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Finally, we have another fandom where the characters canonically say 'gods.'

The "To Be Continued" killed me, but next week is almost here. Plus, I feel fairly certain that Starbuck is not going to be rescued by a group of children with lots of feathers and a big fluffy white horse. But that would be kind of cool, would it not?

Act of Contrition

Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.


I wasn't quite sure what the point of the Helo/Boomer subplot was except to set up the counterpoint to the main plot of making mistakes and living with them. In the subplot, they discover a bomb shelter that's been decked out and doing everything it needs to be doing in a post nuclear war, and yet the person who set it up didn't even get a chance to use it. Playing it safe isn't necessarily a better option than getting out there and risking it all.

So, in terms of risking it all, this series is turning out to be a walking advertisement for fraternization regulations. I love that Starbuck told Adama, and we don't have to dance around the secrets anymore, and that it's all out there in a painful mess. And when she goes to the father and says her act of contrition and he isn't forgiving, it's a wonderful moment.

"You can call me God." But Starbuck's not the forgiving God type either when her nuggets screw up.