Madame Airlock and Mother Revolt: Revolution and Resolution on "Battlestar Galactica"

"When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood, it is hard to shake hands with her." - Oscar Wilde What price does freedom have? How far are revolutionaries willing to go to overthrow the status quo? When does the overthrow of the status quo become nothing more than mutiny, tyranny, and anarchy? These are the questions posed by this week's superlative episode of Battlestar Galactica, written by Michael Angeli and directed by Wayne Rose, in which Gaeta and Zarek's overthrow of the Adama-Roslin administration kicked into high gear, the Quorum of Twelve had their final meeting, and Roslin proved just why she earned the nickname "Madame Airlock." If you thought that the coup engineered by Felix Gaeta and Tom Zarek would end peacefully with everyone hugging and singing a round of Kumbaya, you're clearing watching the wrong series. No, this coup ended as it began: with bloodshed, enmity, and punishment for wrongdoing. Let's discuss. Over the past few seasons, Felix Gaeta has emerged...

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