I absolutely adored Dean Stockwell's performance as Cavil - it was just so... right.
Also, this Ellen's performance grew on me though the episode as well, especially, at the end where we see some of the old!Ellen's attitude.
As for the Laura/Lee scene, I kind of adored that. (^_^)" Both actors rocked the scene, and I actually... really didn't think of AR in the episode (except the scenes where Adama is indulging and the metaphor of Galactica and Laura as the she in his life - dying and wasting away), and in that scene, I was just completely focused on the interaction between Laura and Lee - the interaction I've missed since the early seasons (Captain Apollo expression on her face!).
I felt that her stepping back was shadowed in the scene with three distinct sections for me: 1) she's tired, bone-tired exhaustion, looking at just the way Mary held herself in the scene, 2) her guilt concerning the Quorum - Laura's grief there was beautiful and also, the feeling I got by her letting Lee take more of the reins lies in the "new order" sort of factor - just as the old system and Quorum has been destroyed, she's removing herself so something new can take her place, and 3)her health, I don't know if it's just me, but I thought that one main reason she was stepping down was because of her health, especially with that hacking cough she gave near the end of the scene and Lee's expression as he watched her.
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Also, this Ellen's performance grew on me though the episode as well, especially, at the end where we see some of the old!Ellen's attitude.
As for the Laura/Lee scene, I kind of adored that. (^_^)" Both actors rocked the scene, and I actually... really didn't think of AR in the episode (except the scenes where Adama is indulging and the metaphor of Galactica and Laura as the she in his life - dying and wasting away), and in that scene, I was just completely focused on the interaction between Laura and Lee - the interaction I've missed since the early seasons (Captain Apollo expression on her face!).
I felt that her stepping back was shadowed in the scene with three distinct sections for me: 1) she's tired, bone-tired exhaustion, looking at just the way Mary held herself in the scene, 2) her guilt concerning the Quorum - Laura's grief there was beautiful and also, the feeling I got by her letting Lee take more of the reins lies in the "new order" sort of factor - just as the old system and Quorum has been destroyed, she's removing herself so something new can take her place, and 3)her health, I don't know if it's just me, but I thought that one main reason she was stepping down was because of her health, especially with that hacking cough she gave near the end of the scene and Lee's expression as he watched her.