2.13 Epiphanies

This is one of those episodes that feels, at first, like it’s a bit of a mess and appears to lack a proper thrust – but then towards the end the strands pull together to make it all feel complete. That being said, it wasn’t a great episode.

It started with Laura being rushed to critical status in hospital, as the cancer presumably spread to her brain and was almost set to claim her life. Whilst this occurred she experienced flashbacks of her life just before the Cylon attack – where we learned that she had an affair with the President going on, and that she also happened to see Gaius canoodling with Six.

Alas, she didn’t recall that first time around – but her memory logged the image and, by the end of the episode, she now has the knowledge to incriminate Gaius as the culprit that facilitated (unwittingly) the Cylon attack to occur in the first place. But that only came about by the end when, in an ironic twist, it was Gaius that eschewed the possibility of becoming President and found a miracle cure for cancer that saved Laura’s life!

Gaius saved the life of the person who could potentially sentence him to death. Interesting. Not sure what Laura’s actions will be in light of all this once she gets back to full strength. It would turn out well if she did act fast as Gaius appears to feel betrayed and has decided to join the ‘peace’ movement with the Cylon-lovers, headed up by Pegasus Six.

Another irony; that the peace movement present the biggest threat within the Galactica fleet!

And by the end of the episode, of course, Gaius has gone and handed them a nuclear warhead. A fairly extreme gesture of solidarity. Quite where that plot thread is going to go I am not sure, but it seems like this Gaius/Pegasus Six axis of threat looks set to embed itself as a major element in the future of Galactica – potentially to dominate the remainder of the Season?

The other major factor sure to plague Season 2 is pregnant Boomer’s childbirth. Already her unborn child possesses blood that not only cures cancer in astonishing time but, presumably, can cure any kind of disease. Does it have life extending properties too? And, if the child is allowed to be born, just what the hell will it be? (I have a hunch that the birth of the child has Season Finale written all over it!)

Still, it’s good that Laura’s terminal death has been removed from the show. It was getting boring! Now she can get strong again and continue in the usual fashion of her head strong sense of morality and politics – not usually the most exciting of plot points in BSG to be fair, but it’s a stalwart element so it has to be embraced!