discardia

I am a late comer to the world of the reincarnate Battlestar Galactica. It has been on for two years and I never had seen an episode. Of course, one has to kind of watch television, and I really don’t watch, per se. It is more like watching my wife watch her TV and I am an innocent bystander in the mirth of endless Friends episodes and so many TLC shows, I know all the rules of fashion, interior design and that MDF can indeed be used for anything.

But I digress.

Even though I am now a fashionista interior designer who just loves mdf, I was told that Battlestar Galactica might be worth my while. I decided to throw it in my nearly empty Netflix queue, and breezed through all 2.5 seasons without even knowing season three was about to start on SciFi. I finished the last 2.5 disc the week before season 3 started and I will tell you what… it is an awesome show.

Last Friday’s episode was all about a rescue mission that the Battlestar had to attempt in order to free the majority of the population from the occupation of the Cylons. It was brilliant.

Want to know why it was brilliant? Because we have all seen enough rescue attempt scifi shows to know the possible methods, outcomes and strategies involved. Any hack writer could have done it. But in this episode, you are watching and expecting the same ol’ stuff, and while some of the same ol’ stuff happens, the majority of it feels fresh and decidedly different. It gave me just another reason to try to follow along during the normal broadcast season… which in a life of TLC and Friend episodes, can be difficult to do.

But man, it is worth it.