Battlestar Galactica: Sine Qua Non
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- May
- 30
An odd episode.
Sine Qua Non (Latin, a “dead” language): Without which, not.
Adama is nothing without Roslin.
The fleet is nothing without a president; it also is nothing without forward motion, heading inexorably toward its ultimate destination.
Romo Lampkin is nothing without his cat, his lone connection to his dead family.
Lee is nothing without a purpose.
Athena is nothing without her daughter.
Is humanity truly doomed?
It would seem, in the end, that Romo accepted Lee’s assertion that people need to make a conscious decision to live, to perpetuate the human race. So long as there is faith in humanity, so long as the human race believes in its future, there is a future and it is deserved.
But what if he was right and Lee was wrong? What if the human race is doomed? What if the human race doesn’t deserve to go on? What if the future of humans and Cylons as a hybrid race is the true future and the only way that either race can continue?
The fleet is now headed by Lee Adama, a virtual Boy Scout, and a Saul Tigh, a Cylon who is only just coming to grips with what he is. The two races already are co-existing; they just don’t know it yet.
I have more to ponder and at least one more viewing before I can properly consider what I’ve just seen, but I do have a few other quick points:
• Great fight between Adama and Tigh. Tigh’s the only man in the entire fleet who could have punched Adama (who, frankly, needed it) and not ended up in the brig.
• Even so, Adama was totally right in blasting Saul about his relationship with Caprica Six, and Tigh needed those punches as a wake-up call just as much as Bill.
• Speaking of, if Caprica Six is pregnant, what does that mean? Is Saul actually the father? If he is, does that mean Cylons can procreate with one another just like humans do? Do they not need hybrid breeding? Or is it the difference between the Final Five and the Known Seven that makes the pregnancy possible?
• Will Adama finish reading Searider Falcon before he finds Roslin? I mean, c’mon, you know he’s going to. There are few things certain on this show, but there’s no way Adama is going to stay floating out in the middle of nowhere, especially considering we know that Roslin’s still alive. Not that we have proof of that, either, but, I mean, c’mon.
Photos courtesy of NBC Universal.
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I bet the Final Five are different somehow. This gives us another clue to what the differences are. And the Final Five also originated from Earth, according to the Hybrid. Hmm…
Loved Adama in this one. But Roslin's cancer is so advanced! Is he going to find her only to have her die a short time later? That's sad.