OMG, BSG!

So, as you may know, one of my must-see tv shows is the new version of "Battlestar Galactica" on the Sci-Fi Channel. Tonight was the premiere of season 3, and oh, what a tangled web the writers wove!

My favorite character, the Chief, Galen Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) was prominently featured as a leader of the resistance movement. He, along with Anders and Col. Tigh, were planning bombings to distract the Cylons so that they would not notice if the Galactica returned to orbit. However, their methods were not very moral: they were using suicide bombers to do the dirty work. Now, this was painful to watch because of current events, but one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter (which they actually said in the episode, if I recall correctly!). The character of Tigh actually impressed me. Up to this point, he had been nothing but a drunken coward of a first officer. Adama kept giving him second chances. But as the leader of the resistance, Tigh stepped up to the plate and made the hard decisions, knowing that Adama would bring back Galactica, eventually. He never gave up hope. He also had reason to hate the Cylons; they held him prisoner and tortured him, tearing out his eyeball and showing it to him, like an egg, he said.

The most poignant moment came when (former) president Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) and Tom Zarek (Richard Hatch) are being led away to what is supposed to be their deaths. Zarek asks her if she tried to fix the election, and she said yes, I did. He responds, well I wish that you had stayed president. They had hated each other so much; Zarek was actually a prisoner in the previous two seasons, a homegrown terrorist/anarchist. But now here they were, friends 'til the end.

The whole two hours kept me reeling. No new Cylon models were revealed, but it was revealed that in last season, when Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) was held prisoner on Caprica by the Cylons, they stole her ovary. Now she supposedly has a daughter, Kasey—half-human, half-Cylon.

The plot thickens. I can't wait to watch more! And if you're not watching it, you should be. The show has amazing characters with a depth of acting (in my opinion) that makes you feel like you are a part of what is going on. Every episode leaves me emotionally drained, but it so worth it!