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Battlestar Galactica - The Son Also Rises
I have a good feeling about this week.&nbsp; No I don’t.&nbsp; But I am trying to convince myself that I do.&nbsp; :)
TiVo synopsis: &#8220;Sabotage dissension and unlikely alliances cause complication as the fleet awaits the trial of Gaius Baltar.&#8221;  So, Battlestar 90210 then?&nbsp; Got it.&nbsp; Moving on.
- The recap, of course, is about Baltar, the book, Zarek’s warnings about the trial, Lee becoming a lawyer and Starbuck’s apparent...suicide?&nbsp; Reclamation by the Cylons?&nbsp; Whatever.
- Open on the Old Man reading Starbuck’s file.&nbsp; Cut to a lottery drawing where the captain of The Gideon’s name was drawn - cut back to Adama reading page after page of Kara’s disciplinary warnings.&nbsp; Cut to the President drawing one last name, and it is&#8230; Cut to  Adama again.&nbsp; Kara snuck something into her own file.&nbsp; A hand-made card that read &#8220;You were always like a father to me&#8221; and a photo inside that showed her with a handlebar mustache drawn on.&nbsp; Aww&#8230;
- Anders is not dealing with Kara’s &#8220;death&#8221; very well.&nbsp; He’s drunk on the flight deck.&nbsp; Lee gets interrupted putting Starbuck’s photo on the memorial wall...he comes to try to help Anders.&nbsp; &#8220;I think I fell.&#8221;  Yeah, off the top of a Viper, ya drunk Irish-wakin’ bastard.&nbsp; :)  Hey, Anders could be Irish.
- Adama was the last name picked.&nbsp; Hey, there’s a surprise.
- Getting ready to fly Baltar’s lawyer back to his ship, and someone rigged the Raptor to kill the lawyer but not the pilot.&nbsp; Here’s the thing - that would take an intimate knowledge of explosives AND the design of a Raptor.&nbsp; Sounds like a deck crew member to me.&nbsp; Or a Raptor jockey.&nbsp; Or both.&nbsp; Credits.
- 41,399.&nbsp; We lost Starbuck since last count.&nbsp; Well, and now the lawyer.&nbsp; One dead lawyer is a good start! (sorry jo-jo!) ;)
- Colonial One - press conference about the assassination.&nbsp; OK, that is definitely a little current-day political dig.&nbsp; &#8220;As long as I am president this administration will not allow terrorism to alter the framework of our legal system.&#8221;  Unlike those evil Republicans and their demon leader George W. Nazi!&nbsp; 
- Galactica - Pilot;s ready room, Lee CAGing it up and making some basic errors.&nbsp; Then, when Racetrack cracks a joke Lee yells &#8220;Hey, you got lucky Starbuck...&#8221;  Ouch.
- Colonial One - We get to meet some dude who wants to defend Baltar.&nbsp; He was a public defender back on Caprica.&nbsp; He’s EXTREMELY sleazy looking and carries a cat.&nbsp; I’m not sure why, or if it’s just one of those things that writers throw in trying to make a character more interesting and edgy since he stated how he hates the cat but it was his wife’s.&nbsp; With this guy it’s totally unnecessary, as his accent and sleazy demeanor automatically make you pay attention.&nbsp; Of course maybe the cat means something later...or the cat is a frigging cylon.&nbsp; Lately I wouldmn’t put it past these writers.
- Galactica - Old Man assigns Lee to security for Sleazebag McCatHater.&nbsp; Lee knows it’s about getting him out of the air, and Helo is taking the job of CAG.&nbsp; Lee’s pissed.&nbsp; Adama is right though.
- Lawyer wants to meet with Baltar, and he’s suspicious that all the usual rooms are bugged.&nbsp; Turns out Lawyer McAccenty was taught by Joseph Adama.&nbsp; Yoinks.
- Cut to someone building a bomb.&nbsp; Donna says that’s a woman’s hand.&nbsp; Could be.&nbsp; Could also just be a small dude.&nbsp; Commercial.
- Jesus Baltar gets led up the hill to Gethsemane to meet with his lawyer.&nbsp; All Baltar can think about is writing more.&nbsp; The lawyer seems to like the idea.&nbsp; Gaius wants Lawyerman to meet with Six.&nbsp; After the meeting, Lawyer pokes at Lee to get him to fly Lawyerman to Colonial One.
- On the flight deck, we find someone preventing Lee from boarding the Raptor - on the surface it looks like Adama’s orders being carried out, that Lee is to stay aboard Galactica, but then we see the bomb.&nbsp; Athena is driving the Raptor...so, either this is going to kill someone and not her, or someone planted it and doesn’t care if it kills a Marine or two and Athena, since she;s a toaster anyway.&nbsp; Tyrol looks...complicit.&nbsp; Maybe the little chick fingers building the bomb were Cally’s?&nbsp; This could be a huge conspiracy.
Then the cat runs away and everyone starts climbing under the Raptor and Chief finds the bomb.
- Adama is tearing Lee a new ass.&nbsp; He’s right - the evil Lawyer was leading Lee around by the nose, and Lee screwed up by not checking the ship.&nbsp; Then they start arguing over who lost more when Starbuck &#8220;died.&#8221;
- During the break the question of the week is &#8220;Why has Romo Lampkin taken Baltar’s case?&#8221;  The answer is obviously C, his true motives have yet to be revealed.&nbsp; More importantly however, is what moron thought up the name &#8220;Romo Lampkin&#8221; and why have they not actually told us the frackin jagoff’s name in the actual program yet?
- Back from break and Chief clearly isn’t behind it.&nbsp; The deck crew is arguing and Cally throws a few insults at Sharon/Athena.&nbsp; Oh sure, when something goes wrong always blame the fracking Cylon, how convenient!&nbsp; ;)
- Lee’s trying to help Rupert Pupkin or whatever his stupid name is...teaching him how to be secure.&nbsp; Pumpkin doesn’t seem to care.&nbsp; Probably because he’s also a Cylon.&nbsp; EVERYONE IS A FRIGGING CYLON.&nbsp; Maybe that’s the big mystery of the show - there are a lot more than 12 models, and like, only four humans actually survived.&nbsp; Everyone is a frigging Cylon.
- I hate that Baltar’s cell is just spray-painted pegboard.&nbsp; It looks ridiculous, and most things on this show are not that cheesy.
- Umm...Baltar is missing his pen.&nbsp; The President is missing her glasses.&nbsp; What’s going on?&nbsp; Spells?&nbsp; DNA testing?&nbsp; Miniature bombs?&nbsp; The cat;s a klepto?&nbsp; Anyway, Lee is now starting to act as defense advocate...which sucks, but he kind of has to do in the interest of fair play.&nbsp; If they’re not going toss Gaius out an airlock, they have to give him every benefit afforded a defendant under whatever law they’re running with.
- Why does the lawyer always wear sunglasses indoors?&nbsp; Anyway he’s interviewing Six.&nbsp; Damn she’s hot.&nbsp; Pumpkin is prattling on about a woman he loved, and he sounds like he’s saying exactly what Six needs to hear and not really speaking the truth.&nbsp; Holy crap he took off his sunglasses.&nbsp; Calculated.&nbsp; He gives Six Gaius’ pen.&nbsp; OK...he’s convincing Six that Gaius is far, far more devoted to her than he really is.&nbsp; Seems like an obvious ploy.&nbsp; She gives the pen back.
Then Lawyerman explains that she’s alive at the whim of Adama and Roslin...and informs her that he wouldn’t help her for ten times the money he’s getting for Baltar.
Lawyer: &#8220;Now tell me, does your love hurt as much as mine?
Six: &#8220;Yes&#8221;
Roslin: &#8220;I feel like part of our world just fell down.&#8221;
Then the Old man grabs at his stomach where he was shot and seems to check for blood.&nbsp; I gotta admit I don’t get this sequence.&nbsp; It really doesn’t matter what Six says.&nbsp; This whole trial is basically a dog and pony show.&nbsp; Of course this being the year that Battlestar Galactica does actually get preachy and, let’s face it, left wing and overly liberal, Gaius Baltar will go free and it will be Adama that casts the deciding vote.&nbsp; Because following the rules is more important that actually prosecuting a criminal.
- Lee is going to have to break his &#8220;confidentiality&#8221; agreements - the lawyer is playing dirty and he plans to tell the world that Gaius was &#8220;silenced.&#8221;  Lee’s not going to keep that quiet.&nbsp; They’re chatting amicably over drinks about how Lee’s grandfather defended the worts of the worst.
Rico Pumpkin isn’t a lawyer - he was a client of Joseph Adama’s.&nbsp; I bet he falsified his past.&nbsp; Pumpkin also tells Lee the story about his lost love is true.
- In the hall, a Marine saves Pumpkin’s life - someone rigged the door to the head.&nbsp; That could kill the first person who had to cop a squat.&nbsp; This is clearly going too far, as though the last big bomb wasn’t.
- Donna made a good point - this episode is a lot more subtle than the last 6 or 8 have been.&nbsp; It’s filled with tension which is nice.
- Back from break - Lee found Roslin’s glasses in the lawyer’s bag, as well as a button from Adama’s uniform.&nbsp; It’s tarnished.&nbsp; Ham-fisted writing!&nbsp; So that’s why Adama grabbed at his belly - he felt the missing button.&nbsp; DAMN.&nbsp; It was way cooler when i thought he was reaching for an imaginary wound.&nbsp; He seems to have stolen something from everyone involved.&nbsp; He’s a complete klepto.&nbsp; He’s trying to come off as deep and meaningful by reading about people from their things, but I don’t buy it.&nbsp; I think it’s just that he’s a thief and this is how he justifies to himself.&nbsp; See, no need for the cat - this makes him more interesting.&nbsp; The cat was totally superfluous.
- Then Lee finds what I think is a detonator?&nbsp; The Lawyer says he stole it from Kelly.&nbsp; Kelly admits it.&nbsp; He says that he will keep trying to kill Baltar’s lawyers unless they lock him up.
- Somehow this leads to the Old Man re-instating Lee as CAG.&nbsp; 1. Did I miss a frigging edit somewhere?&nbsp; Was there a scene that demonstrated Lee is back to 100% mental acuity required for combat flying?&nbsp; 2. Was accidentally finding the detonator and having that lead to finding the saboteur really proof that he’s over Starbuck?&nbsp; That is really jarring...it feels like a scene is missing.&nbsp; Lee wants to stay on as defense assistant.&nbsp; Bill wants Lee to resume flying because, as Lee seems to have guessed - Bill thinks Lee is getting a bit too much like Grandpa Joe and defending scum, and of course facing off against the Old Man again.&nbsp; And that’s that...Lee gets his wish and Helo stays on as CAG.&nbsp; I actually like that idea because i want to see Helo do that job.&nbsp; I hope we get to actually see him in that role.
- Anders and Lee meet at the memorial wall.&nbsp; They seem to have bonded somewhat over Kara’s death...I suppose that’s to be expected.
- Gaius is going slightly mad.&nbsp; It’s mostly rabid paranoia, which seems like a perfectly reasonable reaction to being watched and recorded every minute of every day and also knowing you are the most hated human being alive.&nbsp; Lee left him the pen, and the lawyer wrote a note that said &#8220;There’s no greater ally, no force more powerful, no enemy more resolved than a son who chooses to step from his father’s shadow.&#8221;  So we’re going with Adama versus Adama again.&nbsp; As if we haven’t seen it before.&nbsp; As if we didn’t see Lee get as much respect as Bill Adama knows how to give another human when he named Lee commander of the Pegasus.&nbsp; As if they didn’t just do the whole thing with Lee and Bill and Mom.&nbsp; Nope...we get to do it all over again.
Why should we tell a new story when we can keep going back to the well?&nbsp; I know it’ll be awesomely performed by Bamber and Olmos.&nbsp; I’m sure that the show will end this season with a bang.&nbsp; However, at this moment, the whole thing is leaving a bit of a sour taste in my mouth, which sucks because this was a pretty good episode.
I guess I’m just tired of this endless circular argument the two of them always have.&nbsp; This had better end with some kind of resolution, like Lee is actually a Cylon or some shit.
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