Saturday, February 04, 2006

TV show - "Battlestar Galactica - The Young Lords" (1978) **1/2

Its Starbuck's turn to crash on a planet this time - a planet that has been overrun by Cylons, who have to fight off a bunch of guerilla kids. Well, they're supposed to be kids but the shapely Audrey Landers certainly looks grown up - and eager to learn more about life from Starbuck, which gives this episode some extra sting. A fun episode, with Cyclons stomping around a castle, a delightful character in Spectre (a crawling Cylon commander, who appeared in no further episodes but did appear in novels that weren't based on episodes), good work from Benedict and John Colicos (Baltar is no longer in a high chair, but a lower one). Main debit: the irritating character of Kyle (Charles Bloom), and the scene where Boxey hops into bed with a sick Adama and tells him a story.

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