Battlestar Galactica: Hub

Roslin: "I love you."
Adama: "About time."

Interesting that such a heavily military episode should also be so philosophical, and so full of heart. There was a lot of blood, too.

Battlestar Galactica: Sine Qua Non

Lee: "Why are you doing this?"
Adama: "Because I can't live without her."

I found this episode disappointing. And I'm a cat lover.

Battlestar Galactica: Guess What's Coming to Dinner

Starbuck: "When we meet up with the Colonial fleet, I don't know if they'll feed you or frak you."

I loved the title of this episode so, so much. It wasn't just clever and funny. If you think about the plot of that classic movie, it suggests that the rebel Cylons will intermarry with the Colonials and come "into the family."

Battlestar Galactica: Faith

Leoben: "Don't expect the fate of two great races to be delivered easily."

As usual, they're not afraid of the big topics. The nature of life and death, Cylon retribution via sacrifice, the reconciliation of two warring races. Battlestar Galactica makes most other shows look fluffy in comparison.

Battlestar Galactica: The Road Less Traveled

Gaeta: "So now the Cylons want us to rescue them. That's novel."

This week, the Battlestar Galactica production of Mutiny on the Bounty.

Battlestar Galactica: Escape Velocity

Tyrol: "I didn't pick this life! This is not my frakking life!"

I'm so confused. What is going on? I hate it when I get to the end of an episode and I don't know what actually happened.

Battlestar Galactica: The Ties That Bind

Cavil: "We're machines, dear. Remember? We don't have souls."

Battlestar Galactica: Six of One

Six: "Something extraordinary has happened. Something is calling to us."

This episode was so engrossing and went by so fast that it felt like it was ten minutes long.

Battlestar Galactica: He That Believeth In Me

Adama: "What should I believe? Should I believe my heart or my eyes?"

Don't you love it when something is over and you spend half an hour discussing it afterward? I have really missed this show.

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

Six: "Trust me, Lieutenant. In the end, we're all just human."

We all knew basically what happened on the bad ship Pegasus. But actually seeing it unfold was something else again.

Battlestar Galactica: Crossroads, Part 2

"This isn't happening. Please tell me this isn't happening."

I'm sooo confused.

Battlestar Galactica: Crossroads, Part 1

Lee: "Are you done?"
Adama: "Yes."
Lee: "Then so am I."

So where was all this drama hiding in the last few months?

Battlestar Galactica: The Son Also Rises

Lee: "Dad, I'm fine."
Adama: "No, you're not."
Lee: "Why?"
Adama: "Because I'm not."

I don't know whether it's just depression over losing Starbuck or a general feeling of malaise about where Battlestar Galactica is going, but this was the sixth episode in a row that just didn't do a lot for me. (I went back and counted.)

Battlestar Galactica: Maelstrom

Starbuck: "The only destiny I have is as a world-class frak-up."

What just happened?

Battlestar Galactica: Dirty Hands

Gaius: "Caprican. Oh, to be Caprican. Seat of politics, culture, art, science, learning..."

Is it elitist of me to prefer stories about the fleet leaders, the Cylons, and the viper pilots?

Battlestar Galactica: A Day in the Life

Cally: "What if rough patches are all we have left?"

(The writers must have intended that pun, because Cally said it right before the blast doors closed.)

Battlestar Galactica: The Woman King

Helo: "I keep doing it. I keep ending up on the wrong side of everything."

There was a lot I liked about this episode. And then there was the other stuff.

Battlestar Galactica: Taking a Break From All Your Worries

Lee: "Forget it. This is frakking pointless."

This episode was sort of a drunken ramble about marriage and prison being a whole lot alike; i.e., full of lies and the loss of freedom. And I suppose there was some redemption in there, too.

Battlestar Galactica: Rapture

Tigh: "You've seen one nova, you've seen them all."

The nova itself was the Eye of Jupiter. It was a marker intended to point the way to Earth, 13,000 light years away. I think. I'm mildly confused about that part.

Battlestar Galactica: The Eye of Jupiter

Lee: "This is insane, you know."
Starbuck: "Just how I like it."

An explosive cliffhanger. With nukes, and everything.

Battlestar Galactica: The Passage

"Cylons, humans. We're all just trying to discover who we are."

How do they keep doing this?

Battlestar Galactica: Unfinished Business

Anders: "Looks like they're trying to kill each other."
Dualla: "That's one perspective."

This episode was like extreme wish fulfillment. For me, anyway.

Battlestar Galactica: Hero

Tigh: "Sometimes surviving can be its own death sentence."

This episode was unsatisfying. It sort of meandered around three subplots, and didn't resolve a whole heck of a lot.

Battlestar Galactica: A Measure of Salvation

Helo: "I'm talking about right and wrong. I'm talking about losing a piece of our souls."

Again with the big, tough, thought-provoking questions. I was drowsy when this episode came on. The subject matter shocked me awake.

Battlestar Galactica: Torn

Gaius: "I have very conflicted, very ambiguous feelings about helping you find Earth."

Do we have genocidal table turning? Will the humans take advantage of whatever caused that mysterious illness to wipe out the Cylons? Where did the illness come from? The thirteenth tribe?

Battlestar Galactica: Collaborators

Roslin: "Everyone by law is entitled to a trial with representation. Everyone. It is not an option to be discarded at the president's whim."

Is there any uncomfortable current event or extreme moral issue that this series is afraid to tackle?

Battlestar Galactica: Exodus, Part 2

Adama: "Then, that's it. It's been an honor."

Battlestar Galactica is often emotional for me, but it rarely packs a wallop this strong. I knew Lee would turn around and come for them; how could he not, when the stakes were that high? His decision to buck his father's authority saved thousands of lives, as well as the Galactica.

Battlestar Galactica: Exodus, Part 1

Sharon: "Adama wouldn't lie to me."

During this entire episode, I kept thinking someone in the cast would die. I was actually pretty surprised that we got to the end with everyone still alive.

Battlestar Galactica: Precipice

Cavil: "They're worried about what God might think if they commit murder. They're covering their existential asses."

Adama sending Sharon Agathon as his undercover mission leader was a gutsy move, and one that the Cylons would never expect. Sharon Agathon was ready to betray her race... it seemed. Of course, all that could change when Sharon discovers that Adama faked her baby's death. And I'm sure she'll discover it eventually.

Battlestar Galactica: Occupation

Starbuck: "You're insane."
Leoben: "To know the face of God is to know madness."

I'm so pleased that they decided to go for a lighter, comedic touch this season.

Battlestar Galactica: Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2

"So. Take me to your leader."

During the election scenes, I kept thinking, yeah, go ahead. Elect Gaius Baltar president and settle on Planet Perfect, and you'll be sorry. I just never expected them to actually do it.

Battlestar Galactica: Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 1

Sharon Two: "Something dark is coming, Helo. I can feel it."

Hey, I'd listen to her. She'd know.

Battlestar Galactica: Downloaded

Caprica Six: "We're dangerous, Sharon and I. We're celebrities in a culture based on unity."

Until now, I didn't believe Six truly loved Gaius. But she really, really does. Her first words when she was reincarnated were about him. Caprica Six and Sharon One have been changed by their love for Gaius and Tyrol and the people on Galactica. Whoever thought Six and Sharon would bond over their experiences with humans?

Battlestar Galactica: The Captain's Hand

Starbuck: "Barely competent and paranoid. There's a hell of a combination."

So much for Pegasus commander number three.

Battlestar Galactica: Sacrifice

Tigh: "What if they're right? What if Sharon has been playing us all, plotting our destruction with every passing day?"

Good question.

Battlestar Galactica: Scar

Lee: "Bright, shiny futures are overrated, anyway."

Any episode that features Starbuck is a Good Thing.

Battlestar Galactica: Black Market

Zarek: "Did you really expect some utopian fantasy to rise from the ashes?"

This may be my least favorite episode of the series. So far, anyway.

Battlestar Galactica: Epiphanies

Roslin: "Causes are only lost when we give up."

Forced abortion, pseudo stem cell research, suicide bombers for peace? This episode explored some truly controversial topical issues in, of course, a science-fiction-y type way. The content actually made me somewhat uncomfortable. Maybe it was the great big needles.

Battlestar Galactica: Resurrection Ship, Part 2

Admiral Cain: "Frak you."
Number Six: "You're not my type."

Adama is such a good man that I expected him to have second thoughts about killing Cain. But Cain coming to the same conclusion was a real surprise.

Battlestar Galactica: Resurrection Ship, Part 1

Roslin: "I'm afraid this can only end one way. You've got to kill her."

This episode was gasp out loud good. I swear, I'm starting to run out of superlatives for describing this show.

Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus

Gaius: "Simply put, Admiral, you have already used the stick. It's time to use a carrot."

In one episode, we went from group hugs and the joy of finding another battlestar, to a possible shooting war. And we got another killer cliffhanger.

Battlestar Galactica: The Flight of the Phoenix

Sharon: "Sometimes you gotta roll the hard six. Right, Commander?"

Tired, discouraged and grieving, the crew really needed a miracle – and Chief Tyrol gave it to them. Yes, creating a stealth viper from scratch is far-fetched, but dramatically sound. I loved it.

Battlestar Galactica: Final Cut

"Is this a social call, or are we on the verge of another coup?"

I thought this was a jaw-dropper. And I'm not just talking about Jamie Bamber in a towel.

Battlestar Galactica: Home, Part 2

Laura: "I think that was the lobby."

There was a lot to like about this one. I particularly enjoyed the Adama/Roslin summit, Number Six goosing Gaius while he was having a bran scan, and the way we could tell absolutely nothing about what Sharon would do at any given moment.

Battlestar Galactica: Home, Part 1

Lee: "It's great to see you again, Kara. Thanks for bringing in the trash."

Last week, Nazi doctors. This week, human sacrifice.

Battlestar Galactica: The Farm

Adama: "She can hide, but she can't run."

This one was disturbing, in a Nazi experiments sort of way. I was right about the Cylons needing humans to reproduce (okay, the hints were pretty overwhelming) and this is violation on a fundamental level, reducing people to things. Which is pretty much the way the humans are treating Sharon, come to think of it.

Battlestar Galactica: Resistance

Lee: "And this is the honeymoon period. What's a dictator to do?"

Battlestar Galactica: Fragged

Cally: "I just joined to pay for dental school."

Things continued on their downward spiral. There was an interesting parallel here, with Crashdown completely screwing things up on Kobol while Tigh continued to completely screw things up on Galactica.

Battlestar Galactica: Valley of Darkness

Lee: "Marines, let's go toaster shopping."

So there they were, on a ship in space, in the dark, with monsters. I actually had a memorable nightmare like this a few years ago. (Yeah, I know, the plot of Alien.) When the lights went out, I couldn't help laughing. What more could go wrong?

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered

Starbuck: "Bitch took my ride."

Wonderful, dark, bloody premiere.