BSG
Now there was an episode. Seriously, I was gripped from moment one to the very end, which had its own twist and turns. That's the Battlestar I love :-).
Thoughts --
I didn't see Bad!Tory coming. I mean, there was something definitely up in her reaction when she slept with Baltar last week, but when she moved in on Tyrol, that was something... different. I couldn't tell for the longest time if she saw Cally coming in with the baby and that's why she reached to touch Tyrol, or if it was completely innocent. But then at the end, when she spaced Cally, I wondered if her motives were twofold: protecting the "four" as well as the hybrid child (Nicky), but also enabling her to get even closer to Tyrol -- either for romantic reasons or something else. I'm wondering if Tory's programming is different than everyone else's or if she's just weaker than the others in suppressing it or if she just sees the danger/fear more clearly than the others and is more accepting of her Cylon-self than they are.
Kara's "madness", if I can call it that, is fascinating. But I did have to wonder how on earth did Adama let so many high ranking people go on Kara's quest. If it's all bunk, won't he lose a lot of good people? I mean, you've got Gaeta and Helo, both of whom are bridge officers, and then Athena, who is a pilot, on that ship. Sam is still Kara's boy-toy (expendable?) so that explains his presence. It just seems rather unwise for Adama to have let so many good people go.
Lee's transition to government is interesting. Not to mention, we're seeing a new side of Laura Roslin (a little too much like the current administration, mho), and it was good to see Zarek again, and he's no fool either. I have no doubt he and Lee are going to team up and possibly shed some new light on the Roslin administration. Maybe in parallel to the Cylon Civil War, we have the Human Civil War. Hmm...
Cally's madness was interesting, because it was all foggy, and for a moment there, I thought she would get past her Cylon!hatred and accept Chief for what he was. When she attacked him, it startled me. The suicide attempt, after the attack, wasn't too surprising, because if that's how she felt about the Chief, imagine how betrayed she felt by the child she'd given birth to, and perhaps she had to be wondering how she fit into the whole Cylon game and what it all meant. My guess is part of her motivation to commit suicide came from her desire to *not* be "used" as much as from her Cylon hatred. I have to say Cally's not one of my favorite characters and her end was stunning, and almost unexpected.
All in all, an awesome episode. Tense, awesome, and I loved the camera work, and the fuzziness and just the way it all played out. Great ep.