BSG: The Woman King
As of last weekend, we no longer have cable, so I had to wait for this ep to come out on iTunes. Unfortunately, Hubby didn't want to watch it on the small screen, so I lost my viewing buddy. So much for BSG being the only show that he watched with me. Also, it ran like butt on iTunes!

Random thoughts:

• They couldn't call the show Mrs. King, because there was no Scarecrow.
  
• Still not impressed with the current string of episodes, and unfortunately, a lot of that comes down to production. WTF? This show *can* be awesome, why isn't it?
  • Cut to Saggitarons smudging the room.
    
  • Cut to Mrs. King looking angsty.
    
  • Cut to Helo looking angsty.
    
  • Repeat every 3-5 minutes for the entire frelling show.
• I am also really, really, REALLY tired of Tigh's whining. "Whah, whah. Look at how much I sacrificed. Look how easy you had it." Shut the frak up, Tigh. You chose to go live on New Caprica, and you got your @$$ kicked for it. Helo still has two eyes, because he chose to stay on the frakking ship where he took over your frakking job. His wife's still alive, because she wasn't feeding information to the bad guys. I know you're jealous, but get over it already. Or at least stop blaming everyone else. You were trying to drink yourself to death for a while there; could you get back on that, please?
  
• Is it Dr. Roberts or Dr. Roberts? Because I heard both.
  
• My favorite scene in the whole show was the one with Helo & Athena, Lee, Starbuck, and Racetrack all walking down the hall together. This show officially needs More Teamy Goodness.
  
• Although, more skin works well, also.
  
• "If you notice something suspicious, whatever you do, don't bring it up in a private meeting with only the senior staff present." That was the most discrete way to handle it! WTF was he supposed to do?
  
• Head!Gaius yay! Wonder if anyone will realize that both Six and Baltar are talking to and interacting with "no one".
  
• I'm starting to think maybe the writers need some marital counseling of their own. Projecting much?

So obviously not my favorite episode ever.

BSG: A Day in the Life

1. Previously on Battlestar Galactica... Wait, that can't be it; we've seen all that before.
   
2. I thought that was Ellen in Adama's bed at first.
   
3. Meh to Head!Wife. Unless RDM has A Plan, using it as a device in this episode cheapens it for Baltar/Six.
   
4. Gaeta & Dee squee! I love the two of them together, and that scene was awesome. (This is the deleted scene on SciFi.com.)
   
5. Outer space. Limited food. BREASFEED, ALREADY.
   
6. Cute hat on the baby.
   
7. I actually like that Cally wants to parent her child. Too many shows treat babies like accessories.
   
8. Year. Old. Lunch. Ha!!!!
   
9. Roslin: *giggle*
   
10. It's a patch. Shouldn't it, you know, be strong enough to patch a tiny hole?
    
11. Hotdog & Helo: HA!!!
    
12. Snarky!Starbuck is back! YAY!
    
13. Starbuck snarking at Lee is back! YAY!!!! I like UST as much as the next person, but the snark is my favoritest thing ever.
    
14. Cocky!Starbuck is also awesome.
    
15. Starbuck, Apollo and Athena working together. Too bad it wasn't Helo as copilot. I love, love, love Teamy Goodness!
    
16. I thought for a second that Cally was giving Nicky to the Admiral. LOL
    
17. So, mommy dearest was more of a Mommy Dearest. And, Adama doesn't want to hear it.
    
18. Great idea! Hand the baby to the man who is having a hard time standing.
    
19. Seelix totally checked out Tirol's @$$ in the hospital gown! Gah.
    
20. The red dress stands out in his mind. *snerk*
    
21. Roslin got "silly". *wink, wink* *nudge, nudge*

Overall, thumbs up. It didn't have that "thrown together at the last minute" "what the hell are we doing here?" feel that the past couple of episodes have had. The "character development" would be better received if it were scattered throughout the season instead of clumped in the middle, but the episode itself worked. I wanted to hear RDM's podcast, but he didn't do one for this ep. I want reassurance that they really are getting back on track.

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