BSG: The Son Also Rises

[tzikeh]

This aired on March 11, so the minor spoiler of saying "Here's what I thought of the big scene between Lee and his dad" shouldn't really upset anyone, right?

Frankly, I still don't know what I think of the episode, but Jacob the Recapper at TWOP said the following about that scene, which is exactly how I felt while watching it:


The dialogue, as Adama tells Lee to stop assisting Romo Lampkin:

Adama: Forget it. I need you as CAG.
Apollo: Why did you give me those books, huh? I mean, you gave me your father's law books.
Adama: I made a mistake.
Apollo: Why? Why is it a mistake? Are you afraid that I'll be like him?
Adama: You're a pilot.
Apollo: And with Zak gone, and Kara gone, you needed someone to carry the flag, is that it?
Adama: You're a pilot. You're a pilot and you're my son. And I will not look across that court and see you sitting on the other side.
Apollo: See me? Or see someone else.
Adama: Report for duty.
Apollo: Is that an order?
Adama: You're in way over your head. Report for duty.
Apollo: Is that an order?
Adama: (taking his glasses off, making no sense) I'm through giving you orders.

Jacob's response:

Am I an idiot? How am I unable to make even basic sense of this shit?

Adama: You're not the CAG, you're the head of security. STOP ACTING LIKE ROMO LAMPKIN or so help me God I'll make you CAG again.
Apollo: Please, sir, do not give me my job back.
Adama: Then I'll hate your grandfather some more!
Apollo: But sir, what about Zak and Kara? Can't I bring them up for no reason? They were both pilots and died in the air, just like you don't want me to do!
Adama: Go die in an airplane or I will be really mad!
Apollo: But I have a calling to serve, which you and Roslin have now given to me and then taken away again sixteen times.
Adama: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE LEGAL SYSTEM WORKS! IF YOU ARE SITTING AT THE DEFENSE TABLE AND I AM MAKING AN ETHICAL DECISION BASED ON THE FACTS, I WILL HAVE TO FIGHT YOU SOMEHOW!
Apollo: No, you won't.
Adama: GO DIE IN AN AIRPLANE! BECAUSE I LOVE YOU! KARA THRACE IS DEAD! DEAD!
Apollo: Is that an order?
Adama: NO! THE COMMANDER OF THE FLEET DOES NOT GIVE ORDERS TO HIS SUBORDINATES! GO BE A LAWYER LIKE I JUST TOLD YOU NOT TO!

Me too, Jacob; me too.

Comments

[elynross.livejournal.com]

HEEEE!

*beams*

I don't know why it felt like it needed to be so vividly colored, but it did.

YOUR PLOTLINE IS DEAD! DEAD!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Because it's florid? :)

Really, the whole thing is just... I was thinking, back in the day at MediaWestCon, we used to put on Mystery Science Theater productions up against tv show episodes. Now, with MODERN TECHNOLOGY FROM THE FUUUUCHOOOOR, we could put up an episode with the silhouettes of the MST3K guys in front of the ep, and mix in the voice-over comedy, and put it up on megaupload or something, because... wow.

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[klia.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that would be sadistically funny.

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[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yes, in my copious spare time. :) But you know, it's really appealing... and I could do it around MediaWest time because I have a brief break between Spring and Summer semesters.

Hm.

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[klia.livejournal.com]

If you do, I NEED to see it (and make sure I have Kathy's beanie babies to throw at the screen *g*). God, you should have a special showing at VVC, too. Hee.

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[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I beg you to do this. I grovel at your feet.

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[bluerosefairy.livejournal.com]

Add me to the groveling crowd at your feet.

Because DAMN. I might even pay to watch that.