Galactica invariably asks what, exactly, makes us human this episode went out of its way to remind us that for all of our lofty ambitions as a species, we are also made human by the tiny things we do to stay alive-eating, dressing, making love.įitting, then, that the two-parted revolved around a growing resistance to the Cylon occupiers who invaded New Caprica, the new home of the humans, at the end of season two. The emphasis on physical process continued throughout the episode: cutting meat disguising one’s identity through method of dress fitting the wires into a bomb scrawling a name on a death warrant stroking the cheek of an infant. In rapid succession, we saw sex, the preparation of a bomb, preparation for prayer, a hand positioning models of ships on a battlefield like so many chess pieces and the agony of an isolated prisoner. Galactica’s third season premiere, the two-hour “Occupation/Precipice,” opened with a series of shots that focused on nothing but physical processes, cropping faces and other identifying features out of frame.
If there’s a shot that Battlestar Galactica deploys more skillfully than any other, it’s the close-up-specifically tight shots of minutiae that convey a sense of faux-verite.
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