"Sometimes A Great Notion" Episode Review
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here!After 271 days we've returned to a devastated Earth.
Sometimes a Great Notion has many questions to answer and the writers wasted no time in giving us some answers.
The episode kicks off right where we left the landing party, presumably across the river from New York City. The scene explores many characters' reactions and painful realizations that they've traveled all this way and sacrificed so much for nothing.
Baltar and a slurry of human and Cylon science teams finally confirm that the Earth was indeed nuked some 2000 years ago and that there are apparently no survivors.
We see Dee on the beach as she discovers the remains of a pocket watch and a child's set of jacks. Roslin kneels and picks a piece of new vegetation from the ground. She and Admiral Adama leave to go back to Galactica, where, the entire crew is waiting to hear about Earth and what was found. On the Raptor ride home Dee is whispering to herself "Don't give up" over and over as Helo tries to console her. A distraught Roslin can't find the words and just walks away leaving chaos in the hangar deck.
Back on the Earth, Starbuck and Leoben search out the Colonial Distress beacon that lead them to earth. They find the beacon...but also discover a piece of Viper tail wing with part of Kara's viper number on it.
On the Galactica we see Athena and Helo playing with Hera as Dee shows up to babysit. As Dee holds Hera she is in awe of how innocent the child is and how she has no idea what has happened.
We see the Cylons and Humans unearth some remains. Shockingly there are skeletal and Centurion remains lying together in a site. Baltar and Six confirm that there are NO human remains on Earth, only Cylons. Earth was inhabited by "skin jobs" and centurions! The 13th tribe was Cylon! Roslin becomes silent and refuses to contact the quorum and the fleet with information.
Tyrol approaches a wall and notices an all too familiar silhouette. As he approaches the blackened figure and touches the wall he has a flashback. He is there many years prior. He is ambling along happily amongst a crowd of farmer's market shoppers looking for fresh fruits and vegetables. As he selects a piece of fruit and asks the teller how much, a blinding flash of light hits and he is instantly disintegrated against the back drop. As Tyrol falls out of his flashback he falls to the ground in shock. He now knows that the very place they've landed was his home.
Kara and Leoben continue their search for a viper...
Dee and Apollo have a talk about what has come before and what he will tel the fleet about Earth. They discuss their lives as husband and wife and Lee says "I couldn't have done it without you." Dee says "and you will this time too." Remember that line as you read ahead. Lee asks Dee if she'll have a drink with him later. She accepts.
Starbuck and Leoben find the cockpit of a Viper. In one of the most shocking moments in BSG history Kara lifts the charred remains of the pilot's helmet and sees - HERSELF!
Leoben becomes very afraid and flees from Starbuck as she rips her own dog tags from the pilots neck. Starbuck asks him "what am I" and all Leoben can say is he was wrong about everything.
Anders finds the remains of a guitar and suddenly realizes he was apparently a musician and one of his favorite songs was "All Along The Watchtower!" As he tells this to Tyrol, Tori shows up and says she remembers him singing it to her, the woman he loved.
Back on the Galactica, Roslin is burning her book of Pythia as Adama tells her morale is shot and they need to do something. He is upset because Roslin is skipping her cancer treatments. She tells him that they should have stayed and fought the Cylons long ago instead of running to Earth. As Roslin loses it she tells Bill to just go.
On Earth, Starbuck burns her corpse from the viper remains.
The younger married Adamas are walking the halls after their date. Dee is glowing as she and Apollo kiss goodnight. Dee goes into her quarters where Gaeta mentions something negative about Earth. Dee asks him to stay positive so she can feel happy for as long as she can. Gaeta leaves and Dee starts to hang up her necklace. She takes off her ring as she hums happily and smiling to herself. Suddenly, her facial expression goes blank, she picks up her sidearm and shockingly shoots herself in the head! Gaeta and Seelix rush to her side but it's too late for Anastasia Dualla.
Apollo is in the morgue as he holds Dee's hand. His father walks in and he asks him why she would do this? The Admiral looks at Lee and drunkingly says "I have no frakking idea!" and hands Lee the bottle (which he refuses). Apollo leaves and Adama hovers over Dee as he begins to weep and says "I let you down. I let everyone down!"
Adama then requests the sidearm of someone walking in the hallway and approaches Saul Tigh in his quaters and tells him "Sit down Cylon!" Adama tries to goad Tigh into shooting him. Tigh refuses and they talk things out a bit.
Aboard Colonial One, Lee erases the "1" from the survivor count as Starbuck shows up and learns what Dee has done. It's funny that Lee doesn't write a zero back in. He just erased 2/3 of the remaining humans!
Adama and Tigh go to the CIC and he asks Gaeta to find him the next closest habitable system. He asks Mr. Hoshi to inform the Cylons that they're leaving and they can join them if they wish. Adama tells the fleet that he intends to still find them a home...it's a promise he will keep.
As the ground teams prepare to leave, Tigh approaches D'Anna. She says she's staying on Earth instead of continuing to run , fight or be killed by Cavil. Tigh then wades out into the river where it appears he is led to a piece of debris that triggers a flashback. He is in a building as nukes are going off. He is trying to dig Ellen out as she tells him "it's ok, we'll be reborn!" Tigh comes out of his flash back and exclaims "Ellen...you're the Fifth!"
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here. Both Hulu and SciFi Wire both have the episode with Commentary as well.
Here are the teasers for next weeks episode...
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