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The second season resumes with the crews of Galactica and Pegasus on the brink of civil war. Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell and Katee Sackhoff star.
"I've not enough to survive," Commander Adama declares late in the two-part return of "Battlestar Galactica.'' "One has to be worthy of surviving.''
With these two episodes, "Galactica" will have lasted longer than the schlocky '70s original.
And, yes, it's more drama than science-fiction. There are robots and spaceships and strange new worlds, but really, this is a show about people -- people who look, talk and act remarkably like us.
For those who haven't watched before -- and with all the previous episodes available on DVD, you have no reason not to catch up -- humanity has been virtually destroyed by the Cylons, a race of religious fanatic machines. The last remnants of our people are on the run in a ragtag fleet of ships led by military vet Adama (Edward James Olmos) and President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell).
The parallels to 9/11 and the War on Terror have never been far from the surface, from a memorial wall on the Galactica that looks eerily like the impromptu monuments erected around New York in the fall of '01 to the Cylons' absolute belief that they, not humanity, are God's chosen people. (The Cylons were created by humans and rebelled, just like much of Al Qaeda was armed and trained by the U.S. during the Cold War.)
"I've not enough to survive," Commander Adama declares late in the two-part return of "Battlestar Galactica.'' "One has to be worthy of surviving.''
With these two episodes, "Galactica" will have lasted longer than the schlocky '70s original.
And, yes, it's more drama than science-fiction. There are robots and spaceships and strange new worlds, but really, this is a show about people -- people who look, talk and act remarkably like us.
For those who haven't watched before -- and with all the previous episodes available on DVD, you have no reason not to catch up -- humanity has been virtually destroyed by the Cylons, a race of religious fanatic machines. The last remnants of our people are on the run in a ragtag fleet of ships led by military vet Adama (Edward James Olmos) and President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell).
The parallels to 9/11 and the War on Terror have never been far from the surface, from a memorial wall on the Galactica that looks eerily like the impromptu monuments erected around New York in the fall of '01 to the Cylons' absolute belief that they, not humanity, are God's chosen people. (The Cylons were created by humans and rebelled, just like much of Al Qaeda was armed and trained by the U.S. during the Cold War.)