The most interesting thing, to me, about Reins of a Waterfall, is that we started, finally, to see the Joseph Adama who was hinted at in Battlestar Galactica.
Up to this point, the Joseph Adams/Adama we’ve seen in Caprica is a family man. Sure, he’s related to a major crime family, but he’s the legit one. Sure, he works long hours, but he loves his family and is trying to do right by his son.
We saw snatches of a more domestic Joseph before the bombing, talking with his daughter and wife on the cell. We see it in his attempts to bond with Willie. We see it in his tears for his daughter, whom he now believes to be gone forever.
But the Joseph Adama we heard about on Battlestar was different. He was badass enough to have produced Bill Adama, who joined the military – about as big a rebellion as he could find, it appeared.
The Joseph Adama we heard about seemed mythical, almost. Larger than life.
And in the final moments of “Waterfall,” we saw that man begin to emerge.
His admonition to his brother to “balance things out,” was downright chilling.
For the Graystones, the hurt is only just beginning.
For the viewer, things are really starting to get good.
Of course, whatever Adamas “extended” family does, isn’t enough to stop the “skin jobs” from linking up with Zoe’s cylon, which is what will inevitably happen.
Yes. I am a geek L-)
It took this episode for me to get on board with this show. Either I finally got over that it’s not Battlestar, or the whole thing finally jelled. Whatever, it was a good one, and I am finally kinda excited to see how we get ‘there’.
@DCM – Absolutely not. And we are absolutely seeing the roots of the war in Zoylon (Zoelon?). The way she’s treated, her belief in the One True God. All so fascinating, though, right?
@Erika – I liked the pilot well enough and thought the first episode of the “series” was good, but I think it REALLY took off here. There’s so much mystery involved that even though we know how it ends up, we have no idea how it really got there, as you said. I hope the show lasts a few years. And then they do a series based on the Cylon War.
And then maybe a spinoff showing the Final Five back on their Earth before they came to the 12 Colonies?