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It’s the time of year when all the casting news starts trickling out of our favorite scifi shows and scifi shows to be. Today, two tidbits from The Scifi Channel:
"Eureka" will be picking up the lovely and talented Frances Fisher. Fisher ("In The Valley Of Elah") will be playing Samantha Thorne, a Global Dynamics "fixer" who will appear for an eight-episode plot arc. No doubt she’ll be on hand to sweep up the many, many complicated messes that the residents of Eureka manage to make. I bet she and the sheriff will get along just fine.
"Battlestar Galactica" fans are waiting with bated breath for any news on the upcoming "Caprica" prequel. Will it be awesome? Will it suck? Will it have Eric Stoltz? The last question, at least, can finally be answered. Stoltz will play Daniel Graystone, a filthy rich computer engineer with a terrible tragedy in his history. I’m […]

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Title: “Faith”
Original Airdate: 5/9/08
GMMR Recapper: Jo
39,675. Because that dayplayer on Demetrius got blown up last week. Two major story lines but once again several MIA actors. Adama only pops up at the very end.
Roslin, wearing a convincing bald cap comments on Tory’s new found strength the face of political whirlwinds. Huh, I wonder who will […]
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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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On "Doctor Who," The Doc and Donna make some awful discoveries on the Ood Sphere. Like for instance that sci fi is the only thing worth watching on Friday nights.

On "Moonlight," Mick has to face up to a few things when the grandson of his World War II buddy goes missing.

The search for earth takes an unexpected turn on "Battlestar Galactica," and Starbuck reaches new levels of crazy.
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Man, last night was uhg-leee on "American Idol." Dreadlocks Boy is definitely going home, unless there’s some sort of rift in the time-space-tweener girl continuum. So we’re counting down the minutes to the results show. In the meantime…

"Hannah Montana" ratings took a big hit this week. Could it really be that ginned-up Vanity Fair photo controversy? Does that at least give us an excuse to run the picture again? (TV By The Numbers)
Obsessive analysis of the identity of the last Cylon mole on "Battlestar Galactica." (Cellounge)
The "Veronica Mars" Cruise. Oh dear. (Cruise to Mars)
"Smallville" season finale spoilers. (TV Addict)
Josh Radnor reassures fans about the return of "How I Met Your Mother." (TV Squad)
Last night’s episode gives fresh evidence why "Reaper" must be renewed. More Gladys!!! (TV Squad)
Our friend Tim Goodman’s Monday column had some plain-talk common sense for network executives. Which will of course be ignored. Sigh. (SF Gate)

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Sorry to GMMR recapper Jo and the rest of you that were waiting to see this week’s recap of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Today is the first day I’ve been online since Friday. My bad.
Wait no more. Here’s it is…
39,676? Must’ve been a baby born in the fleet.
Mutiny! Civil war! Cults! But the weirdest part […]
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It’s nice to be reminded that while Saul and Tyrol are competing for who can go crazier, they’re just wading in the kiddie pool while Starbuck is jumping off the Olympic high rise diving board straight down into 12 feet of the craziest crazy around.
We’ve finally gotten a chance to see what’s been doing on the Demetrius, and it’s more or less exactly what you’d expect; Starbuck is using feng shui to find her way to earth and it’s making the crew just the tiniest bit antsy. None of this is helped by the arrival of Leoben, who is now somehow Starbuck’s best pal. Even knowing that creators Eick and Moore have said that the show is, ultimately, about getting to Earth, and knowing that the craziest people on "BSG" tend to be the ones who are correct, it’s still hard to believe that Kara isn’t just on the most […]

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I’d be hard pressed to say whether Saul or the Chief is cracking up more spectacularly at this point on "Battlestar Galactica." Tory seems to have jumped on board with the zeal of a convert - with bonus creepy S&M action - and god only knows what’s going on with Anders but I’m betting he can’t keep up with Saul or the Chief for sheer crazy good times. Even Baltar is starting to look comparatively balanced, and he’s getting tossed around the room by a hallucinatory sex robot.
Yet another week goes by that we get nothing much more than an obligatory "by the way, Starbuck still exists and is still crazy" shot, although the preview for next week suggests that we will finally get some payoff on the big tease. Maybe that will give Anders a good chance to storm around, melodramatically talking about how he’s nothing but a machine […]

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Title: “Escape Velocity”
Original Airdate: 4/25/08
GMMR Recapper: Jo
39,675. Colonial Fleet sans one Cally Tyrol. Chief leads the memorial service but he has that patented Crazy Chief look his in eye. He grabs Tory and Tigh as they try to leave, but Tigh casts him a threatening look out of one eye. Chief is not adjusting well […]
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I was just heading out for the night when I realized my DVR wasn’t properly set to record BATTLESTAR GALACTICA tonight.  As great as Hulu.com is, I’ve had to watch the last two episodes online and that is so not the best way to watch one of the best shows on TV.  Especially when there […]
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