The Cricket asked for more about Zoe kicking ass in v-world – and what do we get? A whole episode without her or her various permutations, or Tamara, or Lacey... Instead the focus is on Daniel and Amanda Graystone. Daniel has created an avatar of his estranged wife in an attempt to be with his family. He puts her to the test, but keeps getting disappointed. He tells her about the lies he told her, he yells at her, he even smacks her, but all he gets are emotionless responses. She just wants to sleep with him. She’s the perfect wife, but not the real thing – which is better. This failure to get the avatar to access feelings also spells problems for his latest project, Grace by Graystone, promoting his avatar software as a means to let lost loved ones live on in virtual reality. Meanwhile Amanda is making a concerted effort ingratiating herself in the polygamous community of Sister Clarice Willow to learn more about the STO so that the police can finally arrest these terrorists that killed her daughter. For her part, Clarice is not making much headway getting her Apotheosis program up and running, but she is still devoutly confident that she is the chosen vessel of the One True God to unite the Twelve World under His worship. In other developments, Joseph Adama’s Ha’latha brother Sam is running into trouble dealing arms. To eliminate a rival gang he steals one of the Cylons to wreak some serious havoc. He suggests to the Guatrau they should use the robots in the Tauran rebellion against playboy dictator Andreas Phaulkon, apparently a pawn of the richer worlds – i.e., Caprica. All of this is vaguely interesting, but really all over the place.
Surprising as it was that Syfy aired this second half of the season earlier than initially scheduled, it is less surprising that the remaining five episodes will be put on hold until the first quarter of next year, after which the show will be canceled. It remains difficult to sympathize with most of the main characters. The plot is hardly compelling and meanders off time and again. The events are supposedly set half a century before the Battlestar Galactica series, when Bill Adama was a boy. No one later seems to remember any of the events taking place in Caprica, and there is frightfully little to gratify the BSG fans – except for the Cylons. Rather than intergalactic space fights, the viewer gets human drama – and that with barely an ounce of psychological depth. That the series failed to capture an audience is only to be expected. We’ll see if the Cricket can bring himself to watch the remaining episodes next year.
Surprising as it was that Syfy aired this second half of the season earlier than initially scheduled, it is less surprising that the remaining five episodes will be put on hold until the first quarter of next year, after which the show will be canceled. It remains difficult to sympathize with most of the main characters. The plot is hardly compelling and meanders off time and again. The events are supposedly set half a century before the Battlestar Galactica series, when Bill Adama was a boy. No one later seems to remember any of the events taking place in Caprica, and there is frightfully little to gratify the BSG fans – except for the Cylons. Rather than intergalactic space fights, the viewer gets human drama – and that with barely an ounce of psychological depth. That the series failed to capture an audience is only to be expected. We’ll see if the Cricket can bring himself to watch the remaining episodes next year.
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