Ten Points about BSG: Faith
By Rhea Dee
1. Apparently, the way to get Starbuck to return to her super woman self is to have someone shot in the leg. Specifically, Gaeta. And itâs so good to see her back in action. Someone should have shot Gaeta sooner.
2. Well, there goes Roslin sans hair. Thank you BSG, for reminding us that sheâs dying and stuff. Any more incessant reminders however, and I will begin to get very annoyed, just like Iâm very annoyed with the âone will be revealedâ opening credits thing.
3. A spaceship is a comet? Can that happen? Well, I certainly didnât expect that to happen.
4. I really love Sharon. Iâve always loved Sharon, actually, so itâs really nice to see her featured prominently in this episode. What I found particularly interesting is when she was approached by the other Eights and they told her that her life, her choices allowed the rest of the models to realize that they too could break free of their programming. Sharonâs call name Athena, is really relevant now, with how these Eights seem to revere her as a god. They even ask her to lead them into a mutiny on the Sixes and she pretty much schools them with her god like wisdom. Bottom line is that Sharon is wicked.
5. Whoa, high tension! I about freaked out when Anders almost put his hand in that cylon goo-control stuff. As much as the super secret cylons are doing a whole lot of nothing, Iâm not ready to see them revealed, especially not Anders. Besides, his little reveal wouldâve made things even more tense.
6. Wow. I havenât seen BSG achieve a moral gray point as good as the Six/Other Six/Sharon/Anders/Starbuck showdown this season. That right there is the reason I love this show. Could we blame Platinum Six for killing Barolay? Platinum Six said she had nightmares every night after Barolay drowned her on New Caprica. Did Platinum Six deserve to die for killing Barolay or could the whole confrontation been avoided if Barolay didnât kill Platinum Six in cold blood?
7. Six just kissed herself. Weird.
8. Hey, the hybrid brought up the opera house thing! Havenât thought about that in a while, so itâs good to know that will be explained in the future.
9. Aw, man. âHarbinger of Deathâ? Why? As if Starbuck doesnât have enough problems.
10. Whoa what? The final five know where Earth is?? What?!?!?
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Rhea Dee loves being a geek. She also loves female revenge flicks, campy horror, trashy novels and rock ânâ roll records. Rheaâs love for rock ânâ roll led her to be a regular contributor for the now defunct Now Wave webzine. Sheâs all about Edgar Wright. Important to know.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:56 am
There was another nice nod to The Original Galactica Series, too: Remember the Ship of Lights? The comet in Starbuck’s quarters looked deliberately like the Ship of Lights from the original show, and then we get the big reveal that it’s merely a badly shot-up modern Base Ship. Very cool. Jaw Dropping, actually.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
The Ship of Lights was the first thing that came to mind when Starbuck showed up in her pristine white Viper.