BSG 1.10 The Hand Of God

Now this was more like it; this episode hit a real high for the show so far, in my opinion. With the new crisis of fuel running low, the discovery of the meteorite with lots of 'trillium' (or whatever) to mine only happening to be heavily-guarded by Cylons set up a cracking premise.

It was the Galactica's turn to stage an ambush, and with the plan of Starbuck under their wing, the stage was set for them to outsmart the Cylons with their counter-counter attack. All that was really required was for Lee Adama to step up and prove himself capable of filling Starbuck's 'top gun' size shoes. . .

I think BSG is at its best, for me, when its dealing with the direct threat of Cylons. The humans are vulnerable and desperate, and the Cylons are formidable. If the show ever loses this dynamic then it better have something amazing to fill it with! So it was great stuff (and very 'A New Hope / Return Of The Jedi') when Lee flew into the mines on a solo mission and fired a bullseye shot to blow up the Death Star. . . I mean the Cylon Base.

On the sub-plot to this episode was both the President and Gaius being informed of a 3,000 year old prophecy about how they could be the chosen ones. However, since the prophecy states that the 'leader' is terminally sick surely that means Gaius can't be the one - unless he's terminally sick in the sense that he's a Cylon, or is mentally insane. . .

It's an interesting plot thread (more interesting than the continuing adventure of Cylon Boomer and Helo who continue to aimlessly wander around Caprica, with Boomer vomiting at one stage for a reason I presume will become apparent eventually) but there's something very annoying about Gaius, still, that really makes anything concerning him seriously get on my nerves.

Still, that notwithstanding, this was a terrific episode.