Season 4: Faith - 5/9/08

[Shane]

• Preview Strem at 12pm
• Airs at 10pm EST on SciFi

[redwards95]

I wonder if there is any significance to some 6s (Gina, Natalie) having brown hair and others having blond hair (Caprica).

[ThPrime]

Sci Fi's banner advertised a single showing at noon, but the ten minute sneak peek runs hourly today 9AM-4PM EDT. It runs 8 minutes! Minus the ads, long recap and opening titles, more like a four minute sneak peek. Ah well.

Bloodstopper! Lieutenant Costanza, set the countdown timer for 12 hours 40 minutes.

[Shane]

Well.... another good episode. More after I sleep on it so I can gather my thoughts.

[TPL2008]

A very good episode, the right mix of action/drama/question raising.

[Spencerian]

Very revealing episode. The lack of resurrection makes allies of them all. And now we have a critical clue about the Five. Wowee.

[Mishakal]

Great episode! At first this season was "nothings happening.... nothings happening.... and then... BAM!!!" Everyone is shooting everyone else and it's great!

[afleaah]

ive been waitin so long for sumthing this excitin to happen....
it was so good
almost perfect...
i got a little scared commin to the end
when i hadnt yet seen the big dog adama ...
said to myself...you ppl cant leave him out for 2 entire eps....
but then he appeared...
and i was satisfied...

[TheKid965]

As I type this comment, there are ten votes recorded, including mine. All have been "Very good."

I think that says it all...

[Hermes]

What a great ep. Powerful and moving. Also, did anyone notice wording in the Rapture? "Caution: Shut down engines before flushing." And Baltar quoting Shakespere "the undiscovered country". Then again maybe that was a salute to Trek. Oh, and speaking of Trek it was great to see Nana Visitor.

[ThPrime]

Strong well written, well rounded episode. Continuing great performances. The plot actually moved. Great visual effects. An embarassment of riches in hybrid babble. The lines between "human" and "cylon" are drawn ever closer in a compelling, believable way. Bonus: our heroes can finally disembark from the poop barge.

Ship of Lights? PSYCH! GOTCHA! This is not your father's Battlestar.

Oh the screams of disappointment.

Deleted scenes or no last episode, something is definitely up with Athena. Clearly, she has a lot on her mind with her identity and the way forward. Anyone else get the vibe that if things stopped right here, and many centuries should pass, her memory would be idolized by the naive eights as Lord Athena, a god. Many begat one begat many begat one... All this has happened before.

[OldManRivers]

One of the best BSG episodes. Definitely in my top 5.

[TheKid965]

I concur. "Faith" is well-named, as it's done a lot to restore my faith in this show, which was actually lost completely about a third of the way through S3. This season's been slowly drawing me back into the fold, and with this episode, I think it's back to stay.

Well-played on every level. Loved Nana Visitor and her interaction with Laura (who seemingly worked her way back into my "good" books for the time being). The Basestar stuff only annoyed me because it seemed to fly by so fast, but it was tremendous stuff.

The Final Five are from Earth? That certainly casts a different light on the subject... wonder how this will play out, particularly with Tyrol and Tory.

[CAW]

Originally Posted by TheKid965

The Final Five are from Earth? That certainly casts a different light on the subject... wonder how this will play out, particularly with Tyrol and Tory.

well, now, here's the thing: the hybrid said something more like "from the house of the 13th tribe," which to me implies maybe a closer relation to Earth ("Watchtower," anyone?), but nothing so weird as them being actually from Earth.

And it was indeed awesome to see Nana Visitor, although it took me until her second-to-last scene to realize it was her. That's not the worst of it, though: I was watching DS9 just before I turned on the TV for Battlestar. Oh man. Back on topic: she was great, and watching her and Mary McDonnell act together was amazing. I realized as I watched it that I was really shaken to see Roslin fall apart. That is some good acting.

[The Pact]

These last two episodes have really set a new standard for BSG. I havent felt this way about the show since back in season 2. Great episode, cant wait until next week!