Between last week’s plunge into space and this week’s labor episode, the Chief is getting a ton of face time. He feels compelled to fight for the little guy and he definitely had a “Norma Rae” moment when he shut down the line. At the time, I was a little confused as to why he decided to go on strike. He had already convinced the powers that be that there should be a lottery to rotate workers in, and one of those new workers was just seriously injured. That’s not exactly the most solid ground to stand on. “You implemented one of my ideas and it backfired. Want to hear some more?”
Speaking of the injury – that scene with Danny under the belt was cringe inducing. It was so obvious he was going to get hurt.
Meanwhile, Baltar is writing his memoir in his cell. The fact that he’s supposed to be from one of the “worker” colonies really came out of left field. Have we seen anything in his character that would reflect a tough, hard-nosed upbringing? Just the opposite – he’s been a sniveling, whiny brat. Even though I enjoyed James Callis’ acting as he went from one dialect to another, proving his heritage, I can’t help but think that the revelation is totally whack.
Lastly, we met a guy named Figurski this week. After three seasons of sci-fi sounding names (Adama, Tyrol, Thrace, Baltar, Agathon, Dualla, etc.), suddenly there’s a Polish guy on Galactica?
This was the third episode in a row where the main storyline wasn’t even touched on. So far, I’m not that impressed with the 2007 content. There are only four episodes left this season, so they better get a move on.
