Friday's BSG

"Six of One"

Survivor Count: 39,676

After a merely "good" Season 4 premiere, I'm happy to report that many problems were resolved, and that the show veers away from the "silly" direction it was going in. Explanation of Anders being scanned by the Raider? Check. Season conflict established with the cylons? Check. Roslin being badass, Adama coming to his senses, and Baltar getting cylon-ass? Check, check and check.

Last episode ended with Starbuck pointing a gun at President Roslin and telling her she was going the wrong way. This one begins with Starbuck handing the gun to Roslin and saying, "If you think I'm a cylon, shoot me."

Roslin shoots, proving she is the most bad ass President possible. If she was running in the primary, I might be forced to switch my vote to her.

While the human drama in the episode is ratcheted up from last week, the cylons really get the meat of the episode, with a civil war a-brewin' between the factions. Let's just say that when rules are broken, a faction of Toasters decides it's time to play by their own rules. 

This may or may not include giving the Centurions rational thought.

Whoops. Better be on the side of the machines with arms made of guns than against. Brother Cavil learns this the hard way.

I love Tigh, in a secret meeting of four of the final five, telling Tory that, while they need to get information from Baltar about who the final cylon could be, she does not need to "get on [her] back for him." 

"Gee," she replies, "Thanks." 

All in all, a great episode that leads me to believe that maybe, just maybe, BSG can remain consistently awesome in its final season.

If you haven't started watching, it's time to. Netflix it, or buy the mini-series here, season one here, season 2 here & here, and season three here.