Much of this episode centered around Roslin having shared visions with the Cylons and Baltar telling the fleet about it. I must confess, it took me far too long to realize that the "visions" in question were the dreams she had at the end of last season with the opera house. Because we'd been away from that story so long, I thought this was new information at first. Also, I don't equate dreams with visions.
The Cylons and the humans must form an unholy alliance. It's interesting that these Cylons are being called "the rebels". This calls to mind other genre stories like Star Wars and X-Files. And of course, everyone plots to double-cross everyone else. I feel like they've done this plot before. I've definitely seen it in something recently, but can't remember what.
What's going to become of Hera? Why is she doodling Six? (Wasn't that so like The Omen or something? Even down to the three Sixes on the page!) Athena certainly doesn't want to lose Hera again and I can understand that. But she shot a Six! Who wasn't doing anything! Furthermore, it was never going to be THAT Six that takes Hera. Didn't we establish at the end of the last season that it was Caprica Six who was in the vision at the opera house? Didn't she say so herself?
This episode was decent. I don't really see what Roslin hopes to accomplish by talking to the hybrid, but at least she's smart enough to bring Baltar in on it. I love that after they plug it back in, it just jumps right away. Silly Roslin, thinking everyone plays by her rules. Also, I meant to mention in the other episode, I love the moment when the Sharon is shot and bleeds into the hybrid's pool. Now the hybrid is sitting in a pool of blood, and there's something oddly compelling about that.
They interpret the hybrid's prophecy to mean that the Final Five are among the fleet and know the way to earth because they have been there. Does Tigh know he's been to earth? And Tigh raises some very good objections to this idea. He points out that it doesn't make much sense that they have been there the whole time and only now have the Cylons recognized them. I know he's just trying to hide the fact he's one of them, but really these are good objections. The story is lame.
...By the way, just so we're clear, Baltar did get Sharon to say there were 8 Cylons in the fleet way back in season 2, yes? So, minus D'Anna Biers, that's 7. Minus the Final Five, that's two. Who are these two Cylons? Where are they?? What became of them? And that's even assuming we're counting the Final Five! Odds are, Sharon would not have known about them.
Blowing up the resurrection hub to level the playing field makes good sense. It was interesting to hear the Six talk about death as a good thing. It reminded me of how mortality is called "the gift of Men" in Tolkien's mythology, contrasted with the immortality of the Elves.
They took Gaeta's leg! Poor guy. Well, at least he didn't get airlocked. And he has a lovely singing voice. I like these kind of old-timey folk songs.
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