Like one of the other reviewers said, this episode lives up to the legend and is back on track. We're not on some damned little planet again throwing the basic theme for the pigs: searching for Earth, the last place where humans can survive, nevermind all the other convenient-fodder-for-the-individual- episodes colonies then.
Lloyd Bridges gives an impressive performance as the legendary Commander Caine. And you can't help sitting there with a big fat smile at the end as old Baltar finds he's bitten off way more than he thought. Wonderful performances. Hello to Sheba (Anne Lockhart) and glad to see you are still with us, Maren Jensen, as the elusive scarcely-seen Athena. Hey, that girl, she sure didn't work hard for her paycheck. Flight Lieutenant Jolly has a bigger part than she does. Hell, that robot daggit thing has a bigger part than she does.
Unfortunately, Anne Lockhart clearly doesn't fill the void left by Jane Seymour. That's immediately obvious.
It is the first episode since the pilot that evokes that feeling of pride once more. All the others bar the two other double episodes were about making use of old Universal movie sets, Westerns and Medieval whatever, and they were quite dumb in places, and as way, way off target as Baltar's grand schemes. But this one, it makes you cheer again, for the colonies and for the Galactica and for the show!
Lloyd Bridges gives an impressive performance as the legendary Commander Caine. And you can't help sitting there with a big fat smile at the end as old Baltar finds he's bitten off way more than he thought. Wonderful performances. Hello to Sheba (Anne Lockhart) and glad to see you are still with us, Maren Jensen, as the elusive scarcely-seen Athena. Hey, that girl, she sure didn't work hard for her paycheck. Flight Lieutenant Jolly has a bigger part than she does. Hell, that robot daggit thing has a bigger part than she does.
Unfortunately, Anne Lockhart clearly doesn't fill the void left by Jane Seymour. That's immediately obvious.
It is the first episode since the pilot that evokes that feeling of pride once more. All the others bar the two other double episodes were about making use of old Universal movie sets, Westerns and Medieval whatever, and they were quite dumb in places, and as way, way off target as Baltar's grand schemes. But this one, it makes you cheer again, for the colonies and for the Galactica and for the show!