he's getting treatment like that. Pure fantasy.
"And I think that little scene with Baltar and gaeta wasn't real. I think it was going on inside Gaeta's insane head."
That's interesting. But I'm still not sure what to make of that scene.
If it was fantasy, it's not unlike Baltar's fantasies involving "in-head" Caprica Six and "in-head" Baltar. How long do you think Gaeta was having these "in-head" moments?
But if that scene was real, and I could see Gaeta getting a final visit with Baltar, what is the signifigance (if any) of this exchange:
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Ready, aim, fire, indeed!
That turned into the bloody Roman Empire for a minute there! I hope everyone is enjoying this, because the future course of Science Fiction has just been altered. Is this the new bench mark? Good luck, Star Trek!
Okay, now that my grand statement is over, what the hell did the Chief see on the wall near the FTL? And how cool is the Chief now?! Unsung frakin' hero!
I wonder what happens to Anders?
Did anyone else notice Six carrying Hera around a lot. Reminded me of a certain vision.
I loved the scene with the crying Marine, surrounded by the photos of his fallen comrades... as if to say "is this what all of you died for?" Great stuff.
I wonder if guys like Hot Dog will get a break. They can't lock everyone up. Seelix and Racetrack need to go to jail.
Holy Frakin' Sh*t!!! What an episode! I loved seeing President Roslin refusing to surrender to Zarek, Adama during that mock trial, Lee and Kara busting out the prisoners and that shot of the Engine Room when Chief Tyrol disabled the FTL Drive...That was some good special effects. OK, what did Chief see? A major crack in the hull of the ship. I hope the Galactica makes it to the end.
Any guesses? Will Anders make it? But then again they can be reborn, but reborn how? With Anders near dead we may find out because we don't know if Kara and Romo (I like that character) ever got him to Doc Cottle. I thought that scene with Adama getting executed was real for a split second, then I realized it had to be a dream. BSG is notorious for fraking with the viewers mind with dreams and visions. Remember the first episode of Season 4.0, where Tigh in the CIC pulls out a pistol and shoots Adama in the face? That was a dream. So I was thinking... What if Gaeta is not dead?
I just have this feeling that Zarek is dead but not Gaeta. Why? Because Adama didn't kill anyone else except that one Marine, when he and Tigh originally escaped in last weeks episode. Also because of how he treated Gaeta after taking back the Galactica. Did Gaeta go into the Brig? No! He was drinking and having a smoke with Baltar in a nice room. I'm sure the door was locked, but no guard? Didn't Gaeta try to kill Baltar in a similar situation not too long ago? Why were they even talking to eachother and didn't that conversation seem a little weird? Because of all of this and because of how this show likes to frak with the viewers mind, I think the execution squad only shot Zarek. I'm sure if one of them survived, it certainly will not be Zarek because Adama despises him.
Is it me or does each of these past 4 episodes just seem to get better and better? I really can't wait until next week. I can't see any of the remaining episodes to be duds, there's too many questions to be answered and you know that Cavil's forces will find the fleet, so I expect a big space battle. Ron Moore did say that Season 4.5 was going to be the most expensive from a special effects standpoint. The Engine Room scene and Colonial One landing in the Galactica Landing Bay with a pilot walking the deck. Those were cool special effects scenes!!!
FYI. To answer an earlier question by you Chairman, I just found out that the webisodes were supposed to have taken place between the first and second episodes, according to Ron Moore. Also he answered another question we all had. Why did the storyline have Hot Dog be the dad of Nicky? He said that even though 80 percent of the story arc is set in stone, there were elements that were added at one time that were not going to pan out right. When they realized at the start of this Season that Hera can be the only Human/Cylon hybrid, so as not to make the ending too confusing for viewers, they had to remove Chief Tyrol from being Nicky's dad.
Wow, what an hour. I didn't think the Adama execution was real. No way. This show will take chances, but he has to live to the last moment of this series.
Great call on the chief. That definitely looked like a structural ingerity issue with the hull that should come in to play in the final few episodes.
As for Anders, I keep wondering how they can bring back Ellen? If there's no resurrection capability anymore, she should be dead dead (Not just mostly dead, to borrow a phrase from a mutton-friendly Billy Crystal). But if she can come back, why not Anders? Seems logical enough.
"Well, well, well... If it isn't the Brig Rat."
This show is frakking sick. Forget about SciFi benchmarks. I thought the New Caprica rescue & the season 3 finale were two of the best hours of tv ever, in ANY genre. These last two episodes have been even better. Watching other dramas now is like the scene in Fight Club where Ed Norton's office existence has "the volume turned down."
But we can't expect the new Trek to live up to the final eps of BSG. It's just not fair.
Anywho, Chief is the man. He's been my favorite since the middle of Season 1, and I'm glad he's running around like John McClane. They even built a set for him to crawl around Jefferies Tubes! But I thought Kelly was going to paint the floor with chief's brains for a second there...
At first I thought Chief was looking at a hull breach, and he was surviving in less than normal O2 levels. But upon rewatching, I think it was just stress fractures from constant FTL jumps. I see Adama, days removed from Rosalyn's funeral, going down with Galactica in a blaze of glory to save the fleet.
Hot Dog should get a break for not shooting down Rosalyn's raptor, but Seelix and Racetrack should be shot.
I'm thinking Anders is a goner soon. I'm not sure if the final five can regenerate the same as the other cylons, though. We're assuming Ellen shows up before the end, yes? So did she regenerate b/c she died before they took out the resurrection hub, or do the final five have a separate regen system, or was there just another Ellen model running around the whole time? Maybe Anders has to die and resurrect to get to Ellen and lead her back to the fleet? Or maybe Ellen has been working her way back to the fleet since she died on New Caprica? Or maybe Cavil has had her stashed away the whole time?
I thought the Quorum's off screen massacre was absolutely brutal. But then I felt ripped off by not seeing Zarek & Gaeta get whacked. Until we see a corpse, GaetaIsTheFifth's theory has room to breathe. BTW, they did a nice job of working Gaeta's "sad sickbay song" into the score as his plan was collapsing around him. The melody is haunting.
And, yeah, that shot of Colonial One landing is some of the best FX we've seen from the show. I guess SciFi opened their wallet for the final 10 eps. So yeah I can't wait for one last space battle to top everything else they've given us so far.
Hey, what was that blinky gadget Leoben used to help Rosalyn get through on the wireless? Leoben is my 2nd favorite character, by the way...
I think Gaeta is a goner. It cheapens the impact of the episode to have him live. The only reason they didn't show the execution was because it would have been too brutal. Even Sci-Fi Channel can't show the excecution of two main characters on screen.
And I think that little scene with Baltar and gaeta wasn't real. I think it was going on inside Gaeta's insane head. As soon as i saw him in a comfy setting, drinking coffee and smoking with Baltar, I had a feeling something was wrong. Given what Gaeta had just done, there's no way he's getting treatment like that. Pure fantasy.
"And I think that little scene with Baltar and gaeta wasn't real. I think it was going on inside Gaeta's insane head."
That's interesting. But I'm still not sure what to make of that scene.
If it was fantasy, it's not unlike Baltar's fantasies involving "in-head" Caprica Six and "in-head" Baltar. How long do you think Gaeta was having these "in-head" moments?
But if that scene was real, and I could see Gaeta getting a final visit with Baltar, what is the signifigance (if any) of this exchange:
Gaeta: "I just want to know who I am."
Baltar: "I know who you are, Felix."
Curious.
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