This Friday (January 16) is the premiere of the final season of Battlestar Galactica. I will be doing live commentary on the show in this thread during the premiere episode (and perhaps subsequent episodes). So, if you’re a BSG fan, or want to jump on board for the final episodes, please feel free to join in!

See you Friday night!

Check local listings for times or visit SciFi.com.

CHANCE

Just caught up on the webisodes. Holy frak! I highly recommend checking those out.

SPOILER: Gay stuff.

P.S. I’m currently watching “Revelations” and just noticed Edward James Olmos slobbered on Jamie Bamber’s hand during his breakdown. Hot.

Ugh. Why did he announce it to the whole crew before going down and checking it out first? That was stupid. But, yay hugging! I guess people were bound to look out the windows and see a big, blue planet down there.

I’m glad they let the 6s wear coats and pants this time, instead of sending them down to Earth in their slinky, black cocktail dresses.

Okay. Here we go! I wonder where they filmed Ugly Earth. Canada? Malibu at low tide? Hard to tell. Everyone’s so cold and depressed, it reminds me of my family camping trips. Low-level radiation, nuked 2,000 years ago. Yikes! Maybe it’s Utah. Poor Laura. She’s more confused than Sarah Palin on a turkey farm.

First commercial!

Back. They left Starbuck behind to wander around. Wreckage. Blue film wash. Uh oh. It’s Kara’s ship.

Everyone digging in the sand and checking out the bones. What’s this? Is it a sand bucket? No! It’s a Centurian helmet! The 13th Tribe was Cylon! Holy frak! Earth was a Cylon planet!

Tyrol interfaces with a rock and has a vision of the Studio City farmer’s market. Dualla is getting a lot of face time, first as babysitter, then comforting Lee. So something must be up with her. Might put some money down that she won’t survive this episode. Back on Cylon Earth, Kara stalks angrily through the grass. Does she ever NOT stalk somewhere angrily? Yup, as guessed by a million fanboys, Kara comes face to face with her charred remains. She knows it’s her charred remains because of the overprocessed bleach job. Okay, I forgive her for stalking around angrily.

Commercial! The guy in the Verizon commercial looks so familiar. Did I have sex with him? Sorry. See how fun it is watching TV with me?

Back. Anders goes scavaging around, looking for antiques, I guess. He finds a chunk of guitar. Maybe from Cylon Guitar Hero? Tyrol and Anders meet up and talk about the good old days. Two thousand years is a long time to space out...in space. Back on Galactica, Laura burns her Pythian prophesy manual and cancels her treatments and realized she’s been wrong about everything since the series began. That’s how I felt about Cavemen.

Back on Cylon Earth, Kara has the rare opportunity to attend her own funeral. Starting a big fire on a nuked planet seems insensitive, but she carries on, having her second Luke Skywalker moment of the episode.

Lee and Dee go on a date, because I guess that’s what you do when all your hopes and dreams have been dashed. Smooching ensues, which makes me think she’s a goner. Lee looks disappointed and wishes he were kissing a man instead, maybe me. Speaking of gays, Gaeta notices Dee is glowing. Gaeta leaves without killing Dee, as she slips further into reverie. Then bam! Holy frak! Did I call it or what? Dee blows her frakkin’ brains out. Is that blood? It’s awfully dark and oily.

Commercial. Eat KFC and win!

Back. Can’t believe I’m watching this sober. Might have some champagne downstairs, will look at next break. Anyway, Lee is fingering Dee’s fingers. Adama shows up and offers comfort and skincare tips. Adama is drunk and I’m jealous. Must get that champs. Adama checks Dee out under the sheet. Uh...why? Ew, now he’s kissing the sheet. Note to crew: when you die, don’t let Adama visit your corpse.

Things are falling apart on the Galactica. Fighting and drinking and moaning. Adama goes to Tigh. This is clearly going to be a showdown of guys with gravelly voices. Frak you, mother frakker! You’re a frakkin’ machine! Adama teases Tigh about his whore of a wife looking for a man with blood running through his “main vain.” Yuck. I do not want Olmos talking about a “main vein.”

Battlestar Galactica is brought to you by honey-flavored KFC BBQ wings. Cialis commercial promises a cure if your “main vein” needs a little boost.

And we’re back. Tigh refuses to shoot Bill. They keep drinking, and I realize I forgot to go get the bubbly. Oh well. It’s almost over. More old guy talk about foxes and chickens and rivers. Lots of channeling Clint Eastwood here.

Lee updates the white board in the Quorum room. Starbuck shows up to share her problems. Hello? Other people have lives, Kara. She figures this isn’t the time to announce she’s dead, too.

“Frak Earth” graffiti on the ship. I want a t-shirt that says “Frak Earth.” I’d wear it every day. Adama stumbles back to command. He tells Gaeta to chart a new course. Gaeta looks at him like, “You crazy, girl.” Adama makes a speech. More talk about guts. “Let’s go find a new home!”

Xena/Deanna wants to stay on Earth to die. She depresses Tigh enough that he walks off into the sea, like a fox or a chicken. I wasn’t paying attention to that story earlier. Wait now, he remembers something. Something in the water. Flashback. Helen was the Fifth Cylon! Tigh says, “D’oh!”

Commercial!

Next week: Mutiny, politics, deadly force. Hopefully, Lee will find time to take a shower.

You’re watching this sober?! I’ve downed like 3 rum and cokes tonight watching this. I can’t believe D! No!!!! I loved her character! I can’t believe she’s dead! What the hell? Helen is the 5th Cylon? What’s going on? I know there’s gonna be a big intricate tapestry with all the workings and Starbuck, but damn, I need to know now! I love this show! I can’t wait till next week!

Oh yeah, I’d totally wear a “frack earth” shirt too! I already have a “frack me” t-shirt.

GayComicGeek - 17 January 2009 12:17 AM

Helen is the 5th Cylon? What’s going on? I know there’s gonna be a big intricate tapestry with all the workings and Starbuck, but damn, I need to know now! I love this show! I can’t wait till next week!

Do you think Starbuck is Helen and Tigh’s daughter, perhaps? So she’s not a Cylon model, but a hybrid of some kind. Since Tigh knocked up a Six, we know he has it in him.

CHANCE

Omg! I never even thought of that! That could be the reason why Starbuck has always rebelled against Tigh. It could be a parent/offspring thing where she naturally rebels against her parents and she doesn’t even know it. That’s kinda cool thinking.

OMG Moment with Dee
The 5th Cylon… I said that during the first season, no surprise there.

But since Helen died so long ago (way before the destruction of the hub), did she regenerate? Is she hidden somewhere?

Chance - 17 January 2009 12:44 AM

But since Helen died so long ago (way before the destruction of the hub), did she regenerate?

Is she a TimeLord?

This starts for us here tomorrow night. I’d been recording previous series but havent watched past the origional pilot, which I couldn’t get into.. Its one of those shows that one day, I will try to watch properly..