Season 2, Episodes 7 & 8

Episode 7: Home, Part 2

Highlights/Moments of Revelation

• Sharon surrendering (by stopping struggling) when Adama tried to strangle her.
• The President and Commander calling each other by their first names. Couple, much?!
• The part where they were transported (?) to Earth from the tomb of Athena felt very Stargate to me - using constellations to locate a planet. Nice.
• Six is an angel sent to protect Gaius. "To what end?" "To the end of the Human race." Awesome!

Questions

• Was Adama lying to Billy about Laura having told him that he reminded her of President Adar and that he'd be president one day?
• How did they get back from (simulated?) Earth to Kobol? Should I just suspend my disbelief?

Quotes

• Six: "wake up and smell the psychosis already!"
• Doctor: "Fricking hypocondriacs. One of every bloody ship."

Episode 8: Final Cut

Highlights/Moments of Revelation

• Even TV screen images have the corners cut off.
• The set up of the episode seemed kind of clumsy and out of nowhere. However, I guess it feeling unrelated made sense as we were supposed to be seeing the crew of the Galactica from an outsider's point of view.
• Gaeta smokes, but hates cigarettes. Also, he has a tattoo!
• It was kind of obvious D'Anna had kept the real tape that captured Sharon when Adama asked to have it.
• Dee has daddy issues.
• It was interesting to witness a Cylon space battle from inside rather than outside the Galactica. I guess it was also cheaper to film.
• Nice reveal of who had threatened Tigh by having Diana notice the book of poetry in her video.
• D'Anna being a Cylon was obvious as soon as we cut to the scene on Caprica with the four models watching the video and saw just the backs of their heads. I love when we discover new models!