fajrdrako | Battlestar Galactica: He That Believeth In Me (4x01) (Reply)

maaboroshi got sushi from Bento Sushi (the best sushi I've ever tasted) and we settled in to watch Battlestar Galactica. It felt like a very long time since we'd seen an episode. I guess it has been.

I'm not sure if it's because of the gap between episodes, but though I enjoyed watching, and thought it well written, the things I most love about the show weren't much in evidence. Mostly, Starbuck seemed out of character... and her character has had so many variations and permutations that it's becoming difficult to say what would be "in character" for her.

I was bugged by the moment when it appeared that Tigh shot Adama: that seemed gratuitous.

The problem is, the humans-as-Cylons plot is so off the wall, and the "Starbuck finds earth" has so little context, that the plot is losing me. It's like random happenstance: I'm sure it all means something, but it isn't the kind of story where you can try to outguess the plot or anticipate the theme. It's more like "what will happen will happen" and "I'm sure there's an explanation for all this, but I don't know what" - and just hope it isn't somebody's dream.

Except for the Baltar scenes, I wasn't sure what the viewpoint was supposed to be. I did rather like the Baltar scenes, especially since we have his Six back again. And what is she up to? Nothing good, I'm sure!

In the middle of watching an intense scene my doctor phoned me - at 7:45 p.m. The information they sent her from the hospital didn't say much more about my foot than I already know. At least she could and did renew my prescription for painkillers.

Lunch was a lovely soup made from the leftover chicken that

auriaephiala brought over last night.

And what else did I do? I slept and slept and slept. How many hours in the day can one person sleep? Olympic-class sleeper, that's me.