"The Imperfections of Memory" is a brief quiet moment before the next two episodes, what I expect shall be a far noisier wrap-up to the first half of Caprica's season. It will return this fall to complete its first series, and the good news according to The Hollywood Reporter is that the show looks likely to be renewed. The even better news for the disenfranchised Battlestar Galactica fans who like a little "space" with their soap opera is that Syfy is hoping to get executive producer Ronald Moore to develop yet another BSG spinoff.

With Caprica's fate currently looking somewhat safe, I guess I don't have to fret that this last episode breaks the momentum which has been building. I can just enjoy some of the unusual ways this entry ventures outside some of the familiar territory it has comfortably settled in.

As the Graystone's grief over Zoe's death recedes just a bit (if not from their consciousness then from the show's and its Caprican population), Amanda starts having visions of her dead brother, Darius. These hallucinations spur some desperate, wonderful dreamlike images that run counter to the crisp, concrete world established on the series so far, even in V-world. After Clarice runs into Amanda at the MagLev memorial, she learns of Amanda's visions. This prompts Clarice to theorize that since Amanda can see the dead—and is mother to the messianic Zoe—God speaks through her the same way He speaks through her daughter. Clarice gives a rare bottle of Scorpion Ambrosia to Amanda in order to ingratiate herself, hoping to glean something from the oracular Graystone matriarch. Continue Reading »