"Battlestar Galactica" Islanded in a Stream of Stars (TV Episode 2009) Poster

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8/10
Galactica is dying
Tweekums17 February 2012
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After Boomer's escape Galactica is further damaged and it is only a matter of time before the ship is lost; the crew struggle to keep her going but after a hull failure many of the repair team; both human and Cylon are lost. The civilians aren't happy at the prospect of relying on the Cylon base star for protection but they are also keen to get their hands on Galactica's equipment once she is finally decommissioned. Starbuck is concerned about who or what she is so approaches Baltar and asks him to check the blood on the dog tags she found on her viper on Earth little expecting that he will announce the results to the fleet; proclaiming that she is an angel! She is also concerned about Anders who has started to act like a Cylon Hybrid. Boomer meanwhile is jumping back to the Cylon Colony with Hera; she is fed up of Hera's moaning and is about to tranquilise her when she learns that Hera can share her projections just like full Cylons.

This was a decent episode with several interwoven story lines; all setting things up for the fast approaching series conclusion. Things are looking bad for all involved; Galactica is rapidly falling apart and Hera is in the hands of Cavil. Once again the most notable actor was Grace Park; her portrayal of Boomer and a dying Eight was excellent. That is not to say other actors didn't do a fine job too; I particularly liked the scene where Katie Sackhoff and Jamie Callis, Starbuck and Baltar have a conversation in the lavatory!
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3/10
Set up for end of the Season....
diurnal111 March 2009
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The president is having visions of the opera house again. Her cancer is progressing to a state where she is losing her mind. Cara Thrace is trying to tap into Landers mind for more information about who she is. Helio tries to take a suicide mission to the cyclon base camp because he doesn't care anymore about his life. He doesn't care because his wife is dead.

The head cyclon(Helen) tries to convince Ty to send the fleet to the cyclon base. She says that he should try to keep the cyclons race going, but he refuses because he thinks Galactica is his real home.

The six model rejects Baltars moves on her because she has changed unlike him.

Kara Thace gets baltar to test her dog tags to see what she really is. Baltar finds out that she is a resurrected human, however considering it is baltar he could be deceiving her and the crew for some ulterior motive.

Baltar's is getting stronger, his mysticism is appealing to the hopelessness of the crew of Galactica. Adama is not liking baltar sermons because he does not want false hope sweeping through the fleet.

Hera can project like cyclons, this surprises boomer and it makes her more appealing to boomer. Boomer gives Hera over to Cavil(-aka quantum leap dude) and who knows what he will do to her.

Finally, Adama is going to abandon the ship due to the bad conditions of the Galactica.
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3/10
The end of a great series started here Warning: Spoilers
Horrificly bad taste to make this kind of "intermission"-episode just spewing out meaningless pile of pseudo-philosophical dung after another. Especially after such a powerful start of the season. I don't think the writers of the last season of Lost could have done this worse and destroy the epic setup for the whole series.

Nothing new to the bored overpayed writers and producers walking on to new projects before finishing the ongoing one.

I guess the only good thing in this episode - finishing off the whole saga with at just as bad concluding episodes - would be Kara at the piano and the lighting.

The series should have ended as Kara played the piano the first time with her dad and then let the rest be up for personal imagination.

Not to mention the complete fall of character of the almighty Adama, becoming as selfishly inconsiderate to other's feelings as the horrific president always was.
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