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Battlestar Galactica, Crossroads Part 2

March 31st, 2007

Season 3, Episode 20

Battlestar Galactica, Crossroads Part 2
Battlestar Galactica: Crossroads Part 2

I saw this episode a week late due to my trip abroad. At this point, I’m giving it about a 60% fresh rating (to borrow from Rotten Tomatoes). I’ll make this brief since the episode itself is old news, but some of my opinions may not be.

What was good:

  • It seems four of final five Cylons have been revealed: Chief, Tigh, Anders, Tory, and the fifth by implication, Roslin (she shares a prophetic dream with Sharon). I don’t think this is a delusion – they’re Cylons. And in any case, actions speak louder than words, and belief may ultimately prove to be more powerful than reality.
  • Baltar is declared innocent and goes free. What he does with his new-found freedom will likely be selfish and disgusting.
  • Lee sees Starbuck flying in a Viper next to his. She says she knows the way to Earth and can lead the fleet there.

All these revelations were pretty cool. But here are some things I didn’t like:

  • Please for the love of Kobol don’t have Commander Adama and Roslin do the horizontal space mambo.
  • If these characters are the final five Cylons, it raises some confusing implications:
    • Is Callie and Chief’s child a Cylon hybrid?
    • Tigh killed his wife Ellen for even less of a reason.
    • Will the Cylons believe that these five are really Cylons?
    • What kind of Cylons are they? They don’t seem to have the magical computer hook up capabilities like Athena / Boomer.
    • How could the Cylons be using a song from Earth as an awakening signal? Or are they picking up a literal radio broadcast from Earth?
    • Note: here are some possible explanations are suggested by Paris Lemon.
  • I didn’t care for the use of the song All Along The Watchtower and the actors muttering lyrics.
  • I also wasn’t into the feel of Batlar’s trial. I felt like the show became Law And Order. The smarmy lawyer Romo Lampkin had a great introduction but didn’t get to do enough smarmy things at the end of the three episodes he was in.
  • Baltar lives, while Starbuck died. Although it makes logical sense, I can see why this isn’t dramatically satisfying for many – Batlar is such a creep. And when talking about show ratings, people don’t watch a show because justice has been served.
  • Although I’m sad that Starbuck died, when a character is killed, really kill them, or at least wait several more episodes to bring them back.
  • Still no fracking space battles! WTF!

So all in all, I found this episode pretty entertaining, but I’m rather sad to say, I didn’t enjoy it as much as The Eye of Jupiter, Exodus 1 and 2, or the finale of season 2.

I think they should have gone with my idea of the Cylon Sex Disease.

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  • Mark
    I laughed at first at the "Cylon Sex Disease"- but think about it- all of the "final four" actually HAVE been the recipients of "cylon cooties"... assuming that Starbuck was infected with something back in the baby farm and that's how it got to Anders. Baltar of course doesn't fit, as he is the original cylon frakker yet didn't hear the music... but otherwise it fits, in a completely funny yet frakked up way...
  • Heh, I kinda came up with that theory before the season finale, so not sure if it works too well. Tory - I dunno, but maybe her back story shows involvement with a Cylon. Chief - now that I think of it, at one point he was involved with Sharon. Of course this means Lee Adama, Dualla and Also Starbuck should be infected too.
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