BSG "Sine Qua Non" -- it reminded me why I still watch this show

[revdorothyl]

Because even when the previews lead me to expect some predictable set of responses from the characters, and even when a quibbler (if I were one) could balk at certain political developments, BSG manages to knock my expectations into a cocked hat, sometimes, with an episode so engrossing and so surprising that I not only watch it while I'm taping, but have to immediately watch it again right afterwards.

Some of my favorite things: Lampkin's conversations with Lance, the dead cat in the room (literally and symbolically) whose death manages to be overlooked until a crucial point; Adama and Tigh having a knock-down-drag-out brawl and then bonding even more tightly over their shared past and shared sense of being out-of-control when it comes to the women in their lives; Adama's decision to "go see about a girl [woman]" (with thanks to "Good Will Hunting") while the fleet moves on without him; and Number Six's pregnancy (if Tigh's a Cylon and so is she, but Cylons haven't had any luck procreating among themselves so far, does that mean that this is another world-shattering pregnancy, or that the child won't survive, or what?)

Now and then, it's good to be reminded of why I started watching BSG in the first place.

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[revdorothyl.livejournal.com]

I haven't been too impressed with any of the other episodes this season, but THIS one . . . well, even though I found the idea of Lee going from poorly-respected political appointee (not elected) to most acceptable candidate to replace the elected V.P. as president pretty darn far-fetched, Lampkin's character (and the skill of the actor portraying him) made it all seem worthwhile. Plus, I love it when Adama comes right out and confesses that Roslin has become HIS "sine qua non". It's enough to keep me watching, at least.

[Plus, there's a story I heard in my first seminar on Family Systems Therapy as applied to organizations, back when I was still new in parish work, about a "dead cat in the freezer" -- because its owner was planning on taking it in to the vet for an autopsy after work -- and how it acted as a lightning rod for all the dissatisfaction and anxiety in that particular office. So, I couldn't help but see poor, dead Lance as serving a similar symbolic and emotional function, in the end.]