2.11 Resurrection Ship - Part 1

So this is a ‘to be continued’ episode following from the previous episode, but also ends with a ‘to be continued’ making this whole Pegasus arrival a three-part chain of episodes. And, once again, this second instalment continues the fine quality so far and maintains great tension and interest.

So far, for me, Season Two is turning out to be a cracker.

The real crunch point came at the end, really, with Adama finally getting covert following Laura’s insistence (funny how often he ends up taking her advice!) and attempting an assassination on Kane. And he’s enrolled Starbuck to do it.

Interestingly for Starbuck there’s something of a conflict for her in that she actually bonded a little with Kane. Kane’s intention was to go back to Caprica and make a fight to reclaim the whole system back as their own. Starbuck was all for that idea rather than the flight to a mythical Earth that Adama is following. It’s an interesting crossroads to be at. Kane, for the one and only time, had a reasonable agenda that painted her with a little more depth than the shrew-like bitch she is otherwise a figure of.

So, will Starbuck go through with it? Will it come to that? I have to wonder if there isn’t going to be a crisis point of some kind, since Kane is plotting her own assassination of Adama! Maybe there’ll be a stand off, like with the ships fighting each other at the beginning of this episode, that will be resolved by some unforeseen intervention.

The Resurrection Ship itself at least answers some Cylon questions. Like when that Cylon was blasted out of the airlock by Laura back in Season One, worried about whether his soul would make it back to another body. Well, if the Resurrection Ship was in the vicinity then the answer is yes. (Maybe this ship, in range, also helps explain some of the telepathic, memory-recollection qualities the various Cylons have.)

On a final note, Gaius has finally been given some potential to become very interesting with his relationship with Prisoner Six. She’s battered and needy and Gaius is looking after her. I hope that keeps up and gets explored more. Mainly because it’s interesting how Prisoner Six will behave and develop given her conditioning – but it will also be interesting to see how the Six in Gaius’ head deals with her counterpart.

Will Gaius like the prisoner more than the manifestation? Will there be jealousy issues? Will Gaius be torn between the two, vying for his soul? I really hope that’s the path this plot is heading down. . . I wait and see.