I'm still processing this one. At first, this episode felt like a breath of fresh air. A bit of much needed hope and a huge morale boost for everyone onboard the Galactica. But what's that saying about appearances being deceiving?
Admiral Cain arrived like a force of nature. Calculated. Unflinching. And the way her crew has been operating was no different. The contrast between Cain's command and Adama's couldn't be sharper. And when the ball dropped that she was now in charge of the fleet, I think my heart skipped a beat.
This episode felt like looking into a parallel universe where survival became the only moral compass. If President Roslin's sweet schoolteacher nature hadn't led Adama's softer side to saving the entire fleet back in the beginning of the end. Adama and his crew aren't perfect and never have been. But there is still a sense of boundaries, of trying to hold onto ethics even in a crumbling world. Cain and her crew, on the other hand, seem to believe that order justifies just about anything.
I'm back to asking myself the same question I've been wondering since the beginning of Battlestar Galactica: What is the cost of survival? What is left when you sacrifice empathy and morality for the sake of the mission?
This episode was SO good but has me super nervous about what's next for the Galactica.
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Donovan Sparks
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