“Pilot”

Caprica hits you right in the gut with the first sequence depicting all the horrors and self destructive (although some would say fun) tendencies of a depraved humanity. One reason it went directly to video and was rated R. We were told this would be a departure from BSG. It would be less action and have a more personal and socially charged dynamic.

On that end it certainly succeeds although it is hard to say it is for the better. It is certainly more comfortable in this role than it was forcing it’s way into BSG towards the end of that run. There are certainly connections to BSG, how could there not be, but the connections are done vaguely enough (besides the obvious Adama family) that it is not necessary at all to have seen BSG.
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“Daybreak Part II”

Well here it was. The end. With millions of questions to answer and a lot to answer for. Does it deliver?

It delivers enough.

Given the daunting task this episode had given the preceding leading up chapters, this fact that this episode was able to get out if it’s own way enough to weave a tale that not only answered most of the questions, leave the viewer with definite closure and be mostly satisfying is quite an achievement.
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“Daybreak Part I”

“Daybreak” is an episode I’m of two minds about.  On one hand, it does a good job of building excitement leading into the second part and two hour series finale.  On the other.  It does so in spite of itself.  Then again, I can’t blame this episode for the failure of previous episodes to lay the groundwork needed for a series finale.  Not a season finale but a series frakkin’ finale.
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“Islanded in the Stars”

Two episodes left after this one..and still we’re crawling to the finish. So much should be happening and yet we are crawling along at a glacial pace. And then to top it all off we have melodrama galore!

With Galactica dying, Admiral Adama has to slowly come to the realization that they will have to abandon her. The ship, the thing he loves most, even more than Roslin as she states. What’s worse is the plan to make the Cylon Basestar the new flagship of the fleet. Of course this goes over like the proverbial ton of bricks.
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“Someone To Watch Over Me”

One word sums up this episode…and the series that is rushing towards a climax.

Frustrated.

I want the show to pick up and end with a bang that the series deserves. But now it seems to just be running out the clock. I’m wondering if the announcment of the post finale tv movie has anything to do with it. If they have to save some revelations for it.
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“Deadlocked”

“Deadlocked” is an episode that really had me shaking my head. It was an example of how someone can have the finest of intentions and some really great, intriguing ideas, so much so that a viewer can truly appreciate what was meant, and yet make so many bad choices and mistakes that the episode sabotages all of the good that was meant.
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“No Exit”

Well. Following the last arc which I said seemed to be putting off the answers we’ve all been seeking, this episode comes at you with answers like a basestar going FTL.

We follow three basic storylines all of which have significant meaning as answers begin to unfold.
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“Blood On The Scales”

Well, that was quite an end. Continuing the storyline from the previous episode, Blood on the Scales also continues the manic pace and rapid fire delivery of the story. So quick, you can barely see the holes in the plot.

And even if you do see them, you don’t really care too much.

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“The Oath”

Sometimes a fast paced action episode can so quickly that it blows through any inconsistencies there may be or else leave the viewer behind if the viewer chooses to accept it.

This viewer did. 

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“A Disquiet Follows My Soul”

The quote is a good title for the episode as the disquiet certainly followed my soul.  Continuing the uncomfortableness of the last episode, I begin to wonder, like the crew how much more the viewer can take. 
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