Season 4, Episodes 16 & 17

Episode 16: Deadlock

• Liam? What is the significance of this name?
• Hoshi didn't seem bothered by Gaeta's death. Either he's become numb to the death of all his friends and lover, or this is just bad writing.
• The scene with Ellen's arrival on the Galactica was exactly how I imagined. It lived up to all my expectations, and I just LOVED the callback to Season 1's "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down", when the door to the raptor opened and showed just her legs, even if it was predictable that they'd do that.
• Tyrol recognising Boomer was so awesome, but Adama sending her straight to the brig, while understandable, was sad.
• Ellen comparing the 50,000 survivors of the Colonies to the five from her world ("Earth", which probably isn't our Earth), made what had happened to the Final Five much clearer, and was also very moving.
• Saul seeing Ellen as Six was so great. What a great way to bring his visions of Six as Ellen back round full circle.
• Finally, we get to see Head Six appear to Gaius again! It was great how she was feeding him lines again like in season.
• Was the reason that Saul and Ellen couldn't conceive because he didn't love her?
• Tori's kind of being racist towards humans all of a sudden.
• Little Gaius!
• Was that Bear McCreary (the genius composer of the music for BSG) as an extra sitting in the bar behind Kara?
• Bill comforting Saul after Liam's death was so touching.
• Where are all the Twos (Leobens) in the Cylon workforce on board the Galactica?

Quote

Kara: "Did you see Ellen and Tigh on the way to that bird? It was like watching my parents make out." Is this a clue as to Kara's origin?

Episode 17: Someone to Watch Over Me

• Nice to see some of the Sixes under Starbuck's command (at least wigs from behind to indicate Sixes!)
• Toothpaste as a reward for finding a habitable planet!
• Sonya! A Six with a name is always nice.
• Laura seemed to have a little freak out about the Cylons getting representation in the Quorum.
• Where are all the Twos? This is really bothering me now, that since the rebel Cylons joined the fleet, we've only seen Sixes and Eights on board the Galactica.
• Lovely callback to earlier seasons with Tyrol and Boomer on the phone through the glass of the brig.
• Boomer's shared projection of their home with Tyrol was very moving. Even though she was using him to help her escape and kidnap Hera, I still think that this projection was something she had really spent a lot of time thinking about and visiting, and that she really does still love him in some way.
• Kara knows her music!
• I liked the use of Sharon's theme without her visual presence as Laura signed the paper to extradite her and dismissed Tyrol.
• Switching Eights! Why had no one ever thought of that before?
• It was so awkward and disturbing to see Boomer frak Helo through Athena's eyes. Also, why would a husband and wife call each other by their callsign?
• The build up to the end of the episode was so intense, I was kind of freaking out.
• Kara sees head father! OMG! This was so wonderfully revealed as Tory held up the manuscript and we saw that there was no one sitting beside her at the piano.
• I never guessed that the song Kara was trying to remember would be that song! But I loved it so much!
• Laura's connection to Hera through her vision finally played out. Is she dead now?
• The child in Boomer and Tyrol's shared projection was Hera? Woah!
• Hera seems to be at the centre of everything now. She's connected to Kara and the song, Laura through the vision and Ellen considers her the future of the Cylon/human race.
• So what does Cavil want with the three year old?

I cannot wait to see what the endgame is here. However, I'll definitely be sad when it's over, and may have to start watching again from the beginning!