Battlestar Bros.

Battlestar Bros.

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Battlestar Bros. episodes

  • Episode 51: He That Believeth in Me

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    Battlestar Galactica: The show where no one’s who they say they are, and no one knows what’s going on.

    • This time on BSG, the fallout from season three’s finale takes full effect, as Kara returns to the fleet, the Cylons make a startling discovery, and Gaius Baltar finally finds his people.
    • In our analysis, Mike bitches about waiting a year and a half for this excellent episode.
    • Matt is happy that (most) everyone is happy for Kara.
    • Pat doesn’t understand why everyone’s ready to sex up Gaius Baltar.

      • Some observations and links of note:

      • Mike’s a known exaggerator, so you might not be shocked to find out there was only a year or so between “Crossroads” and “He That Believeth in Me,” not a year and a half. That is, if you believe the air dates published on Wikipedia, and not Mike’s cliffhanger-tortured mind.
      • So: Captain Kirk talking robots to death via logical paradoxes is an entire thing. It’s basically a Star Trek sub-genre. Here, Roslin and Six get in on the action, via their conversation about the Final Five.
      • Over on his blog, Bear McCreary goes deep on this episode’s music, including the incredibly detailed backing track for The Cult of Baltar.
      • Is Derrick greasy? Or is Pat a jerk? You decide.
      • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

        • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

        You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

        Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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      • Episode 50: Razor

        http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB050.mp3

        “Sometimes we have to do things that we never thought we were capable of, if only to show the enemy our will.”

        • This time on BSG, we flash back to a simpler time, when Helena Cain was Admiral, Pegasus wasn’t ka-sploded, and Lt. Kendra Shaw was learning to become a razor.
        • In our analysis, Matt contrasts Cain and Adama’s post-apocalypse rallying cries.
        • Mike savors the First Hybrid’s portents of season four.
        • Pat explains why Razor‘s extended version is worth watching.

          • Some observations and links of note:

          • The story of how and why Razor got made, and why it got made the way it did, is pretty fascinating. You can start reading about that here.
          • So we make a bunch of references to “Harold” in this episode that possibly none of you will get? They stem from the fact that Mike got SO VERY EXCITED about the Hybrid’s final dialogue that he group-texted us, “She is the Harold of the apocalypse. The harbinger of death.” Gods bless autocorrect. We’ve been running with the joke ever since. “Hey ma’am, I’m Harold. I’m with the apocalypse … “
          • Don’t let Mike break the verisimilitude of the show for you. Instead, learn a little bit more about how jumping likely works.
          • If hybrids didn’t exist during the First Cylon War, how did Colonel Tigh? Explain, Galactica.
          • What’s that? You want a clip of the 1970s Cylons saying “By Your Command”? Well … “By Your Command!”
          • Nico Cortez NAILED IT as young William Adama in the Cylon War flashbacks here. How did he do the voice so well?
          • If, like me, you did not watch the extended version, you’re gonna want to read the First Hybrid’s full prophecy before starting season four. Lottttts of hints of things to come in there. Also, the roots of the word ‘apocalypse,’ in case you don’t believe Pat.
          • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

            • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

            You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

            Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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          • Episode 49: Crossroads (Pts. 1 and 2)

            http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB049.mp3

            No reason to get excited. It’s just BSG’s season three finale.

            • This time on BSG: The trial of Gaius Baltar. Four of the Final Five revealed. And Kara Thrace returns.
            • In our analysis, Pat pokes holes in Romo Lampkin’s defense.
            • Matt is swept up in the possibilities the Final Five present.
            • Mike is ready for all this to happen again.

              • Some observations and links of note:

              • First, a little behind-the-scenes. We talked about these episodes for over two and a half hours. Pat, bless his soul, edited our conversation down to under two hours. That’s still really long for our show, but hot dang if these episodes don’t deserve it. Hopefully, you don’t feel like we dragged on. (And if you do, I recommend listening at 1.3 speed.)
              • Judge Franks, at all points during Gaius’s trial.
              • The Mary Sue has a solid review of these episodes, and it includes a humorous JPG about godsdamn Karen. How long do you have to live, Karen?
              • Apparently, the cast gave Jamie Bamber a standing ovation after delivering his “BSG treatise” from the stand for the first time. He deserved it; that speech is, essentially, what Battlestar is all about.
              • It’s not entirely our take on it, but if you want an examination of why slotting “All Along the Watchtower” into this episode might be more meaningful than it seems, check out Robert Murphy’s comment in this Jammer’s Review. (And in case you missed the link up top, here’re those lyrics again.)
              • Unlike Mike Drew in 2007, you don’t have to wait over a year for the next episode of Galactica! Share your wild Starbuck and Final Five theories below, and we’ll catch you here next week for Razor, and the week after that for the start of season four.
              • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

                • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

                You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

                Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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              • Episode 48: The Son Also Rises

                http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB048.mp3

                How do you carry on with a broken heart? When the world marches on while you just can’t?

                • This time on BSG, there’s no time to mourn Starbuck’s death, because we’ve got a trial to get to.
                • In our analysis, guest host Joe Drew falls hard for Romo Frakkin’ Lampkin.
                • Mike prematurely trademarks Drunk Adama Decisions.
                • Pat doesn’t believe anything Lampkin says.
                • Matt can’t understand why Lee won’t talk to his frakkin’ wife.

                  • Some observations and links of note:

                  • Yup, Starbuck’s sole commendation came AFTER Caprica got nuked. The many, many reprimands likely came both before and after.
                  • Mike’s right: The corners on this card should be cut. Love that Adamastache, though.
                  • Flying from San Francisco to Perth takes nearly a day, and I challenge ANYONE to not take their shoes off at least once during that flight. Except Joe, who is apparently superhuman or a Cylon.
                  • Jammer’s Reviews is a wonderful website, and you really should go laugh at the debate over what type of accent Mark Sheppard is or isn’t putting on.
                  • I decided not to look into whether Lampkin actually worked with Joe Adama or not, because I prefer to let Pat’s take on their “relationship” remain a possibility.
                  • Little known fact: It is difficult to direct cats.
                  • I’m purposefully not linking to information on Aaron “I’m the Bomber” Kelly, because that guy’s got more episodes coming.
                  • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

                    • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

                    You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

                    Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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                  • Episode 47: Maelstrom

                    http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB047.mp3

                    “Her ship’s in pieces. No chute. We lost her.”

                    • This time on BSG, Kara Thrace’s last ride leaves us with a whole lot of questions.
                    • In our analysis, Mike argues that Kara needed to be in the cockpit.
                    • Pat knows Starbuck would do anything to avoid her issues.
                    • Matt wonders how the season finale is going to top this episode.

                      • Some observations and links of note:

                      • Pat tells me I’m supposed to feel feelings about this (and I did) but also, that dude died on purpose. Although, I guess Starbuck did too? Hmm.
                      • UnderstAnders joins Good Guy Helo and Apollalla in the Battlestar Bros. Nickname Hall of Fame.
                      • BIG SPOILERS in this one, but here’s an okay examination of some of the issues we had with this episode’s take on Kara’s mom.
                      • What hovers in the space between life and death? Only D’Anna and Starbuck know (for now).
                      • Sure, sure, Starbuck’s dead. Lee saw her die. But they didn’t find the body, so …
                      • And finally, here’s the rundown on why Edward James Olmos wasn’t supposed to destroy that ship.
                      • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

                        • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

                        You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

                        Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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                      • Episode 46: Dirty Hands

                        http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB046.mp3

                        What sort of society is rising from New Caprica’s ashes? Has the fleet already unlearned the lessons of Tyrol’s aborted revolution?

                        • This time on BSG, with the Cylons nowhere in sight, the fleet’s factory workers demand better conditions and a fairer society.
                        • In our analysis, Pat’s willing to barter for Gaius Baltar’s bullshit tell-all.
                        • Matt understands why workers’ rights might’ve taken a backseat ’til now.
                        • Mike would’ve joined Adama in putting Cally against the wall.

                          • Some observations and links of note:

                          • Yes, everything Baltar-centric in this episode is believable. All of it.
                          • Where IS the civilian police force at this point? Roslin, what even is your job?
                          • Mike briefly mentions Murphy’s law, an adage that claims “What can go wrong will go wrong,” which is very Galactica.
                          • Behold: the Aerilon accent in all its glory. Compare/contrast with Christian Bale’s Batman voice.
                          • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

                            • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

                            You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

                            Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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                          • Episode 45: A Day in the Life

                            http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB045.mp3

                            What does failing to maintain your most important relationship say about you? What does it mean to realize your most significant decision might’ve been wrong?

                            • This time on BSG, the Chief and Cally’s relationship is tested, as Admiral Adama reflects on his own failed marriage.
                            • In our analysis, Pat attempts to convince us Cally has merit.
                            • Matt buys that Adama would get mired in the past, but not that he would quit.
                            • Mike understands that love is a battlefield.

                              • Some observations and links of note:

                              • In case you, too, want to handle an imaginary Pyramid ball as convincingly as Eddie James, here’s a basic improv starter. Just remember, you’re yelling “Pyramid ball!”.
                              • It looks like Carolanne Adama IS played by the same actress in all her appearances. Huzzah!
                              • Where. Were. The bagpipes in the scenes between Lee and his father?
                              • Roslin and Adama, after the fleet finds Earth.
                              • To satisfy your (and Mike’s) curiosity, here’s the lowdown on real-life algae coffee.
                              • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

                                • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

                                You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

                                Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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                              • Episode 44: The Woman King

                                http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB044.mp3

                                How far can you tolerate other cultures’ beliefs? What if those beliefs are “backward”? What if they’re dangerous? What if you’re actually the asshole?

                                • This time on BSG, Good Guy Helo takes center stage as he goes to bat for a group of anti-vacc’ing Sagittarion refugees.
                                • In our analysis, Matt goes hard for his boy, Sherlock Helomes.
                                • Pat takes issue with the episode’s monster-of-the-week structure.
                                • Mike finds it completely plausible that the fleet would hate Sagittarions.

                                  • Some observations and links of note:

                                  • Mike was very unfair to Kansas in this recording, and Pat was very unfair to Utah, and I want to take this opportunity to apologize. Send your letters to them.
                                  • The lead for Bruce Davison’s (Dr. Robert) IMDb description is wonderful, and you should read it even if you don’t click the link, so here it is: “With his blond, clean-cut, Ivy League handsomeness and ready-whipped smile reminiscent of Kennedyesque times … “. Gabrielle Rose’s (The Woman King) IMDb is less exciting, though much more efficient.
                                  • In case you, like me, had no idea how big an Iowa-class battleship is.
                                  • There’s a lot of really good discussion of this episode, and whether it’s meh, middling, or marvelous, in the comments at Jammer’s Review. I suggest scrolling through ’em to get some takes outside our own. Lots of people with lots of different opinions.
                                  • A live look-in at Helo’s office in Dogtown.
                                  • As promised during our discussion of communion wafers: “The Surprisingly Cutthroat Business of Communion Crackers” and “Where Do Hosts Come From?”.
                                  • More seriously, if you didn’t know what Pat was talking about when he mentioned the forced sterilization of Native American women, here’s some background.
                                  • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

                                    • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

                                    You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

                                    Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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                                  • Episode 43: Taking a Break From All Your Worries

                                    http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB043.mp3

                                    Wouldn’t it be nice to get away, Gaius? The hard part is, everybody in the fleet knows your name. And your face. And you committed treason.

                                    • This time on BSG, Admiral Adama breaks Baltar … or does he? And meanwhile, over at Joe’s Bar, Lee reaffirms his commitment to Dualla.
                                    • In our analysis, Mike examines the source of Gaius’s guilt.
                                    • Pat wonders how many resources were wasted on Joe’s Bar.
                                    • Matt thinks Lee (finally) made the right choice, after weeks of being an asshole.
                                    • And guest host Anna tells us how BSG took over her grandmother’s life.

                                      • Some observations and links of note:

                                      • Because Anna brought it up and I will never miss a chance to humorously piss off my friends: Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica.
                                      • If you want a Viper Nugget onesie for your own voidspawn … well, I can’t help you because it looks like they’re sold out. But they are very cute.
                                      • We’ve got another Eddie James special on our hands here, and it shows in a couple cuts. Credit where credit’s due, though, this episode’s Gaius interrogation scenes are intense and directed very well.
                                      • Want to learn more about experimental torture drugs? Have I ever got the link for you.
                                      • Give me the trial of Gaius Baltar; give it to me now.
                                      • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

                                        • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

                                        You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

                                        Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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                                      • Episode 42: Rapture

                                        http://traffic.libsyn.com/battlestarbros/BSB042.mp3

                                        Look, behind you! It’s a Cavil! Where’d he come from?! Who knows?

                                        • This time on BSG, D’Anna breaks with Cylon protocol to reach the Temple of Five, Helo sends Athena on a suicide mission, and Galactica welcomes a couple old friends(?) back to the fleet.
                                        • In our analysis, Mike examines the politics of sending your wife to rescue your mistress.
                                        • Pat is shocked to find Caprica Six once again snapping necks.
                                        • Matt worries that, despite some very, very good Sharon v. Sharon drama, Battlestar Galactica might be bad now.

                                          • Some observations and links of note:

                                          • Do Cylons poop?
                                          • I CTRL + F’d for Cavil in this episode’s accompanying podcast transcript, hoping I’d find some clue of how he showed up on the algae planet’s surface. I’ve still got nothing.
                                          • There IS one member of the Final Five that it makes sense for D’Anna to have spoken to during her vision at the Temple. Who is it? Stay tuned to find out.
                                          • Here are a couple behind-the-scenes tidbits about how the Temple of Five was supposed to work and why Baltar came back in a body bag.
                                          • Lots of balls still in the air as this two-parter ends … some of it good, some of it nonsense. What are you looking forward to, as we move into the back half of season three? Sound off in the comments!
                                          • As always, our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.

                                            • New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.

                                            You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.

                                            Battlestar Bros. is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://battlestarbros.wordpress.com/

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                                          Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI's (you can't make me spell it the other way, I'll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.