well, well, well.We, the colony of Cylons who inhabit this very earth have finally discovered a few revelations about the origin of the Cylons and the final five.
'No Exit' for me was an incredible episode and not just for it revelatory story but for the incredible performance of Dean Stockwell. This was easily his best episode to date and we discover a very believable motive for his hatred of humans, the final five and contempt for his own flesh and blood human cocoon. (His description of once seeing a Super Nova with his 'primitive gelatinous spheres' is amazing)
Ellen Tigh is brilliant, her explanation of how things came to be is a thread that weaves throughout the entire episode while at the same time, Anders is explaining to, Saul, Galen and Tori something he remembers due to his injury, their origin on earth and the story of how they came to join the fleet and why they believed they were human.
Soon, Ellen with the aid of a number 8 'boomer' will return to the fleet with no doubt more revelations. This episode crammed a great deal of information into its 45 minutes and I wish it had been longer. There were reports a few months ago of how the last Battlestar episodes would be longer.
The sub plot of this episode is interesting too, the Mighty Battlestar Galactica is showing her age and starting to crumble. Tyrol explains to Admiral Adama that huge cracks are appearing within her superstructure and there is only one way to fix it. They must use a special organic resin that they can get aboard the crippled 'friendly' Cylon basestar. This resin will strengthen the Galactica. Adama's initially refuses to allow Cylon technology on his ship, but a few whiskeys later, Adama calls Tyrol and orders him to do whatever is necessary to 'fix their girl'.8/10
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