Exodus: Part 2

I think the best way to put this, without giving anything away, is to describe "exodus part 2" as the best episode of any TV series I've ever seen.

Ever.

Drama, emotion, tension, excitement, surprises, superb acting, characterisation, a script beyond compare, it's all there plus huge space battles with big guns n explosions n stuff! Could you ask for more?

I wasn't an early convert to galactica, but now I'm hooked and, barring any 'the shield' like nose dives in quality will be there until the end.

Keep up the good work scifi channel, you done good.

I have to agree with other comments here. If this is not the best episode for any TV series ever, it's certainly damn close. IMO, yes, it's the best.

Just a couple of points:

Acting: Michael Hogan - Edward James Olmos --- Need to say more? Olmos/Adama is imposing as ever, his speech (Exodus Part 1) is just delightful; on Part 2, he doesn't even need to speak too much to deliver great acting. And if there were any justice in this world, the Academy of Television would beg on its knees to Hogan to accept an Emmy for his portrait of Tigh. Just the scene with his wife would be enough for that. And this guy needs just one eye to perform superbly!!!

Action sequences: nothing on TV can compare with this. It's not just awesome special effects (enough money can buy them), it's also impeccable timing to ensure a roller-coaster.

The low point, I think, is the whole Baltar storyline. James Callis is one of the best in the cast, but the story itself sounded a bit too weak. The nuke plot made very little sense, and the whole thing about Hera... what the heck is about her??? Even so, you can (have to!) forgive these small nuisances in such a wonderful episode.

Not every episode of BSG is worth watching it, moreover on this irregular Season 3, but "Exodus" alone is more than enough to make me watch all the remainder of the season and the next one.

I'm on my third time watch of the reimagines BSG and this episode is its blue ribbon event. If you every needed a kick in the guts to reignite a viewers interest then this is a textbook way to do it.

It is a tour de force in storytelling, direction, music score, acting and CGI and leaves nothing to chance in the ongoing narrative. Seconded only by the series closing episodes "Daybreak"

The Walking Dead could take a leaf out of the BSG cookbook about now!

Exodus, parts 1 and 2, is quite simply some of the best drama I have ever seen on television. From the close intimate scenes to the epic space battle scenes, there just is nothing that has ever compared to this. Even all these years after it aired, this two part episode will take your breath away.

The cracks in the Cylon occupation are forced wider and wider apart by the colonial resistance and the Cylon's own growing internal fragmentation. Baltar, who appears more expendable to the Cylons every day, clings desperately to Caprica and any remaining hope for survival he can grasp, and Colonel Tigh must face the fact that his wife's behavior has endangered the entire resistance. Meanwhile, Sharon is on her way to the colony with a brave plan to recover the colonists.

A lot happens in this pivotal episode in the third season's great story arc, and the production - from script to camera to performance - is right where it needs to be in order to carry it all off. Fans of Sackhoff, Olmos and Callis should all enjoy their excellent contributions to this episode.

See it, but make sure you do it in the sequence intended by the writers. Otherwise - what you're seeing won't make much sense.