Battlestar Galactica – Season 1, Episode 3

I really don’t mean to gush, but oh my goodness. The character development was so good. We begin to see Lee Adama developed as a serious character when he is forced to decide between blindly following the word of his father or becoming the president’s new piece in her political game. The villain is not the Cylons but another human, not even an objectively evil human, but a freedom fighter. He does not want to be a slave, nor does he want his fellow inmates to be used against their will. The president and Commander Adama don’t want to kill these men, but they have a very real need for their physical strength. Is their inclination to use the prisoners motivated by prejudice? Maybe! Lee Adama chooses to blaze his own path and, in the process, demonstrates himself to be a strict moralist. Gray areas and complexities, that’s what I wanted. So good!

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