Well Chip, I managed to make it through another episode of Caprica. Let’s see, where to start?
Computer geek and Cylon Zoe dancing - why?
Gratuitous menage a quatre at Sister Clarice’s house - pourquoi?
Grandma who doesn’t care that her grandson skipped school to hang out with his gangster uncle - whaaaaaaaa?
I don’t know who is writing this stuff, but I’m getting more than a little suspicious this show is what happens when the chess club huffs paint.
But on to the plot....with Graystone Industries in a free fall, Daniel Graystone decides to go on the Caprican version of Letterman to talk about Zoe’s death and her apparent involvement with Soldiers of the One. Amanda Graystone unexpectedly walks onto the set. Unlike her last PR debacle, in which she announced on TV that Zoe was a terrorist, her presence seemed to save the situation, which Daniel was not handling well.
Sam Adamo, Joseph’s less-conflicted-about-his-evil-side brother, impersonates a driver after gaining backstage access by flashing his Tauron tattoos to a similarly inked stagehand. He gives Amanda a ride, ostensibly part of a plan to kill her at Joseph’s request, but doesn’t go through with it after Joseph calls off the hit by texting him with a rather antiquated looking cell phone. (BTW Chip, did you catch the old school cameras the press had during the GDD’s high school locker raid? I suppose they’re trying to do something purposeful with all this retro tech and wardrobe juxtaposed with the futuristic elements of this show, but at times I’m left wondering if they’re going to get to the point, or if there is no point and it’s just something they’ve picked up from Big Love?) Initially, I was disappointed that Sam didn’t kill Amanda, but then I realized how much Daniel-brooding we’re being spared as long as she’s alive. Go Amanda!
We also learn in this episode that Ruth, Joseph’s mother-in-law (I incorrectly identified her as his mother previously), is one badass Tauron. I was shocked, shocked I tell you when she told Joseph that the dead aren’t dead till their deaths were avenged. Nice parallel between her statement that the dead are in limbo and the holiband’s V World. Up until now, I thought Ruth was just grouchy because she had to pick up around the house. But clearly she’s got a bigger ax to grind with the Adamo boys. She’s not going to stand for much of Joseph’s conflicted conscience about having Sam off Amanda as retribution for the bombing. Grandma Ruth also wowed me with her advice to young Will, who wants to be a locker room attendant for the Pyramid team but thought he didn’t have a chance at the gig because Joseph and Daniel aren’t friends these days. Ruth told him sometimes you get the best things from your enemies. And Ruth was scaring me a little (okay a lot) in that meat cleaver kitchen scene. Joseph, my man, you’d better sleep with one eye open with this mother-in-law in the house.
I’m struggling to stay interested in the intrigue, if it can be called that, going on with Sister Clarice, Lacy, the bike shop guy, and anyone else in Soldiers of the One. That story line needs to get moving, STAT. And no more slumber parties, you perverts! The most interesting thing I’ve noticed in the STO storyline lately is how much Agent Duram’s boss (the guy in the suit with the big nose) looks like Henry Francis from Mad Men. And I think we all know how I feel about Henry Francis.
Zoe 2.0 in V World, good fashion decision. I was getting tired of your other club dress.
One final point. Chip, did you notice that Daniel said he created Zoe’s avatar? Not true - Zoe created her own avatar, which Daniel didn’t know until after her death. What’s that all about?
Peace, Holly
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