Battlestar Galactica: 02-11, “Resurrection Ship”, Part 1
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This show is blowing the two Stargate series away. The writers seem to understand how to create drama while still making you laugh. The score is always beautiful.
When last we left our loveable Galactica crew, they were on the verge of war with Pegasus, another ship from Caprica. While Galactica has somehow maintained a sense of civil rights with their fleet, the people aboard Pegasus are, to put it nicely, dirty rotten scoundrels. Its officers tried to rape Sharon 3, the Cylon and when her two lovers tried to defend her, they killed one of the officers. Their execution was ordered and it’s all Adama can do to delay it.
Thanks to Starbuck (whom Cain seems to admire) the two battlestars gain intel on a huge resurrection ship with Cylon spares, so they must put aside their differences for the moment and plan to destroy it.
Some episode thoughts and spoilers inside.
I found Adama and Roslin’s relationship very touching in this episode. They’ve grown by leaps and bounds compared to when the series began. Roslin also surprised me with her decree to Adama to kill Cain. Not that I disagree with it at all, but will that solve the problem?
The problem, of course, is that Pegasus is run without any regard to the human lives aboard. We find out that they came across several civilian ships which they stripped of parts and brilliant minds and left stranded. Any families resisting their loved ones being “chosen” were shot. What the heck is that all about!? It’s not bad enough you’re leaving these people stranded in the galaxy to die, you have to shoot them because they’re emotionally distraught at the prospect of having to die this way without their family? That part nearly moved me to tears.
I can’t believe how happy I was when Pegasus first arrived versus how much I now wish they would just crawl back into another corner of space. When Tigh is shocked by their immoral actions, you know it’s bad!
I know there’s a dual assassination attempt on for next week, but I hope not too much gets in the way of Cain and her crew going down. I don’t know how much more I can endure from that vile ship.
