In which I make peace with my inner dork
So Alex and I are walking down Main on Friday, after having some ice cream and buying some bagels.
Alex:”Oh yeah, I saw someone from Battlestar Galactica today.”
Me: “Cool, who?”
Alex (nonchalantly): “The Chief.”
Me: “OhmygodyousawTheChief!!! Tell me everything.”
Alex: [details about how he saw The Chief while he was waiting for the bus, what he was wearing, etc.] “He had a certain…presence.”
Me: “I can’t believe that you have been talking to me for a whole two hours and did not tell me that you saw The Chief.” [goes on and on, jealously, wishing I could see The Chief while I was waiting for the bus]
I don’t really know anything about Aaron Douglas, the guy who plays The Chief, except that he is Canadian and I love The Chief. I realize that this makes me closer to the total fan-dork than the engaged critical viewer, and all my TV-loyalty is actually for naught since it turns out The Chief is some kind of Cylon, but apparently my crazy fan-brain has not absorbed that yet.
7 Responses to “In which I make peace with my inner dork”
Jaya on 09 May 2007 at 5:28 am #
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! The Chief is a Cylon? Ive only watched up until the end of the second season, and he was soooo anti Cylon the whole time! That was the whole reason him and Sharon Valeri broke up! Wasnt she pregnant with his kid though? The one that was ultimately adopted by Rosalyn? And who was the other guy who was Sharon’s love interest? Its been so long that Im forgetting…
brenda on 11 May 2007 at 1:11 pm #
No, the other Sharon was pregnant with Helo’s baby. The Chief was going out with Sharon, but then they split up because he suspected her of being up to no good and he totally lied to protect her when she blew something up. THEN she shot Adama, and then Cally shot her, and she “died” in the Chief’s arms. Meanwhile, another copy of Sharon was back on Caprica with Helo, where she got pregnant with his baby; then Starbuck brought them back to Galactica. Then Roslin told them their baby was dead and gave her to some random lady.
ALL the people that they made Cylons were always really anti-Cylon, to the point that it is almost suspicious. But yeah, it is so sad about the Chief, because he totally already went crazy over his possible Cylon-ness.
Sara on 12 May 2007 at 2:33 pm #
nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd
Jaya on 13 May 2007 at 5:36 pm #
Riiiiiiiiiight! Now I remember. I will watch BG again once its over. I’m only watching two shows (Lost and Grey’s) and its already too much. And I’ll probably start watching Addison’s spin-off too, so I’ll be watching 3 different shows. Too much!
brenda on 13 May 2007 at 7:52 pm #
Sara: I know!
Jaya: Wow, I watch so many more than 3 shows and I’ve cut back this year! That’s probably, like, healthy though. BG was still mostly good this year though.
Jaya on 14 May 2007 at 8:56 am #
The only thing I hate about watching lots of TV shows is I tend to get sucked in. And Im hardly ever home when theyre on so I have to download them = huge waste of time. I plan on watching Veronica Mars, Arrested Developement, Deadwood, Rome, Entourage, The Sopranos and so many more when theyre all over! And of course BG. I read somewhere that the third season was going to be the last one…is this true?
Okay so I went on wikipedia and read that The Chief and Tigh etc are not “real” Cylons (like Six and Sharon etc). What exactly is the difference?
brenda on 15 May 2007 at 12:48 pm #
Apparently the fourth season (upcoming) of BG is going to be the last one.
So we know who seven of the twelve models of Cylons are, including Sharon and Six and Xena and Dean Stockwell and everyone. The Chief and Tigh et al are part of the “Final Five,” and even the other Cylons don’t know who they are for mysterious, possibly mystical reasons. We don’t know who the fifth final five person is. There’s a bunch of time spent on the Cylon base ship in season 3 that explains this, kind of.