Limes with Orange

I finally got to catch up on the Battlestar Galactica episodes that I missed during my film workshop. (It really IS the best show on television!)

"A Day in the Life" was a good enough episode, if not one that will echo strongly in my mind. But "Dirty Hands" was a standout for me. Revisiting that golden moment when the Chief, Savio-like in his glory, paraphrased that famous gears and levers speech that resonates in my head like Shakepeare. ("Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars...")

When the young architect student was injured and the Chief started marching with a purpose, I knew we had a Norma Rae moment coming. And it was Norma Rae but better. It was Norma Rae and Mario Savio all at once as the Chief threw himself on the levers and shut down the mill... oops, I mean refinery. It was a heart swelling scene, a Proud Moment, dazlious. (Have I mentioned that my grandad was a union activist? So you see, I come by my socialist tendencies honestly.)

Much as I enjoyed both of these episodes, I want to know when we're going to revisit the burning question of who Deanna saw. What about Starbuck's destiny? And forget the big picture... what's going on with Caprica Six, wasting away in the brig with not a camera crew in sight. Is she being visited by Head Baltar? Enquiring minds want to know. God I love this show!

Labels: battlestar galactica, politics, tv