Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) Crossroads: Part 2 (2007) User Reviews

It's About Fracking Time

[angrychicken1701 · 10/10 · 27 March 2007]

I for one thought this was a great episode, definitely one of the best.

While most of season three has been made up of single episode character building arcs after the exodus from New Caprica, Crossroads, pt. 2 gives the series a much needed kick in the ass. Suddenly Earth is the prime story again, and we're back to what the whole show is about.

Some people believe revealing four of the last five Cylons was a mistake, I disagree. I didn't see some of them coming. I know I put a spoiler warning on this, but I'm not going to give it all up... Just watch the episode, it's worth it. It's very clever of the writers to make these people Cylons; most are in positions of power, but none are the the first link in their chains. Plus the leadership and organization most had during the resistance makes them especially dangerous sleeper agents. Well done.

Here's where I will drop a spoiler; I would have preferred Starbuck be gone longer. It added another layer of mystery to the show. Making her the clue to Earth was clever, but a little to convenient.

Another thing I enjoyed was Apollo. He could easily have sold out Adama, but he kept his head in the game and showed everyone that Baltar did not deserve to die, or if he did, then many more did as well. The added tension between him and his father helped the court scenes to remain interesting throughout.

Overall this was one of my favorite episodes. It had major plot developments and kept them coming at a fast, yet manageable pace. The only downside is we now have to wait until late 2007 for any new Galactica, and then early 2008 for the fourth season. Frack.

Remarkable

[bobfingerman · 10/10 · 28 March 2007]

My head is reeling after all the info and emotion this episode just dumped on my head. Great performances, as ever, and exceptionally powerful writing. And surprises by the bushel. Really, this episode took my breath away. It's going to be a long nine months until B.G. resumes. Presumably the DVDs will be out sooner than that, because I have to sway some folks who've been holding out on watching this amazing series and they'd best get all caught up by 2008.

Oh, side note (re some of the previous comments): Jimi Hendrix did a great cover of "All Along the Watchtower", but it's a Bob Dylan composition. Credit where credit is due.

Are they Cylons?

[fluffy2560 · 10/10 · 31 March 2007]

After reading some of the comments here, I've got a different take on the plot for BSG. I think the so called Final Five shown in this episode are not actually Cylons at all. The flashbacks and music are actually genetic memories of home or some how quasi religious experiences handed down by the gods to help the tribe reach Earth. I'll cite Starbuck's vortex experiences as "evidence" of the latter. Additionally, why would Cylons use such a strongly Earth culture song as a means to activate the final five? On the other hand, I could just be being optimistic.

What a credit to the writers, directors and actors (especially Michael Hogan aka ColonelTigh) that they can suspend (at least my) belief. Could so many of the heroes are fifth columnists? I just don't believe it.

It's good to see we're back on track with the actual story. I felt we were wandering a bit in the middle of this season. Overall, one of the best sci-fi programmes since Stargate SG-1. Keep 'em coming!

What did I see?

[cory206-1 · 10/10 · 27 March 2007]

Well I watched a show which blew my mind and had my heart popping out my chest! The "cheesy music" was the best use of music and lyrics I've seen in a long time. The use of the music, fading into existence, not quite there but almost; the provenance of the music (and people really should check their facts!), and that overwhelming final scene, brought home to me the fact that BSG is not only the best series ever, and Crossroads an epic series ender, but it's REAL! And the unveiling of the final 4? Astounding, horrifying, and crushingly inevitable. And what does it mean for the human race? What is the Plan, and do the Cylons still have the unity to achieve it? How and when will they reach Earth? Plenty more to explore. BSG started off great with the mini-series, now it's turned into an epic. Which is why we have off-topic episodes. if folk can't learn from those episodes, can't fill in the colour and the character, that's a shame. How can anyone not care about Kara? and Tigh? how must he feel? Why is Caprica 6 so scared? Roll on S4 is all I can say! Crossroads delivered on the investment, and still leaves enough tantalisingly out of reach... just out of reach. There's too much confusion here!

The Best Frackin' TV Show and Episode EVER!!!!

[jacob-327 · 10/10 · 5 March 2008]

Simply put, it's worth watching 3 seasons of this show just to get to this episode! Really, it's that good!! I don't want any spoilers in this comment, because I just want people who are new to this show to know that all the time they spend 'slagging' through the somewhat less than wicked awesome episodes is well worth their time. Even the second time through, this episode gets me so psyched, the ending is too good for words; nothing I could say does it justice!! Supposedly the fourth season is only a month away now, but it still seems like an eternity if you love this show like I do. I'm sure there are others out there who will share this opinion... all month long.

Knocks your socks off!

[mehmet-genc · 10/10 · 27 July 2020]

First time I'm reviewing a BSG episode. It's that good. This is probably the best episode of the series so far. The writing, the acting, the suspense, it was all there. Once in a while these all just come together somehow, and something special emerges. This episode is one of those times. I frankly don't know how they brought so many stories together in a single episode without making any of them feel like a side plot. Any of them would make a good stand alone episode. May I add that Lee Adama's Courtroom speech was one of the best I've encountered on television?

Not Hendrix

[AGruntsJaggon · 10/10 · 28 March 2007]

I want to clear something up about "All Along The Watchtower", it was NOT written by Jimi Hendrix. The song was written by Bob Dylan, Hendrix just did a really good version of it. But the version in this episode was not Hendrix either, it was BSG's composer, Bear McCreary that did this version of AATW.

You should also notice that a few of the lines the Final Five said near the end are the lyrics to AATW.

It is also interesting that AATW has many biblical and apocalyptic references in it, similar to references throughout BSG. I think the fourth season should shed some light on this.

Music at the end of Crossroadds Part 2

[ccollins5202 · 27 March 2007]

For your information...the song at the end of Battlestar Galactica Crossroads Part 2 is All Along The Watchtower. One of Hendrix most famous songs of all time. Not to mention the fame that Bob Dylan brought the song. So before you go making comments about topics you don't understand, you should check your facts. I think the end was great simply based off the fact it didn't do the typical huge battle and someone dies scenario like every other show out there is doing. Just because things aren't being destroyed or hurled into space doesn't mean it isn't quality. The Battlestar Galactica writers are some of the best I have seen in a long time, and certainly deserve being recognized for not cheese balling another sci-fi show.

Speculation

[leonsls · 9/10 · 1 April 2007]

I think the writers were looking for a "what the h*** just happened??? It'll be interesting to see what happens next.

As for the four new Cylons... are they. Before Baltar thought he might be a Cylon. No such luck. Besides, if he was, they wouldn't have needed Six to access the defense mainframe.

Tigh was in command of Galactica when Adama was shot. Tyrol likewise has access to delicate areas of the ship. Yet, neither did anything to aid the Cylons. They also lead the fight on New Caprica.

I don't think they are Cylons, but are instead being contacted by whoever is using Kara. I think of them as "the lights" that appeared back in the original series. But who are they?

Nice Diversionary Tactics!

[penzien_me · 10/10 · 26 March 2007]

Leaking information that Katee Sackhoff was done and wasn't returning next season was a stroke of brilliance! Not until Lee's Dradus blip disappeared did I even think it could be her! Baltar's acquittal was fair, I think. He's a slimy bastard and everything he does is to try to save his own skin, but he's not an outright traitor! Both Adama's regained their honor in that courtroom too!

(for any Firefly fans out there, it was weird seeing Badger on the last few episodes was a bit odd, wasn't it?!?)

I'm very, very curious where this series is going from here! There are the 4 "Final Five" Cylons who've infiltrated the top echelons of military and civilian leadership, as well as the respectable people of the Chief and Anders. Add Kara who, presumably has been leading the Cylons to this meeting, and it's very up-in-the-air as to how this is all going to go down... Seems like another "Cylons in charge of the humans" situation...

Season Three

[zkonedog · 10/10 · 5 July 2019]

For two seasons, I watched Battlestar Galactica expecting a type of greatness that just never seemed to be realized. It had its epic moments, of course, but I always felt as the drama was held back just when it should have been accelerated. In this third season, however, the drama, character development, and overall plotlines are some of the most extraordinary hours ever produced for television.

Because I am loathe to give out any spoilers, I won't discuss the contents of the episodes in this review. Suffice it to say, however, that viewers get a "little bit of everything" in this third go-'round, including...

-An insider's point of view on the Cylons.

-Some incredible emotional drama stemming from the New Caprica situation.

-Not a single episode that is a "dud"

-A finale that is so epic and surprising that it takes a while to fully even sink in.

I started watching BSG because I was looking for another "LOST" (what I consider to be the greatest TV show of all-time). Though I don't think (as a whole) BSG lives up to that lofty mantra, I will say that it's third season is as compelling of drama as anything LOST ever produced.

Thus, I do not understand the many people who consider this to be the "weakest" season of the show, as for me it was the season where everything finally came together in the big-time payoff. I can't wait to see what the final season has in store for these characters I now have so much emotional attachment to!

Fantastic episode, but does contain the shark jump

[bgaiv · 9/10 · 22 September 2022]

BSG does do its courtroom episodes very well, and this is the height of that. Romo Lambkin is a wonderful character, and Lee Adama is Lee. Romo playing Lee like a fiddle was wonderful. And ultimately, the trial against Baltar was an unfair witch hunt, just as Lee said.

The very end of the episode, the ambiguous zoom out of the galaxy followed by the very unambiguous zoom in on the real planet Earth was quite spectacular.

But the series does badly jump the shark into the mostly dismal season 4, and these four characters being cylons is at the heart of that. It's just ridiculous and incredibly implausible. This "expanded" the definition of the cylons (as the producers put it) to a ridiculous degree that it just shreds the integrity of all that came before.

A severe miscalculation by Moore, IMHO. There's a TV Trope, "Magic A is Magic A", which basically means the audience will accept any kind of ridiculous premise as long as the story maintains its own rules. Making these characters cylons is an incredibly implausible leap that just doesn't fit anything that came before, and this is very far into the story. The incredibly unlikely circumstance that these four are among the .00001% that survive the apocalypse, with one being Adama's right hand man... ridiculous. Related to that trope, audiences will accept an extraordinary premise, but not the extraordinarily unlikely.

I guess I shouldn't speak of later events, but will just say there's no payoff that justifies this severe cheat.

Hmmm...

[davethejackal · 4/10 · 26 March 2007]

A disappointing end to a season that started so well ...

Exodus part 2 and other notable episodes were amongst the best seen on TV in any series, where as this was rather bad.

Well I am not sure if it was the episode that was a disappointment, but the cheesy guitar music at that accompanied the closing sequence was laughable and would have been more at home in the original series.

Its almost as if the corporate execs didn't like the low key down note ending and wanted to jazz it up. They failed and rather spoilt everything.

Lets hope this is not a trend for the future.

Still at least we saw the return of a certain person even if somewhat bizarrely and tritely done.

Great

[coy_dog0 · 9/10 · 25 September 2008]

There were so many great twists and turns in this episode I thought my head was going to explode. Lee's speech made me hang my head in shame (as any good drama should); Starbuck's return was expected and welcome; the characters showed sides I haven't seen before (its always refreshing to realize you really like a character you used to HATE, ie: Saul, post-exodus); hearing Bob Dylan's lyrics spoken by people in the far, far future was mind-bending; the revelation of the almost final-four was stunning, and a great way to end the season.

The cover version of All Along The Watchtower was, of course, a mistake. There are exactly 3 ways this could have worked: play the Bob Dylan version; play the Jimi Hendrix version; play a new version using exotic instrumentation and exotic vocal delivery (why not focus on Indian instruments, like the rest of the episode?).

Instead, we get a song done in the exact style that EVERY TV show in history has given us: a white-collar/techy imitation of real rock n' roll. I'm no musical genius, but I know that actors and film score musicians are by nature, incapable of properly delivering rock n' roll vocals. This version sounded no better than the pop-song spin off from Melrose Place, "How Do You Talk To An Angel".

Pay attention to how perfectly audible every syllable and nuance is audible on the microphone. That's the exact WRONG way to record rock music. In Dylan's version, his voice is mixed in a way that hides his obvious weaknesses; in the Hendrix version, his voice sounds like its coming from a mountain. The point is: no one in Hollywood knows how to mic a singer today. Not one. And, with this knowledge, any and all TV shows and films should simply leave it to the professionals to do it for them; in other words, don't bother remaking a masterpiece when the original will suffice.

Episode 9/10 Watchtower remake 2/10

Baltar's trial concludes and four of the 'Final Five' are revealed

[Tweekums · 10/10 · 28 January 2012]

As the third season comes to a conclusion some questions will be answered but plenty more will be raised. The trial of Gaius Baltar concludes with a surprising but legally correct verdict after a surprising and impassioned speech from Lee; this may have saved Baltar from being executed but there are plenty of people in the fleet determined to see him punished whatever the verdict so he is hardly safe. Away from the trail Col. Tigh, Chief Tyrol, Tory and Anders continue to hear snatches of the strangely familiar tune and as they approach the nebula they start remembering the words and are drawn together; realising what it means they must decide how it will effect what they will do from now on... Col Tigh is in now doubt though; whatever else he is he is a Colonial Officer first and foremost. That covers the answers but we still don't know the meaning of Roslin's dream but we do learn that she isn't the only person experiencing it; Athena and Caprica Six are too; an even bigger mystery is raised when a familiar character returns claiming to have been to Earth... is she who she claims to be and if not can she be trusted? No doubt that will be discovered during the course of the fourth and final season.

This was a great conclusion to the season the trial was well executed with particularly fine performances from Jamie Bamber and Mark Sheppard as Lee Adama and Romo Lampkin; I hope we haven't seen the last of Lampkin as he was a great character. The revealing of the four unknown Cylons was handled well and Michael Hogan's performance as he gave his speech about carrying on being a Colonial Officer was fantastic. It was good to have some questions resolved but even better to raise more; the return of the Cylon fleet also promises more action when the next season begins. Some people may question the use of 'All Along the Watchtower' as the mystery music but I thought it was an inspired choice as it meant the viewer might also find the tune strangely familiar along with those hearing it in the show. After that cliff-hanger ending I'm glad that I'm watching on DVD so don't have to wait an age for the next season to start!

I liked it...

[Draupnir · 8/10 · 27 March 2007]

I would really have preferred a double-length episode, as it seems to me to be the proper way to cap off a season of this fantastic series. I have always more or less had the impression that the writers on this show were flying by the seat of their pants, and this episode has done nothing to change that opinion.

No idea they were going to out so many people as Cylons. It was quite a revelation, and I didn't fully see it coming until it happened, though the signs were all there in retrospect. The return of a certain someone was a little predictable, I felt, and I was pretty sure that it would unfold more or less as it did.

But, as the name of this episode implies, it could be a turning point for the better in this fantastic show. The moody, glum, character-focused feeling of season 3 was interesting, but I was worried for a time that the series might get bogged down in it. That it might lose a sense of the story in the intricate relationships it was developing between its characters.

Oddly enough, the best thing that could be done in season 4 is a change in direction, more reminiscent of the cheesy original series. Nothing too drastic mind you; they still have very much the right idea, but a new hope among these struggling refugees that gives the show back a sense of adventure that it has sometimes been sadly lacking.

And as for the music theme of the episode's big revelation, and the "cheesy" guitar music finale, I couldn't disagree more. A musically fortified sequence like the one shown doesn't stand or fall based on what music is selected; it's all in the execution. Kudos to them for choosing an interesting variation on a great song, and reinforcing it with a great sequence of imagery.

Blimey

[madfriar-1 · 10/10 · 20 November 2007]

I hate to add another 'not cheesy guitar music' comment, but heathens must be chastised...I think RDM had All Along The Watchtower playing in his head through most of this series. Read the lyrics, backwards as Dylan would have preferred, and you find a poem that echoes in the BSG universe. Having the ethereal music transpose itself onto the final four was a genius idea. When Tigh first said 'There must be some kind of way out of this place' it was distinctly odd. When Tyrol repeated it, followed by the next line from Tigh, I almost fell off my chair. It bound me so much closer to these characters than any of the experiences they have taken me through along the seasons. RDM has been working his players off each other so well that by the end of the season I could not tell who was a goodie and who a baddie. This is story telling at its best people.

Cheesy Guitar!?!?!

[chris_garratty · 8/10 · 27 March 2007]

Just a quick riposte, "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix is NOT cheesy guitar music. It is a classic, not to mention the fact that it is an ingenious way of finally linking the fleet with Earth. We define ourselves by our music. Just look at the voyager probe. That Earth's first contact with the fleet be via one of our foremost musicians is only fitting. Philistine. Moving on the revelation of four of the final five Cylons was a timely and fitting reward for the investment we have all made in the show this season. I'll admit, the lack of combat scenes that helped grab headlines in the early episodes of the season have been missed, but the arrival of a Cylon armada is such a tantalising prospect that I will be counting the days till Battlestar returns to our screens. Oh and while I'm waiting. I believe I'll listen to some more 'cheesy' Hendrix music.

Best season finale EVER

[XweAponX · 10/10 · 17 January 2023]

Best CLiFFhanger ever...

Best MUSIC Ever...

Best last scene and reveal EVER...

And finally, best Cinematography of any TV show or Movie EVER. Especially the last few seconds.

We got our arses KICKED during Baltar's trial. Then we got to find out what that MUSIC was about. And THEN... This ain't merely a "shark jump", this is a whole GAGGLE of Jumping and twisting and diving sharks. Flying sharks, Cylon sharks, hybrid sharks, guardian and sentinel sharks. Plus 5 unknown sharks.

The last 5 seconds of the ep make the previous 46 minutes of it seem like a hot-dog roast.

I had never even heard the name "Bear McCreary" until he showed up doing the music for that new Lord of the rings show, I paid attention to that, because I thought it was good music.

And even though I had watched parts of this series, when it was being originally broadcast, I never knew who actually was making the music.

This isn't just a rock song being played at the end, with a slightly different arrangement than one that we had been familiar with previously. There are all kinds of unorthodox musical instruments being played, not just electric guitars, basses and drums. There are electric sitars, and the drums that you hear are not exactly somebody sitting down on a drum kit, they are several tracks of one guy playing track after track of voluminous drums. Of various different sizes and shapes.

And although this song had been teased at us for two episodes, and we actually expected to hear something more familiar as far as arrangement, we were given something so unusual, this is not American music. This is not music from any country on our planet on our earth. This is Music from Kobol and from the first earth. This is the music of the 12 colonies, this is the music of the lost 13th colony.

That's why I had to stop comparing it to the previous rendition that I had heard all of my life practically. As much as I love that particular version.

But it is the cinematography of the last few seconds that just grabs you, and it basically tells the whole story of Battlestar Galactica, right in that couple of seconds.

And it all starts with a return of a beloved character. Ironically, that character's fate in the original BSG series was very similar to this. But in only two seasons, they never had enough time to tell that warriors story. But basically, every element of this rendition of BSG, was at least hinted at in that original Glen Larson version.

This episode set up the final season, but even then it did not go exactly as we expected, because there were all kinds of tangents. Because, "they were going the wrong way!"

And, Leoben was right about everything...

Wow

[RockyMcRockerson · 9/10 · 29 March 2007]

I thought the season finale was great. But...

SPOILER I think the final five are good Cylons. Think about it: they were all leaders of the resistance on New Caprica. They've been looking out for humanity from day one. The "bad" Cylons have a plan, but the good Cylons have a master plan and the bad guys think they know it, but they're totally oblivious. I'm not a religious person, but this has a totally biblical theme, which makes for good storytelling. I think the revelation of the final five, and their response to the discovery adds an excellent twist and leads in an exciting direction. Looking forward to season four.

are they really cylons?

[jada1896 · 10/10 · 30 March 2008]

Well i loved the final episode of season 3, but I really have to ask the question- are the 'final four' really cylons? Chief Tyrrol especially, because didn't he get the first Sharon pregnant? I remember the Cylons saying they couldn't have their own children. Even if Sharon wasn't pregnant, this now means that baby Nicholas is half-Cylon, half-human just like Hera. And why are they all being activated at the same time? If the Cylons truly even know their own plan anymore, activating those four much earlier would have brought about the destruction of the human race, when Tigh was in charge of the fleet, or Anders and Tyroll the leaders of the resistance. Maybe their plan is something completely different than what we've previously thought- maybe the Cylons we are familiar with don't even know the whole plan.

Season 3: Another dark and engaging season even if has some weaker episodes

[bob the moo · 12 May 2009]

One good thing about being late to a TV series is that I do not have to endure the long waits between seasons - sure the inability to go on any websites pertaining to the show and constantly trying to avoid spoilers like a sci-fi version of the Likely Lads is a bit of an annoyance but there is a certain pleasure in being able to watch a show you're into at a pace that you decide. So for me it was only a few weeks from seeing the Cylons arrive in New Caprica before I was able to get season 3 and see what happened as a result.

What happened is that BG yet again got darker in what it is doing and improved again upon season 2. In season 1 we had had some rather isolated episodes that allude to the humans in the role of the Bush administration (issues over the use of torture etc) but season 3 opens with Caprica essentially being Iraq. OK, to some eyes this will be obvious opportunism without a lot of imagination but for me there was a certain amount of bravery in the way it put the humans (the side we "support" in the story) into the roles of the insurgents - right down to having the humans engage in suicide bombing and be targeted for working with the Cylons. This is not only darker again in tone, but this being built into the narrative prevents the feeling that I got in S1 that I was being given an episode on a specific topic and having such things be a bit fragmented and obvious. This thread continues to inform the darker edge to the drama once the survivors are rescued and the remainder of the season does still have drama related to the fall-out from this as it goes along.

Of course it is still a sci-fi and season 3 doesn't lose sight of the fact that the main story is the journey towards Earth. Thus we still have a narrative that is very "sci-fi" but it balances this pretty well with reasonably insightful stuff and also the often thoughtful writing, which is why you tend to hear the show described as being sci-fi for people who don't like sci-fi. It isn't perfect though and there are still some episodes that have a "topic of the week" feel to them in the way too much of season 1 did (ie an issue or problem comes up and is resolved that same episode) - however these are not only the minority of the season but they also benefit from having other stuff happening in them at the same time. Not all of this "other stuff" works as well as some of it does though and a lot of it does ask that you accept what it is doing without a lot of question. My girlfriend will occasionally watch five minutes of this every three or four episodes and will ask questions that aren't easy to answer because the answer really only makes sense within the context of the internal logic of the show - and even then sometimes it is touch and go. The dark tone that it maintains also helps because it does have the "air" of a worthy, intelligent show (which in fairness it often is) so even when it does have weaker episodes or some lazy/weak writing, it can carry through this. For me, that good will even extends to the mostly poor musical choices made - by which I mean the overuse of "worthy" music and those pretty awful pan-pipe style music that always strikes me as a rather lazy way of getting emotion from the viewer.

It does all work though and I found myself engaged for most of the season. I can understand why some viewers are unhappy with the perceived "lack" of action and robots but by the third season I think in fairness it should be accepted that BG is based much more on the internal narrative threads rather than providing a "space battle per week" or something like that. The cast are mostly very good. This is not to say that they produce something that isn't there on paper but they all deliver well on the potential in the material and even the noticeably "weaker" actors have improved again. Olmos, Callis and McDonnell remain good in the three key roles but I also was a lot more interested in Bamber than I had been before and though he did better with his more interesting character. Sackhoff's material sees her dealing with perhaps too many issues to make for a good narrative but she is also improved on other seasons. I continue to like turns from Park, Helfer and Hogan, all of whom do well throughout.

The plot gets a bit pushed in the final episode it must be said. Having concentrated so much on the internal repercussions of the occupation on New Caprica, the show suddenly jumps into a very trippy and quite mystifying conclusion involving the resurrection of Starbuck, the suggestion that 4 key characters are 4 of the 5 remaining Cylons, the promise of a clear path to Earth and the arriving of several Cylon base-ships. The sheer "huh?" factor of it all makes it less impacting than S2's Cylon arrival but it does have me looking forward to season 4 and hopefully it can pull it together and prevent it being a bit like the last-minute cliff-hanger-overdose that it appears to be at the moment!

Totally disagree with all these reviewers

[MichaelNight-65221 · 1/10 · 25 January 2024]

I cannot believe that many here gives a 10/10 because of the court trial of Baltar.. This is a thirteen in a dozen court trial like we have seen so much in many series.

I cannot stand the word "objection" anymore. Everyone is so hysterically positive about Lee Adama's speech, but it is just another peptalk full of cliché's.

And of course surpise, surprise...quite predictable Baltar survives and gets "not guilty". This means we will be seeing this annoying character till the end of the series... What a relief the trial was over halfway this episode. Despite we get another verbal salvo of TIgh trying to put up a Gene Hackman imitation with his voice we finally see some action again.

The only thing that made me happy is at the end of the show. The view of Starbuck being back. Katee Sackhoff is the coolest SF actor ever...

...There's too much confusion... I can't get no relief!

[r-fronimides · 10/10 · 11 July 2020]

I've rated and reviewed this TV show... It's by far THE BEST ever been! All my theories about the Humanity is been written into these 4 seasons' script pages!

...but... WHAT AN EPISODE!!!! Supersonic shocking! You know... like you listening the heavy storm approaches... and finally "BOOOM!" explodes in your face!

This and the last couple episodes of the final seasons are THE BEST of the entire show. Of course, as you think, the couple FINAL SEASON's episodes would be remarkable... since THERE IS THIS EPISODE! This episode is BY FAR the best of the show. I won't write ANY spoiler - but as someone already wrote... it's worth to see 3 full seasons JUST TO ENJOY THIS episode!

....What can I say... "Battlestar Galactica" is THE BEST show to me... I've seen the entire 4 seasons + all films + all web episodes for (at least) 12 times!!!! I can't get enough of it! Its a shocking TV show, with A LOT "messages", a lot mind food to think, it's a more than a TV show - its PHILOSOPHY !

"There must be some kind of way outta here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Business men, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None will level on the line Nobody offered his word..."

(Oh boy... how they managed to INCLUDE a SO PERFECT, a LEGENDARY song from Jimmy Hendrix, into this amazing plot???)

One of the greatest season finale's I've seen in a TV series.

[Salvanwezel · 10/10 · 29 June 2008]

I've just seen this episode and i really thought it was amazing. Especially the ending. It leaves me with many question's but i'ts OK. I really hate it when they don't finish the story right and leave you with a huge cliffhanger with no satisfaction at the end of the season. This ending really feels like an ending. I think the series will go a different direction from here.

The weakest part form the episode was the trail of Gaius Baltar. It was a bit boring and predictable. (although i liked the character Lampkin) The 4 final 5 were a shock for me. I of course suspected that they would be important characters but it was a big surprise to find out who they are. The song they had been hearing... I was thinking it might had something to do with Starbuck and her mysterious "Death". But unconsciously knew something was not right. The episode is really carefully made so that really slowly (with some people sooner, some later) you begin suspecting and then knowing for sure that they are cylons. For me that was way before they were in the room together. But you really still want to hear them say it. Then they slowly start realizing themselves and eventually say it. Then the final part when the music is very clear. (Really good song by the way. (cheesy? who said that? go wash your mouth out!) Beautiful sequence with stunning images and another nice surprise. Starbuck is back. You already suspect it when the unidentified blip disappears from the dradis but they hold the tension nice and long and until you know it for sure without seeing her face.