A Day In the Life (315) [Archive]

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January 14th, 2007, 03:51 PM

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<FONT SIZE="1">EPISODE NUMBER - 315</FONT>
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On his wedding anniversary, Bill Adama is haunted by the memory of his late wife and the fate of their marriage. Tyrol and Callie are trapped in a compartment with an oxygen leak.

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Trek_Girl42

February 18th, 2007, 07:15 PM

Absolutly loved this episode. The interaction between Starbuck and Apollo was almost as if the quadrangle had never existed, very season one-like, and altogether really good moments for Lee, probably the best of him we've seen in awhile. And pilots! We got to see Hotdog, etc. again, bout time for that as well. :)

And about time we got an Adama-centric story! Really liked pretty much every aspect of that (except the part near the end where his wife was yelling at him- her voice was quite.....grateing).

And the Chief/Cally story was wayyy better then the preview made it look; it's nice to see a marriage on Galactica that is surviving and getting through it's issues without the excessive angst. :D

And there were a few much-needed very funny moments in the ep as well. ;)

Vienna

February 18th, 2007, 07:25 PM

I agree Trek Girl about the interactions between Lee and Kara, the two of them sparkle together. Still perplexed as to why Dee is still in the picture. The scene between Lee and dualla was so wooden and unbalanced when compared to the Lee/Kara interactions in this same episode.

Tyrol & Cally together with Karl and Sharon seem to be the only two marriages that seem 'normal'. A great balance between the weirdness that is the Lee/dualla and Kara/Sam relationships.

The peek into the backstory of Admiral Adama's personal life was fascinating and disturbing. The layers of complexity on this show are quite remarkable.

TheGreatLordGeorge

February 18th, 2007, 07:31 PM

And i thought last weeks episode was bad. This was just plain boring. It has been a while since I have seen a good battlestar

Trek_Girl42

February 18th, 2007, 07:33 PM

Tyrol & Cally together with Karl and Sharon seem to be the only two marriages that seem 'normal'. A great balance between the weirdness that is the Lee/dualla and Kara/Sam relationships.

Whoops- forgot Helo and Sharon, I agree, their relationship is another really nice one to watch. :) Same with Adama and Roslin, also really nice scenes tonight.

A lack of Baltar in the ep! Normally, I would have been disappointed, his story being one of the most engageing at the moment, but this episode was so good that I actually didn't miss him (and didn't really think about his lack of appearence until it was over).

ShadowMaat

February 18th, 2007, 07:35 PM

I like Tyrol and Callie, but I'm with George- I thought the ep was dull. I didn't feel a whole lot of suspense and the secondary storyline about Adama's wedding anniversary kinda grated.

Next week's ep looks like a serious WTF. I actually wondered if it was a flashback to New Caprica. And while I know that previews can be misleading, we just HAD a Tyrol ep, do we really need another one immediately after?

Ah well. Maybe there'll be more to it than it seems. ;)

DeltaWhiskey

February 18th, 2007, 07:39 PM

Kudos, they did their homework concerning vacuum exposure, at least as far as Adama's quoted figure.

I, for one, don't the least bit mind slower episodes. People don't realize it, but these are the episodes that make the show involve humans, not characters. These episodes add the needed depth to the gripping, action packed episodes everyone drools over, making them something more than just another canned sci-fi. So, I found it a relatively enjoyable episode overall.

Except for Lee/Dee. Dee, you can go fix the next airlock, mm k? Raptor pilots, why don't you take five, we won't need you. *Pro-story, Anti-Quad*

I discovered today how much I adore McCreary's "Roslin and Adama" theme, even if i stay away from all that 'shipper' business. What a treat to hear it in tonight's episode.

kharn the betrayer

February 18th, 2007, 07:45 PM

all I realy have to say is

OMG Lee/Kara interaction that doesnt involve the quadangle *gasp*

that little convosation they had... was very season 1ish and i *gasp* enjoyed it!

loved the Adama/roslin scenes... it still perplexes me how they can write A/R realy well yet they write such tripe as that quadangle

its nice the see character interactions that didnt suck

ToasterOnFire

February 18th, 2007, 08:23 PM

Okay, outside of Adama's sad scenes with his ex-wife and the "OMGjustKISSheralready!!!" scene at the end between Adama and Roslin I wasn't all that interested in this episode. I never felt any concern for Tyrol and Callie and their plotline ended too soon for this episode and didn't really tie in with Adama's anniversary plotline. And now Lee is a product of an abusive household? Well no wonder he has a thing for Kara - she has a lot in common with his mom. Eeesh... :S

Lee and Kara not sharing those dumb sneaky looks behind their spouses' backs? Lee and Dee still getting along? Wow RDM, you're giving me the impression that the shippy quad is really done. Please don't be leading me on.

Filler is one thing, but it's been three episodes with all this talk about how big Baltar's trial will be and yet no real progress made in that plotline. And what have we had in the meantime? Shippy quad mess, Helo's halo gets bigger, and Adama can't let go of his ex-wife. It's not horrid, awful TV but neither is it the powerful, emotional BSG I'm used to. :mckay:

Oreo

February 18th, 2007, 08:59 PM

And i thought last weeks episode was bad. This was just plain boring. It has been a while since I have seen a good battlestar

I agree. It wasn't a bad episode because it was just a snore. Last week was just weak and very bad.

And people still complain about only getting 13 episodes?

And as much as I hate the love square it's like it never happened and that Starbuck isn't married and that Lee isn't married. This feels like it could be a season 1 episode that was "lost". Very poor. This is season 3, not season one. Acting like it is season one makes the last 20 episodes pointless.

Agent_Dark

February 18th, 2007, 09:56 PM

What was up with Hotdog's rash? haahahaha

"Hope she was worth it dude..." *moves to next seat*

Xenocide

February 18th, 2007, 10:07 PM

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Trek_Girl42

February 18th, 2007, 10:17 PM

Was there a bonus scene tonight, and if there was, does anyone have a youtube link?

Zamboni

February 18th, 2007, 11:31 PM

What was up with Hotdog's rash? haahahaha

"Hope she was worth it dude..." *moves to next seat*

Don't forget the "rub hands on pants" part... Remember that long handshake thing? LMAO

Excellent episode tonite.

I wonder if Bill was haunted by old memories or is he... *cue dramatic music*

PROJECTING!!!???

Could he be one of the final five? Are the writers dropping us hints? Is he gonna *bleep* Rosilin soon? Ahem...

The opening scene, for a second there I thought Bill was getting some, turned out just his day dreams... Well at least we now know he's not a total monk.

silence

February 19th, 2007, 01:28 AM

Don't forget the "rub hands on pants" part... Remember that long handshake thing? LMAO

Excellent episode tonite.

I wonder if Bill was haunted by old memories or is he... *cue dramatic music*

PROJECTING!!!???

Could he be one of the final five? Are the writers dropping us hints? Is he gonna *bleep* Rosilin soon? Ahem...

The opening scene, for a second there I thought Bill was getting some, turned out just his day dreams... Well at least we now know he's not a total monk.

my first thought when i saw it ... other then that ... welcome fastforwarding ... it was too obvious that Chief and Cally will survive and make up - it was just too convenient ... as for Balter's trial .. either start it or STFU about it

i know BSG is drama, but lately it's too much of drama ... best part? no quad (and if that's the best part, then there isn't much to say, is it)

Skydiver

February 19th, 2007, 04:50 AM

the bonus scene was gaeda talking to Dee, and noting that roslyn was AGAIN comeing to see adama and that she comes over about 3 times a week and....kinda wondering what she was finding that was so important to leave colonial one on a regular basis

The A/R shippers are pretty much having a good monday :)

cinnamon

February 19th, 2007, 05:33 AM

Vyse

February 19th, 2007, 06:08 AM

This was a prety good episode. It was nice to finally see Apollo as CAG again, Starbuck and Helo in the briefing, this is starting to feel more like the Battlestar we know again.

How much longer can the Galactica go on being battered up like that?

Admiral Mappalazarou

February 19th, 2007, 06:11 AM

ewwwwwwwww Bill and Laura made old people sex on New Caprica!!!!

But I loved this episode - no stupid quadrangle thingy between Lee and Kara, and the return of the infamous 'Adama' music in the scnene nearer to the end when Lee recieves his grandfather's old law books - yay!! love that music....though it was slightly redubbed again.

The connection that Laura and Bill seem to have has sparked up again, nice to see really as it's only ever really shown once before lol and I liked the evil ex thing... :)

Lee was being an ass though when he made that speech as the CAG, although I liked the short bit after with him and Kara - nice!

I've never seen a bad episode of this fantastic show, I'll be sad when it finally ends. :(

daniel9

February 19th, 2007, 06:38 AM

lol i think adama was projecting in one scene he was walking down the hall while in that daydream/projection. if a human was doing that theyd walk straight into a wall. hm of course one has to wonder about his wife. since according to apollo she didnt love him. but adama loved her sooo how did they get kids?

so there was nothing missing from the scene shown on tv that was put on the website?

Oreo

February 19th, 2007, 07:50 AM

No the scene wasn't that important, just like the rest of the episode.

Hypochondriac

February 19th, 2007, 09:01 AM

Boring episode, I realise a show can't be all special effects, but couldn't they come up with a better story? Two main characters are trapped in an airlock there was 0% chance they would die.

Did anyone else think he might be one of the final 5?

DigiFluid

February 19th, 2007, 09:08 AM

I actually really enjoyed this episode. I always appreciate episodes that are devoted almost entirely to developing a character's backstory, and damn was Adama's ex-wife ever a mean *****. I find it makes characters very human to have moments like this, that no matter how awful she was, for some reason he still loved her.

The other relationships were nice in this episode too. Seeing Kara and Lee interact was almost as if that godforsaken love square had never happened, it was like it was Season 1 all over again. And it was also kind of cool to see the domestic life of Tyrol and Cally, and therein a couple that works out its domestic problems without being boring and annoying like the love square.

Lots of laughs in this episode too, which was a nice change of pace. I particularly enjoyed Tigh's comment, "we need six weeks in drydock, and that's just to hammer out the dings!"

DigiFluid

February 19th, 2007, 09:13 AM

lol i think adama was projecting in one scene he was walking down the hall while in that daydream/projection. if a human was doing that theyd walk straight into a wall.

I doubt very much that he was projecting. To me it seems very obvious that he was just lost in thought on a day which meant a lot to him. I do it all the time. You don't have to be paying attention to where you're going to get there, particularly if it's a place that you go all the time.

hm of course one has to wonder about his wife. since according to apollo she didnt love him. but adama loved her sooo how did they get kids?

Love is not a prerequisite for sex.

shockwave

February 19th, 2007, 09:32 AM

boring ep, last week was more entertaining then this one

on a positive note, Cally wasn't cringeworthy this week, that's a first one :)

DigiFluid

February 19th, 2007, 09:41 AM

Heh, I always like seeing peoples' different opinions on things. For me, last week's was absolutely atrocious. I'd rather watch paint dry than see that again.

Zamboni

February 19th, 2007, 11:15 AM

Heh, I always like seeing peoples' different opinions on things. For me, last week's was absolutely atrocious. I'd rather watch paint dry than see that again.

That's cause the fume from the paint caused your senses to heighten (while causing permenant damage), inducing the illusion that it's better than BSG.

Seriously though, I don't know why some people thought this episode boring. I thought it was a very nice homage to 2001.

sci-fi fanatic

February 19th, 2007, 12:03 PM

P-90_177

February 19th, 2007, 06:41 PM

Hey. I've actually been really surprised by the reactions to this week's episode. After last week's junky entry, I found "A Day in the Life" to be a nice return to form, with great work from Olmos and Bamber. The Cally/Tyrol relationship issues have become a bit tedious, which is surprising because I loved these characters in Seasons 1 and most of Season 2. However, I found the exploration of Adama's past to be intriguing. The episode just had a really interesting feel to it. It did move deliberately, but nicely explored personal issues between the Adamas.

I do have a few minor criticisms: They need to get to Baltar's trial. Next week's worker's strike looks hokey. We'll see.

I still love the show, even when it's not at its best.

Cheers!

Dan

I totally agree. Even about needing to get to baltars trial soon.

I thought this seemed like an old season 1 ep (with extra shipyness). We got to see more about adamas past. My only major gripe was that adamas wife seemed a little bit too much like ellen. I pictured him with more of a caring woman who just got tired of him never being there. But I did think the fact that she was an abusive drunk was an interesting idea. It kind of explains why she was never mentioned much.
I do like the focus on Tyrol and calley this time though. It was nice to see that even they have some problems. Makes the whole thing more real.
The Lee/Dee/Kara/Sam thing finally seems to be resolved which is good and I even liked seeing lee and dee getting on well at the end.
I liked seeing a few cute moments between adama and roslin. I like those two.
Action wise well 49 days without cylon contact is interesting. I wonder if that mention and the battle drills set up by apollo (loved the speech by the way) means that we'll be seeing a good dogfight soon. I did enjoy seeing all the pilots together again and that moment between hotdog and helo was funny as well as the 'who can count' bit.
One last thing is that it was good to see them getting to the repair work on galactica. It just seems to be one of those things that never gets mentioned that should.

Anyway it was good ep. Not a great or fantastic ep but it was a good ep. Next week doesn't sound as good but we'll see. Maybe the cylons will finally attack. Failing that it would be good to see a mock dogfight between vipers. See who would win between Apollo and starbuck.

ShadowMaat

February 19th, 2007, 07:33 PM

My only major gripe was that adamas wife seemed a little bit too much like ellen.
You picked up on that too, eh? I actually got confused for a moment, wondering who she was and if we'd somehow segued into Ellen-Land.

Also, while I understand that alcohol is one of the most classic standbys there are and that resources within the fleet are limited, must EVERYONE have an alcohol problem? Tigh, Ellen, Starbuck, Apollo's drowned his demons, as has Chief, now Mama Adama....

I actually miss Kat and her brief addiction to uppers.

DigiFluid

February 19th, 2007, 08:27 PM

Let's be honest--liquor is the easiest means of drowning one's problems that can be gotten a hold of. Sure I could probably find my way into harder chemicals if I really wanted to, but that's a) more difficult to manage; b) more likely to be found out by people who I wouldn't want to find out; and c) farkin' expensive.

Um, Starbuck, Apollo, and Chief are not nor have they ever been alcoholics. There's nothing too terribly wrong with drinking heavily when something's got you down. Lots of people do it, myself included. The thing is--you stop. You get over things, and don't have the urge to drown your sorrows anymore, because you don't have sorrows anymore. Ellen was no alcoholic either. Just because one enjoys drinking, does not make one an alcoholic. Where on Earth did that perception come from?

The only people we've seen as full-blown alcoholics are Carol-Anne Adama and Saul Tigh.

Gate gal

February 19th, 2007, 09:03 PM

Trek_Girl42

February 19th, 2007, 10:20 PM

This episode was good. I personally like the Chief and Callie, so it was nice getting a glimpse into their lives. I really loved the scenes between Adama and Roslin. For once, the bonus scene at the end of the episode was worth seeing. Sounds like Adama and Roslin's "working" relationship is the talk of Galactica.
I LOVED that scene. It's a shame it didn't make it into the episode; it felt like we got the old Dee back as well. And it was a good Gaeta scene that didn't involve anyone wanting to kill him, or him trying to kill anyone. :D

Lightbane

February 19th, 2007, 10:47 PM

That episode was quite a bore i was checking the timer every 5 mintues or so *yawn* when is this gonna be over?

hopefully next week it will be better heres the Youtube link for the preview of next weeks episode

http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=H54WfOc_cIc&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//sjc-static17.sjc.youtube.com/vi/H54WfOc_cIc/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskJH1VjZvpaEi3-zwGf_d7Xa

Roslin and book burning hmm hopefully its not gonna turn out to be lame like the last few episodes i hope this episode and Maelstrom will be able to pick it up there just to many filler eps BSG would be better off with like 16 or so eps because then theres just to many fillers

pizzadude

February 20th, 2007, 12:30 AM

Lee was being an ass though when he made that speech as the CAG, although I liked the short bit after with him and Kara - nice!

Thought the episode was a great return to form. The pilots are not in school, they are in the miltary, if they are getting complacent better a kick up the ass from the CAG than one dying to bring them back to reality.

ShadowMaat

February 20th, 2007, 03:38 AM

Um, Starbuck, Apollo, and Chief are not nor have they ever been alcoholics.
Um, I don't recall saying that ANY of them were alcoholics. I said that they used alcohol and that Apollo has "drowned his demons" with drink. Not alcoholic but still, IMO, getting a bit tedious. I'm tired of the whole "OMG, things are so horrible I must have a drink or ten to try and forget about my problems for a while." I don't care if it's "realistic" or not; as with certain other elements of the show I'm starting to get to the saturation point. *shrug*

FoolishPleasure

February 20th, 2007, 04:41 AM

Let's be honest--liquor is the easiest means of drowning one's problems that can be gotten a hold of. Sure I could probably find my way into harder chemicals if I really wanted to, but that's a) more difficult to manage; b) more likely to be found out by people who I wouldn't want to find out; and c) farkin' expensive.

Um, Starbuck, Apollo, and Chief are not nor have they ever been alcoholics. There's nothing too terribly wrong with drinking heavily when something's got you down. Lots of people do it, myself included.

I think Starbuck is close to an alcoholic though. Even Kat called her on it in "Scar" when she missed a sortie and a new pilot was killed. When you start missing your work assignments, you have a problem. Starbuck's response was, "At least I know when I'm unfit to fly" - that is someone with a problem.

Skydiver

February 20th, 2007, 04:46 AM

well, booze can be made from about anything. maybe they shouold show the fleet's still. it has to have one.

Interesting that they've had baltar in custody almost 2 months...and the fleet still doesn't know?

n7sen

February 20th, 2007, 05:12 AM

Actually it's an episode 15 because somehow here (http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/s3/index.shtml) Occupation and Precipice are one ep,while they are two eps.:mckay:
Anyway,it was quite good.We got to know Bill Adama much better,his relationship with Lee.Also the resque operation was quite cool.:cool:

nebulan

February 20th, 2007, 06:05 AM

I enjoyed the ep :) I really like the last one too, I know a lot of people found them boring, but I think I've discovered that my favorite ships are the happily married ones so I thought the tyrols and agathons were cute and I enjoyed the development for them.

I did find the Adama's past stuff boring, tho, and the suspense of Baltar's trial is killing me, just GET IT OVER WITH!

yup :) now I'm going to pop over to the A/R thread and figure out what in the blazes they were talking about there at the end.

madk99

February 20th, 2007, 06:48 AM

Can someone help me understand Tigh's comment at the beginning?? He looked at the bed and said his "Happy anniversary" comment. His tone was almost as if he too saw some woman in the bed. Did I miss something??

Skydiver

February 20th, 2007, 06:52 AM

likely it was a comment on tigh and adama being friends for a long time. thus tigh has seen that adama gets in a funk every anniversary, so knew that he'd be having a rough day

Oreo

February 20th, 2007, 09:10 AM

Will someone explain to me how having this episode seem like a season one episode is a good thing?

This is not season one, and saying that it fealt like season one is a bad thing to me. This is two seasons later and like 2-3 years after the events of season one. To me saying it is like season one makes it seem that the last 2 years we have been watching is a complete waste and that nothing has changed. That's a bad thing.

huntress

February 20th, 2007, 09:23 AM

I can't understand all those people who are grumbling about the episode. I guess it shows again that women and men perceive things differently, because I sure LOVED the episode! It gave insights into Bill's emotional world, showed us how his relationship with his wife was, it had some nice father and son interaction, the Viper pilots are back and the relationship between Lee and Kara was very similiar to Lee and Kara in the first season. Thank god. Absolutly squeeworth were the scenes between Bill and Laura. Oh how I loved them. I giggled and grinned throughout them. It was so subtext heavy. Beautiful- and those looks they gave each other :)
: sighs happily : I also loved the scene at the end of Kally, the chief and their son. So touching. What I also loved was that the production team got their facts straight regarding exposure in space and loss of pressure.

All I wanted to say basically is that I really liked this episde and it showed that an episode can be beautiful without any action or Cylons :)

Sidenote: So is Bill finally getting rid of his ring? His wife was terrible and what Lee told his dad about her....why is he so stubbornly clinging to those memories. Does he feel guilty. I also think it is beautful, that it shows that there is now someone out there for him who loves him exactly the way he is :) Isn't that so, Laura?

ShadowMaat

February 20th, 2007, 09:54 AM

I guess it shows again that women and men perceive things differently, because I sure LOVED the episode!
Way to overgeneralize. :rolleyes: I'm a woman, too (at least I assume you're one, from the name) and I found the episode deadly dull... although I liked the Helocentric one last week. *shrug*

Trek_Girl42

February 20th, 2007, 09:57 AM

http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=H54WfOc_cIc&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//sjc-static17.sjc.youtube.com/vi/H54WfOc_cIc/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskJH1VjZvpaEi3-zwGf_d7Xa

Thanks for the link!

I can't understand all those people who are grumbling about the episode. I guess it shows again that women and men perceive things differently, because I sure LOVED the episode! It gave insights into Bill's emotional world, showed us how his relationship with his wife was, it had some nice father and son interaction, the Viper pilots are back and the relationship between Lee and Kara was very similiar to Lee and Kara in the first season. Thank god. Absolutly squeeworth were the scenes between Bill and Laura. Oh how I loved them. I giggled and grinned throughout them. It was so subtext heavy. Beautiful- and those looks they gave each other :)
: sighs happily : I also loved the scene at the end of Kally, the chief and their son. So touching. What I also loved was that the production team got their facts straight regarding exposure in space and loss of pressure.

All I wanted to say basically is that I really liked this episde and it showed that an episode can be beautiful without any action or Cylons :)

I absolutly agree- I loved all the character stuff in this episode, and both of the main plots were very well executed. Certainly re-proving for the gazillionth time that BSG doesn't require space battles to be engaging. :D

Gydyon

February 20th, 2007, 12:09 PM

The best part of the extra scene was Gaeta asking for a pen. Since he just tried to kill a guy with a pen a couple of episodes ago....

madk99

February 20th, 2007, 12:57 PM

The best part of the extra scene was Gaeta asking for a pen. Since he just tried to kill a guy with a pen a couple of episodes ago....

Didn't put those pieces together. Nice catch. I'll bet there is someone inside that is proud of that little beat!!!

Xenocide

February 20th, 2007, 02:14 PM

This episode was one of the few times I've checked my watch while watching BSG.

katie_9918

February 20th, 2007, 02:49 PM

Really? The only time I looked at the clock, I was shocked to see it was twelve minutes to the end already. I like the character-centric episodes (at least the *good* ones *glares at TABFAYW).

And if a reset-to-season one brings back the kickass Apollo and means we can say goodbye to emo, whiny, fat Leemo, I say hit the Apollo reset button. Not a Lee/Dee fan by any means, but she is SO MUCH BETTER for him than Starbuck. Then again, the way she's been half the season, an open airlock is better for anyone than Starbuck is.

Did EJO and MM not listen to the UB podcast? Ron Moore said explicitly that Adama and Roslin did not start knocking boots on New Caprica. Maybe that's not a direct quote, but we all know what he said. But EJO and MM were playing it like, even if they didn't sleep together, there was definitely some serious groping and making out sessions down there. I swear, Adama looked positively disappointed when Roslin told him she got silly that night on NC.

I liked Helo for one brief shining moment. "Hope she was worth it, buddy." And then Sharon, who's a Cylon and will not catch that rash, moved over a seat. I really wish Hotdog would have popped off with something snarky. So not cool, Eight. So not cool. Sharon and Helo drag each other down. I liked Sharon during the Tyrol rescue, but I cannot stand the Sharon/Helo one-two punch. I'd rather have my wisdom teeth out again.

BWAHAHAHAHA!! Adama thinks of himself as a bad boy! CarolANNE (wth is with that, anyway? Is there just one ex-wife now??) was a projection of his own thoughts, so not only does he think of Roslin as "Laura," but he thinks of himself as a bad boy! Hahahahaha! I dunno why I find that so funny. It's those little character moments that keep me tuning in.

And this is the first time all season that I've liked Starbuck. Vintage StarPollo and it is GOOD! They can push the StarPollo reset button, too, if it gets us out of the quaddy of doom. If this is what we get between Starbuck and Apollo when they're not pining for each other, I say keep their little boy and little girl parts the f*** away from each other! For the rest of the series!

If Adama didn't get along with Daddy, why the hell did he have Daddy's law library in storage? I mean, other than pushing the Awesome!Apollo!reset button.

huntress

February 20th, 2007, 11:45 PM

Carol Ann was his first wife and the mother of his two boys, Katie. I guess he never got over the divorce. It is interesting that he doesn't think at all about his second wife. I guess it was just a marriage out of convinience. I was also amused that he thinks of himself as a bad boy. Makes me wonder why :amused: Does he have some dity thoughts of what to do with a certain president of the colony ....she certainly stripped him naked with her looks at the end of the episode and when she moved in closer and pretty much encouraged him to kiss...damn it Bill why didn't you. Yes both MM and EJO played as if Laura and Bill are either ready to frak like bunnies in the very near future (maybe next week, when she comes over again...or after the camera looks away? :hopeful:) or already did.

I LOVE Athena and Helo. They are good for each other and they IMHO the best working couple on the Galactica. I agree BTW tough talking and hard Lee is MUCH better than that fat lazy ******* he was before and I also liked cocky Kara. I didn't like her this season at all and any re-set to old Kara (at least regarding her attitude) is better then what we have seen of her this season then again

it will be short lived if the rumours are true and she will die in Maelstrom but Ron D. Moore seems to have another trick in his hat because he said more then once that it won't be a simple death and this is not the last we have seen of her. Simply that there will be ahuge change.

We will see.

Anonmatel

February 21st, 2007, 09:18 PM

Did anyone else think that maybe Cheif wanted to die in this episode and take Cally with him.
He forgot his tools, he specifically wanted Cally to help him, was weird around the baby before going to work.
also in season 2 he wanted to die because he thought he was a Cylon, then he kicked the crap outa Cally, and has been weird since the eye of jupiter episode.. Possibly he thinks he's a Cylon again?

rejven

February 22nd, 2007, 02:11 AM

crappy episode, personally I´m getting tired of this constant problems they`re having. Dont get me wrong i love Galactica and i thing its the best scifi ( or one of the best ) show ever done but recent few episodes could use more tempo and a little more action. I hope things will now change with Baltar`s trial and N°6 being on Galactica but i also hope for some good old viper vs raider and Galactica vs Baseship action.

DaniGurl

February 22nd, 2007, 06:35 AM

boring ep, last week was more entertaining then this one

on a positive note, Cally wasn't cringeworthy this week, that's a first one :)

I really wish they would just kill her already. She reminds me of a little kid. Especially when she's with the Chief. I really wanted him back with Sharon but now that she's all baby neck snappin crazy I don't see that happening.

huntress

February 22nd, 2007, 07:50 AM

For one thing this Sharon is not the Chiefs Sharon. This is Sharon Agathon. Crazy and now 100%Cylon Sharon was the lover of the chief so of course they will never get together again. Also Kally was never meant as a big role. Like Dee she was supposed to be a tiny supporting role that got bigger and bigger over time. We haven't seen that much of her really, it just feels that way because we are all waiting impatiently for the trial of Balthar to start. I am pretty sure we will see some action in the future but I don't mind a slow episode like this one. Next weeks episode though looks like a complete dud. I am not looking forward to "Dirty Hands" :(

jadeloves_ADAMA_ROSLIN

February 26th, 2007, 09:33 PM

someone said something about the A/R people flipping out:

answer:

hell yes we are!!! wooooot!!!!! *SQUEEEEE*:indeed: :sheppard28: :weiranime17: :mckayanime09: :lol:

i thought that "a day in the life" (in retrospect) was good, not brilliant, but good! A/R levels were through the mofrakin roof!! BWAHAHAHAHA! plus, i thought that cally and tyrol kind of had a true moment in the airlock, and nicki is a cute baby!!!! i thought adama waking up in bed with carolanne was kind of weird, and carolanne was way too ellen like, even though ellen had definitly been acting better on new caprica then she was.

someone mentioned that they thought a/r had already (are you ready for this corniness) done the MONSTER MASH (AHHAHAHAHAAHAA, sorry, im giddy right now, adrenaline). they so didnt. i wish they did though, i always thought that adama seemed really sated when he was talking to lee in UFB.

i thought that the silver tricycle was cool.

oh! this isnt quite a day in the life, but did anyone else notice the viper/raptor mobile above hera's crib in the woman king? SO CUTE!

adama roslin sitting in a tree

f-r-a-k-k-i-n-g.

cally is kind of getting on my nerves, i feel like she's always sort of whining/egging the chief on/ complaining/ i dont know

yah.

A/R

i swear someones blog blew up when they had that convo, i have the whole convo off youtube on my myspace. tis cool.

rawrrawrawr!!!!:)

suzannag

February 27th, 2007, 02:46 PM

Transcripts and image gallery for S3 Eps 15 & 16 'A Day In The Life' & ' Dirty Hands' have now been posted

suzanna
http://www.scifiquest.com/battlestargalactica

Easter Lily

March 26th, 2007, 01:45 AM

I quite liked this episode as it managed to restore my faith in some of the characters. I'm very fond of the Adama men so I enjoyed the scenes between those two.
However, it does beg the question as to why BSG is becoming a series of filler episodes...

This was a prety good episode. It was nice to finally see Apollo as CAG again, Starbuck and Helo in the briefing, this is starting to feel more like the Battlestar we know again.

How much longer can the Galactica go on being battered up like that?
I had that feeling too which was a plus but I couldn't help feeling that TPTB was dwadling as well.

I thought this seemed like an old season 1 ep (with extra shipyness). We got to see more about adamas past. My only major gripe was that adamas wife seemed a little bit too much like ellen. I pictured him with more of a caring woman who just got tired of him never being there. But I did think the fact that she was an abusive drunk was an interesting idea. It kind of explains why she was never mentioned much.

Yeah, I picked up on that too. I did wonder if Adama and Tigh had a thing for blondes. :P

Trek_Girl42

March 26th, 2007, 10:27 AM

I quite liked this episode as it managed to restore my faith in some of the characters. I'm very fond of the Adama men so I enjoyed the scenes between those two.
However, it does beg the question as to why BSG is becoming a series of filler episodes...

RDM mentioned in the Salon interview(I think that was the one), that the network has been pushing for more standalone episodes to bring in new viewers. :rolleyes:

Matt G

April 22nd, 2007, 02:32 PM

Hmmm...

1. Bill, you made a big mistake with your wife, at best Adama-Roslin is Jack-Sam level though.

2. Airlock, never looked like the pair were going to die but it's always a case of "how".

3. Lee Adama, legal hotshot, OK.

Overall, good ep but it's been a while since I've seen a real classic.

Catsitter

April 12th, 2008, 02:44 PM

I really don't understand where they would get the formula milk for Nick from? Surely all the mums in the fleet would be breastfeeding their babies considering how stocks of everything have run out? Only a few weeks ago they were getting all their food from that algae planet, weren't they? I would have thought that the "daycare" would involve wetnursing if a mum really had to leave her baby for the day. I guess the fact that I worried about this point for most of the episode shows that I found the episode pretty "blah" (again).

Dusk

December 22nd, 2008, 02:37 AM

I'd watch this episode hundreds of times more, if only for that scene at the end between Adama and Roslin... beautiful.

Tachyon

January 7th, 2010, 02:35 AM

I started to lose interest in BSG during season 3, but this episode is one of the best one from all of them. I like the entire Adama reflecting thing, Chief and Cally in trouble, as well as Adama/Roslin interaction. So this is definitely a highlight of the third season for me. :)

Aphelionite

August 30th, 2010, 11:45 AM

I love the Roslin/Adama scenes but if it wasn't called A Day in the Life, you wouldn't know that was what it was originally meant to be by watching it. If you watch Startrek TNG, think 'Data's Day', or 'Zero Hour' from SG1 - those were how you'd expect a day in the life episodes to be.

And I think it would have been cool to have Carolann following Adama around all day like Head 6. Could you imagine her in the room with him and Laura? Sounds fun, doesn't it?

Ron Moore himself said that this episode lost its way and I do tend to just watch the Roslin/Adama scenes rather than the entire ep.