PART 1 of 2
Written by Mark Verheiden
Directed by John Dahl
“I want you all to understand this! If you do this, there will be no forgiveness. No amnesty. This boy died honouring his uniform. You, you’ll die with nothing.”
Let’s take a DEEP breath…and again…
This will be a very short review of an episode that is nothing but one long mutiny-and-escape epic…and left me with nothing but OH MY GOD reactions. This isn’t an episode of plot…we KNOW what’s about to happen. Last week’s episode might as well have been a large, neon arrow!
Begin with the first 20 minutes…picture me, hiding behind pillow, muttering “oh no oh no oh no…I can’t look…maybe I will look…oh no oh no!” You think that slimy toad Gaeta was sweating? I WAS sweating!
Cue constant on-screen reminders of the time. Sure…ramp up that suspense. Kill me slowly. Make me suffer!
The next 40 minutes can be told by the following stream of consciousness reactions:
“Bloody hell AT LAST! DIE Gaeta, you slimy pig, DIE! OH BLOODY HELL, is Starbuck going to massacre EVERYONE on Galactica? Madame President GET OFF YOUR DUFF AND DO SOMETHING! AHA! She has DONE SOMETHING! Baltar, if you were any more oily you could power a refinery! A goodbye kiss? Lord, I’m going to cry…but OH MY GOD! ADAMA with MACHINE GUN! TIGH with MACHINE GUN! Taking on the world baby…WHAT?!? What do you mean TO BE CONTINUED?!?”
That was The Oath, ladies and gentlemen. I think I’m going to crumble to dust before the concluding episode is broadcast.
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