“Blink”

“Blink” is an example of what’s wrong with the 4400 recently.  On a whole nothing is explicitly wrong with the show per se.  Especially as an individual episode.  But there’s no connection.  The focus is again missing.  This has been the biggest problem of the show thus far.  No consistency in focus.  The writers grab a focus and go with it for a few episodes but then it dwindles.
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“Perfidia”

With the near promise of cancellation in the future, “Perfidia” had the unenviable task of wrapping up the series, while leaving enough open in case of a miracle.

The miracle never came unfortunately which means looking back we have to look at “Perfidia” as the series finale.  How does it stack up?   Well, after ridding myself of the bitterness that I wouldn’t be able to discover more about the Vasser household.  And that’s the crux, a series that makes you not only care about the hook of time traveling, but how it effects all the characters on the sidelines.

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Signs And Portents

Space battles everywhere and whoa momma did that big black ship just pulverize that other ship! I would love to have the visions as long as I didn’t have to lose what little hair I have left in order to attain them. That Morden is a dreamy dude, I would so sell out the rest of the galaxy for him. Lord Kiro on the other hand is not so much on the dreamy end and a wee bit too moody for my tastes.

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“The Hanged Man”

“Hanged Man” was a phenomenal episode, dramatic, soulsearching, and wonderfully performed at least emotionally.   It showcases both a good storyline via Bradbury’s A Sound of Thunder in that the tiniest of indiscretions can change things enough to have significant changes in the time travelers lifetime.  It however does fall short in the transitions of getting from scene to scene.

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“Home By Another Way”

It’s time for the Christmas Episode.  Every show has them.  They are usually inconsequential in the overall scheme of an ongoing storyline and Journeymand is no exception.   However the usual focus on character allows the show to go beyond the very special episode.

Christmas seems to be a big deal at the Vassar residence.  Jack is coming with his new girlfriend, and their mother as well.  There is a party and a choir.  It’s all pretty high class.  But Dan has to go into work. He finds out from Hugh that he’s being fired and Hugh himself is gone and it’s all a directive from the head honcho, Dennis Almbacher who has ordered that about a quarter of the staff be fired.
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“Blowback”

“Blowback” evolves quite well on the prior notion that Dan going off rails can have serious repercussions on his present life.  You do have to accept a lot about the character of Aeden Bennett that doesn’t quite add up but it’s not necessarily a dealbreaker.  This episode literally opens with a bang when Bennett throws opens Dan’s door and shoots  him.  Bennett begins to stalk Dan right as Dan vanishes in the past with a bullet hole in his shoulder.
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“Winterland”

“Winterland” is really the opposite of the previous episode.  The Leap of the week has almost no connection with the present events which are really more important in the scheme of things.  Thus there tends to be a feeling of filler which happens now and again on a show, but it certainly makes the episode less important in the grand scheme of things.

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“The Home Front”

Yawn.

Sorry what was that?   Oh yeah.  “The Home Front” basically just tells you the writers have no idea where they want to go, so they grab a few bits and pieces from this old episode, and bits and pieces from this old episode in the hopes of making some connection with the viewers.  But the plot holes and characterizations just don’t fit the bill.
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According to ComingSoon BSG will have the first 2 hour movie shortly after the series ends. Directed by William Adama himself, it will take place just before the Cylon attack.

It will be interesting to see how much they hold back on the finale for this…but either way it’s intriguing!

“Double Down”

A good sign for a show is that the deeper it gets into it’s mythos, the more complicated it becomes, the more enticing it gets rather than get confusing.  It’s a well paced, finely developed show that should have been a classic.  It’s hard to believe that the show gets canceled after another half season.  But that’s recent television for you.

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