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Battlestar Galactica: Key Points from "The Face of the Enemy" Webisodes

I'm sitting here listening to the soundtracks from BSG in a trance. Listening across the vast landscapes of music that McCreary has wrought over the years has me at such a level of excitement that I want to just stay up all night watching a BSG marathon. It's late as I write this, and the premiere is a mere 22 hours away. The Frak Party is lined up, and I can almost feel the weight of other parties being arranged across the country in anticipation.

It's almost BSG-Friday again folks. We've been through a long journey, you and I, much like our beloved Capricans, and entering into the final leg of this journey has filled me with a mix of jubilee and sorrow.

This is not going to be a recap - I'm saving that for the premiere - but rather my thoughts on key elements of the webisodes, and what kind of impact they could have on the following episodes of the series finale.

Without further ado, let's dig right in:

- The episode begins 6 days after they find the scorched Earth.

- Tigh seems to be back in charge of CIC again, and orders Gaeta off the bridge for a little R&R. The question is - is Tigh still drinking?

- So Gaeta is gay (or bi?). Hmm. Interesting. On podcast commentary Ron Moore talked about being asked why they didn't have homosexuality on the show. Moore responded that they just hadn't for some reason. This feels like the writers trying to force something into the show that wasn't there to begin with. It's not a huge deal logically to me, but I guess we'll see where this goes.

- Whilst on the shuttle to R&R (where two 8's board as well), Cylons jump into range and cause the fleet to jump away. Gaeta's shuttle jumps into unknown space with the fleet nowhere to be seen. Whoops.

- Possibly the most techno-babble for the entire series on this one episode. Period.

- An 8 says, "Felix, don't you remember me?" Via a flashback we see that Gaeta has a history with her from New Caprica.

- One of the 8's onboard the shuttle dies from shock trying to repair the shuttle. Foul play?

- OK, someone explain this to my idiot mind - if they only had 20 hours of air on board the shuttle, didn't that go out the door when they threw the #8 overboard?

- Wait, so Gaeta got it on with an 8 back on New Caprica? Now she has gone psycho and killed all the shuttle party. Talk about your crazy ex-girlfriends!

- Now we know that Baltar knew about Gaeta and his 8. This should make for an interesting reunion between Batlar and Gaeta when the series resumes.

- What exactly is Gaeta going to tell Adama? Thoughts, anyone? I guess we'll find out soon enough.

All in all I was pretty astounded by these webisodes. Usually networks saddle viewers with a bunch of lame crap that can be avoided (see Heroes for an example). But these felt like an actual seasonal episode broken into chunks, with weighty developments that will inform the rest of the season. Good on you, Mr. Moore.

Now, BRING ON THE PREMIERE!

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Posted by Perrin on January 15, 2009 11:10 PM
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