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Originally Posted by willravel
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. 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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I'm not sure why you 'spoiler'ed' that out...
I agree. I think when stories like Black Market and Sacrifice are written well they add a lot to a series. You mention Band of Brothers...some of my favorite episodes from that series are episodes that didn't necessarily move the 'big picture' along. They just weren't written all that well, which is irritating because I've seen some damn good writing on this show, not to mention a damn fine acting troupe as well.
I knew there were some scheduling conflicts with Campbell last season. Kudos to him for moving up. I just don't think that excuses the piss poor way the writers did him in. Anything's got to be better than that trite crap story they stuck him in, no?
Let's hope tonight's show is a bit better...