And when she goes to the father and says her act of contrition and he isn't forgiving, it's a wonderful moment.
Oh, yes. (All those years of Catholic school turned out to be good for something after all. Thank you, Sister Immaculata!) Then, when her verbal act of contrition failed to earn forgiveness, Starbuck chose to perform a literal "act" of contrition — her valiant but suicidal defense of her trainees and the fleet. It was beautiful.
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Date: 2005-01-30 06:10 pm (UTC)Oh, yes. (All those years of Catholic school turned out to be good for something after all. Thank you, Sister Immaculata!) Then, when her verbal act of contrition failed to earn forgiveness, Starbuck chose to perform a literal "act" of contrition — her valiant but suicidal defense of her trainees and the fleet. It was beautiful.