Wow. After a slightly lackluster episode last week, "BSG" has bounced back in a serious way. This episode was quite the emotional rollercoaster, I’ll admit it even had me a little teary-eyed at a couple of points. Speaking of which, can we get Mary McDonnell an Emmy please? Despite the fact that Roslin’s cancer treatments are undeniably the B-plot in this episode, she brings a pathos to the process that’s absolutely irresistable. The whole "dying of cancer" schtick is such a painfully tired cliché that it’s a tightrope walk to keep it from tipping into melodrama or parody, but somehow, she manages.
I have to award points to my husband, who successfully identified Emily as a Star Trek cameo; the improbably named Nana Visitor of "Deep Space Nine." I thought the plot with Emily was, truthfully, a little heavy-handed, and it was pretty obvious where it was going from the […]
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