Frakkin' Frak!

So, a lot has happened in the last five episodes of BSG. Since I'm playing catch up my comments will be brief. Also, apparently since Razor counted as the first two episodes of season 4, I've been numbering the episodes wrong. I'll start with the correct numbers now.

4.15 "The Oath"

Mutiny! Nice! Starbuck and Apollo running around Galactica with guns! Super nice!

4.16 "Blood on the Scales"

Sorry to see Gaeta go, although he had become pretty annoying in his legless, depressed state. CIC is hurting for crew these days. Also, I had kind of always hoped that the death of Tom Zarek was going to be bloody and painful.

4.17 "No Exit"

Yay exposition! Boo Sam going braindead! Also, Ellen Tigh is way less annoying post-resurrection.

4.18 "Deadlock"

"Oh my gods, it's Ellen Tigh."! Thank you Jane Espenson and Mary McDonnell! However, giving heavy weaponry to Baltar and his cult of hippy ninja girls? Really?

4.19 "Someone to Watch Over Me"

Frak that was painful. For two different types of reasons:

1) They had already been dangling the carrot that Starbuck's dad was the destroyed Cylon model, Daniel, making her the first human-Cylon hybrid. They didn't need to spend this entire episode beating us over the head with it!

2) Seriously, how many hells is Athena going to be put through in this show? Every time things start to go well for her someone with her face comes along, beats the shit out of her, fucks her husband in front of her, and kidnaps her child. Metaphorically speaking, of course. And in a very similar vein, is Chief ever going to catch a break? He doesn't even get time to recover from one trauma before the next one is kicking him in the balls.