Battlestar Galactica: 02-13, “Epiphanies”
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Unfortunately I’m a week behind on this review, so it’s going to be short. With the lack of Pegasus plot lines and characters, this felt like an episode of BSG from the first season and made me fall in love with the show all over again.
President Roslin is sicker than ever. On her deathbed she orders the abortion of Sharon’s baby after anomalies are discovered in its blood and begins thinking back to the hours right before the Cylon attack on Caprica. She has a meeting with the President to discuss some sort of teacher’s union strike.
Spoilers inside! Don’t continue on if you haven’t seen this episode.
During Roslin’s talks and walks with the then President, she recalls seeing Baltar and a woman she’s come to know as a Cylon kissing in the courtyard. It turns out that Roslin goes back to the teacher’s union and tells them they will begin negotiations if they go back to work, a message the President did not agree to. In fact, Roslin is asked to resign over her decision to go back to the teachers with this message. This is interesting in that Roslin actually should not be President, since she was effectively fired hours before the attack.
While this is going on, a terrorist group identified as Cylon sympathizers arise after sabotaging a few of the Vipers, causing an explosion in one of them. Baltar finds that Gina has run away and joined this terrorist group. He also discovers that the anomalies indicate it may have healing capabilities and could possibly save Roslin if it isn’t aborted. That’s exactly what they do. They inject Roslin with the baby’s blood and within a few hours, her cancer is gone.
In the end, Baltar sends a nuclear weapon to Gina to show he’s on their side and to be trusted.
I know this has been a piss-poor review, but I waited far too long to give it. The episode was one of the best of the series and sets up some interesting conflict between Roslin and her Vice President, Baltar, since she knows he’s had some involvement with Cylons. This week’s episode looks like it’s going to bring back this horrid Pegasus plot, so I’m hardly interested. I guess I’m going to have to start getting used to Pegasus, but like the Jaffa rebellion plot in SG-1, it’s something I can completely do without.
