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Compelling Drama

Just finished watching the first ten episodes of Battlestar Galatica's Season 2.

Man! What a show! It is truly compelling drama thanks to excellent story lines, well-defined characters, and fine acting. I love the fact that you don't have all these funny-looking aliens running around all the time. The show is truly focused on exploring what it means to be human.

Personally, I'm hooked on the show because I can't help but care deeply for the characters, however flawed or misguided they may be at times. After so many episodes, I now totally get them. Their motivations, fears, and biases have been carefully revealed episode after episode, to the point that you can understand why they make the decisions that they do, or why they would choose one course of action over another.

I particularly love the uplifting moments on the show (great writing!), and I'm just as struck by the show's deliberately shocking and dark subplots. I also appreciate the fact that the show remains consistent across episodes. A lot of effort has obviously been devoted to ensuring continuity.

Of course, there are a number of plotlines that are still open-ended (they wouldn't have any more stories to tell otherwise). It will be interesting to see how they will resolve these loose ends as the story progresses.

I guess like the rest of BSG's fans, I have no choice but to wait until January 2006 for the 11th episode of the second season! Hay, the suspense is killing me! hahaha! The only consolation at this point is the announcement that Season 3 has been approved and that filming will start in February 2006. Hooray!

Tags: TV

Posted by CF at 12:25 PM