Ep 2 - Water

[WilliamHuskerAdama]

I don't have sci-fi and my Unlce Bob was nice enough to tape Battlestar Galactica series Lowdown and the episodes 33 and water doubleheader for me and I must admit I did like both episodes alot , I mean those were great episodes so far and he said he'll try to tape episode 3 and 4 for me , we'll see no promises but when I know that the DVD of the whole series comes out in March or in the Summer I was thinking on getting the DVD anyway even if he couldn't get the episodes for me because of being too busy and all .

WHA

[ViperTech]

caseOrange said:

Or,

2) A la M*A*S*H, it is the Hawkeye "chicken-or-a-baby" episode. In other words, for those who haven't seen the referred to M*A*S*H episode, when we see the empty carrier we are seeing it through Apollo's eyes. There really are 1,300 people on board, waving at him (or doing whatever), but he has subconsciously blocked out the image so that he can gather up the stones to shoot down the carrier .

WOW! That would be sooo awesome if that really happened! I mean Apollo is already messed up because of Zack's death, which though he doesn't admit it, he feels somewhat responsible for. (To be honest I don't think people should point fingers when loved one's die, but it makes for great tv.) Compound that with him ACTUALLY killing all those people on the Olympic Carrier. I wonder if it would drive him to suicide? Apollo is pretty squeaky clean compared to the others, sure he butts heads daddy-o, but compared to the neurosis of the other crew members, he's a-okay. It would be great to see Wonderboy be slowly eaten away with guilt.

(Side Note: That was a pretty good episode of MASH.)

[caseOrange]

ViperTech said:

(Side Note: That was a pretty good episode of MASH.)

Disturbing, too.

i'd also like to add that on the mission in question, Apollo (and the rest of the crew) had been awake over 132 hours and had just done more stimulants to stay awake. Whatever he saw or didn't see could have easily been a temporary hallucination from the combination of sleep deprivation, stress and drugs.

Still, i really don't think anyone was on board. i think the Olympic Carrier was hijacked from the first jump and everyone on board was killed at the beginning. That's how the Cylons were able to track the fleet. i guess it took 33 minutes for the new coordinates to be sent back to the Cylon Basestar.

[Ioraptor]

Ooooh thats a creepy thought......what if Apollo hallucinated (in this case experienced hysterical blindness) when he looked in the windows of the Olympic carrier? Now he will have terrible dreams of people pressed up against the ports screaming for mercy!.......

Yuck.

Actually the whole scene would have been better if they didnt announce the detection of nukes or they showed the faces of the passengers at the ports.
I find myself wondering if they watered it down for fear of the audiences reaction.