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Battlestar Galactica Crossroads (part two)

Once again the courtroom scenes are the best ones in the episode. Adama’s testimony was very logical and, in my view, correct. As president, Baltar didn’t intentionally persecute the human race; he resisted the best he could, as the flashback during Mr Gaita’s betrayal demonstrated. Baltar’s character has come full circle and is now, as in the beginning, a cowardly man concerned primarily with his own well-being, but one who occasionally attempts to do the right thing.

Unfortunately, this is Battlestar Galactica and not Law and Order. The rest of the action was as unsatisfying as the rest of season three. We have the five sleeper Cylons. It’ll be kind of interesting to see how they deal with their new identity and I can’t say that I wasn’t surprised as their choice seemed odd; they were amongst the greatest defenders of the human race.

The human race is once again faced with destruction. We’ve been there before, but the writers add something different in the fleet’s foreshadowed encounter with Earth. Will it be our Earth? That would be interesting. The BG humans would have 6 billion people to help them. And then there’s Starbuck. I suspected she would return although I didn’t miss her at all. How did she survive what seemed like her verifiable destruction? Perhaps she’s just an illusion projected by the Cylons. Starbuck was my choice for the fifth Cylon, but perhaps the writers felt that would be too obvious. Plot logic would make her the fifth Cylon because that would mean she’s there because she resurrected. To make it otherwise would require a lot of explaining.

I need to mention BG’s mixing of contemporary Earth references into the BG part of the universe. It started a couple of episodes ago with the addition of obviously Earth-ethnic names into the show. Some of the characters were called names like Kowalski and Gonzalez. In this episode, we have the song “All along the Watchtower.” I can’t believe the writers didn’t stay with the Greek motif for the names and couldn’t come up with an original song. What’s next? Are they going to have students wearing UCLA sweaters drink Starbucks in the middle of the university ship? Will Adama sing You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling to his wife?

What about the religious aspects brought up this season?

IN conclusion, unless a much better season four comes along, Battlestar Galactica jumped the shark one year after arriving at New Caprica.

No doubt the writer's are going to reveal that 6 bought that dress at Wal Mart.