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"T here's a reason why you separate military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." -Commander William Adama- W ith the beleaguered remnants of humanity on the run following the fall of Caprica, the pressures to survive mounts. Humanity labors in who to trust making efforts to distinguish between humans and Cylon sleeper agents. Compounding those issues are the harsh realities of rationing the basic necessities of sustenance and resources in space. Moore's warship carrier the Galactica is indeed in a crisis situation as the series moves forward. Battlestar Galactica , Season One, Episode 2, Water sees the Galactica making efforts to share its water recycling system with other ships within the fleet when the tanks are unexpectedly ignited by a saboteur. Was it a Cylon? A Cylon sympathizer? A human traitor? Moore would ch

"O ur people are deeply flawed, deeply human characters. They are not, by nature, innately heroic or noble creatures. They are simply ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances. They do not always make the right decision and they do not always do the right thing. They make mistakes, act out of pettiness and spite, and occasionally do things that are reprehensible. However, they are also capable of growth, or change, of learning to overcome their flaws and rising to the challenges laid before them and performing great and mighty deeds." -Ronald D. Moore, Battlestar Galactica: the Official Companion , p.96- Extracted from Moore's Battlestar Galactica series bible, those words ring true and echo forth the series as the anti- Battlestar Galactica Classic as envisioned by Glen A. Larson. In many respects the new version of Battlestar Galactica is the antithesis to it, the mirror universe. This prism of human nature is much less noble filled with

"T here are limits to the human body and the human mind." -Gaius Baltar- "W e make mistakes. People die." -Commander William Adama- "Y es we're tired. Yes there's no relief. Yes the Cylons keep coming after us time after time after time. And yes we are still expected to do our jobs." - Colonel Saul Tigh- A s much as Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009) held a mirror up to humanity post 9/11, revisiting the series one could easily apply our own current viral reality in the fight against corona virus to the series grim unease and distrust. It's been roughly 17 years since Ronald D. Moore reimagined the classic Battlestar Galactica by Glen A. Larson drawing upon the despair of a nation utilizing the allusion of the terrorist attacks by radical Muslims on September 11, 2001. In many respects Battlestar Galactica ( BSG ) is just as relevant today unintentionally touching upon a similar zeitgeist with the onset of the Wuhan/Corona Virus

"I am not a spy." -Colonel David Telford- "R ight now I'm thinking of the greater good." -Colonel Everett Young- M any series have their ups and downs. Shows graced with two or three seasons sometimes struggle to find their footing before cancellation. A podcast by James McLean and John Kenneth Muir dubbed First Season Wonders/Second Season Blunders (June 2018) explores those missteps in entertaining fashion. Buck Rogers In The 25th Century (1979-1981), War Of The Worlds (1988-1990), Space:1999 (1975-1977), Seaquest DSV (1993-1996) and Millennium (1996-1999) are among their targets of analysis. As this writer approaches Stargate Universe Season Two with SGU , Season One, Episode 18, Subversion , one wonders if this rendition of the franchise won't struggle in its own right after being so strong in its first season. Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper's reinvention of the franchise was under tremendous pressure in its first season. Criti