I rate all episodes of Eick-Moore Battlestar Galactica at 9 or 10, and I give "The Hub" a ten only because there's no way to push it to 20.
This particular episode of this particular series captures the highest level of sublime excellence, subtle nuance and exciting drama that BSG is capable of. And the frosting on the cake is that this episode manages to clearly bring out the lasting message of the series: the missing ingredient, whether you're a sick self absorbed individual or a sick society, is Love.
Elosha is the perfect messenger for Roslin, because Roslin needs to get that message in the most simple and certain way she can get it. Her biggest stumbling block is her suspicion and hatred of Baltar; facing the choice of what to do with his life in her hands shows her that Love in this show, is like that thing Captain Kirk said in the hokey Star Trek episode where he explained the Preamble of the US constitution to post-nuclear savages: Love, like Freedom, applies to EVERYONE, or it applies to NO ONE.
Roslin gets this message in this episode at last; meanwhile Cylons themselves join humans to strike a crippling blow against the war machine, and give up their greatest prize - trading the assured immortality of Ressurection for the mere human hope of an afterlife on faith. They jointly destroy the Resurrection Hub, to some of the most hauntingly beautiful music ever from Bear McCreary.
This is a pivot point to a new reality, with no turning back. It is a reckoning and a revelation. It's the start of dynamic forces which determine how the old humanity in all its forms goes down in flames, for a new hybrid humanity to ultimately rise and maybe break the cycle of history.
I give this episode a 100.
This particular episode of this particular series captures the highest level of sublime excellence, subtle nuance and exciting drama that BSG is capable of. And the frosting on the cake is that this episode manages to clearly bring out the lasting message of the series: the missing ingredient, whether you're a sick self absorbed individual or a sick society, is Love.
Elosha is the perfect messenger for Roslin, because Roslin needs to get that message in the most simple and certain way she can get it. Her biggest stumbling block is her suspicion and hatred of Baltar; facing the choice of what to do with his life in her hands shows her that Love in this show, is like that thing Captain Kirk said in the hokey Star Trek episode where he explained the Preamble of the US constitution to post-nuclear savages: Love, like Freedom, applies to EVERYONE, or it applies to NO ONE.
Roslin gets this message in this episode at last; meanwhile Cylons themselves join humans to strike a crippling blow against the war machine, and give up their greatest prize - trading the assured immortality of Ressurection for the mere human hope of an afterlife on faith. They jointly destroy the Resurrection Hub, to some of the most hauntingly beautiful music ever from Bear McCreary.
This is a pivot point to a new reality, with no turning back. It is a reckoning and a revelation. It's the start of dynamic forces which determine how the old humanity in all its forms goes down in flames, for a new hybrid humanity to ultimately rise and maybe break the cycle of history.
I give this episode a 100.