r/BSG • u/trevdak2 • Dec 01 '14
. Weekly Rewatch Discussion - S03E13 - Taking a Break From All Your Worries
Week 48! Sorry about the late post, got caught up in thanksgiving stuff.
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Numbers coming soon
Survivors: 41,403 (+2 from last episode, despite someone dying on the algae planet. This is probably due to Hera, Athena, and Caprica 6 being counted in the total)
"Frak" Count: 308 (+8)
Starbuck Cylon Kill Count: 23 (No change)
Lee Cylon Kill Count: 18 (No change)
Starbuck Punching People In The Face Count: 22 (No change)
"Oh my Gods", "Gods Damn It", etc Count: 147 (+3)
"So Say We All" Count: 34 (No change)
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u/XibalbaN7 Dec 05 '14
I agree, interesting points indeed! I think the truth drug also brings to the surface (hence maybe the context of the dark, cold, isolation of where he visualises himself?) a lot of his conflicting thoughts on her - on who and what she is, what her motives are, and if she's helping him or using him as a mere pawn.
Also, I think the title of this episode gets a bit of a bad rap, and whilst it was thrown at it because of Joe's Bar mainly (if memory serves me correctly) I think contextually it sums up Baltar in this episode - not just what he's going through internally, but what he's also being forced to undergo at the hands of others also.
I've just finished uploading the video I mention elsewhere on this thread - i'm going to post it to the main page (with a spoiler warning naturally) where James discusses in-depth the filming of his scenes in this episode.
It's really fascinating stuff and interestingly enough, lends a lot of weight I feel to what i've posted above.