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In which I pledge eternal devotion to whoever was the DP for this episode because I have never seen everyone look SO DAMN GORGEOUS all at once. Seriously. The pretty was almost painful. LOVE--not terribly coherent but I can promise a bunch of rambly squee!

For starters: Helo has the prettiest waist in the history of menfolk. Wow. And hello pretty pretty Sam.

How did Tigh know not to fire? I must know!

I love Natalie! She's crazycakes but she's intense and powerful. Still don't really get her motivations though. I guess the desire to find and reconnect with the final five outweighs the desire to continue resurrecting. Because God will bless them for achieving a greater purpose? Because they're weary of resurrecting when life doesn't have as much meaning as it would if they were fulfilling a higher purpose? I'm just shaky on the motivation--doesn't quite connect. ETA: nevermind. Mortality is a higher purpose than immortality--being stranded without a download option opened their eyes. Got it now.

Pretty damn sure the final five aren't going to want to go with the cylons when all is said and done! Tory and Tigh weren't looking to keen on being pawns the human/cylon-rebel alliance strategy. Have I mentioned lately how much I love the ongoing irony of having the Dylan Four being totally human-identified cylon-hating cylons. LOVE IT.

"Charter member of the nymph squad." Best line of the episode. And that sure ratchets the Tory/Roslin femslash angst level several thousand degrees. Of all the things Tory could lose in becoming a cylon and/or beliving in Baltar's message, Roslin's respect and trust is going to be the hardest for her.

Gaeta singing! Alessandro has the prettiest voice!

"to indulge in the neediness of twelve perpetually unhappy representatives". Damn. Whoever gets to write Roslin's lines this season deserves the award for All-around Best Snark.

Okay, so at the beginning of the ep, I wasn't loving Lee the Boy Scout Politician nearly as much as Lee the Boy Scout CAG. But! Now I'm totally loving Lee the Boy Scout Pilotician. That scene in sickbay with Roslin was awesome. He is so sensitive and perceptive sometimes. *smishes my emo!Lee* Sometimes all those feelings do him well.

And OMG Lee was totally checking Kara out in the press conference!!! That was the first time they've been in the same room since the smooch of awesomeness in the brig, right? TENSION Y'ALL. Serious and amazing pining and UST.

So now Roslin has complete faith in Kara and thinks she was/is destined to lead the fleet? The vote of confidence is nice but way to flip-flop Roslin. Or she thinks Kara might be a cylon but it's a good strategy anyway? *scratches head confusedly*

What was Kara seeing?!? What did it mean when she looked at Roslin all freaked out? I MUST KNOW.

Kara looks so radiant I cannot contain myself. MOST BEAUTIFUL EVER.

Though Grace really gave her a run for her Battlestar Beauty Pageant title. That shot of Sharon with the gun hovering over the dead Natalie with the ship lights haloing around her? Gorgeous.

So wait, who all was on the base ship when the hybrid jumped it away? Roslin, Gaius, Helo, the Leoben, the Eight, who else?

Is Adama going to jump the fleet and/or Galactica to save Roslin? Who knows. Because Hello Romo! Gah for two weeks!