Battlestar Galactica - S04E16 - Deadlock
109 Posted on Feb 20, 2009 in articles by Conor Kilpatrick |
Tonight's episode - Deadlock
Last week Anders had a fever dream and spewed a whole lot of information at us very quickly. In case you didn't catch it all, here's a recap I found that does a pretty good job summarizing it all.
This week I'm hoping for lots of grizzled, confused, and drunk Tigh now that Ellen has returned. Maybe even the return of the grizzled sea captain outfit he sported on New Caprica. A man can dream!
How's Ellen going to react now that Tigh is shacked up with Six and they are having a cylon baby? How will Six react? How will Tigh?
Only five episodes left after tonight!
Speculations, theories, reactions, live blogs, you know the drill.
Comments
what the hell is Helo doing in the Dollhouse? He's supposed to be on Galactica in 20 minutes! That can't be a short commute
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 09:41 PM
My guess for tonight... Tigh yells a lot!
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 09:54 PM
Tonight's line up for me:
finishing the 2nd to last episode of The Wire right now.
Battlestar
last episode of The Wire.
Too much goodness for one night? Possibly.
Posted by Jarrett on 02/20/09 at 09:59 PM
here we go!
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 09:59 PM
hottest.construction.crew.ever
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:01 PM
It's like evil yeast.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:01 PM
Ahh, I see we have Mary Magdalene here this week.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:02 PM
I wonder whos side Boomer is on this time.
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:02 PM
6 is looking down right anorexic
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:02 PM
Guys calm down shes only part of the race that killed billions of your people.
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:03 PM
Tish is gonna crap his pants the first itme he sees Ellen
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:04 PM
Hot Dog.... BEST. LINE. EVER!
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:04 PM
err....that would be Tigh, not Tish
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:05 PM
hey honey....yeah, I poisoned you....but lets just make out
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:06 PM
Jeez whats with all of the grudges?
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:06 PM
It's not polite to kiss your dead former wife right after your girlfriend's ultrasound.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:06 PM
Apparently Adama just does not want Chief Tyrol to be happy.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:07 PM
Wouldn't it be messed up if Six was based on the original Tigh and Ellen's daughter or something? *shudder*
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:08 PM
@Paul Then this show would just be a giant retelling of Oedipus and Agamemnon.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:09 PM
@PaulMontgomery gah....how very Luke and Leiah
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:09 PM
Adama is becoming quite the lush
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:10 PM
@Prax - Tigh's even missing an eye! Shuffling the roles a bit, but still.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:11 PM
Man... I never gave Kate Vernon a lot of credit for her acting, but man these past two episodes.... she's fantastic. Does anyone think Lee and Laura are over reacting a bit much?
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:12 PM
There is so much I have to tell you...I knocked up one of your creations!
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:12 PM
hey tigh, remember how you have a another cylon pregnant?
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:12 PM
Also, I want the Cylon baby to come out with a Dean Stockwell head.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:13 PM
seriously, Baltar's little compound is turning into a regular Waco
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:13 PM
Oh, Baltar.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:14 PM
gias and the pussy party.
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:14 PM
So any theories on "Daniel" ? I'm thinking it might be Baltar. They never explained why he always had those visions.
Posted by Jarrett on 02/20/09 at 10:14 PM
One of Gaius' flock has grown a pair.
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:14 PM
Baltar's acolytes each have appropriately magnificent hair.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:15 PM
Wow... Apparently Ellen Tigh is the Dr. Ruth of space.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:16 PM
ooooh...she doesn't look happy
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:16 PM
oh shit techinically tigh fucked his daughter, what a sick fuck.
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:16 PM
Oh a Cylon social faux pas. Frakking your creation.
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:16 PM
@paul they all use herbal essense
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:17 PM
She's totally their daughter. That is so fucked up!
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:17 PM
Oh, it's Rosie the Riveter 6!
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:17 PM
doc cottle is awesome...."don't anybody unplug anything"
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:17 PM
That's Athena, right?
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:18 PM
Opps, guess not if she wants to leave.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:18 PM
"i didnt tell you?"
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:19 PM
yikes....Ellen is gonna kick Tigh in the balls
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:19 PM
Cylon Partridge Family!
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:19 PM
Why am I starting to get a worse feeling from Ellen than Cavil all of a sudden?
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:19 PM
Doc Cottle is, without question, the greatest character on this show.
Posted by Jarrett on 02/20/09 at 10:21 PM
Like Cylon's, there are only a limited number of KFC chickens, constantly re-spawning through incestuous, godless science.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:21 PM
"I didn't know?" what kind of retarded excuse is that
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:22 PM
mommy, daddy please dont fight ill be a good lil toaster.
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:23 PM
wow...the Chief is pretty quick to bail on the fleet
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:23 PM
I...don't understand the motivations of the newer Cylons. Like, they could have the Chief do pretty much anything and I'd just go with it.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:24 PM
hahahaha same name as his father.
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:25 PM
i wonder is he retarded like his father.
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:25 PM
This is very Jesus Christ Superstar.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/20/09 at 10:26 PM
Baltar is like a crotchety rambling old man
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:26 PM
did he just say "god" and not "gods"
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:26 PM
Oh shit Gaius is her baby daddy in the modern vernacular.
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:27 PM
"All children are very important". Doh.
Posted by Jarrett on 02/20/09 at 10:27 PM
its a space piano!
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:27 PM
Oh.. clever... Starbuck. Clever.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:28 PM
Adama is becoming unglued at the seams
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:28 PM
Ellen's going to kill the baby
Posted by piscespaul on 02/20/09 at 10:29 PM
the ships and its damn osteoporosis
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:29 PM
If that room wasn't made of metal this could easily be an episode of Desperate Housewives.
Posted by Jarrett on 02/20/09 at 10:29 PM
Man this is all shades of effed up.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:30 PM
wow...she is a devious bitch
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:30 PM
DON'T TRUST HER!!!
Posted by piscespaul on 02/20/09 at 10:31 PM
I kind of want Ellen to refer to Cavil jokingly as "Imperious Leader."
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:31 PM
I really like Jesus Baltar. He's fun.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:32 PM
lol what a fucking pussy rag.
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:33 PM
ALIEN VS HUNTER!
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:33 PM
Alien Versus Hunter!
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:33 PM
that same movie studio made its own version of high school musical.
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:34 PM
google tells me im lying to you guys.
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:36 PM
And Transmorphers. And I Am Omega. ANd the 18 Year Old Virigin.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:36 PM
christ, Galactica needs an AA group
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:37 PM
booze makes Tigh giggly
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:38 PM
Head Six!
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:39 PM
Baltar enjoyed giving...he's Santa Claus!
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:39 PM
Someone get Olmos a goddam award. Hell, give 'im ten!
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:40 PM
Baltar just joined the NRA
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:41 PM
The scenes of Adama touching the ship are bordering on gratuitous.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:42 PM
bill and tigh are war lovers
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:44 PM
well played, Ellen, well played indeed
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:44 PM
whoah
Posted by piscespaul on 02/20/09 at 10:45 PM
tigh is not good with words
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:50 PM
That... was an incredible speech from Tigh.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:51 PM
Love Adama one liners
Posted by piscespaul on 02/20/09 at 10:53 PM
Baltar is gonna get an ass kicking from Adama
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:53 PM
awesome...now the religious crazies have assault rifles
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:54 PM
Ten bucks says Paula is part of this Ares group.
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:55 PM
Anders is the Phoenix!
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:55 PM
:( heart wrenching
Posted by piscespaul on 02/20/09 at 10:56 PM
Everyone's gonna dies aren't they?
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 10:56 PM
meh
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 10:57 PM
EMBRACE CHANGE
Posted by bigyanks on 02/20/09 at 10:57 PM
There's only one "cook" in each KFC? And I thought only 12 models of Cylon was too few.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 02/20/09 at 10:57 PM
well, its been fun...see ya'll next week
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 02/20/09 at 11:00 PM
This episode slowed the momentum of the season for me. All that Adama wandering through the repair areas felt like padding. But mostly I don't enjoy the Ellen/Tigh bitchfest. I felt like the other Cylons, frustrated with all the prattling while waiting for big things to happen.
Posted by Tad on 02/21/09 at 02:27 AM
@Tad - i agree, but I think the momentum may even have stopped with the previous episode. Lots of exposition. This week was a bit of running in place. Still, next week returns attention to Starbuck's situation, so hopefully this Scooby Doo scramble will stop pulling up carpeting and actually achieve some distance.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 02/21/09 at 10:55 AM
I have a theory for where they will finally land and settle. Now it seems more and more like the theme is the humans and cylons have to get over thier differences and live together right? well, they used to all live together before they became the 13 tribes when they lived on Kobal. So it seems thematically that they should find Kobal again and that is where their journey should end, it brings them all back full circle and as far as i can gather Kobal was lost to the tribes and its the only other known habitable planet out there. Does this theory seem solid, is there some glaring detail that makes this all wrong?
Posted by English on 02/21/09 at 01:38 PM
I agree, Tad. I'm just not sold on the romantic relationship between Caprica Six and Tigh...why the hell would he fall in love with her if he was thinking of Ellen every time they had sex? Yeah, I know he still loves Ellen, but I just don't see how he would have deep feelings for Six, as well. And I don't understand the Chief's sudden willingness to leave the fleet behind, as he's helping to fix Galactica. I dunno, a lot of plot points in these last two episodes seem forced. They're still good episodes, but not what I was expecting out of the last five episodes.
Posted by Paradiddle on 02/21/09 at 02:15 PM
i'm excited to see chief get his boner back in boomer
Posted by minithin on 02/21/09 at 04:44 PM
Where is this episode on scifi.com or hulu? I need to see it! Dammit, do I have to buy it on iTunes?
Posted by ActualButt on 02/26/09 at 11:42 AM
@Actual I heard that they're holding off a week from putting these online. Which I understand, but which sucks since I don't have sci-fi on my cable system.
Posted by ohcaroline on 02/26/09 at 01:49 PM
If that's the case, then it just started with this episode. Last week it was up by the following Wednesday, but either way, I found it on www.watchbattlestargalactica.net. It's not great quality, but it's up.
Posted by ActualButt on 02/26/09 at 01:52 PM
I just hope there isn't a week delay on the episode on tv too. I don't want this to end, but now that it IS ending, the last thing I want is a delay.
Posted by ActualButt on 02/26/09 at 03:03 PM
To quote Mike J. Nelson 'And we're back.'
Posted by SamMacBastard on 02/20/09 at 09:28 PM