2.12 Resurrection Ship - Part 2

Something of a let-down for me, this episode. The previous instalments had built up to a climactic showdown that, oddly, fell a little flat here. The episode opened up with Apollo, dreaming of floating in water, peacefully, only for him to be revealed as floating in space having ejected out of his ship.

Cut to 48 hours earlier and we get to find out what lead to this state of affairs.

So the thing with this episode was how dulled it felt. (I got a feeling that there had been quite a large gap between this episode being aired and the previous episode being aired; I have no idea if that’s true or not, but it felt like it.) Helo and Tyrell were beaten up and tortured, as if to remind us how nasty some of the Pegasus crew were. But then the captain intervened to show that there are good guys there, too. . .

The attack and destruction of the Resurrection Ship was a bizarrely deadened affair. There was simply no action or excitement in it at all – and really it was the entire Galactica and Pegasus fleet against a mass Cylon fleet so it had potential to be truly epic. Instead Apollo was left to float around for a while and nearly die before he was rescued. Unless something further comes of his remark about how he had wanted to die then it was a bit of a dead end. So to speak.

The assassination on either Kane or Adama was the most gripping aspect of the episode. Starbuck showed her allegiance to Adama, but wasn’t quiet about announcing how wrong she thought the decision was. Interestingly both Adama and Kane called off their attacks – and Kane was allowed a brief little speech to try and help us understand how she could be so callous and ruthless and unjust. The ‘not flinching’ at anything idea of her character almost sold it – but then you just had to consider the near-rape of Boomer leading to the death penalty for Tyrell and Helo to recall just how farfetched her righteousness was.

Anyway, Six got to kill her. And perhaps Prisoner Six was the most intriguing aspect here. As I hoped, Gaius and the Six in his head were at odds about this new prisoner – and Gaius ultimately preferred Prisoner Six rather than the confident machination that he can only see. Hopefully this is a plot dynamic that will continue, and apparently will; Gaius has evidently disappeared with Prisoner Six and is keeping her to himself. . . There will no doubt be consequences!

So Kane is dead! That was essential; whilst she made a tense foil against Adama she was simply too oppressive and cold to be allowed to survive. And now Adama is an Admiral of both Galactica and Pegasus. Double the firepower. Extra manpower. For once Galactica’s odds have improved, though perhaps tensions between the two ships aren’t quite ready to be considered over and done with just yet. . .