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This is not a spoiler-y post, but I expect spoiler-y comments to it.

After catching the new Battlestar Galactica tonight twice, I think Starbuck owes Apollo an apology. I don't think he'll get one. But, basically, she's just not a very good friend to him, which is funny because he's the needy/whiny one. Also, isn't it funny how the last episode that was geared towards making Apollo seem sympathetic failed utterly to do so, but this one made me feel bad for him and it was about Starbuck's drama?

And Torie put her finger on it just right--the last two eps haven't forwarded an old plot or set up a new one with old ones woven in. It's a bit sad because the character flaws we love in all our characters (and their strengths) are best told through their actions, not their flashback pity-parties (show, don't tell, s'il vous plait). I officially declare the "[blank] hours earlier" convention to be super lame, too. It just gives the writers fifteen minutes of story less to write because they can show five-ten minutes of the 'now' time in the beginning of an episode then jump back, then show clippy bits of the present we've already seen. It's lazy, and I guess I just got spoiled by all the good stuff that has come before...

Some BSG for you?

Season 2 spoilers = *

**Blind, Deaf and Dumb by alocalband : Billy-centered, fantastic insight into the character who is unfairly oversimplified because his position is subtle (and thus less dramatically focus-able, if I may use the word)

**I Saw You Once, Medusa by queenofthorns: Admiral Cain as the only sane person in a universe gone crazy. It makes sense if you realize that, to her, this is exactly the way things are.

buzzkill by bantha_fodder: Before last night's ep, the fact that Kat is in this wouldn't have bothered me at all. However, it's a testament to how fun this little story is that I like despite it being a Hotdog/Kat. Have I mentioned how much I love Hotdog? (season 1)

All Feelings But This One by stars_like_dust: Starbuck, Apollo, and Zac, oh my. It's not mushy, though it is fluffy. There's some great viper flying/sim scenes in part 1...I'm going off to part two now...

**The Prophet's Healer by koalathebear: Doc Cottle! If you don't love him, you have no heart. It's a tad melodramtic, but still pretty good.


And that's just this morning! More to come for you hard-core BSGer's, promise!