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Episode 235 • 16th September 2026 • Who Are You? • What Happened Here Productions
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As one series comes to an end, Laura and Xhafer plot how to annoy another content creator. Laura sticks with her fan theory. Xhafer wonders how to clean Cylon goo out of the carpet. This episode covers the extended cut of Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episodes 20 and 21: Daybreak, Parts 2 and 3.

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Laura:

Hello, and welcome to Who Are You?

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We're a reasonably well-done sci-fi

watch cast by a couple of former

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strangers who are now friends and have

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I'm Laura

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Xhafer: I'm Jafare.

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It's the big moment.

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We did it

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Laura: We did it.

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It's over.

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Xhafer: Well, no, we have a bunch of

terrible auxiliary media to watch still.

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But it is not nearly as well

received or acclaimed as this show.

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Laura: Yeah

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Xhafer: we got through to the end.

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You made it to the end

without any spoilers.

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Bless up.

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Laura: We

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Xhafer: Not…

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Laura: I don't know how we did it, but we

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Xhafer: No, we did it.

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So, once this call is over, I

will add you to spoiler town

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Laura: Yeah, Aaron, Aaron, uh, was

like, "I could add you right now, but I

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won't just in case Jafer has a reason,

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Xhafer: A ceremony.

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I didn't…

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You c- he totally could have.

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You could have just shown up in there.

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Laura: He thought Ja'far

might have a plan, so

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Xhafer: no.

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Laura: he, uh

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Xhafer: much like the Cylons, say I

have a plan but am just winging it.

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Laura: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Mm-hmm

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Xhafer: The actual twist,

there never was a plan.

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Um, all right.

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So listener, if you're

just joining us, one, hi.

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But two, uh,

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Laura: Weird choice

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Xhafer: weird choice, but here we are.

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We are doing, Daybreak part two and three.

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Part one, we are doing the

extended cut, which is a two-hour

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30-minute-long version of this episodes.

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So part one, the first 40 minutes is in

last week's episode, so go and listen

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to that because this picks up just,

like, in the middle of an episode.

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So it might be a little jarring if

you were trying to, like, "Oh, I'll

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just listen to the last, the finale

to see what they say about the end."

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You gotta go back and listen to last week.

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Y- y- you don't, but, you know, you

might not understand a chunk of this

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and where it's coming from if you don't.

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So we cut over/open on

Bill and Saul at the

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strip club.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Xhafer: Did you know this was

the next scene before you…

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Like, did you pause with enough

time to not know that this was

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the next thing that was happening?

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Laura: know this was the next

thing that was happening.

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Xhafer: was so jarring to flip

on and just be all like, "Oh,

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this is what's happening."

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Laura: Yep.

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We're doing this, I guess.

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Xhafer: Probably more jarring than just

watching the episode and it cutting

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to this was watching a chunk of the

episode, taking a day break, and then

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coming back to this chunk of the episode

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Laura: Yes.

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Uh, not only are we, like, just in

the strip club, but Saul is trying

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to pay for a lap dance for Adama,

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: keeps refusing and

ultimately tells the lady, like,

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"Here, enjoy your 40 bucks.

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Just go away."

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Xhafer: He deserves it.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Uh, but this is, this is fun

'cause Ellen is also here.

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Uh, we're here

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Xhafer: Sure is.

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Laura: the one-hour job,

the mysterious one-hour job,

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Xhafer: Yeah So They, they give

some illumination, but not a

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lot here as to what's going on.

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He's gonna have a life without

inspections and drills.

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So, he's moving…

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The, the one hour, as we see later

in the episode, is about moving

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out of military life and into

the private sector civilian life

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Laura: Yeah, it's still not…

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I thought maybe it was, like,

some sort of political thing, but

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Xhafer: be.

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Laura: never clear exactly what it is

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Well, it doesn't matter.

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I don't think it mattered to Bill, so

it doesn't matter to us, the audience

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Laura: Right

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Xhafer: But yeah, Ellen, after they're,

they're having a couple drinks here,

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Ellen just appears from the darkness

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and then gets on the

table and starts dancing

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Laura: Yep.

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Saul is super into it, so I

guess way to be supportive.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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We Cut over to Cara and

Lee talking politics.

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Lee talks about the

importance of the vote.

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Hey, we know that stuff from season one

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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Yep, he's Super into the democracy.

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But Zach is teasing him about

actually being a cynic and

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not being a romantic at heart.

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And also, you don't

talk to Dad anymore, so

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trying to put his brother down

in front of his girlfriend.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Uh, he's all like, "Why'd

you follow dad's footsteps if

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you're not gonna talk to him?"

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And then he's just like, "I only

joined the military for free college."

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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Xhafer: Mm-hmm

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Laura: Okay.

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Xhafer: see Laura on her blind date

with Sean, who she realizes she knew

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that name because he's a former student

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Laura: Yep.

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Xhafer: Now, we never…

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Do we know what Laura taught?

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Okay, 'cause there's a…

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I'm not trying-- One,

this dude is, like, 40,

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Laura: No, I don't think so

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Xhafer: right?

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Laura: Yeah, they are both like,

I was thinking, God, like how far

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apart in age could they actually

have been when she taught him?

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Like, It

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Xhafer: it depends a lot on what she

taught because if she taught like in

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college or high school and it was like

one of her first students or something,

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that age gap might be less than a decade

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Laura: Yeah.

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It might be like five

years, six years tops

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Xhafer: But if she taught

like elementary school

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Laura: Yeah.

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It doesn't look like

elementary school really.

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It looks like a high school or

college gap because they really

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do look very close in age,

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: At this point.

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Um, but yeah, he was one of her students.

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She's a little weirded out by it, and

he's like, "Well, do you want me to go?"

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And she's like, "I didn't say that."

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And then she pours them both some wine

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Xhafer: Bill yells at Saul for

not wanting to do the thing

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he's encouraging Bill to do

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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And then Saul is like finally able to be

like, "Yeah, I guess I wouldn't either."

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: and he keeps

cheering Ellen on onstage

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Zach passes out.

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Kara grabs shot glasses for her and Lee

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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Of course she does

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Xhafer: And then Ellen gets down

off the table, and Saul puts…

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He, like, pulls the dollar bills

in her bra out with his mouth.

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No.

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No.

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Money no go in mouth.

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No.

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No.

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No.

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Laura: He's

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Xhafer: was…

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Oh.

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This hurt me.

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Laura: letting you know

he's a dirty, dirty boy.

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Xhafer: Oh, oh.

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Oh, that's not…

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Oh, no.

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I was genuinely upset.

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Laura: They, they have a little bit of a

giggle over her tips that she got, which

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I don't know, I'm a little, I'm like, hmm,

that was, that belonged to the girls on s-

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like, the girls who were really working.

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I don't know.

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Anyway, , she heckles him about

always following Adama everywhere

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Xhafer: His true love, Bill Adama.

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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She's been jealous a while.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: And then they have a

classic Sol and Ellen fight

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Xhafer: they do.

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While this is going on, we cut over to

Bill, who's, outside in the alleyway,

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so drunk he's puking all over his suit.

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Laura: I didn't wanna see this.

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I didn't wanna

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Xhafer: It was

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Laura: almost puking all over his suit.

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Xhafer: Like you could tell me that

this wasn't like fake puke and that

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Eddie Olmos just willed this to

happen, and I would believe you.

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This looked very convincing to me.

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Laura: gross.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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It was so upsetting in a way

that only something like this

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actually happening, I feel.

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Like it was so well done

that if it wasn't real, I,

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I believed it more than the starships.

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Like I-- it was the most believable thing.

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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Xhafer: very well done.

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but he looks up at the stars and smiles

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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We know Dad needs the stars.

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Xhafer: Yeah, he's a sailor.

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Laura: Mm-hmm

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Xhafer: see carriers take off

from Galactica and Gaius is

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hanging out alone in the bang bus.

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6BT shows up to give him a reminder

that it is in fact the series finale

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Laura: Yeah, trust yourself.

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Trust God's plan for you.

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and, uh, he's like, "Well,

what exactly is that?"

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6PT says they're…

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He's leading them to their end.

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Uh, and he's like, "Wait a second,"

when Paula comes in and interrupts and

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is like, "Hey, we've got stuff to do."

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It's a pretty good cut.

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I enjoyed it a

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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It's real good.

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He flashes back to Caprica, where

Caprica Six is hanging out with Calvin.

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Laura: Oh, yes.

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This was funny because I thought

from the basis of our conversation

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last week that Calvin wasn't gonna

show up again, that literally

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that was just in the last episode.

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Xhafer: Well, I mean, he's

in this for three seconds

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Laura: Yeah, yeah.

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But, Calvin apparently has a

key to Gaius' house and is just

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chilling with Caprica Six, drinking

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: So that makes the little

brother story even funnier in my head.

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I am taking that, and it

does sound like Calvin is a

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neighbor now, but I don't care.

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He's his little brother.

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Xhafer: Beth watched this one with me

and she went on a whole thing about

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how Calvin in her head canon is Gaius'

big brother, little brother program

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Laura: Yeah, that's what I was talking

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Xhafer: Yeah, said.

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Yeah.

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And, uh, just like went on this whole

thing and I'm like, I bet you if I update

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the wiki, some podcaster in like four

years will come across this, not know

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that it's all fake, and just buy in.

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Laura: Yep.

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Xhafer: No one's hawking the Battlestar

Galactica wiki for accuracy these days.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Xhafer: Get in there and

make some sneaky changes.

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Laura: Yeah, Ronald E.

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is probably not, eyeing these

things with the same level of

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intensity as a- another creator.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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No names mentioned.

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Laura: names.

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No names

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Xhafer: We should find out who

made Farscape so we know who

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we could potentially piss off.

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Maybe we should spend…

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Jim Henson?

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I'm not worried about that one.

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Laura: yeah.

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I wouldn't even be worried

about that one if he was alive.

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I don't think he was an easy man to…

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Well, I don't know.

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I guess I don't know shit about Jim, Jim

Henson, so I better keep my mouth shut.

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Maybe

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Xhafer: Yep.

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Laura: pissed him off.

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Xhafer: I know nothing about Jim

Henson, so everything I know about

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Jim Henson I know from the Epic

Rap Battle of History he's in.

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Laura: Mm.

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Xhafer: Not a reliable source

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Laura: Yeah, exactly.

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Xhafer: Anyways, he's all like,

"I'm gonna call the cops on Six."

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But she tells him that she found

a place for his dad to live.

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He'll be able to, farm again.

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They've got all these gardens and stuff.

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He'll be able to do all this.

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"I took him there.

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He loved it."

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Laura: Yes.

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He's moving right now as we speak.

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Xhafer: Yep

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Laura: Anybody else would find

this creepy, but Gaius is just so

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relieved to have a problem handled

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Xhafer: Do you think there is a version

of the script where we cut over to

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the nursing home and it's like the

nurse taking care of him is Simon?

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Laura: That'd be so much fun.

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Or another Six, like, a brunette Six

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: Yeah

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Xhafer: Give us that scene

instead of almost any of the other

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flashbacks you gave us this episode.

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We'll talk about it

when we rate this thing.

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I don't know how much of this is the

extended cut, and that might be…

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If all these flashbacks are the

extended cut, then good because

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they do nothing for this episode.

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If you were to task me with re-editing

this thing right now, the only flashback

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I would keep is the Lee Cara stuff.

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Laura: Really?

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Xhafer: Yeah

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Laura: that's the one I would cut

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Xhafer: So I think in term…

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Okay, well, well let's

get through everything.

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Let's get through everything.

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Laura: yeah

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Xhafer: Anyways, Cottle tells

Rosalyn she's got enough drugs to

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keep her standing another two days.

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She is high as fuck.

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Laura: Yep

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Xhafer: And then we have a scene that

mirrors the one we had last episode where

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they were talking about the plan, where

now they're formulating the plan, and

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we cut between four different mission

briefings with Helo, Lee, Adama, and

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Tyrol giving different mission briefings

to the pilots, the Marines, the, gunners

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and Battlestar staff, and then the Cylons

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Laura: Yeah, the Big thing in this is that

Tyrol and his team are like, you know,

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"The only way to do this quickly is to

move Anders to CIC and hook him up there.

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Like,

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Xhafer: Yeah, the big thing in this is

that Hero and his team are doing great.

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Laura: The cables to get the

right stuff to this place.

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We gotta move him."

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And Adama does freak out

having a Cylon hooked up to CIC

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Xhafer: So a couple of weeks

ago when we had Elliot on, we

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talked about the ship of Theseus

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Laura: Yes

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Xhafer: I think this is the line,

and that's why Adama freaks out.

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Having a Cylon hybrid in CIC is the line.

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This is no longer the Galactica

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Laura: Hmm.

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That's his line in

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Xhafer: The, all the networked computers.

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Yeah

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Laura: hasn't come to the conclusion

that because he is still here,

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it is still the Galactica?

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Xhafer: I think objectively when

you're the person that makes it

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the thing that it's still the

ship, it's hard to see that.

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Laura: yeah.

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Xhafer: Yeah

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Laura: And basically that's what

Starbeast yells at him, is that like,

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"Hey, we all literally just crossed

a line in the last episode, you

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Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

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Laura: You and I put that line down,

and people crossed it, and they're here.

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Xhafer: Yeah

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Laura: I'm sorry that this is your

line, but you also need to cross it

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and get on board, you dumb idiot."

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Xhafer: She goes full Adama on Adama.

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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Xhafer: It's great.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Xhafer: Speaking of great, in the next

scene, Hoshi's promoted to admiral.

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Laura: Wow.

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'Cause there's literally nobody else.

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Xhafer: I mean, everyone

else has volunteered.

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Laura: Mm-hmm.

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Xhafer: I mean, what are you gonna do?

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Pull Captain…

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Is Kelly alive?

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Laura: Mm.

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Now I don't remember either

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Xhafer: we don't see him after the mutiny

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Laura: Maybe he's one of them

that is, like, volunteering to,

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Xhafer: service.

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Get out of prison rather.

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Laura: Yeah, like, commute

his sentence or whatever.

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But right, I thought he survived

the mutiny, but now that you

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say that, I'm not 100% sure.

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Xhafer: Yeah, I mean,

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who else, right?

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Laura: Mmhmm

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Xhafer: Lee's going, Ty's going.

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Laura: Mmhmm

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Xhafer: Hoshi I guess is the number

four guy on the ship at this point,

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Laura: Угу

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Xhafer: else is going, so it's Hoshi

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Laura: Yeah We like Hoshi though Hoshi

has done nothing objectionable to us

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Xhafer: Yeah, no.

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I mean, he even says it's all

like, "People will listen to you.

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You are universally respected."

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, Those are the important things to be

the admiral, so you're the admiral now.

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Laura: Yep

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but he says I will see you

at the rendezvous point

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Xhafer: Yep.

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Laura: but Adama's reminds him No no

no have 12 hours If we're not back in

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12 hours you get the fuck out of there

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Xhafer: Yep.

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We see the Cylons have installed

that red wall above Anders.

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It really brings the room together

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Laura: Mmhmm Gotta have

it You can't not have it

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Cylon goo is just all over the place.

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It's just a gooey CIC now.

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Laura: Uhhuh Mmhmm Yeah

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Xhafer: Like…

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Yeah

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Laura: goes to like move some

cables or something and they're

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they're now they're moist

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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What do you do to clean this stuff up?

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Like, do you need industrial

solvent to get rid of Cylon goo?

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Laura: Yeah

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Xhafer: Is it just like

stove cleaner or something?

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Like, does Lysol handle it?

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Like, what's going on?

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We need to break this stuff down

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Laura: Do you have to get the good oxy out

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Xhafer: Right?

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Laura: Oh my God Jafer it's

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Xhafer: Laura.

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I know, he's the president now.

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President Lampkin

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Laura: I need you to know that Romo

Lampkin appeared on the screen and I

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paused I had Aaron pause it so that I

could write down OMG it's Romo Lampkin And

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then I turned to Aaron and I said I bet

he's the president now And then we started

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it back up and he's the president now

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Xhafer: Romo is the president now.

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Love it.

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Good for him

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Laura: Yeah He's gonna love this job

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Xhafer: He is.

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He's gonna take it so seriously.

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And he does, as we see in the one

scene of him doing president stuff

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Laura: Lee gives him a

handshake and Hoshi's there too

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Xhafer: Yep.

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Laura: last Raptor out and everybody

who is left has gotta get on

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it or they are now a volunteer

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Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

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Laura: Gaius and Paula are loading

up their shit when Gaius to go

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Xhafer: Yep.

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He's gonna stay and do the thing.

423

:

He doesn't know why entirely,

but he feels he needs to.

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:

Laura: Yeah

425

:

He says that he never

belonged to Paula's group

426

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm

427

:

Laura: she's what they need and

good luck And there's a read on

428

:

this you can take that is just like

429

:

Gaius saw that He saw hard work

ahead of him as the leaders of

430

:

these uh leader of these people

431

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

432

:

Laura: just decided to nope out of that

hard work He's like I could do hard work

433

:

for the rest of eternity as their guy or

I can do a little bit of hard work now

434

:

and who knows what'll happen but won't

be as daunting as like the tedium of

435

:

being a leader for the rest of my life

436

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

437

:

Laura: So I I kinda laughed at it I know

we're supposed to be like Oh this is Gaius

438

:

big moment He's redeeming himself He's

doing a selfless thing But I was like Mm

439

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

440

:

Laura: is it

441

:

Xhafer: Mm.

442

:

Laura: though

443

:

Xhafer: Is he just a little lazy?

444

:

Mm.

445

:

as soon as he steps on board, it's like,

"Oh, hey guys, you're a Marine now.

446

:

I know you thought you'd

be doing science stuff.

447

:

No."

448

:

Laura: Yeah you are gonna be the reserves

449

:

Xhafer: You could be up in CIC helping

with the Cylon technology interfacing

450

:

with the military technology that you're

responsible for the programming for.

451

:

Laura: Nah

452

:

Xhafer: here's a gun.

453

:

You're gonna guard this hallway

454

:

Laura: Well you've got the final five

up there man or the other fuck around

455

:

four managing Anders really Like do

you need What is Gaius gonna add to

456

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

457

:

Laura: the smarty pants Like they

they have direct knowledge whereas

458

:

Gaius is just general smart guy

459

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

460

:

Tory reminds us she doesn't

give a fuck about Hera

461

:

Laura: Yeah She doesn't why

having faith will do her any good

462

:

She's like I don't I don't care

463

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

464

:

Laura: what

465

:

Xhafer: The--

466

:

Laura: do for me Tori

467

:

Xhafer: This scene is to re-remind you

that we don't like Tory, so that way

468

:

in, like, 10 minutes you don't feel bad.

469

:

Laura: Yeah I don't know that I needed

that necessarily I I Once I'm reminded

470

:

of why I don't like Tory I'm like Oh

yeah right right right right right

471

:

Xhafer: I agree.

472

:

I think this scene probably plays

better for a non-streaming audience.

473

:

Laura: Yeah

474

:

Xhafer: 'Cause if--

475

:

Laura: a minute

476

:

Xhafer: It's been, two and a half years

or something since she killed Callie.

477

:

Laura: Right

478

:

Xhafer: So maybe a reminder ain't so bad.

479

:

Laura: Gotta remember Uh we've

done a fun bit of business where we

480

:

painted all our centurions the the

481

:

Xhafer: The red stripes.

482

:

Yeah.

483

:

Laura: That's fun That it's

484

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

485

:

Yeah

486

:

Laura: their body It's cute

487

:

Xhafer: Yeah, it's fun.

488

:

Laura: Mmhmm

489

:

Xhafer: Every station on the ship

checks in While this is happening, we

490

:

see Rosalind and Ishay in med bay where

she's getting instructions on how to

491

:

be a, like, quick little triage nurse.

492

:

Laura: Mmhmm even though Ishay is

the one who said You're so high

493

:

I'm surprised you're not floating

494

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

495

:

Laura: the best we got for a triage nurse

496

:

Xhafer: She's like, "When

someone's done, just, uh, just

497

:

put this X on their forehead.

498

:

They won't know what's going on."

499

:

Yeah.

500

:

Laura: yeah

501

:

Xhafer: and it's all like you've picked

the person who's never gonna put an X

502

:

on someone's forehead to be the person

who puts Xs on someone's forehead.

503

:

And she realizes this about 10

minutes into the actual job, but

504

:

Laura: Yeah Well I think it's not just

that Rosalyn's never gonna do it it's

505

:

also that she's like Oh you'll know

But Rosalyn really doesn't know I think

506

:

like when somebody is gonna make it but

we've got Gaius and Caprica both are

507

:

reserve marine fighters apparently and

he's like I don't think you should be

508

:

here And she's like have fought in many

more battles than you actually have

509

:

and he's like Oh right okay but

everybody's a go Anders is a go

510

:

We gotta have an Adama speech

511

:

Xhafer: the, The admiral gets on the horn.

512

:

If they don't fail Galactica,

Galactica won't fail them,

513

:

is the essence of the speech.

514

:

Laura: Mmhmm

515

:

Xhafer: She'll get us home.

516

:

Laura: it's gonna be her last thing

517

:

Xhafer: Yeah

518

:

Laura: will get us through this

519

:

Xhafer: And then they jump

with what feels like, 100 feet.

520

:

I know that it's more than that because

of the scale of space in these ships,

521

:

but it feels like they jump like 10

feet away from the Cylon battle cruiser.

522

:

Like, could have accidentally been

inside the Cylon battle cruiser

523

:

Laura: We

524

:

Xhafer: or the, the colony ship.

525

:

Yeah, this is the colony.

526

:

Laura: Right And uh guns are blazing

instantly I think from both sides

527

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

528

:

Laura: we plug in Anders to get

him to interrupt the other hybrids

529

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

530

:

Laura: Uh and it we hear

the song a little bit as the

531

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

532

:

Laura: shut down and then I think

there's a color change like the other

533

:

hybrids started out a certain color

like their pool and their lights and

534

:

Xhafer: Yeah

535

:

Laura: And then when Anders has

interfaced and interrupted them

536

:

it changes color But I don't

537

:

Xhafer: Yeah,

538

:

Laura: to

539

:

Xhafer: th- they start blue and turn

red, which is the color of Anders

540

:

in the hybrid pod the entire time.

541

:

It is also the color of the

first hybrid from the Racer movie

542

:

Laura: Oh I didn't notice that Okay

543

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

544

:

Little things, little things.

545

:

So these are the hybrids that

are more conscious, I suppose?

546

:

Laura: Oh like they they

kinda have some awareness of

547

:

Xhafer: Yeah

548

:

Laura: other things besides

the math or whatever

549

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

550

:

The Raptors are hanging out in the

unused pod that was the museum.

551

:

Uh, so we get one more shot

of the museum, which is fun.

552

:

There's lots of OG "Battlestar"

fan service in this episode,

553

:

more than any other episode of

this show, even the miniseries.

554

:

Laura: Truly yeah

555

:

Xhafer: We'll see when they start fighting

the Centurions, but it's mixed Centurions.

556

:

It's the old school Centurions and

the new ones all over the place,

557

:

Laura: Yeah

558

:

Xhafer: um, which is fun.

559

:

Uh, but the Raptors jump out from the

museum into a position above the colony

560

:

as Galactica rams the colony ship.

561

:

Laura: Yeah

562

:

this is so good We got our Vipers

out there fighting We've got

563

:

Galactica stuck into the colony

564

:

we've got Lee just like blowing a hatch

on Galactica somewhere and then they

565

:

can jump down into the colony ship

566

:

and they discover they do

have some atmosphere here

567

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm

568

:

Laura: be helmets off so we

can better understand them

569

:

as they run through the hulls

570

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

571

:

I mean, I don't think the helmets

would offer a ton of protection against

572

:

Cylon bullets, but you would think you

would not take these off in a combat

573

:

situation where everyone else but

you can survive without atmosphere.

574

:

Laura: That's true cause what

if they vent some shit on

575

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

576

:

Laura: any moment That's a

577

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

578

:

You send in centurions,

you vent the bitch.

579

:

Laura: Yeah That would've been

a way to go Well I guess cause

580

:

we can't resurrect anymore

581

:

Xhafer: They got magnet

boots, they'll be fine.

582

:

Laura: Like a Doral is just

stuck in a hallway somewhere

583

:

Xhafer: It's a Doral.

584

:

They're replaceable, whatever, fuck it.

585

:

Laura: I think Doral has like one

line in this whole episode I think

586

:

Xhafer: Besides get shot.

587

:

Laura: right

588

:

Xhafer: Uh, the, uh, the

colony l- launches raiders.

589

:

When was the last time we saw a raider?

590

:

Laura: Oh it's kind of been a minute We've

591

:

Xhafer: It's been a minute

592

:

Laura: about like Oh we would send a

raider to look for this but we didn't

593

:

actually see the raider do anything

594

:

Xhafer: Cause even the rebel Cylons

that we've seen fly the heavy raiders,

595

:

not the normal raiders, 'cause

those, the pilots are built in, so

596

:

Laura: Yeah we've got some raptors out

there struggling through the debris

597

:

Xhafer: yep.

598

:

Laura: Racetrack and Skulls

599

:

Xhafer: Yep

600

:

Laura: only for a second

601

:

Xhafer: So s- Racetrack tells Skulls

to start warming up the nukes,

602

:

Laura: Угу

603

:

Xhafer: then gets got by a meteor

after he presses the button

604

:

Laura: Yeah It's crazy

605

:

Xhafer: we see them blow the front

doors off of Galactica as Lee's strike

606

:

team pours in to start the assault.

607

:

Laura: Угу

608

:

Xhafer: of got but didn't really get

that I thought would've been cool here

609

:

is, like, all the human Marines throw

down ropes to slide down, and then we see

610

:

Cylons on the ground running past them.

611

:

We should've seen Cylons jump

612

:

Laura: I

613

:

Xhafer: the top,

614

:

Laura: leaping yes

615

:

Xhafer: with them

leaping down and running.

616

:

That could've been really cool.

617

:

Laura: Yeah Mmhmm

618

:

Xhafer: Like, really remind us

how terrifying these things are

619

:

Laura: Yep I was sitting there

like I love that we've painted them

620

:

with the red stripes so we know

621

:

Xhafer: Угу

622

:

Laura: But like they are still computers

as far as we know or or as we as humans

623

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

624

:

Laura: What if there's some sort of

wireless virus that Cavill could infect

625

:

them with that turns them back Like

that would be terrifying you know

626

:

Xhafer: It's like a throwaway line

like six episodes ago, but there

627

:

is like a chip that they physically

removed from all of these Centurions.

628

:

'Cause they show us the chip at one point.

629

:

Yeah

630

:

Laura: Like where that would be

the device through which Cavill

631

:

could've theoretically done that And

632

:

Xhafer: Yeah, I mean, who knows?

633

:

Laura: is that device

is totally gone So these

634

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

635

:

Laura: unhackable centurions

as far as we've been

636

:

Xhafer: They've got the free wills, so

637

:

Laura: Okay It's funny that we I think

we already said this that we gave

638

:

them the free wills and then we put

in a chip to block their free wills

639

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

640

:

Laura: Like why did you even

build it with the free wills

641

:

Xhafer: So that we could take

it out dramatically later and

642

:

give them their free wills back.

643

:

Laura: Mmhmm

644

:

Xhafer: Adama and Ty direct the

battle as four of the raptors land and

645

:

start to cut their way into the ship.

646

:

They move in and encounter

the two centurions.

647

:

This is the first time we see one of

the old centurions running around.

648

:

Laura: Mmhmm

649

:

Xhafer: fun.

650

:

Laura: Did we get guys in suits

you think or is this all CGI

651

:

Xhafer: Oh, this is all CGI

652

:

Laura: Cause you could have guy in suit

and then add some CGI on him That'd be fun

653

:

Xhafer: Maybe.

654

:

They're very shiny.

655

:

They're like the fake metal shiny that

exists in CGI and never in real life.

656

:

Laura: Mmhmm

657

:

Xhafer: it seems like it'd

be a lot of extra money.

658

:

Laura: Yeah That's fair I guess Uh we got

Simon He's like keeps doing medical shit

659

:

Xhafer: Yeah, he's got the

weird thermometer thing

660

:

Laura: he's

661

:

Xhafer: with like the weird probe

662

:

Laura: checking his vitals testing his

syringes I think we hear like a saw

663

:

whirring at some point He's like ready to

664

:

Xhafer: Yeah

665

:

Laura: and Boomer's just like Hey

wh how can you still be doing this

666

:

when we're under siege And he's like

Nah they can't win cause the math

667

:

is against them It'll be fine And

she immediately just snaps his neck

668

:

Xhafer: Got 'em

669

:

we see a Cavill, another Simon,

and a Doral find the dead Simon

670

:

and know Boomer took Hera.

671

:

They're like, "Oh, you, you trusted her."

672

:

It's like, "I didn't not trust her.

673

:

I don't trust anybody.

674

:

I just miscalculated."

675

:

It's like, that's literally the definition

of not trusting someone, Cavill.

676

:

Laura: Yeah

677

:

Xhafer: own ass

678

:

Laura: Yeah he's he's such a dipshit

Uh it hmm uh I don't know We'll we

679

:

can talk about Cavil more at the end

680

:

Xhafer: Yeah

681

:

Laura: Caprica tells Gaius that she's

proud of him and she always wanted

682

:

to be That was the only thing missing

from our relationship really was that

683

:

you weren't somebody to be proud of

684

:

Xhafer: Yeah

685

:

Laura: Which for some reason they

find very romantic and kiss each other

686

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

687

:

Laura: Uh

688

:

Xhafer: they

689

:

Laura: yes

690

:

Xhafer: kiss, this kiss, this kiss.

691

:

6BT and Grakish show up

to be like, "Yeah, guys."

692

:

And then they realize that

they see both of them and that

693

:

they both see both of them

694

:

Laura: Yeah This is funny I mean

695

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

696

:

Laura: Gracas suit for

some reason and his hair

697

:

Xhafer: His hair, he's so greasy

698

:

Laura: he's so greasy and untrustworthy

just don't like it But yep we can see

699

:

each other and they're just so pleased

about how the plan is coming together

700

:

Xhafer: Yep Cylons begin to pour

into Galactica as Boomer carrying

701

:

Hera makes it to the strike team.

702

:

Athena takes Hera, tells Athena

to tell Adama that she owed him

703

:

one, and then Athena kills Boomer

704

:

Laura: Yeah Uh you think that

the one that she owes Adama is

705

:

the fact that she fucking shot

706

:

Xhafer: Shot him?

707

:

No.

708

:

No, that would be, that, that, that'd

be paying off the plot that we've

709

:

already seen, and we can't do that with

all these flashback budget we've got.

710

:

So instead, we flash back to Boomer

failing landing protocols on Galactica,

711

:

where she's gonna wash out of the

military, and Adama gives her one

712

:

more chance, so she owed him one.

713

:

And Adama's all like, "Oh, you know,

they never pay you back for the ones

714

:

they owe, especially the ones that,

you know, owe you their lives."

715

:

She's like, "No, Papa Adama, one

day I'm gonna pay you back when

716

:

it really means it, and it's

not gonna be not shooting you."

717

:

Laura: This is so silly and I am a little

718

:

Xhafer: This is the dumbest flashback.

719

:

This actively takes away

from the characters.

720

:

I hate this flashback

721

:

Laura: I would be fine with it I guess

if it wasn't so strange Cause like the

722

:

whole time also that they're dressing her

down a little bit and telling her like

723

:

You have one last chance You're washing

724

:

Xhafer: Угу.

725

:

Laura: but you have one more chance

The whole time they're giving her this

726

:

serious talk Sol and Adama are drinking

727

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

728

:

Laura: drunk

729

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

730

:

Laura: like I guess what they're

trying to show is that life before

731

:

the fall was different I guess

732

:

Xhafer: Yeah

733

:

Laura: and they were like not taking

their work so seriously I guess But I

734

:

don't know I didn't like it I was like

735

:

Xhafer: I, God, it's shit like this

that makes me look at this and go,

736

:

"I think I could edit this two-hour,

30-minute episode into a lean hour 15

737

:

that is a better feeling finale to me."

738

:

And it'd be just for me.

739

:

I wouldn't do it for anyone else.

740

:

I'd just, like, cut out

all this flashback shit.

741

:

I'm gonna cut out maybe 20

minutes of the last 30 minutes.

742

:

Laura: う ー ん

743

:

Xhafer: And cut out the aggrandizing

space porn in the beginning.

744

:

And I wonder where that puts

this episode in terms of time

745

:

Laura: Mmhmm

746

:

Xhafer: Maybe, yeah, we'll see.

747

:

I haven't done video editing in a while.

748

:

That might be a fun

little side thing to try

749

:

Laura: I guess what they're trying

to do with this flashback is that

750

:

like we had had this impression

of Boomer Adama as like Boomer

751

:

was almost like second daughter to

752

:

Xhafer: Yeah

753

:

Laura: and so they're trying to like

Ah yes and here's why he gave her a

754

:

second chance And you think that this

is about you know this I owe you one

755

:

is about the fact that she shot him but

actually they had this secret private

756

:

thing that it's really about and no

one else knows and Adama may never know

757

:

But she's paying that debt back not

this other debt And I'm like Eh okay I

758

:

Xhafer: Do you think Athena, like, brings

Hera back, talks to the old man and goes,

759

:

"Hey, I fucking killed Boomer for you.

760

:

By the way, she said she owed you one.

761

:

Because we have the same brain up

until a certain point, she meant it for

762

:

this thing, but that's fucking weird.

763

:

She should have meant it for shooting

you, so I just took the bitch out."

764

:

Laura: I hope so I

765

:

Xhafer: Right?

766

:

Laura: that out and he got

to know But yeah we got sick

767

:

bay Ishay's calling for help

768

:

Xhafer: Yeah, it's a bad day.

769

:

Laura: trying to comfort this guy

who is spurting things Like we got

770

:

something is spurting That is never good

in the first aid world Uh and Rosalyn

771

:

cannot or doesn't grab the marker

and Ishay quickly puts an X on this

772

:

guy and is like No no no While while

773

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

774

:

Laura: to say It's gonna be

okay so not good at triage

775

:

nurse but what can you do She

776

:

Xhafer: Yeah

777

:

Laura: of her own drugs

778

:

Xhafer: Uh, We see Gaius and Caprica

take out a centurion as Lee and

779

:

the remaining strike team and the

raptor group, , fall into the ship.

780

:

Laura: Yeah they they met up and

retraced their steps back They had

781

:

told uh for some reason as Athena's

talking to Boomer like Well you can't

782

:

go back to your ship just so you know

783

:

Xhafer: Yeah

784

:

Laura: shoot me and Athena's like

Well we weren't gonna do that anyway

785

:

And Starbuck is like Hey maybe

don't tell this bad Cylon our plan

786

:

And then we meet up with

Lee real quick cause that

787

:

Xhafer: Yeah

788

:

Laura: was like We are taking this other

exit out that maybe hadn't anticipated so

789

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

790

:

Uh, Lee stays with, Gaius and Caprica

to defend as Rosalyn takes some stims

791

:

to keep pushing through and helping out.

792

:

She sees the opera house, and

she starts moving to Hera.

793

:

Adoral shoots Helo, and Hera runs off.

794

:

Helo grabs his own tourniquet to

stop the bleeding, to give Athena

795

:

the ability to chase after Hera

796

:

Laura: Yeah he's Like Go get our

daughter And she's like But you'll

797

:

die And he's like I won't but you

gotta go get our little girl who's

798

:

now running through a war zone

799

:

Xhafer: Yeah, this, this

is a little more important.

800

:

I'll just sit here and

hold this tourniquet.

801

:

It'll be fine.

802

:

And we get the opera house vision.

803

:

There's a lot of this as it's cutting

in and out, so we'll see stuff happen

804

:

in the real world, and then we'll see

stuff happen in the opera house vision

805

:

as they kinda like overlap and overlay.

806

:

, Cavil boards Galactica with

a handful of Centurions.

807

:

Rosalyn takes Hera and hides from Cavil

and those Centurions as they move past,

808

:

but when she, like, gets up, Hera is gone.

809

:

Uh, and she runs into Gaius and

Caprica Six, just like the vision.

810

:

Laura: Угу

811

:

Xhafer: see each other at, like, the

end of a hallway, just like they saw

812

:

each other from across in the dream.

813

:

And then we see the end.

814

:

Gaius and Six get Hera.

815

:

They go into CIC, and they see the

final five on the balcony above them,

816

:

Laura: Yeah they are

817

:

Xhafer: is them

818

:

Laura: perfectly still when

we see that the rest of CIC

819

:

is fucking chaos around them

820

:

Xhafer: is so weird.

821

:

Like, I know we're, like, doing

the Vision thing, but, like, why

822

:

are they just standing there on

the edge to match the like…

823

:

They could have, like, been doing

stuff and been laid out in a

824

:

way where the set design could

have allowed for it to be both

825

:

Laura: Mmhmm

826

:

Xhafer: of them just like, "Ah."

827

:

Laura: They are standing like

arms at sides Everybody is just

828

:

staring straight forward arms at

829

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

830

:

Laura: And I was like no it could've been

more natural It could've been like Ellen

831

:

is is looking at Anders or something

832

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

833

:

Laura: uh Saul is trying

to draw his gun Like it

834

:

Xhafer: Yeah

835

:

Laura: some motion

836

:

Xhafer: Do you think they're actually

doing that stuff and that this is

837

:

just the vision fucking with them?

838

:

Laura: That could be I guess Yeah

839

:

Xhafer: Yeah

840

:

Laura: we had like them standing

stock still but then we see that

841

:

they were actually like in those

places but moving then you're

842

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

843

:

Laura: they're just like seeing

844

:

Xhafer: Yeah, doing the thing.

845

:

Laura: or whatever Yeah yeah yeah

So got like a Simon who's like

846

:

clutching his chest or something

847

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

848

:

Laura: kicks him in the

butt and he falls over

849

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

850

:

Laura: So we're like people are

dead and dying all around but

851

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

852

:

Laura: fighting in CIC except for Gaius

and Hera and Six and the final five but

853

:

Cavil somehow gets in here and grabs Hera

854

:

and Gaius decides this is a great

time to just babble about religion

855

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

856

:

Laura: Can

857

:

Xhafer: He's…

858

:

Laura: this here instead

859

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

860

:

Laura: till the end

861

:

Xhafer: We can talk about

whatever you want, Laura.

862

:

That's fine.

863

:

Laura: So

864

:

Xhafer: about?

865

:

Laura: I know what is

happening here like logically

866

:

Xhafer: And, you know

that it will happen again.

867

:

Laura: I guess

868

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

869

:

Eh, the thing…

870

:

, continue, sorry

871

:

Laura: I just am so confused

as to why this works on Cavill

872

:

Because he spent all that time in a

couple episodes back mocking Ellen

873

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

874

:

Laura: kinda mocking God He doesn't

believe in God We know that Like

875

:

he doesn't believe in higher powers

876

:

Xhafer: Yeah

877

:

Laura: I think in his very first

episode with Tyrell he's like a

878

:

priest but he doesn't believe in

God and that's like the joke right

879

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

880

:

Laura: yet Gaius religious babble is

so convincing and honestly I'm gonna

881

:

be honest with everybody here cause

that's why why even have a podcast

882

:

if you can't be honest with the tens

of thousands of people who to you

883

:

Xhafer: Yeah

884

:

Laura: who they are I couldn't follow

this Like I don't know if it's just

885

:

like the pace of everything up until

this moment or what is happening but was

886

:

saying a bunch of words I didn't know

what any I was not paying attention or

887

:

something Like I could not absorb them

888

:

Xhafer: Uh, there's God.

889

:

Uh, you know, and Kev's like,

"How do I know God's on my side?"

890

:

And Gaius is all like, "God

doesn't take sides, y'all.

891

:

It's God.

892

:

It's, there's not good or evil.

893

:

Those are our

894

:

constructs."

895

:

Ooh.

896

:

It's, it's, it's on the cutting room

floor on my hour 15 cut of this.

897

:

In fact, I would cut this speech.

898

:

I would cut the entire

temporary ceasefire.

899

:

I'd cut all that.

900

:

I'd cut the giving them resurrection.

901

:

I'd cut killing Tory.

902

:

To cut the flashback with Galen later.

903

:

None of this means anything.

904

:

None of it has no impact on the plot.

905

:

It's a temporary thing, and it feels

like it's filler, and I didn't like it.

906

:

It's the…

907

:

For a finale that has some really

strong points in it and some really

908

:

good character moments, some of this is

just taking it all away for no reason.

909

:

Gaius doesn't need this speech

910

:

Laura: I feel like I was supposed

to be just so distracted by

911

:

how charismatic James Callis is

912

:

Xhafer: Yeah, right.

913

:

Laura: this

914

:

Xhafer: He's good at it.

915

:

Laura: and I was supposed to not notice

that this goes entirely against what

916

:

Cavill's been about up until this point

917

:

Xhafer: Yeah

918

:

Laura: I did not like that very much

but Saul is the one who says We're gonna

919

:

give you resurrection if you just give

us Hera and we can all go our separate

920

:

ways okay Okay buddy Uh and so that's

when we do cease fire We do stand down

921

:

and we're gonna have a different moment

so all the Vipers and Raptors get to come

922

:

back Everybody's back on board Athena

Hera The five have to all interface

923

:

Apparently that's been the secret all

along was not mentioned up until this

924

:

moment either is that the five each

know a piece of resurrection and you had

925

:

to have all of them in order to get it

926

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

927

:

Laura: So

928

:

Xhafer: Sure

929

:

Laura: just trying to take it out of Ellen

wasn't gonna work but nobody knew that

930

:

until this moment I kinda wish this had

been mentioned earlier is all I'm saying

931

:

Xhafer: It's like, hey, you know,

we never really touched back on

932

:

the fact that Tori killed Callie.

933

:

We should probably have

Galen find out somehow.

934

:

How do we wanna do that?"

935

:

And so like, what if we have

all the final five mind meld?

936

:

Laura: Yeah So they have to mind meld

to give the resurrection into the

937

:

goo the hybrid goo which will then

go in the data stream because we're

938

:

gonna mind meld everyone is gonna

know everything about everyone else

939

:

Xhafer: Yep.

940

:

Laura: Which you know there is the

whole Tory killed Callie problem

941

:

Xhafer: Yeah

942

:

Laura: we were told a couple

episodes back that Tyrell and

943

:

Tory had been married correct

944

:

Xhafer: Yeah

945

:

Laura: And you know the fuck around

four couldn't remember it because their

946

:

memories were still blocked and all

that But it seems like Ellen knows their

947

:

every like their whole lives before

948

:

Xhafer: So this should get all of that.

949

:

Laura: she

950

:

Xhafer: It does feel like that

951

:

Laura: So Tyrell shouldn't

be just seeing like killed my

952

:

wife but she was also my wife

953

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

954

:

2,000 years of memories from

Ellen of their past that

955

:

they suddenly get access to?

956

:

Laura: Even if they didn't know each

other all:

957

:

clearly knew each other for a time while

they were had this plot that they were

958

:

Xhafer: Yeah

959

:

Laura: right So even then he could

have seen through Ellen's eyes them

960

:

interacting as husband and wife and that

just doesn't enter into this anywhere

961

:

Xhafer: Welcome, welcome

to Battlestar Galactica.

962

:

first time, I know.

963

:

Laura: Mmhmm

964

:

Xhafer: yeah.

965

:

Yep, it's indefensible.

966

:

You're right.

967

:

Laura: yeah

968

:

Xhafer: the logic of the own show

969

:

Laura: I don't don't mind what happens

So as Simon is reporting that the

970

:

resurrection data is good things

are going We also see that Tyrell is

971

:

seeing Callie's death and he loses it

And Anders and all the hybrids start

972

:

screaming as he snaps Tori's neck Like

973

:

Xhafer: Mm-hmm

974

:

Laura: I guess I don't mind that Tyrell

is like so hurt but I feel like you could

975

:

have acknowledged that like the past

that they had in that painful moment And

976

:

so he's seeing like not only did Tori

betray me but she was my wife and she

977

:

betrayed me also I don't know it just

978

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

979

:

Laura: it wasn't enough

It wasn't complete to me

980

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

981

:

Laura: but yeah the data

stream stops and this is very

982

:

Xhafer: Yeah

983

:

Laura: things are moving fast It was

chaotic To me everyone just started

984

:

firing and for some reason Cavill who

has been pretty crafty and resilient up

985

:

Xhafer: Yeah, he's just like, "Nope."

986

:

Laura: Yep I oh no

987

:

Xhafer: It doesn't, it doesn't feel right.

988

:

I think you can cut this in a way where

the fighting never stops, Cavill realizes

989

:

he's gonna lose, and just kills himself

990

:

Laura: You could do that yeah

991

:

Xhafer: is what I, as I keep selling

myself on making this cut mentally

992

:

while we're having this conversation,

well, that's how I'll handle it

993

:

Laura: I mean even if like you kept

this to me Cavill realizes Oh crap

994

:

this is going south He turns to run

and somebody shoots him in the back

995

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

996

:

Laura: I don't know That

997

:

Xhafer: Yeah, that feels more Cavill.

998

:

Laura: Yeah

999

:

Xhafer: Racetrack fires off all the nukes.

:

00:46:33,148 --> 00:46:33,438

Laura: Yeah

:

00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:34,780

Xhafer: just, like, barely alive

:

00:46:35,728 --> 00:46:41,148

Laura: so was the I I wasn't clear

on it Was the plan with Racetrack

:

00:46:41,148 --> 00:46:45,298

and Skulls they were gonna hover out

here and wait to throw the nukes at

:

00:46:45,298 --> 00:46:48,068

some point Or were they supposed to

be going in with the other Raptors

:

00:46:48,088 --> 00:46:49,778

but they also had their nukes ready

:

00:46:49,838 --> 00:46:54,148

Xhafer: I think maybe the raptors

all had nukes and they were gonna…

:

00:46:54,198 --> 00:46:55,648

That was part of the exit plan.

:

00:46:56,098 --> 00:46:57,248

Or I don't know.

:

00:46:57,408 --> 00:46:58,028

I don't know

:

00:46:58,211 --> 00:47:00,781

Laura: Yeah I I cause I could see

it being like Well we're gonna

:

00:47:00,781 --> 00:47:02,471

keep this one raptor out here

:

00:47:02,950 --> 00:47:03,410

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:47:03,501 --> 00:47:07,261

Laura: about and if everything

goes tits up it fires all the nukes

:

00:47:07,730 --> 00:47:08,160

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:47:08,331 --> 00:47:11,781

Laura: but it it also seemed like because

they got hit by the asteroid they were

:

00:47:11,781 --> 00:47:13,411

just disabled out there and they were

:

00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:13,840

Xhafer: Yeah

:

00:47:13,931 --> 00:47:17,921

Laura: have gone in with everybody else

I don't know how Racetrack knows when to

:

00:47:17,921 --> 00:47:20,291

fire these nukes but good timing I guess

:

00:47:20,818 --> 00:47:22,768

Xhafer: Yeah, if it had been 10

minutes earlier, that would've been

:

00:47:22,868 --> 00:47:25,268

bad for everyone, but it works out.

:

00:47:25,340 --> 00:47:28,783

Laura: just been open this whole time

and she heard everything in there I

:

00:47:28,830 --> 00:47:29,320

Xhafer: Yeah

:

00:47:29,543 --> 00:47:32,223

Laura: Or maybe it's supposed to

be divine intervention Whatever

:

00:47:32,292 --> 00:47:32,792

Xhafer: Yep.

:

00:47:33,029 --> 00:47:38,109

So Galactica pulls out and they need

to jump the ship, and Starbuck's the

:

00:47:38,109 --> 00:47:42,469

one at the FTL panel, so she has to

enter the coordinates, and she puts the

:

00:47:42,469 --> 00:47:46,509

coordinates from the song to jump the ship

:

00:47:52,362 --> 00:47:53,772

Laura: She's she hears her dad saying

Hey trust yourself Um she sees like

:

00:47:53,792 --> 00:47:59,222

visions of the piano and hears stars

and just keeps playing the song

:

00:47:59,222 --> 00:48:00,562

on the keyboard cause she already

:

00:48:00,729 --> 00:48:01,199

Xhafer: Yep

:

00:48:01,402 --> 00:48:02,462

Laura: what numbers are what

:

00:48:02,991 --> 00:48:07,071

, Xhafer: We cut back to Kara and Lee

drinking next to the passed out Zach.

:

00:48:07,571 --> 00:48:11,291

Kara says she isn't scared of dying,

she's only scared of being forgotten.

:

00:48:11,861 --> 00:48:16,261

This is the only part of any of these

flashbacks that I think is meaningful

:

00:48:17,576 --> 00:48:19,896

Laura: Hmm Okay Yeah Sure

:

00:48:20,292 --> 00:48:22,402

Xhafer: j- and just, just this line.

:

00:48:22,622 --> 00:48:27,232

If there's a way to do these flashbacks

with keeping this line in a way that

:

00:48:27,232 --> 00:48:30,352

makes sense with the other flash- a

little bit of the other flashbacks maybe.

:

00:48:31,162 --> 00:48:32,682

Uh, but I don't know.

:

00:48:33,694 --> 00:48:34,674

we see Galactica.

:

00:48:34,865 --> 00:48:35,815

Laura: jump though This is

:

00:48:35,874 --> 00:48:36,444

Xhafer: This is the,

:

00:48:36,535 --> 00:48:36,885

Laura: talking

:

00:48:36,954 --> 00:48:38,224

Xhafer: this is the big creek.

:

00:48:38,574 --> 00:48:40,774

This is me, uh, this…

:

00:48:40,774 --> 00:48:45,504

Galactica is like my back at the

chiropractor in this, where it

:

00:48:45,504 --> 00:48:49,574

is just all out of place and we

hope it just settles correctly.

:

00:48:49,963 --> 00:48:50,623

Laura: Yep

:

00:48:51,214 --> 00:48:52,264

Xhafer: The

:

00:48:52,643 --> 00:48:56,173

Laura: the first time Galactica jumped

into the colony I was like I didn't hear a

:

00:48:56,173 --> 00:49:02,273

creak Jafer talked about a creak realized

oh yes we can jump one more time so

:

00:49:02,798 --> 00:49:03,178

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:49:03,333 --> 00:49:04,933

Laura: is that is the creaky bits

:

00:49:05,013 --> 00:49:06,493

Xhafer: That is the creaky bits.

:

00:49:07,043 --> 00:49:08,023

Wave.

:

00:49:08,093 --> 00:49:08,623

Oh.

:

00:49:09,057 --> 00:49:10,247

Laura: thing Not

:

00:49:10,403 --> 00:49:12,383

Xhafer: It's like, it's

not supposed to do that.

:

00:49:13,789 --> 00:49:16,649

Laura: Uh Adama's like

calling for the situation

:

00:49:17,834 --> 00:49:18,264

Xhafer: Yeah

:

00:49:18,699 --> 00:49:20,289

Laura: moping and thinking about Callie

:

00:49:21,802 --> 00:49:22,342

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:49:22,502 --> 00:49:26,692

We get a flashback to Callie yelling

at him for being sloppy because

:

00:49:26,692 --> 00:49:31,572

this was back when relationships on

board were super illegal, back when

:

00:49:31,572 --> 00:49:33,492

there were a lot more people around.

:

00:49:35,529 --> 00:49:38,359

Laura: Yes and he's being too careless

with Boomer cause she caught them

:

00:49:38,359 --> 00:49:41,749

like in a closet or something And

:

00:49:43,869 --> 00:49:49,919

tells him he needs to know the people he

can count on and those that he can't which

:

00:49:50,649 --> 00:49:54,869

also didn't seem to be doing much for me

:

00:49:55,176 --> 00:49:55,596

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:49:55,809 --> 00:50:00,939

Laura: line Like is it just a joke that

like ha ha Tyrell's never really gotten

:

00:50:00,939 --> 00:50:06,529

it Like Tyrell's never really understood

who he could count on and who he couldn't

:

00:50:07,456 --> 00:50:07,886

Xhafer: Yeah

:

00:50:08,269 --> 00:50:09,709

Laura: It just seems like a ha ha moment

:

00:50:10,766 --> 00:50:11,606

Xhafer: For sure.

:

00:50:11,966 --> 00:50:13,656

Galactica will never jump again.

:

00:50:14,106 --> 00:50:22,206

Rosalyn asks where we are, and we

zoom out to see the moon and Africa

:

00:50:22,949 --> 00:50:24,069

Laura: It's real Earth

:

00:50:25,032 --> 00:50:26,462

Xhafer: How did you feel in this moment?

:

00:50:27,873 --> 00:50:32,147

Laura: I mean I kind of thought

it was clever in that like oh yeah

:

00:50:32,147 --> 00:50:35,437

we never actually saw Earth when

:

00:50:35,509 --> 00:50:35,939

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:50:36,697 --> 00:50:43,127

Laura: Like we were told Yep this is Earth

and it's dead Oopsie doodle But we never

:

00:50:43,127 --> 00:50:45,817

actually saw the big blue marble you know

:

00:50:46,229 --> 00:50:46,659

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:50:47,137 --> 00:50:50,037

They, they're very like, "Oh,

we put so much of that planet in

:

00:50:50,037 --> 00:50:53,587

shadows that you just saw some

of the right colors and stuff,

:

00:50:53,587 --> 00:50:53,967

Laura: Mm-hmm

:

00:50:54,136 --> 00:50:56,616

Xhafer: clouds," and yep.

:

00:50:58,542 --> 00:51:00,282

Laura: I don't hate it

:

00:51:01,073 --> 00:51:01,703

Xhafer: You can.

:

00:51:02,392 --> 00:51:04,212

Laura: I don't hate it I just

:

00:51:04,213 --> 00:51:04,563

Xhafer: Okay

:

00:51:04,712 --> 00:51:11,972

Laura: is kind of silly that then we

like have this discussion later with

:

00:51:11,972 --> 00:51:15,967

Rosalind and Adama and Adama's like

Well this is Earth And I'm like Okay

:

00:51:17,098 --> 00:51:17,548

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

:

00:51:17,987 --> 00:51:23,556

Laura: I don't know but we see them

like stalking a prehuman civilization

:

00:51:23,957 --> 00:51:24,327

Xhafer: Yeah

:

00:51:24,616 --> 00:51:27,396

Laura: and having a little jokey jokes

:

00:51:28,365 --> 00:51:28,735

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:51:28,795 --> 00:51:33,905

We get Gaius, Hoshi, Adama, Cottle,

and Ty on the ground observing.

:

00:51:34,795 --> 00:51:36,705

Cottle has tested some of their DNA.

:

00:51:36,705 --> 00:51:41,975

He found some graves, and they are

compatible with colonial humanity

:

00:51:42,836 --> 00:51:43,066

Laura: Mmhmm

:

00:51:43,829 --> 00:51:49,629

Xhafer: So these are like Neanderthals,

and the colonials are like our protohumans

:

00:51:50,071 --> 00:51:50,501

Laura: Yeah

:

00:51:50,669 --> 00:51:52,449

Xhafer: like, our own

evolutionary history.

:

00:51:52,549 --> 00:51:52,789

Laura: Okay

:

00:51:53,205 --> 00:51:53,450

they

:

00:51:53,613 --> 00:51:53,863

Xhafer: said

:

00:51:54,210 --> 00:51:58,910

Laura: puzzled about how humans

could humanlike life could be here

:

00:51:59,181 --> 00:51:59,741

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:51:59,741 --> 00:52:01,151

Gaius rambles.

:

00:52:01,161 --> 00:52:06,938

It's all like, "The chances are

astronomically low, but still possible."

:

00:52:09,397 --> 00:52:11,134

Laura: but this is it We gotta stay here

:

00:52:12,053 --> 00:52:12,583

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

:

00:52:13,624 --> 00:52:14,994

Laura: cause Galactica's dead

:

00:52:15,673 --> 00:52:16,013

Xhafer: Yeah

:

00:52:16,424 --> 00:52:21,038

Laura: even though we do have a base

ship But yeah no I mean this seems right

:

00:52:21,677 --> 00:52:22,017

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:52:22,038 --> 00:52:23,188

Laura: fine I guess

:

00:52:24,017 --> 00:52:28,047

Xhafer: Lampkin and Hoshi talk city

planning, but Lee is all like, "No.

:

00:52:28,667 --> 00:52:29,107

No.

:

00:52:29,137 --> 00:52:31,567

Let's not do society, shall we?

:

00:52:31,627 --> 00:52:35,617

let's just disperse ourselves amongst

the locals and hope for the best."

:

00:52:36,305 --> 00:52:39,938

Laura: Yeah Romo just kind

of rolls over it this easier

:

00:52:40,072 --> 00:52:40,532

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:52:40,868 --> 00:52:41,798

Laura: from his character

:

00:52:42,822 --> 00:52:45,702

Xhafer: He is surprised

people are on board with this.

:

00:52:46,382 --> 00:52:47,022

Same.

:

00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:53,840

Laura: I mean same Yeah these people uh

and we're s we're supposed to believe that

:

00:52:54,230 --> 00:52:59,330

these people have had such a hard time

They're ready to go back to the land You

:

00:52:59,330 --> 00:53:01,490

know they've been four years in space They

:

00:53:01,536 --> 00:53:02,006

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

:

00:53:03,540 --> 00:53:06,750

Laura: a simplistic little

thing but have you met people

:

00:53:07,886 --> 00:53:08,226

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:53:08,670 --> 00:53:13,150

Laura: Have you met people who

like to be comfortable and don't

:

00:53:13,150 --> 00:53:14,590

wanna give up their comforts

:

00:53:15,652 --> 00:53:16,572

Xhafer: So much comfort.

:

00:53:17,482 --> 00:53:22,782

And yeah, I mean, it's just like we're

gonna throw all the ships into the sun.

:

00:53:23,242 --> 00:53:24,672

What's the worst that could happen?

:

00:53:25,536 --> 00:53:30,566

Laura: Mmhmm well that then that

cause we did say Anders is gonna pilot

:

00:53:30,566 --> 00:53:32,256

all the ships into the sun but we

:

00:53:32,314 --> 00:53:32,664

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:53:32,796 --> 00:53:34,586

Laura: raptors on the ground at least one

:

00:53:35,054 --> 00:53:35,664

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:53:35,876 --> 00:53:37,556

Laura: What's gonna happen to that raptor

:

00:53:38,954 --> 00:53:38,964

Xhafer: Shh.

:

00:53:38,974 --> 00:53:42,744

Uh, Adama is responsible for putting

it in the ocean at some point probably

:

00:53:43,652 --> 00:53:47,402

Laura: I was like is Adama gonna

pilot it into the sun Because he's

:

00:53:47,402 --> 00:53:49,812

lost mom and now he's very super sad

:

00:53:50,778 --> 00:53:52,618

Xhafer: Yeah, we should,

we should get to that.

:

00:53:52,698 --> 00:53:54,888

We got a little bit of scenes

before we get to that, but

:

00:53:54,888 --> 00:53:55,908

we need to talk about that.

:

00:53:56,274 --> 00:53:56,574

Laura: Okay

:

00:53:56,838 --> 00:53:58,408

Xhafer: so we get some exposition.

:

00:53:58,507 --> 00:54:02,302

The The Centurions are piecing on the

base ship, but the rebel Cylons are

:

00:54:02,302 --> 00:54:06,142

staying on Earth and are going to disperse

themselves amongst the human population

:

00:54:06,371 --> 00:54:08,011

Laura: Yeah they're gonna go help

:

00:54:08,568 --> 00:54:08,878

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:54:10,021 --> 00:54:14,601

Laura: we're gonna give all the civilians

as much supplies as possible We're gonna

:

00:54:14,601 --> 00:54:16,751

disperse them on all the continents

:

00:54:17,148 --> 00:54:17,588

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

:

00:54:18,331 --> 00:54:22,131

Laura: Romo again is our skeptical

audience member going Well what

:

00:54:22,131 --> 00:54:26,821

if those Centurions just gain

strength and come back later And

:

00:54:26,832 --> 00:54:27,232

Xhafer: Yeah

:

00:54:27,371 --> 00:54:34,257

Laura: take that chance I guess we do see

Starbuck talking to Anders She gives him a

:

00:54:34,257 --> 00:54:37,514

kiss goodbye puts her dog tags in the goo

:

00:54:38,011 --> 00:54:38,471

Xhafer: Mm-hmm

:

00:54:38,874 --> 00:54:42,094

Laura: And he has a moment of

lucidity and tells her that he

:

00:54:42,094 --> 00:54:43,624

will see her on the other side

:

00:54:44,559 --> 00:54:44,919

Xhafer: Yep.

:

00:54:45,584 --> 00:54:49,794

, We see just like it's planned, Adama's the

last one off the ship, flying that Viper.

:

00:54:50,134 --> 00:54:54,494

He flies around a couple of times, and

then as the ships all fly into the sun,

:

00:54:54,814 --> 00:54:57,204

the OG Battlestar Galactica theme plays

:

00:54:57,945 --> 00:55:02,553

Laura: Yeah Oh so he also had a Viper on

the surface He has a Raptor and a Viper

:

00:55:03,300 --> 00:55:04,320

Xhafer: Don't ask questions.

:

00:55:06,020 --> 00:55:07,210

It's all part of his plan.

:

00:55:07,863 --> 00:55:11,363

Laura: W Galactica looked really

rough They did a really good job with

:

00:55:11,363 --> 00:55:14,813

these like digital assets or whatever

:

00:55:15,033 --> 00:55:15,373

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:55:15,487 --> 00:55:19,307

Laura: Galactica was very convincingly

beaten up as it flies away

:

00:55:20,023 --> 00:55:20,313

Xhafer: Yeah

:

00:55:21,007 --> 00:55:23,717

Laura: We find out Tyrol's

gonna go be alone forever

:

00:55:24,113 --> 00:55:24,443

Xhafer: Yep.

:

00:55:24,723 --> 00:55:26,963

Tyrrell is gonna go, chill in Ireland.

:

00:55:28,255 --> 00:55:28,585

Laura: Yep

:

00:55:29,103 --> 00:55:29,493

Xhafer: Yep.

:

00:55:29,713 --> 00:55:30,403

Just hanging out.

:

00:55:31,163 --> 00:55:32,703

The Tys say goodbye to him.

:

00:55:33,503 --> 00:55:38,513

We get a cut to Ty's retirement

party and how him and Ellen just

:

00:55:38,513 --> 00:55:40,163

get to be together for forever now

:

00:55:40,937 --> 00:55:42,237

Laura: Mmhmm Doing shots

:

00:55:42,649 --> 00:55:43,009

Xhafer: Yep

:

00:55:43,847 --> 00:55:49,237

Laura: Ty and Ellen definitely

immediately set up a still on this planet

:

00:55:49,237 --> 00:55:53,407

right They're gonna introduce these

natives to alcohol and fermentation

:

00:55:53,931 --> 00:55:54,781

Xhafer: For sure.

:

00:55:56,567 --> 00:56:00,115

Mom and Dad are watching some

wildlife Roslyn asks if the planet

:

00:56:00,135 --> 00:56:01,935

has a name, and Bill says, "Fuck it.

:

00:56:02,365 --> 00:56:02,735

Earth."

:

00:56:07,347 --> 00:56:07,927

Laura: Okay

:

00:56:08,983 --> 00:56:10,303

Xhafer: You've had first breakfast.

:

00:56:10,303 --> 00:56:11,863

How about second breakfast?

:

00:56:14,349 --> 00:56:17,649

Laura: Yeah because Earth was

the dream That was the dream we

:

00:56:17,649 --> 00:56:19,679

were chasing for most of the show

:

00:56:20,023 --> 00:56:20,413

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:56:20,589 --> 00:56:21,929

Laura: let's let this be Earth

:

00:56:22,323 --> 00:56:23,523

Xhafer: Yeah, we'll just say it's Earth.

:

00:56:23,533 --> 00:56:25,173

I mean, we're naming planets.

:

00:56:25,173 --> 00:56:25,583

Fuck it

:

00:56:26,129 --> 00:56:29,306

Laura: Mmhmm she's not

breathing so good though

:

00:56:30,085 --> 00:56:30,935

Xhafer: No.

:

00:56:30,985 --> 00:56:34,415

, Bill puts her in the raptor so they

can get a closer look at some wildlife.

:

00:56:34,935 --> 00:56:38,435

And as they're doing this, Lee and

Kara run over to say goodbye to Dad

:

00:56:39,208 --> 00:56:40,898

Laura: Yeah it's real sad

:

00:56:41,290 --> 00:56:41,800

Xhafer: yeah.

:

00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:45,050

He, uh, he's like, "I ain't

got much time," you know?

:

00:56:45,050 --> 00:56:46,190

And Lee's like, "I understand."

:

00:56:46,190 --> 00:56:49,860

So he takes off, and Lee said that he

spent his childhood watching his dad

:

00:56:49,890 --> 00:56:52,970

leave and wondering when he'd come

back, and this time he knows he isn't

:

00:56:54,180 --> 00:56:54,900

Laura: Yeah

:

00:56:55,804 --> 00:56:58,544

Xhafer: And then Kara's just

like, "Actually, now that you

:

00:56:58,544 --> 00:57:00,354

mention it, I think I'm out too.

:

00:57:00,804 --> 00:57:02,604

Uh, had a good run.

:

00:57:03,204 --> 00:57:04,524

did what I needed to.

:

00:57:05,024 --> 00:57:06,514

Everything feels good.

:

00:57:07,314 --> 00:57:08,834

What are you gonna do

with your time, Lee?"

:

00:57:08,894 --> 00:57:12,524

And as he starts to, like, talk about

it, he, like, looks away for a second,

:

00:57:12,584 --> 00:57:16,884

and when he turns back, Kara has vanished

:

00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:22,130

Laura: Yeah he's he's like I wanted

to be a lazy bones when this was all

:

00:57:22,130 --> 00:57:26,210

over but I'm gonna go explore I'm

so excited And then Kara's just gone

:

00:57:26,596 --> 00:57:27,106

Xhafer: Yep.

:

00:57:27,130 --> 00:57:31,741

Th-th-they show us a flashback

in here of them almost fucking,

:

00:57:32,826 --> 00:57:33,626

Laura: Yeah

:

00:57:33,651 --> 00:57:36,901

Xhafer: which didn't need that

:

00:57:37,822 --> 00:57:40,582

Laura: Yeah But we just need to

know that they've always been will

:

00:57:40,582 --> 00:57:44,402

they won't they since even when

she was engaged to his brother

:

00:57:44,901 --> 00:57:46,291

Xhafer: Ja, duh.

:

00:57:46,512 --> 00:57:50,842

Laura: they were gonna do it that

very night after doing the shots on

:

00:57:50,842 --> 00:57:58,032

the table but they broke a glass Zach

stirred enough to say Oh hey something

:

00:57:58,042 --> 00:58:01,522

has broken like our relationship

:

00:58:02,149 --> 00:58:02,699

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:58:03,439 --> 00:58:04,759

Symbolism.

:

00:58:04,889 --> 00:58:06,609

I believe the word you're

looking for is symbolism.

:

00:58:12,119 --> 00:58:17,379

Laura: And then uh Lee decides to

go like a gentleman and shake hands

:

00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:18,430

Xhafer: Yep.

:

00:58:19,007 --> 00:58:25,077

Uh, we cut to, Laura kicking Sam

out in her flashback and joining the

:

00:58:25,157 --> 00:58:27,457

Mayor Adar's presidential campaign.

:

00:58:27,952 --> 00:58:32,211

And then Adama flies Rosalyn

over a flock of flamingos.

:

00:58:32,507 --> 00:58:37,507

We see her looking and then, she dies

rather than listen to Bill ramble on

:

00:58:37,507 --> 00:58:39,657

about that fucking cabin one more time.

:

00:58:40,511 --> 00:58:40,521

Laura: Uh

:

00:58:41,827 --> 00:58:43,627

Xhafer: Guys, humor's

my defense mechanism.

:

00:58:43,627 --> 00:58:45,067

This is big sads, okay?

:

00:58:45,373 --> 00:58:48,313

Laura: big sads He starts crying when he

:

00:58:48,491 --> 00:58:48,811

Xhafer: It's

:

00:58:48,993 --> 00:58:50,613

Laura: that she's gone and I

:

00:58:50,827 --> 00:58:51,417

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:58:52,177 --> 00:58:53,547

This is the saddest moment.

:

00:58:53,647 --> 00:58:57,257

She finally, you know, she passes

as he's talking about building that

:

00:58:57,257 --> 00:58:58,727

cabin together and all that stuff.

:

00:58:58,737 --> 00:58:59,637

It's so sweet.

:

00:58:59,647 --> 00:59:04,097

He holds her hand, he kisses her hand,

he puts his wedding ring on her finger

:

00:59:04,563 --> 00:59:04,923

Laura: Mmhmm

:

00:59:05,664 --> 00:59:08,884

Xhafer: And then he sets down at

the perfect spot to build the cabin.

:

00:59:09,869 --> 00:59:11,839

Laura: Yep Uh

:

00:59:11,874 --> 00:59:13,284

Xhafer: And then the episode ends

:

00:59:14,599 --> 00:59:15,849

Laura: It felt like it should've

:

00:59:15,896 --> 00:59:16,626

Xhafer: It should have.

:

00:59:17,316 --> 00:59:21,386

But it doesn't, because we see a group

of survivors finding places to settle.

:

00:59:21,836 --> 00:59:26,736

We see Gaius and Caprica Six see Helo,

Athena, and Hera talking when Six,

:

00:59:26,736 --> 00:59:30,376

Baltar, and Gracchus tell them that

their lives will be significantly

:

00:59:30,376 --> 00:59:33,046

less eventful, and then they vanish

:

00:59:34,079 --> 00:59:35,789

Laura: Mmhmm Yeah

:

00:59:38,063 --> 00:59:43,700

does say like be a farmer now

I know how to do that And that

:

00:59:43,748 --> 00:59:44,198

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:49,840

Laura: liked that cause we did find

out that the whole Aralon thing was

:

00:59:49,870 --> 00:59:53,790

real and I was like I kinda like this

for him like a return to the earth

:

00:59:54,548 --> 00:59:55,018

Xhafer: Mm-hmm

:

00:59:55,060 --> 00:59:59,820

Laura: Like I am accepting that I'm

no longer the most special boy it

:

00:59:59,820 --> 01:00:06,703

feels like so I didn't I didn't hate

that part but yeah he sees himself

:

01:00:07,663 --> 01:00:10,613

meeting up with Caprica back on Caprica

:

01:00:11,269 --> 01:00:12,550

Xhafer: Угу

:

01:00:13,483 --> 01:00:17,283

Laura: talking about how he can get

her into the mainframe for her l

:

01:00:17,343 --> 01:00:24,213

little curiosity tour I guess but

he's counting on her discretion and he

:

01:00:24,213 --> 01:00:29,974

makes a remark about the things that

we do for love And Caprica's like Love

:

01:00:31,233 --> 01:00:31,803

Xhafer: Ooh.

:

01:00:31,923 --> 01:00:31,943

Yeah

:

01:00:32,204 --> 01:00:36,474

Laura: Love I'm so excited And then

he's like You know you know what I mean

:

01:00:36,484 --> 01:00:44,844

Like You know it's just a phrase kinda

thing I'm just a guy and I wondered if

:

01:00:45,094 --> 01:00:51,094

this scene was telling me that if he

had admitted that this was love that

:

01:00:51,094 --> 01:00:57,014

Caprica wouldn't have done it like

she wouldn't have gone through with it

:

01:00:57,129 --> 01:00:59,519

Xhafer: whole show, all those dead people

:

01:01:00,124 --> 01:01:06,824

Laura: Yeah It kinda seems like at

least this Six woulda backed out know

:

01:01:06,901 --> 01:01:07,431

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

:

01:01:07,654 --> 01:01:10,954

Laura: all the stuff woulda still

happened but maybe not through

:

01:01:10,954 --> 01:01:12,544

this channel I don't know It

:

01:01:12,732 --> 01:01:13,082

Xhafer: Yeah

:

01:01:13,254 --> 01:01:13,634

Laura: about

:

01:01:14,333 --> 01:01:14,567

Xhafer: see.

:

01:01:14,657 --> 01:01:16,757

Adama talks to Rosalyn at her grave.

:

01:01:17,327 --> 01:01:21,797

The heavenly eastern

sunrise reminds him of her.

:

01:01:22,927 --> 01:01:24,557

He looks over at the hills.

:

01:01:24,597 --> 01:01:30,707

We see this beautiful, beautiful

landscape, and then the episode ends.

:

01:01:31,817 --> 01:01:35,437

And done, nothing else definitely

happens this time, right?

:

01:01:36,170 --> 01:01:38,810

Laura: Is this the last 30

seconds that everybody hates or

:

01:01:39,043 --> 01:01:39,613

Xhafer: Yes.

:

01:01:39,943 --> 01:01:40,283

Yes.

:

01:01:40,293 --> 01:01:41,793

This is, yeah, this little bit here.

:

01:01:42,293 --> 01:01:44,043

Uh, we cut to the present day.

:

01:01:44,496 --> 01:01:48,666

survivor count 6 billion, 700 million.

:

01:01:50,446 --> 01:01:51,936

and hey, Ronald D.

:

01:01:51,936 --> 01:01:52,516

is here

:

01:01:54,537 --> 01:01:58,417

Laura: It's like okay I don't

hate Ronald D being here It's

:

01:01:58,427 --> 01:01:59,647

really funny that they're

:

01:01:59,714 --> 01:02:04,484

Xhafer: people give that out of everything

to give this sequence shit about.

:

01:02:04,804 --> 01:02:05,374

the Ronald D.

:

01:02:05,374 --> 01:02:07,954

Moore cameo is the thing

people seem to latch onto.

:

01:02:08,314 --> 01:02:09,994

I could not give a shit.

:

01:02:10,174 --> 01:02:11,304

That's fun

:

01:02:11,685 --> 01:02:16,175

Laura: Yeah I don't care about the

Ronald E cameo He deserves it He

:

01:02:16,418 --> 01:02:16,838

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

01:02:17,365 --> 01:02:21,875

Laura: And it's not like I

don't know super invasive Like

:

01:02:22,028 --> 01:02:22,428

Xhafer: Yeah

:

01:02:22,445 --> 01:02:25,805

Laura: himself lines He's just

holding the newspaper or whatever

:

01:02:26,524 --> 01:02:28,514

Xhafer: He's not trying to

sneak a SAG card or something

:

01:02:28,564 --> 01:02:29,884

like, "This is fine, guys."

:

01:02:30,325 --> 01:02:34,395

Laura: yeah And you know we got 6BT

and Gracas are the real thing they're

:

01:02:34,395 --> 01:02:36,045

talking over Ronald E's shoulder

:

01:02:36,594 --> 01:02:36,764

Xhafer: Yeah

:

01:02:36,845 --> 01:02:43,805

Laura: Um they aren't really impressed

with how Earth has turned out It's uh

:

01:02:44,985 --> 01:02:52,935

up rather like other Earth Kobol and

Caprica but 6BT believes like Gracas

:

01:02:52,955 --> 01:02:57,355

is pretty cynical but she's believing

that this will be better this time cause

:

01:02:57,410 --> 01:02:57,910

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

01:02:57,975 --> 01:02:58,505

Laura: y you give a

:

01:02:58,530 --> 01:02:59,760

Xhafer: Statistically it might be.

:

01:02:59,965 --> 01:03:00,555

Laura: yeah

:

01:03:01,420 --> 01:03:02,590

Xhafer: Maybe it won't happen again.

:

01:03:03,121 --> 01:03:06,721

Laura: it's all God's plan but

Gracas says it doesn't like that name

:

01:03:08,207 --> 01:03:08,417

Xhafer: Yeah

:

01:03:09,611 --> 01:03:13,711

Laura: then we get some

robot montage to the end of

:

01:03:13,925 --> 01:03:14,255

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

01:03:14,571 --> 01:03:15,291

Laura: robots and

:

01:03:15,575 --> 01:03:16,025

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

01:03:16,181 --> 01:03:16,641

Laura: going on

:

01:03:17,065 --> 01:03:20,345

Xhafer: As Jimi Hendrix's cover of

"All Along the Watchtower" plays,

:

01:03:20,345 --> 01:03:22,055

the most famous version of the song.

:

01:03:22,137 --> 01:03:26,597

Laura: Mmhmm Jafare I'm gonna

suggest one thing to punch up this

:

01:03:26,725 --> 01:03:27,035

Xhafer: Yeah

:

01:03:27,327 --> 01:03:31,357

Laura: Just really punch it up

Have you been seeing this footage

:

01:03:31,407 --> 01:03:33,797

of the robot Olympics from China

:

01:03:35,937 --> 01:03:38,047

Xhafer: All the robots

falling over and stuff.

:

01:03:38,561 --> 01:03:41,501

Laura: All the robots falling over

I think that that would just be

:

01:03:41,501 --> 01:03:45,871

a real real chef's kiss on this

:

01:03:46,737 --> 01:03:48,647

Xhafer: Just all the

robots messing up, yeah.

:

01:03:51,007 --> 01:03:55,027

People tricking GPT with how many

Rs are in strawberry and stuff.

:

01:03:55,395 --> 01:03:56,035

Laura: Mmhmm

:

01:03:58,895 --> 01:04:00,495

Yeah And that's it

:

01:04:01,195 --> 01:04:05,235

Xhafer: that's the actual end of the show.

:

01:04:06,855 --> 01:04:07,625

Now

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01:04:08,376 --> 01:04:08,596

Laura: Mmhmm

:

01:04:08,675 --> 01:04:10,055

Xhafer: we can talk

about whatever you want.

:

01:04:10,625 --> 01:04:15,255

We do have an episode set aside next

week to talk about our thoughts and

:

01:04:15,255 --> 01:04:16,865

feelings of the series in general

:

01:04:17,558 --> 01:04:21,328

So we can, you can save it for next week.

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01:04:22,638 --> 01:04:24,238

You can talk about it now.

:

01:04:24,278 --> 01:04:24,878

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Do you wanna rate this episode?

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01:04:26,468 --> 01:04:28,758

We should probably start there,

'cause that's the thing that we do

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01:04:28,904 --> 01:04:36,534

Laura: Here's what I propose We rate this

episode talk about two things next episode

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01:04:36,884 --> 01:04:44,684

I would love if you have some like recap

of like Remember this thing it didn't pan

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01:04:44,684 --> 01:04:47,534

out or remember when you said this thing

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01:04:48,130 --> 01:04:50,950

Xhafer: I would have to listen

to our entire podcast in,

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01:04:50,950 --> 01:04:52,600

like, three days to do that.

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01:04:52,684 --> 01:04:52,984

Laura: if you

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01:04:53,060 --> 01:04:53,470

Xhafer: I,

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01:04:53,494 --> 01:04:54,224

Laura: handy

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01:04:54,310 --> 01:04:55,590

Xhafer: I don't, no.

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01:04:55,904 --> 01:04:56,954

Laura: about something,

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01:04:57,184 --> 01:05:00,444

Xhafer: I mean, Laura, I do

have to tell you something.

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01:05:00,943 --> 01:05:01,473

Laura: Okay.

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01:05:02,014 --> 01:05:04,064

Xhafer: You're already in spoiler town.

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01:05:05,317 --> 01:05:06,147

Laura: Oh, somebody

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01:05:06,254 --> 01:05:07,844

Xhafer: did it 30 minutes ago.

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01:05:08,194 --> 01:05:10,884

Aaron, drop a little

Watchmen Ozymandias for me.

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01:05:15,299 --> 01:05:16,038

Laura: Okay

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01:05:16,426 --> 01:05:20,546

Xhafer: so maybe we can ask Spoiler

Town if there's stuff they wanna call

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01:05:20,546 --> 01:05:22,496

out to talk about in the recap episode.

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01:05:22,626 --> 01:05:23,356

We should do that.

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01:05:23,826 --> 01:05:27,056

Why don't you do that actually as

your first post in Spoiler Town?

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01:05:27,694 --> 01:05:28,574

Laura: sounds good.

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01:05:28,716 --> 01:05:30,216

Xhafer: Uh, ask them to link stuff.

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01:05:30,376 --> 01:05:36,088

I might have pinned things Uh, Okay, I've

got a couple pins in here that are…

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01:05:36,298 --> 01:05:39,898

there's a lot more in here, but

I've got two pins that I just saw

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01:05:39,918 --> 01:05:42,838

that I haven't thought about in two

years that are gonna be perfect.

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01:05:42,907 --> 01:05:43,747

Laura: Those will be useful.

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Okay.

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01:05:44,087 --> 01:05:44,297

That's,

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01:05:44,438 --> 01:05:45,108

Xhafer: okay, so,

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01:05:45,187 --> 01:05:45,637

Laura: I want

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01:05:46,088 --> 01:05:46,438

Xhafer: okay.

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01:05:46,627 --> 01:05:47,207

Laura: episode,

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01:05:47,338 --> 01:05:49,598

Xhafer: And then I also have,

we did r- I did a recording with

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Kristen, I did a recording with Bob,

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01:05:51,867 --> 01:05:52,197

Laura: Mm-hmm.

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01:05:52,238 --> 01:05:53,188

Xhafer: a recording with Ryan.

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01:05:53,188 --> 01:05:56,438

Ryan and I talked about the finale

and the show for 30 minutes.

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01:05:56,657 --> 01:05:56,957

Laura: Yeah.

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01:05:56,958 --> 01:06:00,568

Xhafer: know how much of that's gonna

end up in the recap episode, but, uh,

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01:06:00,568 --> 01:06:04,218

there's 30 minutes of us talking about

the end of this show on there as well.

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01:06:04,238 --> 01:06:05,738

So there's, we'll have things.

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01:06:06,138 --> 01:06:07,848

so let's talk about the two

things you wanna talk about.

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01:06:08,313 --> 01:06:08,683

Laura: Yeah,

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01:06:08,818 --> 01:06:09,718

Xhafer: rate the episode first?

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01:06:09,793 --> 01:06:11,153

Laura: I wanna rate the episode,

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01:06:11,228 --> 01:06:12,478

Xhafer: Okay, let's rate this episode

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01:06:12,833 --> 01:06:14,813

Laura: man, I hate to do this

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01:06:15,260 --> 01:06:17,690

Xhafer: On a scale of one to 13 colonies

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01:06:17,853 --> 01:06:18,173

Laura: really,

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01:06:18,190 --> 01:06:19,110

Xhafer: the last time.

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01:06:19,223 --> 01:06:20,103

Laura: a 13.

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01:06:20,133 --> 01:06:20,873

I did.

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01:06:21,020 --> 01:06:21,910

Xhafer: Yeah, it's not

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01:06:22,593 --> 01:06:24,443

Laura: it's just not because…

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01:06:24,583 --> 01:06:28,033

A- and I, I get the feeling I probably

don't hate it as much as other

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01:06:28,033 --> 01:06:30,453

people hated it 'cause I have the

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01:06:30,586 --> 01:06:35,766

Xhafer: I do think it holds up a lot

better in streaming consecutive weeks

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01:06:35,866 --> 01:06:38,946

world than it does with all the breaks.

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01:06:39,396 --> 01:06:44,736

And I think a big chunk of

that is you don't have time.

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01:06:45,446 --> 01:06:48,736

Like, by the virtue of watching

it every week, you don't have a

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01:06:48,736 --> 01:06:51,796

year and a half between seasons

to sit there and think about all

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01:06:51,806 --> 01:06:53,566

the plot holes and all that stuff.

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01:06:54,046 --> 01:06:56,136

I think the show benefits there.

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01:06:56,456 --> 01:07:00,176

And then I think the show benefits from

being able to, like, connect the dots

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01:07:00,176 --> 01:07:02,476

easier because everything is fresh.

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01:07:02,876 --> 01:07:05,646

So I think it ha- I think it works

both ways in the show's favor

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01:07:06,103 --> 01:07:09,160

Laura: Yeah not a 13.

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01:07:09,250 --> 01:07:09,779

I, I'll

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01:07:09,923 --> 01:07:10,193

Xhafer: No.

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01:07:10,300 --> 01:07:13,230

Laura: a nine, 'cause I did

probably like it better than a

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01:07:13,230 --> 01:07:14,770

lot of other people liked it.

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01:07:15,943 --> 01:07:16,373

Xhafer: Yeah

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01:07:16,670 --> 01:07:22,220

Laura: most distracting thing for

me resolving the colony and Cavill,

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01:07:22,580 --> 01:07:24,690

'cause it really felt like…

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01:07:24,730 --> 01:07:28,350

Maybe if I go back and read Gaius'

speech, 'cause, you know, sometimes

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01:07:28,350 --> 01:07:30,120

when everything is happening very fast,

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01:07:30,299 --> 01:07:30,839

Xhafer: N-no.

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01:07:30,930 --> 01:07:35,100

Laura: subtitles on, I don't,

like, absorb the content.

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01:07:35,679 --> 01:07:37,149

Xhafer: It's, it's self-aggrandizing.

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01:07:37,159 --> 01:07:38,129

It serves no purpose.

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01:07:38,149 --> 01:07:39,029

I-- No.

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01:07:39,390 --> 01:07:42,650

Laura: it just didn't

feel like anything to me,

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01:07:42,700 --> 01:07:43,029

Xhafer: Yeah

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01:07:43,130 --> 01:07:45,950

Laura: was very sad.

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01:07:46,020 --> 01:07:51,279

And if they were, trying to redeem

Gaius' character for me, like, in a, in

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01:07:51,279 --> 01:07:54,220

a sort of, grandiose way, they didn't.

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01:07:54,260 --> 01:07:58,930

The, the most redeeming thing to me at the

end was him going, "Well, I'm a farmer.

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01:07:59,000 --> 01:07:59,920

I know how to farm.

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01:08:00,440 --> 01:08:00,779

Xhafer: Yeah

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01:08:00,810 --> 01:08:01,510

Laura: can do this."

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01:08:01,779 --> 01:08:03,890

And, and even that was

just kinda like, eh.

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01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:08,050

He did, like, set himself up as

a leader with this whole group,

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01:08:08,050 --> 01:08:09,110

and then run away from that.

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01:08:10,236 --> 01:08:10,706

Xhafer: Yeah

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01:08:11,650 --> 01:08:14,800

Laura: It's very on brand, but

he wasn't really redeemed for

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01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:16,810

me, if they were aiming for that.

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01:08:17,529 --> 01:08:21,319

And his speech certainly didn't

fucking do that to me, and

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01:08:21,319 --> 01:08:22,830

Cavill was out of character.

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01:08:23,029 --> 01:08:28,080

Like, for me, what reduces this rating,

like, if you started with 13 points and

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01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:30,210

then you, lose them throughout, you know,

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01:08:30,304 --> 01:08:30,584

Xhafer: Yeah

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01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:33,800

Laura: things, it's that whole thing.

:

01:08:34,460 --> 01:08:39,224

don't hate the thing with Tyrell snapping

Tory's neck and then, oops, that's the

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01:08:39,469 --> 01:08:39,788

Xhafer: Yeah.

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01:08:40,203 --> 01:08:45,264

Laura: breaker, but we also didn't

acknowledge that supposedly they had

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01:08:45,264 --> 01:08:48,254

a big, long history with each other

that they don't know anything about.

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01:08:48,264 --> 01:08:50,174

They've never tried to explore it together

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01:08:50,849 --> 01:08:51,299

Xhafer: Mhm.

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01:08:51,354 --> 01:08:53,283

Laura: "Oh my God, can you

believe we were married?"

:

01:08:53,344 --> 01:08:55,104

Like, "Do you remember anything?

:

01:08:55,124 --> 01:08:56,274

Do you remember anything?"

:

01:08:56,464 --> 01:08:58,134

They don't, talk about it ever.

:

01:08:59,033 --> 01:09:01,964

That resolution wasn't satisfying,

and it felt like they were trying

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01:09:01,964 --> 01:09:05,203

to paper over that real quick

with like, "Ah, it's Earth.

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01:09:05,234 --> 01:09:06,064

Oh, we're…

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01:09:06,374 --> 01:09:07,834

These are our ancestors."

:

01:09:08,474 --> 01:09:08,924

I don't know.

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01:09:09,224 --> 01:09:09,504

It was just

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01:09:10,234 --> 01:09:12,260

Xhafer: Yeah No, that's fair.

:

01:09:12,300 --> 01:09:17,840

Um, I mean, I'm gonna go ahead

and say, yeah, I'll do nine.

:

01:09:19,229 --> 01:09:20,750

There's some really good stuff in here.

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01:09:20,859 --> 01:09:23,600

The scenes where they're doing the

planning and cutting between all the

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01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:27,520

characters and all that, I have said it,

like, four times now, I love those scenes.

:

01:09:28,180 --> 01:09:29,920

That's the highlight

of this episode for me.

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01:09:30,029 --> 01:09:30,479

Laura: The

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01:09:30,956 --> 01:09:31,475

Xhafer: the end-

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01:09:31,540 --> 01:09:32,080

Laura: dad

:

01:09:32,216 --> 01:09:33,556

Xhafer: ending with Mom and Dad.

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01:09:34,086 --> 01:09:35,926

I like Starbuck just ghosting.

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01:09:36,319 --> 01:09:36,590

Laura: Yeah.

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01:09:36,779 --> 01:09:37,279

I do like

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01:09:37,734 --> 01:09:40,964

Xhafer: I know that's, like, a thing

that's drived and people, like, the

:

01:09:40,964 --> 01:09:43,564

fandom, the number one question the

fandom have is what was going on with

:

01:09:43,564 --> 01:09:46,993

Starbuck, which is absurd to me because

Starbuck is clearly just a fucking angel.

:

01:09:47,214 --> 01:09:49,234

They tell it, they beat you

over the fucking head with it.

:

01:09:49,234 --> 01:09:50,714

She's got a fucking wing tattoo.

:

01:09:51,033 --> 01:09:55,964

We see other angels that are, like, the

Six BT and Gracchus are fucking angels.

:

01:09:56,074 --> 01:09:57,274

They say that all the time.

:

01:09:57,434 --> 01:10:01,294

We have no reason to doubt that and

them being angels, their divinity

:

01:10:01,294 --> 01:10:03,304

is nigh proven by the epilogue.

:

01:10:03,724 --> 01:10:07,284

If, if that epilogue does nothing else,

it proves that, yes, these are angels,

:

01:10:07,777 --> 01:10:08,147

Laura: Mm-hmm.

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01:10:08,204 --> 01:10:12,654

, Xhafer: And they exist independent of

the minds of, , Caprica Six and Gaius.

:

01:10:13,067 --> 01:10:13,427

Laura: Yeah

:

01:10:13,524 --> 01:10:17,304

Xhafer: So knowing that they disappear

in the same way Starbuck does.

:

01:10:17,314 --> 01:10:20,524

Starbuck says she's a fucking

angel, she gets told she's an angel.

:

01:10:20,804 --> 01:10:23,924

In all the flashbacks they bring up

every time they mention she's an angel.

:

01:10:23,924 --> 01:10:24,693

She's a fucking angel.

:

01:10:24,954 --> 01:10:27,794

I don't understand why this is a

question for people, why they refuse

:

01:10:27,794 --> 01:10:28,934

to accept that she's an angel.

:

01:10:28,934 --> 01:10:29,824

She's a fucking angel.

:

01:10:29,834 --> 01:10:30,454

Deal with it.

:

01:10:30,854 --> 01:10:33,834

Um, it doesn't have to work perfect.

:

01:10:33,864 --> 01:10:34,674

She's an angel

:

01:10:34,982 --> 01:10:37,672

Laura: Can she, So here's the other thing.

:

01:10:38,272 --> 01:10:44,902

I did say a couple of times in person

and on this podcast that if the Daniel

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01:10:44,902 --> 01:10:47,692

shit wasn't resolved, I was gonna be mad,

:

01:10:48,190 --> 01:10:48,420

Xhafer: Yep.

:

01:10:48,512 --> 01:10:49,202

Laura: I am

:

01:10:49,780 --> 01:10:50,260

Xhafer: Mad.

:

01:10:50,940 --> 01:10:51,340

Yep.

:

01:10:53,872 --> 01:10:58,222

Laura: I wanna still believe

that Daniel was her dad, and

:

01:10:58,320 --> 01:10:59,230

Xhafer: is, it, it's one of the

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01:10:59,742 --> 01:11:02,672

Laura: an Angel is because

she is the first Hera, but we

:

01:11:02,672 --> 01:11:04,842

don't know that she was Hera

:

01:11:05,395 --> 01:11:09,285

Xhafer: That's entirely possible,

except for the fact that this fan

:

01:11:09,285 --> 01:11:11,095

theory has been squashed by Ron.

:

01:11:11,695 --> 01:11:14,255

Ronald D has said this,

that fan theory is not true

:

01:11:14,710 --> 01:11:16,059

Laura: Ron, how dare?

:

01:11:16,701 --> 01:11:19,681

Xhafer: For someone who's all like,

"Starbuck might be an angel, guys.

:

01:11:19,681 --> 01:11:22,691

We don't really know, like, ooh,

what's going on with Starbuck?"

:

01:11:22,771 --> 01:11:26,061

And then to be all like, "Yeah,

but Daniel's not secretly her dad.

:

01:11:26,196 --> 01:11:27,516

Laura: But it's definitely not that.

:

01:11:27,596 --> 01:11:28,076

Yeah

:

01:11:28,211 --> 01:11:30,381

Xhafer: definitely not this

thing that we didn't think of."

:

01:11:32,124 --> 01:11:33,234

Laura: Ronald E.,

:

01:11:33,264 --> 01:11:34,164

come on.

:

01:11:35,274 --> 01:11:36,224

Come on.

:

01:11:37,061 --> 01:11:37,441

Xhafer: I know.

:

01:11:37,774 --> 01:11:41,294

Laura: You clearly, like, love the

mystery of it, so why don't you just

:

01:11:41,294 --> 01:11:42,954

let people have their fucking mystery?

:

01:11:43,281 --> 01:11:43,751

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

01:11:44,061 --> 01:11:45,431

Just don't give us an answer.

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01:11:46,164 --> 01:11:46,684

Laura: Yeah.

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01:11:46,684 --> 01:11:48,214

Xhafer: Commit to giving us less answers.

:

01:11:48,554 --> 01:11:49,184

100%.

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01:11:49,742 --> 01:11:50,222

Laura: Mm-hmm.

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01:11:50,609 --> 01:11:51,419

Okay.

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01:11:51,629 --> 01:11:58,169

Well, the whole super secret 13 Cylon

Daniel business, like, why did you even,

:

01:11:58,924 --> 01:11:59,464

Xhafer: bother

:

01:11:59,949 --> 01:12:00,839

Laura: Yeah.

:

01:12:01,024 --> 01:12:05,324

Xhafer: they messed up by making

Sharon an eight instead of a seven

:

01:12:05,443 --> 01:12:06,674

because they were bad at math.

:

01:12:06,817 --> 01:12:07,037

Laura: But

:

01:12:07,047 --> 01:12:07,317

they

:

01:12:07,584 --> 01:12:08,124

Xhafer: That's it.

:

01:12:08,554 --> 01:12:09,174

That's the whole reason

:

01:12:09,177 --> 01:12:12,277

Laura: laziest, way to just be like,

"Oh yeah, there was that one that

:

01:12:12,327 --> 01:12:14,837

Cavill killed him, killed his, line.

:

01:12:14,847 --> 01:12:15,577

Ha ha."

:

01:12:16,487 --> 01:12:16,997

And then

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01:12:17,154 --> 01:12:17,514

Xhafer: Mm-hmm.

:

01:12:18,473 --> 01:12:21,973

Laura: mention it or, or even just,

like, let people have their mystery.

:

01:12:22,003 --> 01:12:24,163

Like, what the fuck?

:

01:12:24,641 --> 01:12:24,931

Xhafer: Yeah

:

01:12:26,113 --> 01:12:26,623

Laura: Okay

:

01:12:27,375 --> 01:12:27,735

Xhafer: Yep.

:

01:12:27,752 --> 01:12:28,202

Laura: All right.

:

01:12:31,164 --> 01:12:32,244

Xhafer: There was a plan, I promise.

:

01:12:33,242 --> 01:12:33,602

All right.

:

01:12:33,662 --> 01:12:35,472

Uh, was that the two things

you wanted to talk about?

:

01:12:35,476 --> 01:12:36,486

Laura: I, just wanted to acknowledge

:

01:12:36,612 --> 01:12:36,972

Xhafer: Okay.

:

01:12:36,996 --> 01:12:39,416

Laura: because I had said

it, that I was gonna be mad,

:

01:12:39,416 --> 01:12:39,716

Xhafer: Yeah

:

01:12:39,741 --> 01:12:40,351

Laura: I am mad.

:

01:12:40,651 --> 01:12:42,521

You can rest assured

:

01:12:42,765 --> 01:12:47,065

Xhafer: Well, we've got a whole lot

more to talk about in terms of plot

:

01:12:47,065 --> 01:12:50,385

threads and things that we'll be picking

up next week in our recap episode.

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01:12:50,875 --> 01:12:52,995

But before we get there, we of

course have to say thank you to

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01:12:52,995 --> 01:12:55,705

Jeremy, jeremysegal42.bandcamp.com,

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01:12:55,715 --> 01:12:57,695

for our lovely theme music.

:

01:12:57,705 --> 01:13:01,945

Thanks so much for putting that

together for us all those years ago.

:

01:13:01,945 --> 01:13:02,975

We really appreciate it

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01:13:03,233 --> 01:13:03,943

Laura: Yeah.

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01:13:04,043 --> 01:13:07,383

And thanks to Angry Duck Time Machine

on Instagram for the podcast artwork.

:

01:13:07,756 --> 01:13:10,026

Xhafer: Aaron, thanks so much for

editing this podcast and making

:

01:13:10,026 --> 01:13:11,166

sure it gets released on time.

:

01:13:11,166 --> 01:13:12,406

We appreciate all the work you do

:

01:13:12,662 --> 01:13:17,152

Laura: And listeners, if you have

anything else to say about "Battlestar

:

01:13:17,152 --> 01:13:18,912

Galactica," you can do it in the Discord.

:

01:13:19,022 --> 01:13:19,812

Xhafer: It's, too late.

:

01:13:19,832 --> 01:13:22,532

By the time you're hearing

this, it will be too late to get

:

01:13:22,532 --> 01:13:24,092

something in for the recap episode.

:

01:13:24,213 --> 01:13:26,113

Laura: come into Discord

and remind us years

:

01:13:26,402 --> 01:13:27,342

Xhafer: you can still come hang out

:

01:13:29,576 --> 01:13:34,006

, I, I, we got an email, a couple of days

ago actually from someone who had sent one

:

01:13:34,006 --> 01:13:39,286

in that I had kind of skirted the question

because I didn't wanna do spoilies asking

:

01:13:39,286 --> 01:13:40,916

if we would go back and answer it now.

:

01:13:41,206 --> 01:13:41,616

So,

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01:13:42,137 --> 01:13:42,437

Laura: So,

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01:13:42,656 --> 01:13:42,976

Xhafer: Mr.

:

01:13:42,976 --> 01:13:44,676

Beast's dad emailed us back

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Laura: glad to hear from Mr.

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01:13:45,817 --> 01:13:46,797

Beast's dad.

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01:13:46,967 --> 01:13:47,297

Xhafer: Yeah.

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01:13:47,627 --> 01:13:50,107

So that we'll save that

for the recap episode.

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And then, uh, anything else?

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Uh, I mean, if you're, if you're

hearing this, you already asked in

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spoiler town, so there's your chance.

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All right.

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we'll see you next week, internet

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Laura: Bye

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