Forever A Fangirl

Does John McCain Equal War?

An anti-war protester interrupts US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (R) as he addresses a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in Washington, June 28, 2008. The banner reads, “McCain equals war”. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

John McCain will always equal war to me--the Vietnam war.

If you are of a certain age, you remember the now Senator John McCain from television images of him and a large handful of others from the “Hanoi Hilton,” a Vietnamese prison which could pass for Abu Gharib–but worse. He was shot down in Vietnam in the 1960’s when he was a young jet pilot. He ejected from the jet and parachuted into an area with angry villagers, unhappy about him bombing them. The ejection from the jet and landing broke a number of important bones (legs, arms, then after the capture I think ribs). Then McCain was beaten, bayoneted, and then tortured repeatedly for years by his captors. The torturing, in the hands of the enemy Viet Cong, went on for years. At the tail end of the Vietnam war, the Vietnamese agreed to release the last of the American prisoners of war but they controlled the release and it was done with the newly free men paraded in their pajama-like attire where the cameras could snap away. McCain, look below at the photo of him being captured by VC and click the link to see the VC "treating" his injuries.  stood out from the other guys even then, or maybe especially then.

I realize Cindy McCain is blond but even she should be able to fake thinking though what Michelle Obama meant when she said she was proud of her country for the first time (paraphrase). “Cindy,” heiress to a beer company fortune, has never not had a ton of money. She’s always been blond, attractive and well-kept. She may as well have grown up in another universe than Michelle.

Michelle grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a “loving” 2-parent family with one older superstar-athlete-scholar brother and all of them crammed into a one bedroom home in a bungalow. She went on to Princeton and Harvard on scholarships and loans.
In contrast, except for having the brains you need for an Ivy League (and not liking the weather, or so I read) Cindy McCain would have been quite at home among the other rich kids. Michelle did quite well–though not a superstar.
So Michelle made her way in this world as the most successful black woman in a middle-class Chicago family. And now her husband is poised to become president and she decides to use our must-lauded right to free speech about Barack’s and her future but Cindy McCain, the alway rich, blond, and very white self-described “navy wife,” doesn’t get what Michelle was saying? Truly though, would we expect someone of Cindy McCain's privilege to “get it?” She’s have to be a special rich person/woman and she’s just plain not. (McCain’s Vietnam horror story after the jump)

Purple Dinosaurs and Ruby Slippers...

 

...are a couple of things that are suggested as packing items to be added to the bags you intend to kiss goodbye to check in with the airline when you next travel by airplane.

Chances are good that bags are going to get lost--so that is the advice being doled out by the Big Three airlines and travel experts. Plus, in the words of another airline representative,
If you fly, "ask a million questions" but "don't tax the system" or things may turn ugly.

Flying was scary enough without veiled threats and directives to put "unusual objects like purple dinosaurs or ruby slippers" in each of your checked bags because when the inevitable happens you'll have a better shot at getting your bags back.
Last new bit of advice for airline passengers that I learned today: Make multiple copies of your itinerary and laminate one for each checked bag. That way when they lose your luggage it will help them in maybe getting it back for you.

I feel travel plans being canceled and road trips coming on.

Happy Birthday, Spouse! I <3 U!

 

  

Went to Texas de Brazil which he enjoyed very much. I wouldn't recommend it for heart patients-though. Even though there is meat not loaded with extra salt, which I found out after a ton of salty stuff had come 'round meat itself is pretty heavy with sodium. Though we were warned, "Tonight, we cooked the meat covered with salt," I still had waaay too much salt. My heart pills (it could be psychological, I suppose) really make me feel unwell if I go off low salt completely--even in just one meal. In other words salt makes me sick. That's a big part of the reason I'm not a fan of meat, really. Too salty. Tonight the "salad bar" was not labeled. It's upscale, changes, and is written out so I had no idea what much of what was on my plate when we went there. Some of it was tasty but again with the salt--lots of fresh cheeses which I don't dislike--just paired with maybe 15 different hunks of meat walking around wearing gaucho pants--it was a lot. Dessert was good. Spouse got a huge, yummy, whipped fresh fruit sorbet which he really liked--on the house. Younger son and I had flan which I just wanted and was on his list of things to try.

 

Tribute To George Carlin~

Because some of my blogs are monetized, I cannot reproduce material on one (exception: graphics and photos) to the other. I did my tribute to the late, master of stand-up comedy, George Carlin on my not-for-profit, Vox blog but this blog seems empty without a little something to remember George. So then, here's the link to my Vox blog George Carlin post in which I've posted a couple memories but more importantly a mash-up --five YouTube videos taken from various George Carlin performances. Enjoy!

These are the mug shots ( that I've altered slightly) from George's 1971 arrest at a event held each year on Milwaukee's lakefront called "Summerfest."

George was said to seem mostly bemused by the experience.

Canada Day Reminder, First of July, Fourth of July

 

"Hi Cynthia, just a reminder that
Canada Day is just one week away!
Canada Day: July 1st
........
What was the original name of Canada Day?
Canada Day was originally called Dominion Day."

Cool, huh?

It truly was, especially if like me you dug sparklers.

I remember being there for a couple of them before we came here and started watching fireworks on the Fourth of July. Now Canada does fireworks _all_the_time--like the US does.

Not an improvement for either country. Too many big, noisy celebrations too often times a year. Yeah, I know. There's nothing more exciting for a certain subset of boys-to-men than fire/works and risking losing a finger. Sheesh. It's started here already in prep for this Fourth of July. My dog hates it. We close the windows but she still hears quite well.

Contemplating the "big" storms coming. We'll see how the cable and Internet hold this time. Should be interesting.

Cheers!

Oh yeah, the rest of my "Canada Day" reminder.

"Canada day celebrates the creation of the dominion of Canada, or the uniting of 3 British territories- The provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single federation. The name was not changed to Canada Day until 1982."

Time to find your party hats and get ready to celebrate.

A moment or two in my garden of life~ 06.22.08

Drove almost to Wisconsin to our 2 y.o. nephew's birthday party and his bro's baptism dinner. ZOMG! Top down in the Mustang through the country was awesome. Spouse picked up his aunt in his car as we couldn't all fit n the 'stang.

Got great gas mileage even for an 8 cylinder stick!
I am totally needing a shower!

(Below) Our garden pics snapped at 8 p.m.
I love natural light!

Battlestar Galactica, S410~Revelations: Kara Discovers She's Married To Sam, The Cylon~ Screen Caps, *SPOILERS,* FINAL

Battlestar Galactica, Half-Season Four Finale ~410~Revelations~ Screen Caps, *SPOILERS* FINAL

Holy cow, I love this episode beyond the saying of it, and 'thank you' to the fans who have been going out of their way to tell all of us that, too. Adama's reaction to the reveal was stunning -- my gods -- and Starbuck-- her face said it all. A thunderclap. Simply beautiful. You wouldn't want more and you can't imagine less. I'm stating the obvious when I say that a more labored reaction would've attenuated the emotions, given the characters a chance to gather themselves before the big blow that was to come, which certainly would be a mistake. And there's a difference, of course, between finding out that your XO is a Cylon if he's handing you a giftbox filled with a fertile verdant Earth, and finding out that he's holding a cinder-planet. I think the *real* reactions are yet to come, just like in life. The beauty of this episode is in its urgency, in the tumbling breathless slide that lands us on that grim gray unfamiliar beach... It's so gray, in fact, that I think it earns the British spelling. It's grey, which is even worse.

~ BSG writerJane Espenson on Battlestar Galactica's mid-season finale

I'm not sure where I got this--but it's good!

..and we cut to Sam,

Tyrol and Kara standing around the pristine Viper. She insists that there's nothing unusual about the Viper, but Sam tells her to check it over again, because something has changed. Suddenly guards dash into the room and tell Sam and

Tyrol to put their hands on their heads. Kara's confused until one of the guards explains that they're the other two Cylons. Kara looks at Sam, not believing what she's hearing, but at

Tyrol's urging, Sam confirms that yes, it's true.

Starbuck looks like she's choking on a sea urchin."

Thanks for capping, creative muse!

Kara's Viper: Time running out...

A bunch of Cylon Centurions and from left, Galen Tyrol and Sam Anders, half of the Dylan-Watchtower-Final Four.

Kind of uncomfortable for everyone involved. I imagine especially for the Dylans/Finals who remained on Galactica.

Argh. It still kills me how craptastic Chief's life is. The showrunners in pre-Season 4 interviews said that Tyrol would have a "rough" season. I hope they meant "first half" and that there is some hope for this character at the some point in the rest of the series. I know, doubtful.

Regardless, Aaron Douglas has gotten some nice work in this show and he's done a fine job with it. He's right up there with (Michael) Hogan, IMO. Chief has the ability the make the audience empathize with him. "Chief," as we've known him for almost the entire series, is now "Specialist" Galen Tyrol. After the reveal I have no idea what he's doing! A very flawed man but in some ways a very pure, real man.

An intense set of screen shots in which Lucy Lawless' "Number Three" locks eyes with one of the newly aware secret Final Four Cylons. Saul Tigh looks damned uncomfortable, doesn't he?

Three had to be lying when she said she'd been in touch with the four. I'll bet Tory got in touch with D'Anna/Number 3 and revealed the Four. Tigh, Anders and Tyrol all got sideswiped. Tory gave them up. She is a nasty one.

Sam knew this was coming--just not now.

Tyrol knew their time would soon be up as well. He among the four is most prepared mentally, IMO Tyrol's done his meltdown. Remember the dream on him flying off the upper deck of the hanger? He saw "Brother Cavil assured him that if Chief were Cylon, Cavil would have seen him at the Cylon party's--and he hadn't(!)

Which we know now is true and even that Cavil has gone out of his way to avoid the heretofore unknown humanoid Cylons.

Not Sam or Tory or arguably even Tigh have had their total meltdown yet. Though it looked from the last shot of Tigh and his bottle on the Galactica and Tigh and Caprica on scorched Earth, that his interesting storyline isn't up yet. Should be cool to see! In 2009 <sigh>

Disbelief

 

An inkling?

Tyrol urges Sam to confess to Kara.

Wait, What?!

Arrested for being half of the Final Four.

Still holds out hope.

Anger

Stunned?

Back to work. Have to find out about whatever is weird about her Viper--besides that it had previously exploded and then reassembled itself into mint condition...

And cue the excitement to begin about finding "Earth."

Stops Lee from airlocking Tigh.

"Those three frakking Cylons just gave us Earth!"

Sam can't look at her. He's ashamed of his Cylon heritage.

 

Some people are assuming that Kara-who-came-back-from-the dead and is probably not human will divorce or dump Sam but I'm not so sure. She sure looks like she still loves him (or loves him, after all).

Look who she is not shooting.

More later. Here.

TypePad Celebrates "Take Your Dog To Work Day"

TypePad Celebrates "Take Your Dog To Work Day"

http://everything.typepad.com/blog/20...

The Humane Society of the United States are proud supporters of Take Your Dog To Work Day. The organization's President and CEO Wayne Pacelle is an active blogger who says that having their dogs around at the office "reminds us of who we're working for".  Established in 1954 and blogging since 2007, the Humane Society advocates sensible ways to help animals all across the country, from shelters to Congress, and makes the world a more humane place for all of us.  Over on the Humane Society's TypePad blog they're even holding a caption contest for the hard-at-work Piper (an adorable chihuahua mix).

I'm about to die from a cuteness overdose! Miss Penelope Trott and Rudy together?

But wait! There's more!

Penelope's little dog Maddy brought her dad as well! And Rudy brought his person and other dogs brought their Six Apart owners, too! Look below! 

(L to R) Ben and Maddy, Staci and Jax, Sergeja and Sushi, Steve and Rudy:

Don't these dogs have some great-looking people? They look very friendly!

Battlestar Galactica, Half-Season Four Finale ~410~Revelations~ Screen Caps, *SPOILERS* Part 3

Related posts: Part 1 and 2

Thanks for capping, creative muse!

I was pretty "spoiled" for the final episode of the first half of Season Four," Revelations." I'm not sure but I think it diminished my excitement a bit even though there were numerous great things about this episode.

Can we all  now please agree that these two are in a bro/sister relationship? Thanks.

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace,  President Lee Adama reads The Scriptures 

The Temple Of Aurora

Meanwhile, much is happening on the rebel basestar.

Cylons have taken the marines and pilots captive.

There is disagreement between the three Cylons.

Leoben and D'Anna butt heads about hostage taking.

Though she's smiling sweetly something tells me she would not hesitate to snap his neck as she did Cavil's upon her unboxing.

D'Anna announces that until the Final Four--not Five are given to the Cylons, the Fleet on board the rebel basestar would be held hostage.

Bill reacts swiftly to this...

As does an oddly-coiffed Helo and the rest.

D'Anna explains how it's going to be and they can like it or lump it. She doesn't trust them and doesn't care.

Advice to Bill from the Prez,"Blow this ship to Hell if the Cylons get The Four."

 His reaction.

Meanwhile, on the Galactica...

Gaeta spots something on dradis. Could it be?

Dualla checks it out...

Gaeta makes the final call. Confirmation of a Fleet raptor!

Everyone hustles down to the hangar to see what's up.

Tyrol and Anders--Cylons both--watch from the deck, speculating if they are about to be "outed."

Adama exits the raptor, looking pretty annoyed.

And the reason for his dark expression-- It's D'Anna (Number 3), who exits right on his heels.

Continued Friday!

Q: How do I avoid spending energy on cleaning?

The most extreme way I avoid expending energy on cleaning is either to not clean--which doesn’t fly in this house more than a short while--or to have someone else do it. I've taught the three other human members of my household to vacuum regularly--so I really never have to do it and that suits me fine. I dust and clean up after our Schipperke dog, Raven who is currently "blowing” due to the change in seasons. When a Schipperke "blows” she sheds most of her thick undercoat in a matter of days so Raven is finishing off her  blowing (it’s taken longer than normal because of the funky hot/cold weather) and I've used the Dirt Devil a lot but I'd much rather save some energy by using the new Dirt Devil. I think it would make a nice gift for someone you know and like--including you.

The new model Dirt Devil is probably awesome. I've always loved mine (I’ve had a couple) and really can't wait to see "70% less energy" AccuCharge Stick Vac or Hand Vac in action.

When buying an appliance of this or a larger nature you should always check the Energy Star rating. It's a uniform way of grading the appliance, in this case--for the very first time--the "cordless-cleaning" Dirt Devil.

The Energy Star endorsed Dirt Devil, "the first cordless cleaning technology" to earn Energy Star approval, is a very good thing because it is serious about saving energy and saving energy is what it’s all about (contrary to that rumour about the song, “Hokey Pokey.”).

Battlestar Galactica, Half-Season Four Finale ~410~Revelations~ Screen Caps, *SPOILERS*

 

 Battlestar Galactica Screen Caps with Commentary (Part 2)

Madame Prez (l) Sharon " Athena" Agathon (center w/spouse Helo not shown) Number 3, D'Anna Biers (r)

Opinions from those involved in creating/executing Battlestar Galactica.

I suffered for this music, and for no piece more so than the episode’s climactic reveal of Earth, a work I called “Diaspora Oratorio.”

~ BSG composer Bear's Battlestar Blog

  

BSG writer and co-executive producer Jane Espenson has this to say about these scenes:

 And -- oh -- that haunting devastated city there, with the massive ruined temple and our people trying to find their footing in a strange dead city I did not recognize... that image just kills me. Every time I watch this episode, I well up with hope, and it lasts right up through that handful of soil, and then the radiation counter breaks my heart all over again. I do not easily tear up, but the race to the planet -- don't the ships look like they're *running*? I always think of running... Anyway, that race and then the reveal brings tears to my eyes in a way I'm not sure I've experienced before during a television show. Someday I'll see those images without having to blink through them. Right?  _{from TV Squad}

Revelations

 Led by D'Anna Biers (the sole surviving  Number Three), the band of rebel Cylons hold President Roslin and Galactica's pilots hostage while attempting to lure the "Dylan Four" out of hiding. Meanwhile, The Four (Tyrol, Tory, Tigh, and Anders) are inexplicably drawn to Kara Thrace's Viper, which may hold a new clue to finding Earth.

Thanks for capping, creative muse!

Episode Number: 410
Written by: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson
Directed by: Michael Rymer
Original Air Date: 6/13/08 on SciFi Channel
Survivors: 39,665 (down by 8)

 Eddie Olmos reflects on the series' ending:

It’s ugly. It’s not a happy ending. The final season is not a way of resolving anything. Happy would be tying things in a nice bow. There are no bows being tied.

*quote from Battlestar Wiki

Picking up where I left off two posts ago...

...where the screen caps showed the Fleet prior to landing on Earth. Almost everyone is celebratory with a few notable exceptions. Now I'll finish this sequence and follow through with the reactions in screen shots of the Fleet after they land.

Starbuck (no dialogue in this sequence with a one word exception--and it's not frakk!)

Bad news for Bill: the planet is radioactive implying that it's been nuked.

Adama and Roslin

 

Everyone has gone from joyous to deeply somber.

Caprica Six walked right past Baltar straight for...

 

Dualla, Six, Tigh : Three Cylons?!

Lee Adama, Sam Anders, Tory Foster~

Kara Thrace~

 

Foreground: Athena and Helo~

Back: An Eight

 

Gaius Baltar sans harem~

Leoben Conoy/Number 2~ The most "evangelical" of the Cylons we've met.

Part Three On Thursday: How did they end up here?!

QotD: Family Dynamics

What's the hardest part about the role you play in your family?

I'm the mom. Is there an easy part that someone forgot to tell me about?

I live with three guys and a little bitch (Raven).

They are smelly and messy. When the guys work out or otherwise exert themselves then dump their clothes in the laundry hamper and then I, the primary clothes-washer, pluck them out--the smell is gag-inducing.

Also, they have a threshold of "infinity" for what is an acceptable amount of dust coated about before they will do anything to rectify it. One in particular leaves whisker shavings all about the main bathroom--ick! Would they ever change the bathroom towels if I didn't? I'm not sure they would. They see no need to change the bedsheets, either.

I'm the lone woman in a house full of guys--that's the hardest part.

 

"Those Three Frakkin' Cylons Just Gave Us Earth" Battlestar Galactica "Revelations" Screen Shots *SPOILERS* S410

Thanks for capping, creative muse!

Though I've read that Admiral Adama's "breakdown" earlier in the episode was something more catastrophic, I think he had but a small meltdown wherein he finally gave in to 3 years of the craziness that was topped off by the most extreme craziness--Saul Tigh fessing up to being a Cylon. I think this screen shot taken within a 24-hour--if not shorter period in the episode rather confirms that EJO is good at doing crazy and still has what it takes to be crazy-in-love just a short while later.

Episode Number: 410
Written by:David Weddle & Bradley Thompson
Directed by:Michael Rymer
Original Air Date:6/13/08 on SciFi Channel
Survivors: 39,665 (down by 8)

Here is the segment in screen caps that I chose where they all think they are headed to nirvana a/k/a Earth. Some people have unique reactions. Almost everyone is celebratory with a couple of notable exceptions. 

"Chief" finally seems like he might keep it together as he faces...who knows what?

More hugs: Adama and Roslin~

Memorial wall: Louanne "Kat" Katraine~

Kara reflects at the memorial wall and speaks to Kat. At least she's not shooting Sam. Yet.

And at the other end of the spectrum, Lee "table dancing."

Happy deck crew~    

                

The signal that started it all...

The Fighting Agathons~ Karl "Helo" Agathon and his Cylon wife, Sharon " Athena" Agathon, shown with their daughter, Hera. I've liked how they've written Grace Park's character and it's obvious she's grown as an actress. I lurve Tahmoh Penikett. Though he he's obviously brave, strong, and noble, I'm not sure "Helo's" true calling in life was the military.

 
My spouse was creeped out by Hera but I didn't think that was the intention of this shot.
We already know some kind of Cylon programming is firing in her. I doubt that her storyline won't play out some more.

What a shock! Saul Tigh looks miserable! Love actor Michael Hogan, do not like Tigh.

But it appears that he'll always have Caprica...

                 

 

Well, we know Hotdog survived for another day...and the tattooed and two bald guys.

I hear that some people think that Dualla is the fifth and final Cylon. Interesting idea.

He's actually happy.

Pilots celebrate~

A Latin-American guy and a European-American guy sort of hug. It's a half-hug.

 

Where are the continents?

 

Haha. Sometimes the "special effects" crack me up! This looks like a robot guy, with stubby arms and legs kind of flailing about. That's his cyclops-eye on top.

MANY More Screen Shots for S4E10, Post/Part TWO!

 

 

Cast~

	Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama
	Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin
	Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace
	Jamie Bamber	...	Lee Adama
	James Callis	...	Dr. Gaius Baltar
	Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Caprica
	Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon
	Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
	Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol
	Tahmoh Penikett	...	Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon
	Michael Trucco	...	Ensign Samuel Anders

Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster

Lucy Lawless as Number Three /D'Anna Biers

Callum Keith Rennie as Number Two / Leoben Conoy

Kandyse McClure as Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla

Alessandro Juliani as Lieutenant Felix Gaeta

Bodie Olmos as Lieutenant Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza

Keegan Connor Tracy as Jeanne

Lara Gilchrist as Paulla Schaffer

Finn R. Devitt as Nicholas Tyrol (credited as "Baby Nicky")

Brad Dryborough as Lieutenant Hoshi

Alexandra Thomas as Hera

Heather Doerksenas Sergeant Brandy Harder

Leo Li Chiangas Tattooed pilot(uncredited)

Vincent Galeas Peter Laird

Don Thompsonas Specialist Anthony Figurski

Sonja Bennettas Specialist Marcie Brasko

Barry Nerlingas Adama's Corporal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dad's Day recap

Today was a bit different.

My 15 y.o. took me out for his practice driving. It was only the second time he's ever driven a car and he did well.

We started in a parking lot and went to side streets. The downside to side streets is that they can be narrow and the downside to life is that some people cannot parallel park so we had a very near brush with an oversize parked SUV hogging a chunk of the road. I gasped involuntarily but otherwise did not get at all alarmed on the outside. :p

It's actually kind of cute 'cos Chris is saying stuff like, "I can't go out onto the main road because I've never driven behind a car." So innocent-sounding. Even though he's a teen there's still a wee bit of the stuff that I got all mushy about when I towered over him, not the reverse as it is now.

His dad works 7 days a week so we had a nice take away dinner from Sizzling Wok and then went and did our usual Sunday evening thing of mini-golf. "Al," the manager recognized us from last season and said the fees were "on him"! That's $25.75, ladies and gentlemen. My wallet thanks him--and I thought he was a cool dude before.

The rain held off until the 7th hole and by the time we got to the 13th it had stopped but we were soaked. We rode top down and got semi-dry on the way home where we did prezzies--just sensible stuff--clothes. Cool greeting cards though that we mocked up ourselves and printed so a nice ending to the weekend.

I hope everyone had some fun. Here we go--another week!

Take care and make it a good one!

xx

Cyn

From last weekend:

My Uncle Jim w/ a three-lb. pickerel (small pike) his 9-y.o. granddaughter caught in Maple Lake on our first day there.

That is spouse behind him.

Battlestar Galactica, S409, "The Hub" Screen Caps, Quotes, Roslin-Adama Scene *SPOILERS*

Episode Name: The Hub
Episode Number: 409
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Paul Edwards
Original Air Date: 6/6/08 on SciFi Channel

Population: 39,673

Original US airdate June 2008 (Battlestar Wiki). The episode takes place concurrently with "Sine Qua Non"

Thanks for capping, creative muse!

Synopsis:

"Pursuing the Resurrection Hub at the whim of the Hybrid, a team of Viper pilots and Cylon rebels become uneasy collaborators as they formulate a battle plan to unbox the Threes and destroy Cylon resurrection forever. Meanwhile, Roslin and Baltar try desperately to communicate with the panicking Hybrid and Helo discovers a disturbing characteristic within one of the Eights."

There were only two big revelations in this episode. The first was made to Laura Roslin, where a hopped-up- on-morpha Baltar confesses his involvement in the destruction of The Colonies. For this she attempts to murder him.

The second revelation is that, according to the number Three, D'Anna, Roslin is not the final Cylon.

Number Three answering Laura Roslin's question:

D'Anna Biers: Suppose you've got some questions for me.

Roslin: Yes I do. I'd like to talk about the five Cylons in my fleet.

Biers: So you know about the Final Five?

Roslin: I know they're supposed to know the way to Earth.

Biers: But you don't know that you're one of them.

[Roslin freezes shocked]

Biers: [Bursting out laughing] Please your face! [Roslin looks relieved and smirks] Oh, it's ridiculous. No. Look, I'm not giving you any names. Not until I feel like I'm safe. 'Cause information is all I got, sweetie.

Picking up where the last events of "Guess What's Coming to Dinner" ended, Laura Roslin, Karl “Helo” Agathon, and Gaius Baltar are brought before the rebel Cylon basestar's Hybrid. After a Number Eight reconnects the basestar’s Hybrid, it unexpectedly jumps the ship.

During the jump, Laura Roslin finds herself in empty corridors of the Galactica. As she looks around, the deceased priestess Elosha appears behind her. They hug, but the vision stops at the moment the jump completes with Laura finding herself back in the Hybrid's room.

Roslin asks questions about the Hybrid's abilities as the Eight tries to get information from the data-font, but the Hybrid jumps the ship again (and again and again), and Roslin finds herself yet again in the company of Elosha on the empty Galactica.

The two end up in sickbay where they find the sole patient–Laura Roslin--near death.

The Eight determines that the Hybrid is "panicking" due to Natalie’s injury or death. Gaius Baltar tries to calm her claiming that the Hybrid “likes” him, but after a few moments, the Hybrid jumps again. Roslin's vision continues, and she sees Kara Thrace, Doc Cottle, and Bill and Lee Adama standing over her death bed.

Elosha speaks to the dying Roslin, chastising her for her lack of empathy.

Roslin and Baltar attempt to...

talk to the Hybrid about the Opera House vision. Neither meets with success.

The Eight tells Helo that the Hybrid is following the Resurrection Hub and discusses an attack strategy with him.

On the Resurrection Hub, a Three, D'Anna Biers, is awakened by Cavil (#1) and Boomer whom Cavil refers to as his "Pet Eight."


They tell her of the Cylon Civil War and appeal to her to help through her knowledge of the Final Five.

Three makes a disparaging remark about the Eights' , capriciousness, commenting on Cavil's pronouncement about the Eight model's tendency to be "passionate allies"-- "until they see something shiny."



Three snapping Cavil's neck.







In the basestar hangar, Helo and an Eight give a mission briefing to a number of Sixes, Eights and Colonial pilots. Several pilots, including "Redwing" McKay and "Gonzo" Pike, express concerns about their safety and the reliability of the Cylon pilots.



A Six retorts that the rebel pilots are just as well trained as the humans, and the Eight reminds them that they learned to trust Athena, so they can also trust their rebel allies.



After a jump, Baltar begins talking to a Centurian about hierarchy and religion, asserting that the Centurion is loved by God as well. Soon after, they are both blown up.

 



On the Resurrection Hub, Boomer comments with alarm on the arrival of the rebel basestar. Cavil tries to convince Number Three to talk to the rebels and defuse the conflict, but she replies curtly and threatens to "shout out the names" of the Final Five.
 

Boomer reports that the rebel basestar has launched 25 Heavy Raiders. Outside the Hub, the Heavy Raiders release the Vipers they have been towing behind them. The Raiders attack defending basestars, while the Vipers head towards the Hub.
 


Cavil deduces that the rebels are attempting to destroy the Hub... and that would make death permanent for Cylons. On hearing this Three breaks Cavil's neck and Boomer flees.



Missiles take out the FTL drive on the Hub. Helo and the Eight head towards the Hub in a Raptor. On the Hub, they encounter the D'Anna Biers and the dead Cavil.

  
Baltar continues to to blather on about Centurian rights, but as the basestar is hit by a missile salvo, the explosion destroys the Centurion and seriously injures Baltar.




Baltar is carried to a bed by two Marines while Roslin carries in a medkit. Roslin orders them out, bandaging Baltar and injecting him with morpha. In his drug-addled state Baltar talks to Roslin about religion, telling her that he once harbored terrible guilt....he tells Roslin that he unwittingly gave the Cylons the access codes prior to the fall of the Twelve Colonies.

Shocked by Baltar's confession, Roslin tries to kill Baltar by removing his bandages. As he loses blood he repeatedly begs her to stop.
 





Helo announces that he has D'Anna Biers and orders a nuclear strike on the Hub. The Vipers fire nuclear missiles into the Hub, destroying it and at least one of the two enemy basestars.

Quote:

D'Anna Biers: And with a whimper, every Cylon in the universe begins to die.

Number Eight: Yes, that's right, and it's a good thing, D'Anna, because now there's no difference. We can all start trusting each other.



Baltar continues to beg for his life.

There is another jump. In Roslin's vision, William Adama stands over a dying Roslin, while Roslin and Elosha watch them.

Quote:

In Roslin's vision, as Roslin and Elosha watch Adama stand over a dying Roslin:

Elosha: I'm not saying Baltar's done more good than harm in the universe; he hasn't. The thing is, the harder it is to recognize someone's right to draw a breath, the more crucial it is. If humanity is going to prove itself worthy of surviving, it can't do it on a case by case basis. A bad man feels his death just as keenly as a good man.

Believing that by saving Baltar she'd save humanity, Laura desperately checks to see if  he's still breathing. Finding Baltar still alive, Roslin starts to re-bandage him.









Helo brings D'Anna to Roslin... When asked about the Final Five, she jokes that Laura Roslin is one of them--->provoking this reaction from Roslin:

...upon finding out that Three was "just kidding."
 D'anna refuses to provide any information until she feels she is safe; the information being the only thing she has now that she is the only Three left in the universe. She also appears to have a really bad headache.



She says she will tell Roslin who the Final Five are after she is taken back to the human Fleet.


Later, Roslin sits alone listening to the Hybrid. As the Hybrid jumps she has a final encounter with the dead priestess, Elosha.

Admiral Adama's risky strategy of waiting alone for the basestar to rendezvous pays off as he sees the basestar jumping in. In the landing bay, he meets Laura Roslin.

Quote:

Roslin and Adama tenderly greeting each other on the basestar's hangar deck:

Adama: Missed you.

Roslin: Me too.

Roslin [Embracing Adama]: I love you.

Adama [Breaking the embrace; looks into her eyes]: About time.


They (finally!) embrace.

 
Thoughts:

The whole Laura and Bill scene was so satisfying. Despite all the other heavy action going on this scene grabbed me the most by far. Two stellar actors playing out the moment we've (they've?) been waiting for for years.

It was beautifully done--except
Rant/ why did we have to have the stoopid nod to Star-stoopid-Wars and Adama not returning Laura's "I love you"??? She's on the verge of death, people! Unspoken words are not going to cut it. Haven't you heard about "saying" the words?" Laura had to have that hammered into her thick head by a dead person. What does Bill need?!
Why do the fanboy showrunners not know how to write a decent love scene??? This has frustrated me to no end and in this scene I was satisfied in part just because they have given us so little to hold onto with these two that this made up for all the scenes we got cheated out of./end rant

Lucy Lawless was flawless ;) as D'Anna Biers. She just eats up every scene she's in. Funny, cynical, strong, and vicious--D'Anna is all of these and more.

Loons on the Lake

It's interesting travelling outside the United States, even if it's just to Canada. We got back two day ago from a 3-day trip to Maple Lake to "open up" the cottage. This is a yearly ritual in which the water is "put in" and checking is done to assess the winter changes. The grass gets mowed, leaves raked. In general, it's a preparation to come back and stay longer. (stock photo)

I had not been at Maple Lake in early June in many years and the differences between now and the month or so later that we often go is noticeable. For one, the beauty is "fresher." All the greenery --and there is much-- is a lighter shade of green than later, in the summer.

Also, this trip was the first time I'd seen at least thirty loons swimming past about 200 feet out in front of our cottage. I was absolutely thrilled and ran to get the binoculars. I would have loved to have gotten some photos of these regal water fowl but it was late evening and  the moment was passing quickly. Perhaps I'll get lucky next time I go up--which cannot be soon enough.

Gone, Baby Gone!

After sitting alone for nine months our cottage will once again be inhabited by mid-day Saturday. Keeping in mind that we'll need to put in the water and of course, clean a place that sometimes becomes a haven for little creatures, I hope we travel at a fast clip and get there with enough time to get all the kinks worked out before sundown. We have reservations in Ann Arbor, Michigan to stop on the way there as younger son has school on Friday (his final, final exam). continued

That's about it. We are going, I need to pack. Currently I am not panicking as everything is going smoothly. I guess I shouldn't say that but I think I'm becoming more pragmatic in my old age. Relief!, the air just came on--the humidity is--well it's summer now in Chicago.

I'd hate if anyone started drooling with envy but this is where we are headed:

Early A.M. Our Lake~(with no effects added to photo)

What Do They Think Of Us?

It's so interesting to read foreign online news articles written about US politics like this one from  BBC:

Also, look at the picture they ran with the story! LOL!
A very different way of treating public figures there than here.

Hillary Clinton will withdraw from the race to become the Democratic candidate for the US presidency, and back her rival Barack Obama, her campaign says.

On Tuesday, Obama gained enough delegates to win the nomination, after the final votes of the primary season.

Clinton has still not admitted in public that she lost the contest, but on Saturday she will do so "and express her support for Senator Obama".

Obama has already announced a team to help select his running mate.

Reports that Clinton was ready to concede came after she made a conference call to senior Democrats in Congress.

At a Democratic Party event...DC..., Clinton will also "express her support... for party unity", her communications director ...said.

BBC ...Washington says that as Mr Obama was claiming victory, Hillary Clinton stunned even her own supporters with a speech that offered no indication that she was giving up.

There is speculation that the delay in conceding was an attempt to position herself as a possible vice-president, our correspondent adds.

Mr Obama's three-member panel to look for a presidential running mate comprises Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John Kennedy, former deputy Attorney General Eric Holder and Jim Johnson.

Mr Johnson performed the same selection task for John Kerry in 2004.

Caroline Kennedy is a surprise probably not only to me. I'm just cringing at the wailing that going to start about her having no qualification Please just click the link to Wikipedia or Google what she's done including running ginormous foundations..and then shut up. Thanks.

It's kind of bittersweet because I wonder if she'd be getting her hands dirty in politics if it were not for her uncle being so sick.

It's being said that Caroline was picked because she's a sympathetic figure who is female and she will be position to give Hilary the axe. Everyone knows Hill does not have a snowball's chance.

Everyone knows that we'll have a person of mixed race become president before we'll let a female.

It's the American way.

Why bother with the charade of pretending otherwise?

LOST Reblog! Cutest LOST Photo Ever! Hurley and an Unhappy Baby Aaron During Season 4 Finale E13 - There’s No Place Like Home *SPOILERS*

Click for much MORE!!!!! LOST~ Season Finale Episode 4.13, Part 2B - There’s No Place Like Home (Part 3) *SPOILERS*

Above is where you want to click to get the scoop on the ghost/supernatural aspects of LOST's Season Four Finale. The link goes to a sister blog of this one. If you are a LOST fan you'll want to check it out as there are things caught in screen shots that you may have missed.

The ground that is left to cover in the densely packed last quarter of the two hour final is the rescue of the LOSTIES from sea after their helicopter crashed into the sea and their faked rescue a week after that.

Also: Bonus Video: The Penny and Desmond Reunite on the Searcher (boat) scene!

So sweet! Previously, on LOST. The sky has turned pink and the helicopter full of LOSTIES, having run out of fuel, crashes into the ocean.
I did mucho screen capping and I'm pretty sure this one is mine but all of them are always property of ABC

This is perhaps my favourite screen shot from the entire finale. LOVE the look on Aaron's face--got the lip curled, just on the verge of letting loose with a wail. Poor kid. He's not digging any of this. Hurley is darling as well but you know what they say about being in a scene with children or pets...

The helicopter crashed but everyone emerged relatively unscathed (Desmond had drowned for about 2 minutes but Doc Jack did mouth to mouth).

From E! "Kristin"
Jack leaned back in the rubber boat and sighed with relief, "It's OK...It's OK...we're alive." Kate and Sun, despite being alive themselves, had brilliant expressions that read something like, "Speak for yourself, dumbass!" Can't wait for those two grieving widows to discover their lovers (and friends) are alive... and need a ride back home from purgatory.

Pen to the Rescue!

Promo photo: Kate and little Turniphead's "stand-in"

 

It is decided that the group will travel 3000 miles to be re-rescued on a remote island. Des and Penny go their own way, everyone agree to lie about the circumstances of the crash, the time on the Island, and their real rescue.

After the jump: The Faked Rescue

LOST - Season 4 Finale : Episode 13 (Part 2/3) - "There's No Place Like Home" *SPOILERS*

The next montage for Season 4, LOST finale pics w/commentary.

I'm assuming you viewed the show so know that some of the Scooby gang, our Losties got off the Island.

It turned out with this two-part ending that most of the cool visuals came at the end and so too, were the cool screen caps.

The other screen caps from the first half of the 2-part LOST Season Four Finale are here, at another blog of mine. I decided to spread the LOST love a bit.

 
Kate with "Little Turniphead"

Bad Things happened over a short span of last moments, however the best was played by Yunjin Kim. Sun's screams--shrieks, really, reacting to the freighter exploding after just missing getting Jin into the copter, were spine-tingling.
So here is the Freighter exploding (CGI --not awesome) and Sun (and  the other Losties with her) reacting to seeing Jin blown up--awesome. 
\

Sun--on the freighter just prior to escape~

 

 

Jin misses his ride.

 












 

Stuntman/woman: Rule number One: Whenever possible, obstruct your face (Click to see how much _not_ like "Frank Lapidis" the actor's stand-in looks like.)

 

So the freighter was wired to a dead man's trigger and that "dead man" was Keamy courtesy of multiple stabs to the throat from Ben.

A Desmond reaction shot.

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4, E 08/10~ “Sine Qua Non” *SPOILERS*

Recap~BG4, E10/12: “Sine Qua Non”

President Laura Roslin's abduction by the Cylon Hybrid fuels a bitter power struggle within the Fleet. The  Quorumf Twelve demands to be told what happened, while Tom Zarek insists that he should rightfully be declared interim president. Lee Adama opposes him and enlists the help of notorious lawyer Romo Lampkin in finding a candidate for the post, leading to a surprising decision. Meanwhile, Admiral Adama and Colonel Tigh come to blows over Tigh's relationship with Caprica Six and Adama's obsession in finding Roslin.

I'm just going to declare from the outset that Sine Qua Nonwas my least favourite episode of Season Four thus far.

It particularly drove home for me how character-driven this series is and how, when my favourites are missing or near missing, replaced by either those that I actively dislike or that I am "meh" about, the story unless it is a really powerful one, does not resonate for me. Sine Qua Non, even with some really good dialog/performances sprinkled throughout, did not grab me. 

First Up:

The Quorum: Hate them. These are the best civilians they can find to represent the Fleet?! All they do is talk over one another and bleat and bray and...I want to slap each of them, especially their wannabe leader, Tom Zarek.Many have an opinion on the character of Tom Zarek but mine is of the stunt casting of an "original" Battlestar Galactica actor. I'm sorry, but I've never liked anything about Richard Hatch and the role he plays in the "reimagined" Battlestar Galactica has not changed my opinion. Like the Quorum of 12, his character's huge sense of entitlement and constant bitching and moaning make me wish for his death. Save some good guys RDM, kill off a few more of these crybabies.

Speaking of crybabies: Lee Adama. Who does a better whine on BSG? No one! After all these years the only reason I want him to survive is because of his dad.

Now however he is President Lee Adama of the Colonies and he really has no choice but to stop whining. Hoping to see the actor show a bit more of what he showed as a civvy tonight: spine.

Lee Adama turns to Romo Lampkin, former attorney for Gaius Baltar, for advice on in seeking a replacement who meets with the approval of both the Quorum who won't act, since Zarek has them "inhaling fear and exhaling anger," and Admiral Adama.








Pike's lifeless body in the Raptor:

Tigh, upon reporting to CIC, learns that one of their missing Raptors from the now-missing rebel baseship has jumped to the Fleet. A Raptor crewed by Racetrack and Skulls are enlisted to intercept the craft, which has not returned hails... and is spewing fuel. Racetrack performs a spacewalk, to discover the Raptor with it's now-dead pilot, Eammon "Gonzo" Pike, whose cold blue-hued "corpsicle" floats near the top of the the back compartment.

After the Raptor is brought back to the Galactica, Adama makes the unusual gesture of examining it himself. He finds the book Searider, that he'd lent to Laura Roslin, now in a slightly singed state. When Tigh arrives he brings news that Laird was able to retrieve the coordinates that the Raptor jumped from. Adama orders a search to that location--the original jump point was deep in “sector Delta-Nine.”

A Raptor reconnaissance party comes across a debris field, consisting of Cylon debris and damaged Vipers. Tigh informs Adama that the debris consist of a Cylon baseship and fragments indicative of resurrection technology, and notes that they detected radiation from nuclear weapons. Adama refuses to believe that the destroyed baseship was the rebels', insisting that Roslin has survived. Adama presses on with the search, until Tigh points out that the Fleet is left behind with "their asses hanging out in the wind". Adama thus revises his orders to include only four Raptors to stay behind to search until they "find something concrete".

Adama goes to sickbay to query Doc Cottle about how Roslin's sudden disappearance will affect her cancer treatments. Cottle says that with her weakened immune system and her cancer's ability to regroup, the sooner she's found, the better. He also provides Adama with a medical report on the pregnant Caprica Six--a surprise to Adama but not to the audience.

Tigh reports to Adama's quarters about the Raptor's lack of success in finding anything about the whereabouts of their missing people. Adama replies that he's not interested in the search, confronting Tigh about impregnating the Six and putting the Fleet at risk over his weaknesses. After Tigh broaches the topic of Adama's reckless search for Roslin, Adama brings up the question of what Ellen Tigh would say about Tigh impregnating a Cylon, which results in fisticuffs. After Tigh's fall cracks Adama's model ship the fight stops and they both ask each other what they'll do about their...respective women.

As Adama watches the goings-on in a part of the hangar deck, Lampkin joins him with writs of forfeiture for him to sign; the captains of the ships Adama's borrowing do not want to be held liable for any wrongdoing that may occur in the rescue operation. As Adama signs the papers, Lampkin talks of hope and hopelessness before pointing out that he had thought that Adama was a realist in that he would never let a vain hope cost lives. Lampkin then adds that he supposes everyone has their limits. He then quotes, “Sine Qua Non” and discusses how it signifies the things that one can't do without. A couple can be seen embracing in parting as Adama concedes that Lampkin might have a point. 

Admiral William Adama informs Colonel Tigh that he's stepping downas military leader of the Fleet, promoting Tigh to admiral, as Tigh's the only person he can trust to command Galactica..



















Romo Lampkin arrives on Colonial One, wryly noting that Adama already has a first pet. Lampkin is told  that "Jake" is a hero of the Resistance on New Caprica and Lee gives the dog to Lampkin as a "new pet to loathe".

President Adamavisits his father, who is packing things in his quarters. When pressed, Bill Adama admits that the reason he's undertaking his current mission is because he cannot live without Laura  Roslin. He has faith that Laura will get to the rendezvous point.

Adama in a flight suit enters the flight deck and walks to a Raptor. Lee and Starbuck wait and both salute him. In an echo of his first lines in the miniseries, he asks Starbuck what she hears. She replies, “Nothing but the rain.” He finishes the quote and tells them to “keep a light on” because he'll be back. He then boards the Raptor and closes the hatch.

(This scene was well-played.)

Adama launches from the Galactica as Admiral Tigh orders the Fleet to jump. After Adama watches all the ships jump away, he sits in his Raptor and reads the singed copy of Searider Falcon as he awaits Laura Roslin's return.


















Conclusion too~

In her cell in the brig, Athena holds Hera as she hums a Korean lullaby.

Adama's Raptor takes off from Galactica and flies clear of the fleet.

Adama puts on his headset and reports that he's in position.

In CIC, Tigh acknowledges Adama's transmission. Tigh then orders the entire fleet to commence jump.

From his Raptor, Adama watches the fleet jump away.

Adama then picks up the charred book he had loaned Laura and begins to read as his Raptor sits alone in space.

Noted~

It is still unclear if the Hybrid's jump at the end of Episode 9 (11) was an automatic response by the Hybrid...or if this Hybrid was specially programmed to jump immediately upon reactivation. Despite the fact that Galactica has left the Fleet before to engage combat, this episode marks the first time that the civilian Fleet is intentionally left without any defense. The only other time the Fleet was left without military aid was in Scattered,after Boomer's assassination attempt of William Adama.

Bill Adama's actions in the search for Laura Roslin, namely the unreasonable allocation of resources and putting the Fleet at unnecessary risk, mirror the actions he executed when searching for Starbuck in "You Can't Go Home Again". Also in the same vein is Colonel Tigh who in each case helps bring an end to Adama's emotional reactions, this time with fisticuffs and without Roslin's aid.


It's a hard call on what the mental /emotional state of Romo Lampkin is. My assessment is that he is half-mad.

 

(Noted cont.)

Tigh mentions that "Peter Laird" - the former Pegasus deck chief - retrieved the navigational data from Pike's Raptor, possibly indicating that Laird replaced Chief Galen Tyrol after his demotion in "Escape Velocity." I can't  think of a better choice for deck chief at the moment.

Things that make me go "hmm."

• What exactly happened to the rebel basestar and the Resurrection Hub?

         (Previews from next week show that Roslin is still alive).

•  If it goes to term, Caprica Six's and Saul Tigh's child will be the first full-Cylon child!

• If so, what will happen to the child?

•  How will the Quorum and the Fleet respond to Tigh being left in charge of Galactica and the military and what happens when they find out he's impregnated a Cylon prisoner?

•  Who will be Tigh's choice as XO? The pickings are getting rather slim.

 Notable Dialogue~ Battlestar Wiki

William Adama: I know that you've been spending a lotta time interrogating the Six, but now the brig guards tell me that every time you order them out, you turn off the cameras.

Saul Tigh: I'm not torturing her, if that's what you're worried about.

Adama: I'm not. That I could almost understand. This I can't. Cottle tells me she's pregnant. What the frak have you been thinking, colonel? Do you deny it...? You don't... You can't. What the hell have you been thinking? Who's interrogating whom? How many of our secrets have you told this thing?

Tigh: How can you even ask me that? Question my loyalty?

Adama: Your loyalty? I need more than your loyalty. You're my first officer, I need judgment. I need your competence. You're jeopardizing this ship, putting it at risk because of your weaknesses.

Tigh: My weaknesses?

Adama: Yeah, your weaknesses!

Tigh: You're risking all our lives—for what? Our missing pilots? No—for a frakking woman! A frakking woman!

Adama: You watch what you frakkin' say about that woman! She's the president! Not some frakkin' skinjob that I've been banging! What do you think Ellen would say about this?

Tigh: Leave Ellen out of this.

Adama:What do you think Ellen would say about her husband impregnating a frakkin' Cylon prisoner?

Tigh: You motherfrakker! (violence ensues)

Lampkin to Lee Adama:: So you can't be dissuaded, will you? Not even when you hear my fee?

Lee Adama: Fee?

Lampkin: Appearances to the contrary, I'm actually in this for the money. I have a reputation to maintain after all.

Adama: OK, so what did Roslin offer you to defend Baltar?

Lampkin: (pointing at a small window in the bulkhead) Room with a view.

Adama: I'm not sure I can improve on that.

(Lampkin and Admiral Adama on the hangar deck, watching the deck crew and pilots at work)

Lampkin: Writs of forfeiture. The captains want to be absolved of any blame should anything untoward happen. One of the less ennobling consequences of a legal culture. No one wants responsibility. (hands him a pen to sign) ...

Lampkin: I've always imagined you were a realist, Admiral, not one to indulge a vain hope at the cost of lives. But then, everyone has his limits. "Sine qua non", as they say.

Adama: Without which not.

Lampkin: Yes. Those things we deem essential, without which we cannot bear living. Without which life in general loses its specific value, becomes abstract.

Adama: You may have a point, counselor.

Bear's Battlestar Blog (BSG's composer)I think most of McCreary's insight's are completely unique--they are from the perspective of the musician for the show--different that any other participant in making greatness that is BSG.

The most lush arrangement comes at the episode’s conclusion, when Adama boards the raptor in his flight suit.  The arrangement is noble and simple, with a subtle snare drum and percussion element to give it a ceremonial feel.

Interestingly, the Roslin and Adama theme also plays an important role in this episode, even though Laura is literally never on screen once in the entire show.  But, in a way, the entire episode revolves around her.

It first plays as Lampkin speaks with Adama on the hangar deck.

”Sine Qua Non, as they say: those things we deem essential, without which we cannot bear living.”  As Romo’s words sink in, Adama realizes that Laura Roslin is who he cannot live without.  Here, the Roslin and Adama love theme underscores this absolutely critical turning point in the story.  ”Sine Qua Non, as they say: those things we deem essential, without which we cannot bear living.”  As Romo’s words sink in, Adama realizes that Laura Roslin is who he cannot live without.  Here, the Roslin and Adama love theme underscores this absolutely critical turning point in the story.  

Episode Name: Sine Qua Non
Episode Number: 408 or 410 including "Razor" Telefilm
Written by: Michael Taylor
Directed by: Rod Hardy
Original Air Date: 5/30/08 on SciFi Channel
Survivors: 39,674
Main Characters That Appear: Admiral Adama, Colonel Tigh, Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, Athena
Recurring Characters That Appear: Tyrol, Tory, Racetrack, Skulls, Natalie, Cottle, Dee, Hera, Caprica Six, Priestess, Zarek
Cylons That Appear: Tigh, Tory, Athena, Natalie, Caprica Six

Michael Hogan as Colonel Saul Tigh

Kandyse McClure as Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla

Kate Vernon as Virtual Ellen

Mark Sheppard as Romo Lampkin

Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek

Donnelly Rhodes as Doctor Cottle

Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster

Leah Cairns as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson

Colin Lawrence as Lieutenant Hamish "Skulls" McCall

Alexandra Thomas as Hera Agathon

Donna Soares as Gemenon Delegate

Andrew McIlroy as Jacob Cantrell

Judith Maxie as Picon Delegate

Iris Paluly as Speaking Delegate #2

Ryan McDonell as Lieutenant Eammon "Gonzo" Pike

Veena Sood as Quorum Delegate

Laara Sadiq as Priestess

• •