Everyone, it seems, felt as if they were in a holding pattern this week, with a really good ep of Battlestar Galactica that was totally just the first hour of the end, and answered really nothing at all. The biggest question seemed to be what the point of the flashbacks was, though the consensus was that they were quite good, whether or not they were necessary. I would like to make this comment about the Baltar flashbacks – I think that...

I just realized the other day that I am going to MISS the final two hours of Battlestar Galactica when it airs because I’m going to be on an airplane to Italy. Yeah, you read right. And the way Hulu’s been airing the last few episodes, they’re not available online for eight days after the original airdate. So what does that mean? Well, it could actually mean no BSG blog from me for more than a week after the LAST TWO HOURS...

Poor Starbuck. Serves her right for trusting Gaius Baltar. Oh, did I mention that spoilers abound? Read at your own risk. For a moment of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world islanded in a stream of stars – pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons across the eternal seas of space and time. That quote is from Henri Beston, from his book, “The Outermost House.” It has such resonance for last...

And so we move one step closer to the end. The fandom seems a bit split by Someone to Watch Over Me, with some believing it advanced our knowledge of what, exactly, is going on and others wondering what the frak they were watching. I started more in the camp of the latter, but with time and pondering, I’m more convinced that we learned a heckuva lot, though I’m still not sure exactly what. OK, so I’ll just let you read what...

I was a bit torn on how I felt about last night’s episode of BSG. There wasn’t much action, and we didn’t get many answers. But the more I thought about it, the better it seemed. Though it seemed the episode would be All About Starbuck, Boomer was really the focus and the key. Honestly, until amost the very last, I found the entire storyline somewhat of a puzzle. Why would she beat up Athena? Why wouldn’t Adama and...

In blogging last week about BSG, I ignored a huge part of the episode, as I got rather wrapped up in the whole “Ellen Tigh really is as crazy as she seemed, but I love it” part of things. Don’t worry, lots of Baltar goodness to go around in this week’s carnival, but I thought I’d share some things I’ve been musing on: Baltar is crazy. Like a fox. He quickly sees that control of his cult has been all but...