It took all but 6 episodes to get season 3 underway. Episode 4, Exodus part II was the Big Reset, where the rag tag fleet was brought back together after the assault on New Caprica to liberate the colonists from Cylon occupation; giving us a glimpse of hope following the disastrous season 3, 2 hour bore-fest-opener. Don’t get me wrong, I think Battlestar Galactica is the greatest TV series of all time all genres mixed together but the season 3 opener was a bust, many die hard fans also agree.
Episode 5, Collaborators, in which The Circle, a special Star Chamber-like court doles out punishment to those who collaborated with the Cylon invaders served as the Boot Sequence. The secret court was ordered by then Interim President Tom Zarek who in the same episode realizes he’s not the man to be president and promises Laura Roslin the presidency. Things seem to be falling back into place, but it isn’t the same image as before.
In episode 6, Battlestar Galactica is booted up, scripts have been run and the previously good version has been restored. Too many computer analogies? Just how good is it? Is it back to the greatness is once was? Is it still the best TV show of all time? Well, Apollo has dropped some serious poundage and he’s back where he should be, in the cockpit. We even gleam at his markings on his viper, Maj. Lee Adama, not Commander. He’s giving Starbuck a load of crap for being careless and grounds her.
Gaius Baltar is back in self-preservation mode; selling out his species in exchange he remains in the good graces of his Cylon hosts. Colonel Tigh has jumped off the wagon – yes jumped, no falling - and is back on the bottle like a madman. Boomer is back in the gang; the gang even finds her a new call sign after she claims Boomer was another person. We hear a load of toaster flavored call signs being suggested but all said in a friendly tone. But they settle on Athena, Greek goddesses of war. But we all know Grace Park is a Goddess, period.
So let’s run down the list. Starbuck is in trouble with the CAG, Apollo. Check. Tigh is pacifying himself with alcohol. Check. Baltar is a sniveling paranoid megalomaniac doing everything he can to remain alive. Check. Sharon is back in the fold and hot. Check. Adama is still commanding. Check. Starbuck and Tigh are getting drunk together and having a good time, taking down the morale of everyone else and agreeing with each other. Che… Woe! Wait. What?
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