Supernatural Academy is both culturally calibrated for 2022 and disappointingly traditional in the treatment of its characters.
If I have one concern about the finale next week, it’s that the show will not be able to find an ultimate meaning for the character of Baltar.
To a real degree, I’m willing to give the show a lot of slack because it’s a story still in search of an ending.
Battlestar has always had a weakness for Big! Shocking! Moments! that turn out to just be dreams.
The episode is like a primer as to why we came to love all of these characters in the first place.
The ensemble of players, above everything else, is what makes Battlestar Galactica come to life.
The episode is probably going to piss off a lot of fans, especially coming this late in the show’s run.
The show has always given a sense that it’s willing to dispense with vital parts of its premise for an episode or two.
The episode zip along with verve, finding little time for the character moments the last few episodes have been filled with.
The season, so far, has given some of the show’s less-heralded players some good material to work with.
Full disclosure: My personal politics are half Socialist and half Libertarian.
The final montage suggests that anger at the collaborators won’t easily fade away.