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Billy - a.k.a. Paul Campbell - has beeen ofered a lead in a pilot as I understand it. he is also in a new Al Pacino movie called 88 Minutes coming out soon. Being a past of a supporting cast can be limiting for someone who's career is beginning to blossom. While I would have chosen to stay on Battlestar, I understand his decision.
In order to get the proper context for the episode and even the season and even series over all, you need to listen to the podcasts. Spoiler: It was necessary to examine the differing persons and perspectives in the fleet. The show, while clearly not one dimentional by any measure, could end up being a character driven military drama a la Band of Brothers. In order to give a better scope of the universe we are examining, it is necessary to show many different perspectives and situations. If we were to skip the "Black Market"s or "Sacrafice"s, we could lose our perspective on the overall picture of what's left of humanity. I also suspect that these two episodes, while nothing special alone, will lend to the story later on.
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