Monday, February 12, 2007
Battlestar Galactica: Episode 14 "The Woman King"
Only this. That that was the absolutely worst episode they've ever done, and it was positively painful to get through. And a completely peripheral, wheel-spinning one too. My wife and I simultaneously expressed the thought afterwards that if Dualla had actually died, at least something that mattered would have occurred in that wasted hour of our lives.
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hey Anthony -
I think my biggest complaint was that this was just a "stalling for time" episode, and - interestingly - I don't think you can do this any more. The bar's been raised too high. Too much good tv relys on complex narrative and these throw-away one-shot episodes are so glaringly obvious as "non-relevant" to why we watch. I find it very telling that it jars me now in a way it never would have a few years ago. It still sucked on its own merits though.
Re: XML feeds - no, crazy busy here. Need to.
This episode really brought the momentum of the season to a grinding halt (The Eye of Jupiter, Baltar's forthcoming trial) and is indeed a "stalling for time" episode as Lou points out.
Anthony, I agree with you that it was a good Helo-centric episode in terms of characterization. But the story itself was pretty predictable--especially with the casting of Bruce Davison as Dr. Robert. Between his roles as Senator Kelly in the X-Men films and the unbalanced doctor in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (which I gave up on after three episodes), this typecasting pretty much indicated he was going to be guilty. It would have been a real surprise has he not been guilty.
And the way Adama brushed off Helo's concerns about the refugees proves Lou's assessment about Adama's ethics--changing at the whim of the story's necessity.
I've been watching Babylon 5 on DVD and recently saw the "Believers" episode where Dr. Franklin operated on a young boy against the wishes of the boy's parents, because their religion forbids such medical procedures. Although Sunday's BG episode became more about religious prejudice than medicine vs. faith issues, the B5 episode offers a more thought-provoking impact.
Hi Paul,
Thank you for bringing up Adama - I didn't mention, but that scene REALLY struck me as inconsistent. And yes, "Believers" was a good episode of B5, now that you mention it!
You know, with the tight-tight scripting of last night's HEROES, that show really is pulling ahead in the Lou ranking.
Hi Lou,
Definitely agree with you on Heroes. The character and story arcs are consistent, and the structure of the series (like B5) is very well thought-out. It's my favorite show of the current season. :-)
Yeah, I'm really amazed by how tightly plotted the whole thing is. It's making it not only my fav show of the season, but one of my fav shows ever.
I erased it from my Tivo before watching. Thanks for saving me an hour of life.
I haven't seen last Sunday's episode yet - but my wife has and she says it's more of the same. And next week's looks to be yet another distraction from the plot.
well i have seen most of episode of this series but couldn't seen this one so where i can watch or download battlestar galactica tv show to watch that particular episode and some other of my choice.
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