Friday August 5, 2005
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Martial law is having a bad effect on the fleet as ships are refusing to resupply Galactica. The Chief is arrested as a suspected Cylon, and it's up to Gaius Baltar to prove his innocence. The President, with the assistance of Lee Adama, escapes her imprisonment aboard Galactica and takes refuge on Cloud 9 with the help of the most unlikely of allies.
Starbuck and Helo discover a group of fifty-three survivors on Caprica.
Great episode. Action, Drama, Romance, Intrigue - you name it, this episode's got it! hide show
Episode 4 of season two, 'Resistance' is a good, well rounded episode. As I mentioned in my episode summary, this episode contains a dash or two of action, drama, romance, and intrigue. Here in the Battlestar Galactica universe there stands one or two episodes per season that stands a cut above the rest. The fourth episode, 'Resistance', is one of those above mentioned episodes that stands above the rest.
A couple of story arcs have either come to a stunning conclusion, or have moved along. There have also been a few new story "arcs" created in this episode. One such new arc, is the meeting of the Caprica stranded Starbuck and Helo with the so-called "resistance" they meet up with.
Colonel Tigh manages to screw thing up while the "old man", Admiral Adama, is convalescing in sick bay. The activation of martial law, not to mention letting President Roslin escape from the Battlestar Galctica, along with Apollo, Admiral Adama's son. Not a nice thing to wake up to.
I was not as surprised with the shooting in this episode as I was with Boomers shooting of Adama in the season one finale. I think it was more than anger that caused this shooting; it reeks of a Lee Harvey Oswald type conspiracy shooting. Cylon? Who knows? I guess we'll see.
In general, I really had no problems with this episode. The acting, directing, and cinematography, were spot on. With the time restraints I guess I can't blame editing with not including some of the extra footage, aka deleted scenes, but you can't have everything. Nice job with this one BSG!
Overall, one of the best episodes of this season. hide show
***This review details –» this is a "I" perspective, based in what I like and recognize to be good or interesting, this is not a "god" where the guy thinks what he thinks is the true or the "you" perspective where I know what you will like and what you don´t.***
After the previous episode development, I only could expect interesting development and Chief obviously was really screwed and that where we start, then we shift to Starbuck and Helo being in danger, interesting beginning. The conflict phase was interesting because Tigh did a bad decision that only could cost him and the same goes to Gaius who is being blackmailed to help Chief, the less interesting part is the development of Starbuck/Helo storyline. The climax was great, full of tension and the conclusion of all storylines are the more satisfying in this season so far.
Presentation Phase - » (9/10),
Complication Phase - » (9/10),
Climax Phase - » (9/10),
Ending - » (9/10) the best conclusion in this season so far,
What really admired me was the progress of this episode, simple perfect updates of status for some characters, this of course minimize the filler at minimum. This time the Storyline not only was great, but had no plot holes or I didn´t notice.
Details/Progress (To point A to B) -» (10/10) excellent progression,
Time and Scene Management - » (9/10), minimum fillers,
Plot Details/Holes- » (10/10), fine
Storyline -» (9/10),
The climax phase provided great tension and suspense and one more time is Chief Storyline that provides the best drama here.
Drama - » (9/10),
Suspense/Tension - » (9/10),
Overall, one of the best episodes of this season.
Getting president off the ship hide show
So, president finally feels she has to make her stand and so the plot a great plan how to make it happen - it depends on many things and the process of making it - it was so enjoyable. How they just used every little thing on their plan.. loved that.
I also liked the storyline with Chief and Boomer.. Chief now arrested and everyone thinking that he is cylon too and only Celly standing for him.. and Gaius - he let Boomer pass the test and now everyone doubt in him and when he has change to retest Chief he ends up having very great personal plot on game. The answer we get is shocking and I am exciting to see how the will work it out.
Battlestar Galactica has interesting plot twist and this episode is no exception. While most of the story line continuously moves forward, interesting elements have been placed. The ideal of a civil war is great, even facing extinction the fleet remains divided. The adventures of Star Buck continues, Even when human technology moves forward we get to see they still drive. I the same hummer we see out city street appear in Caprica. The idea of resistance fighters is great, it show some people were left behind and in all their great powers the cylons still have trouble dealing with them. While this episode is not as fast paced or action packed as the first few episodes of the season it is still worth watching.
Whadja expect, genius? hide show
Talk about the wrong man in the wrong job: Colonel Tigh, the man who never wanted a command in the first place is now dictator of the human race. Not bad for an irritable drunk. One of the good Colonel's first acts is to arrest Chief Tyrol on suspicion of being a Cylon. If being a complete idiot was a crime, he would have been executed a while back, but better late than never, I guess. I'm sort of curious about this blood imagery they used to bookend the episode - is the similarity between Tyrol and Sharon's blood supposed to indicate that he's a Cylon? Or that they're really, really in love? Just when things seem to be heading in the right direction, Ellen Tigh strikes again. That meeting with the ship captains seemed like a pretty decent idea; too bad she had to pooh-pooh it. I guess her being a Cylon would be too much to hope for, but maybe she'll sleep with the wrong guy and Tigh will finish her off. Or maybe she'll just keep doing her thing.
Hey, Baltar gets to keep being the man of action. And here I was expecting him to forget all about killing that guy in the last episode. He doesn't do just a whole lot; he almost kills the Chief to get some questionable intelligence out of Sharon, but at least he took things into his own hands. Maybe this will be the beginning of a new Baltar. But is a more assertive Baltar a good thing? He is the bad guy, after all, so wouldn't it be preferable for him to remain a little more passive? Crashdown would say yes, I think.
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