While there were some nice exchanges this ep (mainly with Kara), it still felt like they were wasting precious time. Normally, I love the bits where the corny pseudo-bagpipes signify Faded Glory, but the final scene seemed to drag out (particularly when a similar but much more weighty scene in a previous ep — Bill comforting Saul after the miscarriage — could have done with 30 more seconds). That the writers seem deliberately unhurried is a very loud indication that they Got Nuthin’.
I did like Boomer’s “I’ll give you something to cry about” moment. Park and Helfer make infanticide look so sexycool they could do an ad for PETA.
I’m unhappy with the arc of how Baltar’s faith is being presented. He seemed to have a genuine conversion after his trial, and I liked how they drew it out such that even those of us who suspected it was a scam were unsure for a moment. When it was finally revealed, they had the decency to confront Roslin with her similar gambit. Now he’s the prophet of the Resurrection of Starbuck, and we simply don’t have enough time for a reasonable explanation for his (re)conversion.
While there were some nice exchanges this ep (mainly with Kara), it still felt like they were wasting precious time. Normally, I love the bits where the corny pseudo-bagpipes signify Faded Glory, but the final scene seemed to drag out (particularly when a similar but much more weighty scene in a previous ep — Bill comforting Saul after the miscarriage — could have done with 30 more seconds). That the writers seem deliberately unhurried is a very loud indication that they Got Nuthin’.
ReplyDeleteI did like Boomer’s “I’ll give you something to cry about” moment. Park and Helfer make infanticide look so sexycool they could do an ad for PETA.
I’m unhappy with the arc of how Baltar’s faith is being presented. He seemed to have a genuine conversion after his trial, and I liked how they drew it out such that even those of us who suspected it was a scam were unsure for a moment. When it was finally revealed, they had the decency to confront Roslin with her similar gambit. Now he’s the prophet of the Resurrection of Starbuck, and we simply don’t have enough time for a reasonable explanation for his (re)conversion.