TV 'Tigh'm (Battlestar Galactica)

[migrated from myspace blog]

Here we are less than halfway through the Heroes hiatus, and some of the best television ever aired is raining down on all sides. There have been a few twists and turns in Prison Break, but I'm still waiting for it to be renamed Prison Broke. Lost is in overdrive with Anthony Cooper trying to kill his own son (Locke), then showing up duct-taped to a chair in Ben Linus's closet. Next week is supposed to be the game-changer that will give a new direction to the show for the rest of the series, and a new rumor suggests that episode 20 will take place in the 1970's, with the founders of DHARMA, including Marvin Candle, and Hanso himself. Less than a month ago we got episodes of The Office directed by Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams. The Sarah Connor Chronicle pilot has been filmed (fingers crossed that it won't disappoint). And it looks like there will even be some decent summer TV (Drive).

But best of all, Battlestar Galactica goes and completely redeems the many lackluster episodes of season 3 by completely blowing away all our expectations and revealing 4 of the final 5 cylons to be Resistance leaders (including Colonel Tigh - see subject line) from New Caprica. Starbuck's either not dead, or the 5th of the final cylons, and she claims to know where Earth is. I for one did not get upset about the use of a 20th Century song in the show, as some people have. It played the emotions of the reveals just fine. And to top things off, they actually showed Earth.

The only thing that could make TV any better right now is if I could get paid to watch. (Yes, I do actually leave the house on a regular basis.)