So... ep 16 "Deadlock"
More of a character ep, after the recent excitement of the mutiny.
Looks like the booze loving bitch part of Ellen's personality wasn't part of the fake memories implanted by Cavil... although you can see why she would be upset of course, finding out that Saul had not only been sleeping with a Six, but had also got her pregnant, something that Ellen & Saul had never managed.
I'm guessing the Five and the Baseship will stay with the Fleet afterall.
I'm a little concerned that giving Baltar & his harem a load of assault rifles may not be a good idea...
Mo's blog from the Chicago Tribune, updated for Deadlock, complete with an interview with the ep's writer Jane Espenson:
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune....-espenson.html
And a trailer for next week's ep, "Someone to Watch Over Me" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYomQE2O86c
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Ah... from reading Mo's blog, it seems this was yet another episode which had a fair bit cut from it (I hope the DVDs re-integrate all the deleted scenes!).
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Originally Posted by Mo's Blog at the Chicago Tribune
The paragraph below come from ProgGrrl's comment in the Deadlock open thread on GalacticaSitrep,blogspot.com (click here for all the Sitrep/Deadlock comments http://tr.im/gE3H):
ProgGrrl said...
I had the priviledge this evening of watching a slightly longer rough cut at a frak party I attended tonight. And there was something really, really key that they had to cut for time (the rough was 11 minutes longer): there are not enough Marines left alive on the Galactica now to handle all required police & civilian duties.
At the beginning of the rough cut version, the Marines give up on the food distribution, sensing a riot. They abandon the food rations...immediately after they leave, the Sons of Aries show up, guns in hand, and take what is left. Also before the credit roll, Adama/Roslin/Lee are arguing about introducing Centurions into the Galactica to pick up the slack in security issues and policing the civvies on the ship. Adama refuses to allow it. At the end of the episode, Baltar's plea to Adama is longer -- he clearly wants his little cult-turned-militia to pick up guns in service of civilian policing and food redistribution. Use his cult, instead of Centurions.
The whole plot thread became that much clearer with this extra material, and gave greater depth to the internal struggle Adama must be going through as he watches his ship become "blended." |
Arming Baltar's harem certainly makes more sense than putting a load of Centurions on Galactica...