It was really great to hear Serina mentioned again. Most of the series went on acting as if she didn't exist. So they make this a plot point! Apollo has been trying to forget her, flying dangerous missions and such because he never really dealt with his loss.
Again I ask though, who is watching Boxey? In early episodes they made a big deal of pointing out where Boxey was while his father was off being heroic. Now it seems they have better things to do.
I love that they use what appears to be the shooting miniature of the base star for tactical demonstrations. And it was really great that they mentioned Cain's attack on the two base stars at the end of "The Living Legend". I wondered then why the Galactica doesn't just attack a base star outright, and finally, they do just that! It was great to finally see the Galactica be a battlstar with guns a-blazin'! That shootout was cool, though it didn't last long.
The "hand of God" of the title is a stellar observation deck which used to be navigational. Was this area always visible on the Galactica model, or was it added for this episode? Apollo says they were in use 500 years ago. Have the battlestars been in commission that long? If not, why still build those areas? If so, she holds up pretty well!
The great mystery of the episode is where did those transmissions come from. It is sadly the last image we get of the series that Apollo picks up more transmissions and doesn't know. We of course know they do originate from Earth, or more specifically the moon, as it is footage from the Apollo 11 landing. This opens a whole new can of worms. Why this transmission? Why can the Galactica pick it up from so far away? Is it supposed to be 1969 on Earth, or has the signal been drifting? Perhaps it's being retransmitted by someone else? Alas, we will never know as the series was cancelled. ...or will we?
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