That didn't really answer any of my questions

BSG. Last night. What the frak?

I fully confess I was a flagon past tipsy watching it, which was great because Ms. Beans and fiance were there with me. (Probably less fun for the always more responsible feiran.) But not so great for understanding the story, akshully. I can has rewatch?

No, you know what bothered me? Is that it was an exposition dump. It was 60% exposition dump. That may even be a conservative estimate. And the sort of things they got into didn't have to be told that way, which is annoying plus infinity. They just left it too late. That's my entire beef with this season--why are we only getting into this now? Stupid third season was a waste of space, and now the stuff that's interesting gets two minutes (if we're lucky) to come out in the most tell-y way imaginable? Frak.

( Spoilers in the style of someone who may not have gotten it. )

More bitching to come, for sure, when (if?) I watch again. John Hodgman though? Terribly cute, don't get me wrong. (He's why those stupid Mac ads fail because the PC is just too freakin' adorable and the Mac guy is a smarmy asshole.) Just...jarring to see here. He's just not that great an actor, and his crazy enthusiasm, while character-appropriate, was just out of place.

Thing! And another thing!

I think the "no really wtf?" tag really says it all, don't you?

( More BSG 'No Exit' spoilers )

One of the TWoP reviews about the mutiny pointed out that the Cylons only ever serve to give humanity an outlet for frustration. Without them, the Fleet devours itself. This has always been true--the people of the Fleet split their loyalties between Roslin and Adama (wow, remember when they didn't always get along?); they came to blows over Cain and Adama's people not mixing; they fell over themselves voting for Baltar and trying to make a life on New Caprica despite that planet being less hospitable and generally fouler than the shit-ship. Now that we're tentatively "yay Cylons maybe a little and only a few of them only in small doses?" we need a new bad guy. Guess who it's gonna be?

Okay, I made myself laugh, so I'm sharing this

( Humorous question that is also a BSG spoiler! )