Everyone’s acting oddly in Battlestar Galactica. I’m concerned for them all. They’ve found themselves yet another lame planet — this one’s prettier than the last, but smells far worse — and they’re briefly taking a break as they restock with food. I suppose hunger’s enough to turn anyone peculiar.

Lee Adama, all-Caprican hero, is having an extra-marital affair with everyone’s favourite borderline psychopath, Kara Thrace. I’m shocked. I thought that boy had principles. How can he leave Dee? They were meant to be! Their names rhyme, for heaven’s sake. Lee and Dee. He won’t get that level of lame cuteness with anyone else. It’s not fair, in any case; he can go back to his old love, but Dee can’t go back to Billy.¹

Kara’s being weird too. Of course, ever since the start of the show she’s been religious, and yes, it’s caused problems before, but now we’re finding out the lamer parts of the humans’ religion; no divorce. They’ve developed robotic life-forms, and haven’t yet gotten rid of such stupid traditions? That’s depressing.

Number Three has been acting peculiar for a while, but now that Gaius is in cahoots with her, she probably thinks it’s justified. After receiving one of those convenient “Oh look, I heard about it just a day before it happened” sorts of prophecies, she and Gaius decide to sneak down to the Algae Planet despite Adama’s threats. Why would they risk it? Because they both think they’re the Chosen One. Must every television have a Chosen One? In any case, I don’t think they’re it, either of them.

The Chief, having recently decided that he’s a manly soldier, and all that, is now getting mysteriously lulled towards temples. I reckon he’s the Chosen One. Getting lulled towards temples seems a reasonably Chosen-One-ish thing to do.

Adama’s acting oddly too. Well, he’s pretty stable compared to everyone else, but oddly for him. He’s just discovered that his part-time snuggle bunny Madame President lied to him about Helo and Athena’s baby.² He’s getting belligerent. Number Three and Gaius seem to have pushed him at just the wrong day.

Adama’s about to throw a petulant nuke at the planet. Sam and Lee are fighting about whether to try to save Starbuck, and things are getting tense. The Chief might be about to find out that his hard work laying charges at the temple was a complete waste. Caprica Six’s fuck buddies have run off without her. It’s not quite a ‘Pegasus’-level cliffhanger, but it’ll do.

1. Well, she can, but it’d be so very gross. ↩
2. Of course, I’d always assumed that he knew about it. Apparently not. If this is, in fact, a retcon, then it’s one I approve of. It seemed horrid for Adama to have such a close friendship with Athena without telling her about the switch. ↩

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