Oh, Battlestar

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This show continues to be the best damn thing I'm watching on TV. Then again, the rest of my TV-watching menu ain't all that great. Smallville? Crap on a stick (but pretty!). Stella? I just watch that for my Michael Ian Black crush (though at times it makes me laugh really hard at stupid stuff.) Firefly reruns? Well, you can't go wrong there. But Battlestar? That's my brain food for TV. The rest is all empty calorie TV-watching.

Okay, first off, Crashdown. Dude. taraljc called it way early on into the episode that he wouldn't last the hour, but I really didn't expect it to be Gaius to pull the trigger and kill him. I can't believe Crash pulled a gun on Cally, though. Not Cally! She just signed up to get money for dental school! And is anyone else wanting an icon of her that reads "I always wanted to be a dentist?" Just me, then? Okay. Anyway, yeah. Crash was so in over his head, but pulling a gun on Cally was just not cool. And poor Tyrol, caught between duty and what's right. Poor Tyrol. I really love him. If Helo is my Battlestar babydaddy, then Tyrol's the guy who's the best friend for years and years that you finally realize is The One in the last reel. Tyrol's great. And I also love that he was sporting a 5:00 shadow long before any of the other guys were. Heh.

On to other characters... Tigh, you are such a fuckup (frackup?). You dumb, dumb man. DUMB. But that's why you're a great character. You mess things up worse than ever, and then you just keep on drinking, because that's the only way you can handle it. The spiral just keeps on going down for that guy. Oh, and Dualla's little drinky-drinky motion to Gaeta while on the phone with Tigh? So awesome. Heh. But back to Tigh. Or more accurately, the Tighs. They are just about the most dysfunctional couple there is. She's a whorish drunkard who leads her husband in the wrong direction at every turn, and he's just a fool who lets his wife and his booze take him down whatever path they please. Man, they both suck, but she sucks so much harder.

And you know what I just realized about this episode? For the most part it was ALL guest stars. Weekly guest stars, but guest stars nonetheless. Other than James Callis, there were barely any regulars. Jamie Bamber only had a few lines, and Mary McDonnell just played crazy for the most part. (Not saying she didn't do a good job at it, though.) This episode was totally owned by the second-tier stars. Tigh, Tyrol, Cally, Crashdown, Billy... I know Tahmoh Penniket was in the opening credits, but Helo was nowhere to be seen. (taraljc and I discussed this briefly, and my guess is that they always list the same main guest stars, no matter what, and then add the weekly guests after that.) It's kind of cool that the third episode into the season they pretty much let the second-tier stars fuel the show. Rock on, second-tier stars!

I made icons. The Gaius ones were taraljc's idea. I made two, because one looks pathetic, and one looks rather sinister. The second is perfect for flamewars! I like them both.



Now I'm off to bed. I'm exhausted. Sixteen Candles is on, and as much as I love this movie, I'm not staying up to watch it. Plus, I just saw it two weeks ago with fava_bean and BJ. So I'm off to bed. Later.