Starbuck goes akimbo, and two frakkers I won’t miss
While I’ve loved the battle upon the Galactica these past few episodes, I’m glad it’s over. Who doesn’t love Starbuck when she’s in her element? And standing by Lee while she’s all akimbo with the pistols? Frakking awesome. And Lampkin! But it needed to be over, and I’m happy with the outcome. Like Gaeta said, regarding his leg (great line and scene): “It stopped.”
Fortunately for me, I didn’t make some sort of crazy bet last week, when I said Saul Tigh would jump on the grenade. As this week went on — and the more I thought about it — I wanted to take that back. But, hey, Saul’s alive! We can all go back to being happy now. What grenade? Right?
If you want to know Gaeta’s “secret,” watch the webisodes
In reading some of the comments about last night’s Battlestar Galactica, I was surprised to find out that a lot of viewers didn’t know what Baltar was talking about when he mentioned knowing what Gaeta’s “secret” was. What’s actually more surprising, to me (and I’ve said this before already) is that something relatively big was revealed in the webisodes, something not every viewer of this show is necessarily going to watch.
First, I’m going to embed the webisode in question where we learn Gaeta’s secret. Then, in case you’re really frakking lazy, I’ll just tell you what it is.
Battlestar Galactica – Little Nikki isn’t so special … or is he?
(Season 4, Episode 12 – “A Disquiet Follows My Soul”)
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If you watched the Face of the Enemy webisodes, Gaeta’s thought process in this episode should be little shock to you. In fact, I wasn’t really sure why the closing scene had Zarek hiding the “mysterious person” he was talking to, behind him. Didn’t everyone rightly assume it was Gaeta?
That wasn’t the only scene that had me scratching my head. Let’s talk about Tigh. We start with Tigh seeing his baby on the ultrasound monitor, getting cuddly with his Six and smiling about everything she’s going on about, including the preservation of the Cylon race. So, did the musical switch cause the final five (well, four) to decide to quickly embrace what they are, much like Tori did? Let’s not forget that Tigh knows his beloved Ellen is the fifth Cylon. I’m amazed Tigh’s not drowning in a man-sized bottle of scotch throughout the rest of this season with what he’s dealing with; his prior problems were peanuts!
Frakkin’ Clack – The webisodes conclude, now on with the season!
Since the last Frakkin’ Clack, the final two Battlestar Galactica webisodes made their way (officially) online. In my experience, webisodes usually don’t reveal anything “big” or plot oriented that regular viewers of the televised show would necessarily miss. This time, though, we got a juicy nugget of info in episode nine that relates back to episode 13 of season three (“Taking A Break From All Your Worries” – 
), with what Baltar whispered in Gaeta’s ear.
I recall, back when “Worries” aired, that there was a lot of speculation and discussion about what Baltar could have said to Gaeta to make him lash out so violently. I don’t think writer Jane Espenson was clear on whether that decision was made long ago or just now for these webisodes. Rather than spoil it for you, go check out the webisode and find out what Baltar said.
Frakkin’ Clack – Newest BSG webisode; an Amazon.com deal; catch the frak up
The latest webisode of Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy was posted today.
Also, did you know there’s a commentary version of each webisode? Just check the bottom of the page for player options. Jane Espenson provides commentary for each webisode that you can listen to as you watch. Jane calls it a “podcast” but I don’t believe you can download the commentary separately. It’s pretty cool but doesn’t answer the questions brought up, such as why Tigh can be still in command after being outed as a Cylon.
Interesting that the speculation about Gaeta and a Number 8 seem to be taking form in the second webisode.
Battlestar Galactica – We learn a little more about Felix Gaeta
(Webisode #1 – “The Face of the Enemy”)
The first of ten Battlestar Galactica webisodes hit the SciFi.com website today, and so far I’m impressed with what’s being revealed to us.
Recall that last time we got some BSG webisodes, we caught a glimpse of what it was like to be Bill Adama back in his younger years around the time of the Cylon war. There wasn’t a whole lot revealed to us that was related to what was going on in the show at the time. Though, as is anything else with BSG, any content is good content. This time, though, there’s more to be excited about.
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