Frak this Podcast #54 - Maelstrom

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 18: Baltar finds himself in need of a new lawyer, and so the show introduces its new best character: Romo Lampkin. It feels good to say mostly nice things about this show again.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 17: An episode of prophecies and trauma... the latter being handled with all the delicacy of a bulldozer in a church.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 16: Dirty Hands - When workers dealing with untenable conditions push back, Adama and Roslyn send in Chief Tyrol to take command. What he finds is neglected people, overworked and with no way out. Watch as this show *almost* gets it, and then veers off a cliff.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 15: A Day in the Life - Family squabbles, legal hassles, pseudo flashbacks, and explosive decompression is the order of the day on the Galactica.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 14: The Woman King - A group of Sagitarons arrive on the Galactica, bringing social friction and potentially disease.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 13: Taking a Break from All Your Worries - As Baltar is being interrogated, much of crew become patrons of the newly installed bar onboard Galactica. I'm sure a steady flow of alcohol will only improve everything going.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 12: Rapture - Both the Cylons and the Galactica crew try to divine the meaning behind the temple before the other side does. Meanwhile Apollo sends his wife to rescue his girlfriend like the stand up guy he is.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 11: The Eye of Jupiter - While scrounging for food, the Galactica crew find a temple that might lead them to earth. Unfortunately the Cylons arrive looking for that exact same thing.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 10: The Passage - The fleet encounters a good old fashioned resource shortage and has to resort to dangerous measures to resolve it... and also the Kat/Starbuck rival is dredged back up for some reason.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 9: Unfinished Business - Romantic subplots and boxing in an extra long episode. One of the two hosts is officially in her own personal hell.