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Loved everything but the Kara subplot which still strikes me as completely coming out of left field and more of a "the plot demands it" development than anything else. I could buy Kara getting protective and maybe even wanting to buy into the whole daughter thing, after all she's been alone most of her life and from what little we know, had a wretched childhood. Maybe she wanted some kind of family she could cling to no matter what, and I'm sad to say too many people have kids to make certain they have at least one person in their life that can't leave them for a few years. Ok, sure, fine. But if she'd at least have voiced aloud, "Ok first I get this kid blood tested, then if he told me the truth, she's mine and I raise her" rather than "She's my daughter!" I would've been content. Kara is cynical except in the cockpit of a Viper, she's street smart, wily and has been lied to a few times in her life. Sure Stalker Cylon had been wearing her down after months of imprisonment, but if she still had the guts to shiv him almost half a dozen times, she couldn't have been that victimized.

And dude that ending with the mom just showing up? Lame.

Anyway, everything else was damn near perfect. The Saul/Ellen scene broke my damn heart into little bitty pieces. I have to think this society puts some serious penalties on betrayal in general (no wonder Gaius was so freaked out), such that even though they were about to escape back to Galactica Saul still felt he had to execute her. It also helps explain why people are going out airlocks next week. Poor Gaeta, they'd better not hurt him, dammit!

And speaking of Gaeta, he was so totally in love with Gaius. I knew that for a while, but that scene with the gun outed Gaeta permanently in my mind.

The battle sequences on this show make me just want to weep with joy. Yay shaved Adama! Yay disobedient Lee! And when the Galactica did a freefall into the atmosphere before releasing those Vipers my heart was in my throat. I liked that we got Tyrol's reaction on the ground which was very much, "WTF is he doing to MY ship?!" Heh.

Can't wait to see where this goes next.

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I can't wait to see the Tigh meltdown, I mean we thought he was unstable before, now he's going to be positively suicidal at best. And watching Adama have to come to terms with his CO going all kamikaze is going to be something to see.

And Lee back in a Viper cockpit makes me happy, I mean he'll have to lose the weight now, right?

You're so right about the Emmys, if it doesn't sweep then I'm going to be stunned.

As for Starbuck, my impression was that she was still serving under Lee on the Pegasus and that something happened between *them* which is why she's dirtside. Mostly she just looked like she resented being down there and having to play nursemaid to her fuckup husband. And the call she made to the Pegasus when she needed supplies was...fascinating. She wouldn't have left the Old Man voluntarily, but if Lee pushed her hard enough...

Anyway I can't really buy into the whole family state of mind thing with Anders either as their behavior after returning to Galactica was anything but warm and loving. Hell he wanders off while Kara has a meltdown in the middle of the landing bay. Even Lee and Dee were holding each other. No, I gotta' think there's quite a bit of trouble in paradise and I wouldn't expect their relationship to last the entire season, myself.