Well, I just finished going through my DVD set of the third season of "Battlestar Galactica", and I'm just really stunned beyond belief. No wonder this show keeps getting better and better in its storytelling!
Of course, part of the problem I had with this set was the fact that, having watched the "Razor" spinoff film a few months back, then catching up with the series during its fourth season upon my return to Mississippi, some of the major plot points had already been spilled to me without my watching the third season in its entirety (sorry, guys!), especially with Baltar (James Callis) being let off the hook for his crimes against humanity; Kara Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) mysteriously returning from the dead; and Chief Tyrol (Aaron Douglas), Colonel Tigh (Michael Hogan), Kara's husband Samuel Anders (Michael Trucco), and presidential advisor Tory Foster (Rekha Sharma) all revealed to be four of the final five Cylons! Add to it the suggestion that, between S3 and "Razor", Kara is allegedly destined to be the doom of the entire fleet, and you've got an interesting mix that leads into the final episodes of the series.
The six-disc set has more extras than the episodes themselves - more audio podcasts, deleted scenes galore, a 70-minute extended cut of the episode "Unfinished Business", original DVD audio commentaries, three bonus podcast commentaries with actor Mark Sheppard (who played Baltar's defense attorney in the final three episodes of the season), and no less than 20 video blogs from SciFi.com! Could you pack anything else onto this set that hasn't already been thought of?
Now we're approaching the final batch of episodes for the entire series. Still one question remains: Who is the final Cylon? There's not a lot of suspects left among the main cast. My choice is among the top three leading suspects - Kara Thrace (after all, she died and supposedly returned at the end of the third season); President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), who's currently dying of cancer; and, unbelievably, the big man himself, Admiral William Adama (Edward James Olmos). What would his agenda be? No doubt a surprise twist that would leave everyone saying, "Oh s---!" Or could it be someone else we haven't thought of?
Whatever your guess, the third season of BSG is a major addition to undoubtedly the best series on TV. Watching these final episodes on the SciFi Channel gives me that same feeling I had back in 1994 when I knew the end of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was approaching its end: I'm definitely gonna miss this series. That's why man made DVD.
Look for the full review soon!
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