Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Nature Girl
By Jacob Clifton | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.12.2006
Roslin sparkles at Zarek: "Indeed. We've had three full-dress rehearsals under the guise of fire and natural disaster drills." I love the "full dress" there, like they were wearing crazy beards and can-can dresses and whatever. Mathias notes how it's going to be totally different when "the balloon goes up" (no idea), what with all the explosions, shooting, chaos, panic and total death happening everywhere. Roslin's equanimity is still unmatched: "They'll do fine. These people know that at some point, they're gonna be responsible for saving themselves. All we need to do is be ready and hope for the best." Roslin's equanimity is matched only by her redundant thoroughness: "What about Maya and Isis?" she whispers to Anders. He very nearly points his thumb back over his shoulder at the last scene, where they discussed it not five minutes ago, but he drops the 'tude because she's a lady. "I'm on it. I've got my two best shooters here. They're gonna be their escorts and make sure they get back to the ship." Roslin's inability to get out of conversational culs-de-sac is matched only by that of her buddy Lee Adama: "Gentlemen, I can't tell you why, but it is imperative that this woman and her child get off this planet. I trust you because I trust him." Is she back on the chamalla? Does she know she just had the same exact conversation three times with the exact same people in less time than it takes to smoke a Virginia Slims Ultra-Light 100? If you should ever wish to do so?
Ellen runs up yelling, with her arms behind her back, so I guess that concludes the briefing. Anders levels a very serious voice at Tigh: "We need to talk." Tigh stares and wonders what the hell she's done now. Poor guy.
Sharon walks through the city, and as has happened every other time they've ever let the poor woman out of her cage in the last WHATEVER, people immediately appear out of nowhere and start throwing shit at her and calling her a toaster. Which sucks, and did you know I really like her? But also: Galactica's all but abandoned. It's been -- far as we know -- basically just her, and Helo, and Adama for the last year and a half or so. After all that was done to her -- Pegasus and the abortion betrayal and losing Hera -- she got a year and a half with the two men that love her most. Alone, to heal. And now she's back among people again, and they're reminding her as hard as they can what it was like. It's not rage, it's sadness and shame. Remember how you never had the Sharon program in you, and how you were created to love? Your entire purpose was just to love, and be loved in return? And how they got ahold of you, and twisted that all the way around? Remember why the cage was easier? At least then it was just your own hate, and not everybody else's.