This series doesn’t have a lot of them, but this was a classic filler episode. It revolved around Helo, a supporting character, and didn’t advance any of the main storylines at all. Athena was only there as a sounding board for her husband and Tigh, Adama and Dr. Cottle served basically the same purpose. I thought it was a little out of character for Adama to come down so hard on Helo, but his apology at the end of the episode was rather poignant, a credit to Edward James Olmos’ acting skills.
We did get a short scene between Athena and Number Six, and it’s interesting to see – in times of trouble – that Baltar appears to her just as she appears to him. The two are certainly intertwined, but we didn’t learn anything about why they are so connected. The fact that she also has visions indicates that Baltar may not be crazy, which is what we were led to believe for most of the first three seasons.
In the brief scene in the bar, Lee and Dee’s kiss garnered a jealous look from Starbuck, which probably means that storyline is far from over. We also met two new (?) characters, Marge and Connor, who provided absolutely nothing to the episode’s storyline.
Other than that, there was a virus spreading amongst the civilians (zzzzz) and it turned out that Doctor Robert (not from the Beatles song) was killing all the Saggitarions.
Of all the episodes this season, this was the most useless. Let’s hope the show gets back on track next week.
