Another great Battlestar episode on Friday..."The Captain's Hand" was very entertaining. I'm curious to see how many officers on the Pegasus they can kill this season. They've torn thru three of them, probably all to necessitate the promotion and induction of Lee as the ships commander. I'm not sure I can verbalize it well enough but this episode ( besides the right to life issue that sprung up on Galactica) was probably, in tone, the closest to a Trek episode that they've done yet. You could almost see Data or Commander Riker in Lee's shoes ( and they've done episodes like that for both of them). This is not a complaint at all. This episode just had more of a straightforward approach to it and a baptism of fire for one of the regular characters, which is a tried and true television staple. I enjoyed it very much. When Commander Garner says "You have the Conn" to Lee and he has that moments hesitation you are actually yelling at the screen " Come on Lee, this is it! It's up to you!!!"
Plus it was nice to see some new shots of the Pegasus. She really had her hands full. Three Basestars? Good going Garner...kill us all...
I only have one minor quibble about the episode. Usually when Zoic does these big battles they give a very long shot so that you get a sense of where each ship is. I don't recall seeing one. The shots seemed a bit claustrophobic except for when the Pegasus jumps away. I just wanted to get some more scale on the battle. But besides that, as usual, Zoic tore it up again. I love their work on this show. Only three more episodes left...oh no...
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