Battlestar Recap - Don't Piss Off Mommy

So I watched Battlestar on Saturday morning, then spent a couple of hours with my mouth still hanging open. Because seriously, people - this show does not fuck around.

This week, the women of Galactica have a huge episode that shows you should never piss off Mommy....or there will be major consequences. Hera, Tory, Natalie, Geata, and the Cylon rebels all learned this the hard way. Spoilers abound of course....after the link.

***A note about Natalie - a friend and I had a debate about Natalie this weekend, so I did a little digging. Natalie made her first appearance this season in 'Six of One', and while she's never been called Natalie on the show, that is her name in scripts.

Okay, back to business. This shit is long, sorry, but it all matters. Hm... where to start? Let's see - how about when the Basestar jumps without the Demetrius and they almost get blasted out of the sky until super secret Cylon Tigh overrides Adama's fire order just in time for the Demetrius to get back to the fleet and save Starbucks/Athena's asses?

Um... Tory, if you're going to frak your boss's nemesis, maybe keep it more of a secret? Cause Laura Roslin isn't like our real President - she's smart. The look on Tory's face when she realized she was in trouble was amazing. Also amazing? Laura basically saying "If you're going to whore yourself out, you're doing it for me, Bitch." Tory runs off to do Laura's bidding and figure out how Baltar knew she was sharing visions with Cylons.

Gaeta spends the episode getting his leg chopped off and singing a lovely sad song in the hospital bay, and since he only has one leg, people let him. He's probably not the final Cylon because there are too many hints in that direction, but he's a major factor in what's to come.

Lee, not immune to Laura's gaze, originally tries to berate her for the usual due process bullshit, but this time Laura agrees to bring Natalie to the Quorum to explain why the plan to blow up the Hub is worth it for both parties. No hub, humans get to kill Cylons for real, whereas the Cylons now realize life is only precious if you could lose it. Win win? Not really... the Cylons really have a secret plan to use the humans to unbox Three, then keep hostages until Adama coughs up the final five.

Okay, now for Hera. Cute as a button little halfbreed freaks out Athena big time with her drawing pictures of a Six over and over again. Also freaky, anytime a little kid says "Bye-Bye" on a science fiction show. Between that and the fact that Natalie has already inquired about the littlest toaster, Athena is not happy.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Natalie, Athena, and the President are all dreaming about the Opera house... (most likely Hera as well). Baltar is in the vision, which is why Laura gets him into a Raptor to go visit the Hybrid and figure out what the hell is going on.

Natalie decides that her hostage plan isn't very nice, and tells her fellow rebels so. They are reluctant to trust Adama, but Leoban agrees to speak to the Centurions (who, remember, are no longer slaves). Natalie goes back to Galactica to talk to Adama....

When what happens? Yeah, Hera does a runner straight to her, and it's adorable in how clearly Natalie is in love with the tyke. Athena pulls her gun with a very firm "Get the hell away from my child" in a hallway full of Marines. Telling Tyrol (not Chief anymore - sniff!)to get Hera out of the way, which he does in a lovely nod to backstory, you think Athena is going to holster and walk.

Uh, no. Bang. Bang. And just in case you think maybe Natalie could survive a couple of shots, bang bang bang.

That's enough drama, right? Nah.

Laura and Baltar go to the Hybrid, and Laura demands that someone plug Hybrid back in. They do. And the first and only thing the Hybrid says is... Jump.

Oh, shit.


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