Wednesday, February 08, 2006

TV show - "Battlestar Galactica - Murder on the Rising Star" (1979) **

Dirk Benedict gets some more good opportunities here and takes them as Starbuck is accused of murder and Apollo has to save him. This is a sluggish episode, which moves along slowly until the end - but Apollo's actions at the end aren't really logical. John Colicos provides some amusement as Baltar.

We also see how strong Starbuck and Cassiopea's relationship has become - she mothers him a lot, which makes total sense: but they have a great relationship because he makes her laugh and they obviously have great (and frequent) sex. Poor Athena was never in the running, and she is totally marginalised by this stage.

Laurette Spang premiered her new short hair cut in this - didn't like it much, although she again is good as well. Brock Peters brings dignity to his role as the chief prosecutor.

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