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We bid goodbye to New Caprica and <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>

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We bid goodbye to New Caprica and Battlestar Galactica

Farewell, New Caprica; we hardly knew ye. The two part “Exodus” bids farewell to a setting rife with dramatic…

Zack Handlen

6/23/16 10:01AM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i>’s third season finds the Cylons in charge

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Battlestar Galactica’s third season finds the Cylons in charge

Okay at this point, they’re just showing off. “Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2” ended with one of the best time jumps…

Zack Handlen

6/16/16 10:01AM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i> lays down its burdens

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Battlestar Galactica lays down its burdens

I’ll be honest: what I really want to talk about is the time jump. When ”Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2” aired, it…

Zack Handlen

6/09/16 10:02AM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i> regains its focus in two strong episodes

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Battlestar Galactica regains its focus in two strong episodes

Let’s all welcome the latest addition to the Battlestar Galactica cast: the great John Heard, playing the not so…

Zack Handlen

6/02/16 10:02AM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i> tries two standalone stories, with mixed results

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Battlestar Galactica tries two standalone stories, with mixed results

Both of this week’s episode’s follow the standalone approach of “Black Market;” neither is quite as narratively…

Zack Handlen

5/26/16 10:01AM

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Epiphanies come with a cost on <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>

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Epiphanies come with a cost on Battlestar Galactica

Ah, thank goodness, a Roslin episode. We get flashbacks, we get drama, we get life-or-death. Although I’m still not…

Zack Handlen

5/19/16 10:00AM

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Adama makes a choice, and <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> suffers for it

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Adama makes a choice, and Battlestar Galactica suffers for it

Bad storytelling decisions are like time travel. No, hear me out on this: say you have a time machine and you go…

Zack Handlen

5/12/16 10:00AM

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On <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>, hope is a fast ship you can’t steer

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On Battlestar Galactica, hope is a fast ship you can’t steer

Welcome back to Battlestar Galactica reviews—again. When last we left our heroes, the band had gotten back together,…

Zack Handlen

5/05/16 10:02AM

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Following the stars on <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>

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Following the stars on Battlestar Galactica

“Home, Part 2” is the episode where Meier dies. This is not a big event. Much as I love character actor James Remar,…

Zack Handlen

1/07/16 10:04AM

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Starbuck leaves home to find it on <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>

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Starbuck leaves home to find it on Battlestar Galactica

The Cylons are the enemy. If Battlestar Galactica has a villain (and I’d say at this point in its run, it does), the…

Zack Handlen

12/17/15 10:00AM

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Guns are pulled and blood is shed on <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>

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Guns are pulled and blood is shed on Battlestar Galactica

There are plenty of ways to generate drama, but my favorite is one that Battlestar Galactica excels at: putting…

Zack Handlen

12/10/15 10:04AM

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Everyone’s in over their heads on <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>

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Everyone’s in over their heads on Battlestar Galactica

Saul Tigh is good at his job. He’s a drunk and a bastard and, at times, the sourest sack of shit in the galaxy, but…

Zack Handlen

12/03/15 10:03AM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i>: “Kobol’s Last Gleaming”

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Battlestar Galactica: “Kobol’s Last Gleaming”

“Kobol’s Last Gleaming” is a masterwork.

Sonia Saraiya

10/16/14 3:46PM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i>: “Hand Of God” / “Colonial Day”

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Battlestar Galactica: “Hand Of God” / “Colonial Day”

The line that jumped out at me in this pair of episodes occurs at the end of “Colonial Day,” when Commander Adama…

Sonia Saraiya

10/09/14 1:05PM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i>: “Flesh And Bone” / “Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down”

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Battlestar Galactica: “Flesh And Bone” / “Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down”

Lords of Kobol, I’d forgotten how unpleasant Ellen is.

Sonia Saraiya

10/02/14 1:00PM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i>: “Litmus” / “Six Degrees Of Separation”

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Battlestar Galactica: “Litmus” / “Six Degrees Of Separation”

It’s significant that both of the Cylons who take up most screentime in this first season of Battlestar Galactica…

Sonia Saraiya

9/25/14 4:18PM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i>: “Act Of Contrition” / “You Can’t Go Home Again”

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Battlestar Galactica: “Act Of Contrition” / “You Can’t Go Home Again”

The multiple storylines that center around Zak Adama’s death have never been my favorite of the stories on Battlestar…

Sonia Saraiya

9/18/14 1:00PM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i>: “Water” / “Bastille Day”

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Battlestar Galactica: “Water” / “Bastille Day”

Battlestar Galactica draws a lot from the power of one-to-one interpersonal relationships, and that’s on display in…

Sonia Saraiya

9/11/14 1:00PM

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Battlestar Galactica: “33”

“33” is not an easy episode to write about, because it fits together so well: It’s hard to pick up one piece and…

Sonia Saraiya

8/28/14 2:00PM

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<i>Battlestar Galactica</i>: Miniseries, Part 2

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Battlestar Galactica: Miniseries, Part 2

It’s shocking, at the tail end of this episode, when a brief conversation between Tigh and Starbuck drops reference…

Sonia Saraiya

8/21/14 1:00PM

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