Last week's Battlestar Galactica episode, "Faith," rocked the house. This whole season, though, has been incredible, delving into complex, challenging issues such as religion, mortality and politics. This is not TV lite, therefore I rarely watch it on Friday nights at 10 p.m., since by then my brain is fried from the previous week's work and I can't concentrate with the appropriate amount of attention.

So, after watching "Faith" on DVR delay, I have a few observations to share with you about this most recent episode of BSG. (Please note: No attempt at synopsis has been made; for a synopsis, go here. This post is pure critique and conjecture.)

1. Starbuck has a fan base in the BSG world, too.

When Jean Barolay (Alisen Down) volunteered to go with Starbuck, Anders and Athena to the Cylon base ship to talk to the Hybrid, Starbuck told her she wasn't looking for volunteers. Jean countered that yes, Starbuck had asked for volunteers back on the Galactica, that Starbuck had been a super-hot badass leader since forever, and Jean would like nothing less than to be ordered around by Kara "Lesbian Icon" Thrace. (OK, maybe I'm paraphrasing a little, but didn't Jean seem to have a little crush on Starbuck? Too bad that crush got her killed.)

Jean Barolay (Alisen Down) in Episode 3.11, "Rapture"

Photo credit: Sci Fi/Eike Schroter

2. Six kisses Six.

After the Six who accidentally killed Jean Barolay was shot by Natalie, she confessed to Natalie that she had not been able to deal with the trauma of being killed by Jean on New Caprica. Natalie called her "sister" and kissed her before she died. I saw this as a grand, poetic statement of blood calling to blood, as well as a reflection of the fact that each Cylon model is so closely linked — closer than family, even — to the others of their model. Here's hoping most folks didn't see it as gratuitous girl-on-girl action starring hottie Tricia Helfer in a fantasy twin lesbians scenario. … continue reading

Katee Sackhoff has broken her silence about what really happened to Starbuck on this past season of Battlestar Galactica. Apparently, executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick first told Sackhoff about Starbuck's temporary demise way back last summer, but then swore her to secrecy. They then concocted a vast conspiracy to attempt to keep everyone else in the dark — including the BSG crew and Sackhoff's dad. "My dad has a big mouth, and I knew he would get on his e-mail list and tell everyone," she told the Los Angeles Times.

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by Malinda Lo

Last night I didn't catch the season finale of The L Word. No, instead I watched the season finale of Battlestar Galactica, and damn if I wasn't totally floored by the last five minutes! (If you haven't seen the finale yet, you might want to skip this blog posting because there are spoilers ahead!)

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My thoughts, in random order:

1. Starbuck, Starbuck, Starbuck!! Did Lee Adama really see Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) in the last few seconds of the episode, or was that all a hallucination? Sackhoff is signed on for the next season, but who knows how exactly she will fulfill her contract. (I don't think an affair with Number Six is in the works, unfortunately.)

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