Tom's plan to go to the Moon hits a small snag, tension continues between Hal and Ben, Matt continues to assert himself, and Lexi makes a surprising move....
So, we finally find out how Lexi does the things she does. Somehow she has been engineered so that she can control the basic forces of the universe as she demonstrated vividly on several occasions tonight. First, she used gravity to turn a tree into a pile of matchsticks. Basically, instead of having gravity keep the tree together, she reversed gravity and hid it cause the tree to fly apart. Then, after overhearing a conversation between her Espheni "father" and the Espheni Tom attacked where her death was ordered, she glew the Espheni apart. Finally, she took out 5 or 6 Beamers which were attacking the 2nd Mass. Considering how much easier it is getting for her each time she uses her abilities, I shudder to think what she can be capable of when she reaches her full potential. Honestly, I suspect that she is going to die next week, probably sacrificing herself to save Tom and/or Ben. If she does survive, she has to be stripped of her powers or else she will become too powerful to keep around (storywise).
Hal and Ben had some more trouble tonight. Fortunately, they worked it all out. Hal has recognized that there is attraction between Ben and Maggie and that Hal himself is partly responsible for what is going on because he is the one who insisted on putting the spikes in Maggie to save her life. I must admit that when I saw Hal on the ship at the end, I half expected him to either take off with Ben to keep Tom on the ground or somehow knock Ben out and take his place. He didn't do either, for which I am grateful.
I was very surprised that after Cochise said that the ship may recognize him as a Volm, no one immediately thought of using Ben or Maggie. Since they both have Espheni spikes in them, the ship would be more likely to recognize and follow one of them. Since Lexi is now with the 2nd Mass, she should definitely go along, both as protection and because the ship will definitely recognize her as Espheni. She is honestly their best chance of getting to the Moon and back in one piece.
Was I surprised that Tom rigged the name draw? No. Was it planned from the beginning? Maybe. I would like to think that Tom only used his name from his sleeve because Ben's name was drawn, but it is entirely possible that he planned on rigging the thing the entire time. And regardless of what Pope says, Tom is not doing this because he is a gloryhound. Tom has an immense sense of responsibility for everyone and will never ask anyone else to do what he cannot/will not do himself. Pope's problem (as always!) is that he sees his own personal motives reflected in everyone else's actions. Since Pope would only do this for selfish reasons, Tom must be doing it for the same selfish reasons. Pope cannot seem to comprehend that Tom does things for reasons that Pope does not think of. While Tom ain't perfect, he is a good leader.
I was surprised that Pope admitted to Weaver that he felt like he needed to go to the Moon because he wouldn't be missed by people here and that he took Weaver's name out of the hat because Weaver was needed. I do think Pope is right (to a degree), but he misses the fact that; despite his many flaws; he is a good fighter and could be a decent leader if he let himself grow just a little bit.
And Matt continues his march into adulthood by learning all the wrong lessons from last week. He figures that he needs to keep all of his emotions completely bottled up and he overcompensates for his behavior last week by rebelling. While his experimentation was vital to figuring out how to fly the Beamer (was anyone else having flashbacks to Starbuck learning how to fly the Cylon Raider?), he does need to learn to use his passion more constructively. Tom was wrong when he denied Matt he opportunity to take part in the mission. I totally get where Tom is coming from, but Matt has done a lot of growing up very quickly and Tom does need to recognize that.
Next week, the 2 hour finale. Until then!
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