Ep two continued the dark feel. I like the way the eps seem to segue straight into each other, but still have a self contained story arc.

Another thing I really liked about this was it underlined how difficult its going to be for them to survive. After years of trek, its easy to forget what an inhospitable place space is. I liked how simply losing water can cause so many problems. I also like how difficult it was for them to find more (no convienient M class planets lying around). There was the line from Baltar about how much food they need. How are they possibly going to be able to get it? There was a farming ship in the miniseries, but I think it got destroyed.

I'm not sure what they're going to do with Boomer. They can't keep the "Cylon, but she doesn't know it" thing going indefinitely. Presumably, she's beginning to realise after this weeks ep. I hope she is going to cross over to the humans side. It would open up all sorts of interesting possibilties.

Overall, another cracking episode.

For me, so far, Baltar's the most interesting character on the show. So completely different to the Baltar of TOS.

Still trying to figure out what Boomer's game is back on Caprica.

I'd love to know if there really is a computer chip in baltar's brain or whether there's another method of communication :unsure:

I think the Boomer's will she/won't she conundrum is making her the most interesting at the mo

I thought this was a terrific episode. I remember reading Ron Moore saying that they were going to make it more than a "Cylon attack" episode of the week kind of thing, and this is the first episode to prove it. Very good. :)

I know what you mean, I'm waiting for the 1x03 thread before really commenting on the non-'attack of the week' scenario....

Another cracking ep.

Balthar and Boomer are definitely the two most interesting characters.

And yes, the Hydroponics ship was one of the ones without an FTL drive that they had to leave behind at the first jump.

Just watched this ep now, just as great as the previous ones. The only thing I don’t like is that scenes from the episode are featured in the opening titles, I keep having to look away, can’t understand why you’d want to spoil an episode moments before it begins :unsure:

The above aside, another brilliant ep. The whole Boomer thing is very intriguing, and the last scene where they pick up a military frequency got me thinking that maybe she’s there to root out any resistance for the Cylons? It’s the only angle I can think of? :unsure:

Overall, I found this an effective episode, with good special effects -- I especially liked the sight of the innards of the damaged water tank. But I was distracted by some niggling questions.

1) Why didn't Boomer just report the first timebomb (after drying off first, of course)? Panicking the way she did was too ordinary a melodramatic turn for a show like this. How many times will we hear: "They'll think I'm guilty!"

2) It's been a convention among writers that if ordinary people are stressed they will fall apart. The dialog among the political leaders goes something like: "We can't tell the people or there'll be riots." Yet, experience and psychologists have demonstrated that the opposite effect is more likely (the supposed panic at Orson Well's broadcast of WAR OF THE WORLDS -- scripted as a series of news reports -- is in fact exaggerated). A population tends to be made of sterner stuff. It's the writers (and, evidently, news reporters) who need panic and riots to introduce extra drama into the story.

3) An technolgically advanced race doesn't need to find water to get water. They just need to find the constituents: hydrogen (the most plentiful element in the universe) and oxygen (not exactly rare).

A smaller problem was Grace Park. While she is a competent actress (and lovely), if she had more depth to give, it would have made this a better show. Now appears she'll have the unenviable duty of playing opposite two men. :rolleyes:

It is a while since I watched S1 but isn't the whole point of Sharon, at this point, to show someone in chronic self-denial and acting with something like two personalities. Sharon does not want to face up to the truth of her actions. sk