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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Now something did feel greatly off in this episode, it was almost as if it was written by someone other then RDM as the characters behaved in almost atypical fashion, and characters who had been evil in the past became outright sympathetic, while characters that had seemed someone noble became utterly cold and ruthless.
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I couldn't buy into this either. All of a sudden Adama and Roslin are going
around looking for a fight? Where did this come from? Two characters
who seemed rather sympathetic to the common people and their
plight, now ignore it. They bluffed Baltar with throwing him out an
airlock but are ready to shoot "10 Callie's"?
The story was about lies, and how far some of the characters are
willing to go.
Adama was lying/bluffing about shooting Callie, no way he would
carry through on it. Tyrol wasn't taking the chance.
Baltar was out and out lying about his heritage and having to claw
his way out, etc. He was playing on the fact that Tyrol was looking
to be sympathetic to his book. "Oh, look at me! I'm a poor downtrodden
soul who had to fight his way up!" This gives his book credibility,
once Tyrol tells the story.
Roslin was lying at the end when she implied she was looking to make
changes. The changes will be minimal, just enough to keep Baltar's
book from making sense. "What is he talking about?? There's Aerons
(sp?), Sagittarons, etc, in 'higher' positions!" The positions will be
adjusted so that they never quite reach the top, maintaining the
status quo overall. Give the common man a talking piece (Tyrol)
and they'll go on about their business (and protect yours).
This isn't the first time she's resorted to lying, even in this episode
she blatantly lied to Baltar about intercepting his book, and it not
being published, which caught Baltar off-guard at how well she did it.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The image of Adama and Roslin drinking wine while the chief complained was some really sour imagry to me as well.
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That was the idea
Show the workers having to put in 16 hour days,
while Adama and Roslin have time to relax. Two seperate classes.
ers