OK So what did you all think of the "final part" of the Season premier? (which is how I viewed these last 4 episodes, all as one)
On the upside, there was a lot going on. I like Lee's taking the Pegasus in to save the day. I had a feeling that sooner or later they would have to write that ship out of things. At first my impression is that it was kind of silly. He could have saved the Galactica and just jumped away again to safety, but then I suppose they needed to take out those other two Basestars to ensure all the civvy ships got away. Still, losing the firepower of a second battlestar was a huge loss for the home team, but given it was done to save the imprisoned remaining human race, it was a noble sacrifice. I liked Lee's comment "Thank You" to his ship as he left the bridge for the last time.
There was lots of good action in this episode too. But there were a few down sides to it IMO.
First, Tigh killing his wife. I still dont understand why he did that. They knew the Galactica was moments away from making a rescue attempt. Why not bring her along and put her on trial if they make it off the ground? Just seemed like a weird decision for him to feel he HAD to kill her. It was a moving scene I suppose, but I dont know why it was done.
Also I think we all knew that the adopted mother of the human-cylon baby wasn't going to make it off the ground. So I guess that wasn't a terribly surprising twist for me.
What was a neat twist was Starbuck going back for her baby, only to find out on the Galactica that it wasn't hers, it never was, but belonged to someone else. She got used and abused. I thought that was a nice move by the writers.
Also, in the last few episodes they have been having that almost Scottish background score in the show, which I think was very well done and added a lot of emotion to certain scenes on the ships. Did anyone else here think back to B5:In The Begining with Londos speech about the humans last part of the Earth Minbari War? Clearly it wasn't the same score, and wasn't a "rip off" of it, but both seemed to have that Scottish feel and both worked very well for where they were used.
Anyway, I like how they wrapped up the 4-part premier and its good to see them back on their way again. There are a lot of plot threads to work with now, and lots of pieces to be picked up.
Lastly, so Baltar is with the Cylons now and no longer with the fleet eh? Kind of flashes back to the original BSG series where he always was travelling with the Cylons. Just another small parallel that I took away from the show.
I think its going to be another good season.