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BSG The Ties that Bind Review

As always there are spoilers for the episode in this review, don’t read if you haven’t seen it

That episode was pretty crazy.  Let’s see, in the search for Earth, I didn’t realize there would be so many military people on that ship, like Gaeta?, but I guess it makes sense.  Starbuck is talking a lot of crazy talk, like she feels removed from her body, strange.  It also seems as if a coup is brewing on that ship.  Could be trouble.

As for the Cylons, I’m not clear on if the Cavil’s managed to kill the rogue Sixes or not.  If he did did I guess that means the civil war is over, just like that?  If so that’s really lame.  But it can’t be because I’m pretty sure that was an unboxed Diana at the end (it wasn’t Cally was it?).  Even if that was Cally, I know Lucy Lawless is coming back so the Sixes can’t be dead, unless Cavil unboxes her anyway for some reason.

I think Tory is becoming a much more interesting character.  I mean, that could just be because she never did much before and now she has lines all the time, but I find that she’s embracing her Cyloninity more and more.  And, of course, she killed Cally!  Makes sense I guess, they can’t risk getting found out, but it shows just how much Tory is embracing her Cylon side.  Also, seems like she might have a thing for the Chief which may have something to do with it as well.  It’s also interesting that she saved the child.  In fact, that whole encounter seems purely like an attempt to save the child, otherwise she could have just let Cally end it.  Those hybrid babies are clearly one of the top priorities of the final five, even if they don’t consciously know it.

Now that Cally is gone I bet the Chief is gonna get a whole lot crazier.  I think his relationship with her was keeping him grounded.  I bet you a million dollars his head is shaved next episode.  Killing her does feel a little easy, it would have been more complicated to keep her around but I guess they want to remind us that these people are  Cylons and naturally the people close to them are in danger.  If you think about it, there was a good chance of something like this happening.  None of the other three have family, and that’s good because it’s hard to build a healthy relationship on a lie.  And not just a lie, but a huge lie.

Let’s entertain for five seconds that Cally is the fifth.  This would be bad because the Chief’s baby isn’t a hybrid in this case. On the other hand, it would be interesting because it would mean two Cylons procreated which, as far as we know, has never happened before.  It would also fit in nicely with D’ana’s apology last season because she could have been apologizing to her for trying to execute her on New Caprica.  Also it would be good because they would be dealing with her and not just killing her off to make their jobs easier.  Ultimately though, she’s probably not.  I think it’s more significant that the baby is a hybrid.

Can’t wait till next week!