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beccatoriaSo like...for the first time I was kind of pissed off that nothing happened. Which is a ridiculous complaint considering lots of stuff happened. But really, NOTHING HAPPENED!
So I'm still stuck with every single one of my neurotic worries about the show's endgame that I had in A Disquiet Follows My Soul, and there wasn't anything like awesome nihilism or minor character uprisings or political plots or great characteristion or crazy revelations to distract me like there usually are.
Dammit, I'm tired!
So basically I thought this was a pretty decent episode all told. You know, when ignoring my OMG TELL ME NOW issues.
Adama was a complete fucking jackass who is still incapable about making anything not about him. Cus for real, I've never had a particular problem with Tahmoh Penikett and his acting; he's good enough for the role and he does well in it, but this is the first time I've been really impressed by him. That scene with Adama was painful. Helo is just so hopeful, because that's all he's got, because if he doesn't hope, he will fall down on the floor and not get up again. And then Adama tells him to shut up and follow orders and he apologises to him. Because the poor boy is just so desperate and confused. He's sorry for everything and anything and would agree to anything if he can just get that raptor. Hope is all that's keeping him standing even though he doesn't have any; not really.
I'm not sure what they're doing with Boomer. I liked her interactions with Hera and the confirmation that basically she's just so frakked. She doesn't love Cavil; she doesn't love the Five; she doesn't want to be human; she doesn't want to be a machine; she doesn't want to die but I'm pretty sure there isn't really another option for her at this point. SOMEONE'S gonna kill her. I'd just rather she went out unrepentant than all self-sacrificing because given developments last week it'd be a shitty, "I redeemed myself through DEATH," thing which is...less interesting than, "I REGRET NOTHING, BITCHES!"
Speaking of Boomer: where the hell was Chief? Why wasn't he relaying information to Adama about the repairs? Why did we have random Deck Gang Dude? Did he get found out and put in the brig? WTH is going on with that?
Speaking of Boomer: OMG HERA CAN PROJECT! Awesome. I mean, she was already aware of the Opera House to a degree, but the daydream at the start also looks like she is kind of...in charge of that? I'm betting this isn't the first time she's done it, she just probably doesn't consider it that weird. It's like daydreaming for her? Anyway, that's cool. Also the new actress is growing on me somewhat. Although she's still less cute. But less less cute than last week.
In other plotlines, I continue to be completely fucking devastated by Laura's lack of awesome, especially since with such tiny fucking alterations I'd be okay with it. Like...dudes, have her be awesome during the mutiny because she's angry; have her more explicitly have to hand power over to Lee for health reasons. I WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT THEN. But just...gah.
The silver lining was that while I obviously was not thrilled about her waxing eloquent about MAH CABIN! MAH HOME! WITH YOOOOOU EVEN THOUGH I'M IN CHRONIC PAIN! WE ARE YOUR WIMMMIINZ! I did manage to retain some of my earlier-in-the-series alternate reading skills to the point that I think if I wasn't generally disgruntled, I'd've been fine with the scene.
Mainly because it struck me as classic Laura in a lot of ways. Not that she was lying exactly, but that she knew exactly what she needed to say to make Adama do the right thing. I kind of saw that whole thing as, "Oh Lords, he needs it broken to him gently and explained in small words again, doesn't he?" And when I look at it that way, with Laura using her own story to be kind to this stuck, out-of-touch old man so that he can handle the decisions he has to make because he's never been good at seeing reality, well, then I'm calmer.
I'm not sure what I think of the Anders subplot. On the one hand, forcibly turning people into hybrids is kind of awesome (though obviously it should have been Baltar and it should have involved painfully cutting off his legs). Like, conceptually I love it and I think it was quite beautifully and gracefully executed. But I'm worried that the payoff will go in a direction I don't like for the story?
Like, I 'ship neither L/K nor A/R but was willing to accept both of them as the endgame as of 4x10. A/R has obviously turned out far to obvious and agency-devouring on Laura's part for me to really be okay with anymore. L/K has been wonderfully understated but at this point, it's been so wonderfully understated to the point that up to and including this episode I have nothing but actual honest love for their season four relationship, that I worry the inevitable L/K ending is going to feel really tacked-on and false to me.
This season has sold me, so, so much that her relationship with Anders is true and real and there that I'm honestly not sure I do believe that she loves Lee as much (at least not in that way; as family, then yes, she loves him infinity). I always believed that Anders would probably die before the end/there would be some way of reconciling Kara and Lee.
But seriously, at this point I don't know if I'd buy it. I mean, I desperately want Anders to wake up and be okay. But if he doesn't, I don't want Kara to run off into the sunset with Lee. I kind of want her to hang out with her Hybridized husband having magical goo sex in the hopes it'll make him spout prophecy. And for Kara and Lee to continue this beautiful, accepting, loving, BFFship.
There might be something wrong with me...
I continue to continue to love the encylonment of Galactica - now complete with its own hybrid! - though I hope Sam is detachable cus I don't want him going down with the ship so Adama doesn't have to. (Oh, yeah, that's now my fondest hope for the end of the series, since clearly Galactica's gonna die: GO DOWN WITH YOUR SHIP, DUDE). Although I'm a little sad that the encylonment isn't working. BOO.
IT'S ALL DOWN TO THE CORNER CUTTING AND THE INFERIOR ALLOYS.
Oh, cranky deck gang Six. :( I LOVED YOU. At least you got a kickass funeral. I did like that funeral. I did think it was, like the moment with the memorial wall, a beautiful and understated and real way of expressing the further blending of the ship.
In the midst of all my character-plotline angst, I do continue to love the aesthetic of these episodes. Lost and hopeless until all people have is acceptance and hope even though both feel pretty meaningless. Like Helo. This episode was beautifully titled.
Followed by Baltar's desperate attempt to what? Why did he doe that? Because he'd had it up to here withdestiny the funeral not being about him? Because he was trying to impress Caprica Six? (He did keep staring at a Six I assume must have been her right before hand). How exactly was that supposed to work?
I'm a little disappointed Starbuck didn't punch him, but only a little. I actually think the slap worked in a more...exhausted and broken rather than angry way. I also believe she'd've told him. He has the skills she needs, would be intrigued enough to do it, and at this point, I really don't think fear of discovery is larger than fear of the unknown, so I was cool with that. Even if I did think the pissing thing was a little weird. Kinda funny, but weird. I mean, dude, okay the latch might be busted but you can still close the damn door!
What I'm really wondering about now, though, is how they'll handle it because obviously I'm still fixated on Daniel/Dreilide. Mainly because if they're going with the angel analogy we may never get a clear answer on that which would annoy me. Her potential status as a hybrid doesn't explain her resurrection (well, two resurrections; her ship and body were destroyed in the maelstrom first time). But it does help explain why she's got "destiny" in the first place. Similarly her being an angel doesn't explain her father knowing That Song. So we need two different things to be addressed here. Hopefully they will both be.
Which means I've said everything I want to except about, you got it, Caprica.
While I was grateful we got to see her at all, I'm not thrilled that we got, what, one scene where she says five lines and a few long distance shots.
So. An open letter.
My gods, writers, Tricia Helfer is an un-fucking-believably good actress. This character has un-fucking-believable amounts of issues and material to work with. She is a member of your main cast. Give her some fucking airtime already. I know we see Helfer in a lot of scenes. And I appreciate the way she nuances all the different Sixes, I do (I love Sonja; I loved Deckgang Six), but you're not giving any of them storylines.
Used to be, my only major issue with this season was the way you stole Laura's agency. Used to be, while I hated it, I could also acknowledge that Caprica's quiet storylines; so deeply powerful, so invisible, like riptides that only surfaced occasionally when suddenly she exploded and lead her people to New Caprica, or murdered Boomer and ran off with Hera, or started sharing the the mystic vision of the series, or one day beat the shit out of Saul Tigh, were part of why I loved her. Her lack of attention shaped her character in many ways. Not that she couldn't have been that person with more airtime. But she's quiet, and certain, and patient and full of love.
But guys, listen. Liam's not just about Tigh. Who we've seen comforted by Adama, and defended by Ellen, and now slowly coming to grips with the fact that maybe he lost Liam but maybe he also has the entire Cylon race, and Ellen can still hug him and stuff.
We don't even know where Caprica is living. And it sure as hell looks like she's staying in Sick Bay because she has nowhere else to go, so I assume Ellen moved right back in with Tigh (although she could have been visiting in that scene). That's heartbreaking, guys. Even if that was her choice, that's...awful. Especially after all that crap about how everyone loves everyone. Apparently not enough to give her a damn home after she loses her son. And the only other option she has is Baltar's harem.
Why the hell isn't this storyline about her?
Come on, guys. You can do it. Give her good material in the finale. Don't have her as an extra who goes along for the ride, picks up a kid in an Opera House and has some ambiguous ending. Do right by this exceptional character and exceptional actress.
I KNOW YOU CAN.
With reserved amounts of love,
me.
As to what we actually saw of Caprica in this episode, oh, dudes. :(
It was almost as painful as Helo. They might only give her a handful of lines but she does so well with them.
What I desperately want for her, by the end of the season, is for someone to see her. Just as her. Just as the amazing person she is. And love her for that. At this point, I think my last hope for that is going to be Gaius Baltar. Which in itself is a little sad.
On the plus side, James Callis played it beautifully and I did find myself remembering a lot of the reasons why, at the start of season three, I really just wanted both of them to save each other.
On the plus side, I love that Caprica didn't just fall back into that. She's not who she was. I'm glad that if Baltar wants some kind of reproachment with her, he'll have to work for it. I think he even starts to understand that.
And you know what, while it pisses me off that this whole story was kept to like, one thirty-second scene, Gaius' face at the end?
You guys, I think we might have just seen the very first time Caprica's ever broken someone else's heart. The first time someone looked at her and loved her with no ulterior motive.
Which is actually pretty mindblowing and beautiful.
It's also where we get to the downside. Which is heartbreaking in itself. I am finally at a point where I really believe Gaius might love her; be able to love her.
But I also completely agree with what Caprica said. He's still the same guy. Yes he wants to do something good, to be loved, to be a good man. But he's always wanted that. Now popularity and adoration comes in the form of "doing good" but how much of that is genuine? How much is Head!Six manipulating him? How long until he runs away to a Lida again? Or regains control to save Dogsville but only because Paulla wounded his pride, not because he honestly wanted to help. Even if he enjoys the byproduct of helping. He's the same guy who wants absolution without ever admitting fault. Maybe that's why I was so moved by his face at the end of this scene: it was the closest thing I've seen to understanding that.
All he does in this episode is prove Caprica right. When she says she's no desire to join his harem, he starts out well. Denying it in a way I believe; it's not even defensive about him, it's honest pain for her because he just wanted to help her and instead he hurt her. And then he stops, and starts his spiel about how they're trying to help people. Yeah, he's trying to explain to her something he kind of believes, but it's just making it about him again. About how important he is. He's never gotten over his fear of being ordinary. "How can you think that of me?" he's saying. "I'm trying to HELP people down here!"
So next time he sees her, he does it again.
He'll never impress her by making it all about how great he is. It's not what she wants. What she wants is for him to see her; not be someone he thinks she'd like to see. The worst part is, I think he does see her, but not well enough to understand that's all he needs to do.
In conclusion: my hopes for the finale are still that everyone dies except Caprica. And maybe Sam.
So I'm still stuck with every single one of my neurotic worries about the show's endgame that I had in A Disquiet Follows My Soul, and there wasn't anything like awesome nihilism or minor character uprisings or political plots or great characteristion or crazy revelations to distract me like there usually are.
Dammit, I'm tired!
So basically I thought this was a pretty decent episode all told. You know, when ignoring my OMG TELL ME NOW issues.
Adama was a complete fucking jackass who is still incapable about making anything not about him. Cus for real, I've never had a particular problem with Tahmoh Penikett and his acting; he's good enough for the role and he does well in it, but this is the first time I've been really impressed by him. That scene with Adama was painful. Helo is just so hopeful, because that's all he's got, because if he doesn't hope, he will fall down on the floor and not get up again. And then Adama tells him to shut up and follow orders and he apologises to him. Because the poor boy is just so desperate and confused. He's sorry for everything and anything and would agree to anything if he can just get that raptor. Hope is all that's keeping him standing even though he doesn't have any; not really.
I'm not sure what they're doing with Boomer. I liked her interactions with Hera and the confirmation that basically she's just so frakked. She doesn't love Cavil; she doesn't love the Five; she doesn't want to be human; she doesn't want to be a machine; she doesn't want to die but I'm pretty sure there isn't really another option for her at this point. SOMEONE'S gonna kill her. I'd just rather she went out unrepentant than all self-sacrificing because given developments last week it'd be a shitty, "I redeemed myself through DEATH," thing which is...less interesting than, "I REGRET NOTHING, BITCHES!"
Speaking of Boomer: where the hell was Chief? Why wasn't he relaying information to Adama about the repairs? Why did we have random Deck Gang Dude? Did he get found out and put in the brig? WTH is going on with that?
Speaking of Boomer: OMG HERA CAN PROJECT! Awesome. I mean, she was already aware of the Opera House to a degree, but the daydream at the start also looks like she is kind of...in charge of that? I'm betting this isn't the first time she's done it, she just probably doesn't consider it that weird. It's like daydreaming for her? Anyway, that's cool. Also the new actress is growing on me somewhat. Although she's still less cute. But less less cute than last week.
In other plotlines, I continue to be completely fucking devastated by Laura's lack of awesome, especially since with such tiny fucking alterations I'd be okay with it. Like...dudes, have her be awesome during the mutiny because she's angry; have her more explicitly have to hand power over to Lee for health reasons. I WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT THEN. But just...gah.
The silver lining was that while I obviously was not thrilled about her waxing eloquent about MAH CABIN! MAH HOME! WITH YOOOOOU EVEN THOUGH I'M IN CHRONIC PAIN! WE ARE YOUR WIMMMIINZ! I did manage to retain some of my earlier-in-the-series alternate reading skills to the point that I think if I wasn't generally disgruntled, I'd've been fine with the scene.
Mainly because it struck me as classic Laura in a lot of ways. Not that she was lying exactly, but that she knew exactly what she needed to say to make Adama do the right thing. I kind of saw that whole thing as, "Oh Lords, he needs it broken to him gently and explained in small words again, doesn't he?" And when I look at it that way, with Laura using her own story to be kind to this stuck, out-of-touch old man so that he can handle the decisions he has to make because he's never been good at seeing reality, well, then I'm calmer.
I'm not sure what I think of the Anders subplot. On the one hand, forcibly turning people into hybrids is kind of awesome (though obviously it should have been Baltar and it should have involved painfully cutting off his legs). Like, conceptually I love it and I think it was quite beautifully and gracefully executed. But I'm worried that the payoff will go in a direction I don't like for the story?
Like, I 'ship neither L/K nor A/R but was willing to accept both of them as the endgame as of 4x10. A/R has obviously turned out far to obvious and agency-devouring on Laura's part for me to really be okay with anymore. L/K has been wonderfully understated but at this point, it's been so wonderfully understated to the point that up to and including this episode I have nothing but actual honest love for their season four relationship, that I worry the inevitable L/K ending is going to feel really tacked-on and false to me.
This season has sold me, so, so much that her relationship with Anders is true and real and there that I'm honestly not sure I do believe that she loves Lee as much (at least not in that way; as family, then yes, she loves him infinity). I always believed that Anders would probably die before the end/there would be some way of reconciling Kara and Lee.
But seriously, at this point I don't know if I'd buy it. I mean, I desperately want Anders to wake up and be okay. But if he doesn't, I don't want Kara to run off into the sunset with Lee. I kind of want her to hang out with her Hybridized husband having magical goo sex in the hopes it'll make him spout prophecy. And for Kara and Lee to continue this beautiful, accepting, loving, BFFship.
There might be something wrong with me...
I continue to continue to love the encylonment of Galactica - now complete with its own hybrid! - though I hope Sam is detachable cus I don't want him going down with the ship so Adama doesn't have to. (Oh, yeah, that's now my fondest hope for the end of the series, since clearly Galactica's gonna die: GO DOWN WITH YOUR SHIP, DUDE). Although I'm a little sad that the encylonment isn't working. BOO.
IT'S ALL DOWN TO THE CORNER CUTTING AND THE INFERIOR ALLOYS.
Oh, cranky deck gang Six. :( I LOVED YOU. At least you got a kickass funeral. I did like that funeral. I did think it was, like the moment with the memorial wall, a beautiful and understated and real way of expressing the further blending of the ship.
In the midst of all my character-plotline angst, I do continue to love the aesthetic of these episodes. Lost and hopeless until all people have is acceptance and hope even though both feel pretty meaningless. Like Helo. This episode was beautifully titled.
Followed by Baltar's desperate attempt to what? Why did he doe that? Because he'd had it up to here with
I'm a little disappointed Starbuck didn't punch him, but only a little. I actually think the slap worked in a more...exhausted and broken rather than angry way. I also believe she'd've told him. He has the skills she needs, would be intrigued enough to do it, and at this point, I really don't think fear of discovery is larger than fear of the unknown, so I was cool with that. Even if I did think the pissing thing was a little weird. Kinda funny, but weird. I mean, dude, okay the latch might be busted but you can still close the damn door!
What I'm really wondering about now, though, is how they'll handle it because obviously I'm still fixated on Daniel/Dreilide. Mainly because if they're going with the angel analogy we may never get a clear answer on that which would annoy me. Her potential status as a hybrid doesn't explain her resurrection (well, two resurrections; her ship and body were destroyed in the maelstrom first time). But it does help explain why she's got "destiny" in the first place. Similarly her being an angel doesn't explain her father knowing That Song. So we need two different things to be addressed here. Hopefully they will both be.
Which means I've said everything I want to except about, you got it, Caprica.
While I was grateful we got to see her at all, I'm not thrilled that we got, what, one scene where she says five lines and a few long distance shots.
So. An open letter.
My gods, writers, Tricia Helfer is an un-fucking-believably good actress. This character has un-fucking-believable amounts of issues and material to work with. She is a member of your main cast. Give her some fucking airtime already. I know we see Helfer in a lot of scenes. And I appreciate the way she nuances all the different Sixes, I do (I love Sonja; I loved Deckgang Six), but you're not giving any of them storylines.
Used to be, my only major issue with this season was the way you stole Laura's agency. Used to be, while I hated it, I could also acknowledge that Caprica's quiet storylines; so deeply powerful, so invisible, like riptides that only surfaced occasionally when suddenly she exploded and lead her people to New Caprica, or murdered Boomer and ran off with Hera, or started sharing the the mystic vision of the series, or one day beat the shit out of Saul Tigh, were part of why I loved her. Her lack of attention shaped her character in many ways. Not that she couldn't have been that person with more airtime. But she's quiet, and certain, and patient and full of love.
But guys, listen. Liam's not just about Tigh. Who we've seen comforted by Adama, and defended by Ellen, and now slowly coming to grips with the fact that maybe he lost Liam but maybe he also has the entire Cylon race, and Ellen can still hug him and stuff.
We don't even know where Caprica is living. And it sure as hell looks like she's staying in Sick Bay because she has nowhere else to go, so I assume Ellen moved right back in with Tigh (although she could have been visiting in that scene). That's heartbreaking, guys. Even if that was her choice, that's...awful. Especially after all that crap about how everyone loves everyone. Apparently not enough to give her a damn home after she loses her son. And the only other option she has is Baltar's harem.
Why the hell isn't this storyline about her?
Come on, guys. You can do it. Give her good material in the finale. Don't have her as an extra who goes along for the ride, picks up a kid in an Opera House and has some ambiguous ending. Do right by this exceptional character and exceptional actress.
I KNOW YOU CAN.
With reserved amounts of love,
me.
As to what we actually saw of Caprica in this episode, oh, dudes. :(
It was almost as painful as Helo. They might only give her a handful of lines but she does so well with them.
What I desperately want for her, by the end of the season, is for someone to see her. Just as her. Just as the amazing person she is. And love her for that. At this point, I think my last hope for that is going to be Gaius Baltar. Which in itself is a little sad.
On the plus side, James Callis played it beautifully and I did find myself remembering a lot of the reasons why, at the start of season three, I really just wanted both of them to save each other.
On the plus side, I love that Caprica didn't just fall back into that. She's not who she was. I'm glad that if Baltar wants some kind of reproachment with her, he'll have to work for it. I think he even starts to understand that.
And you know what, while it pisses me off that this whole story was kept to like, one thirty-second scene, Gaius' face at the end?
You guys, I think we might have just seen the very first time Caprica's ever broken someone else's heart. The first time someone looked at her and loved her with no ulterior motive.
Which is actually pretty mindblowing and beautiful.
It's also where we get to the downside. Which is heartbreaking in itself. I am finally at a point where I really believe Gaius might love her; be able to love her.
But I also completely agree with what Caprica said. He's still the same guy. Yes he wants to do something good, to be loved, to be a good man. But he's always wanted that. Now popularity and adoration comes in the form of "doing good" but how much of that is genuine? How much is Head!Six manipulating him? How long until he runs away to a Lida again? Or regains control to save Dogsville but only because Paulla wounded his pride, not because he honestly wanted to help. Even if he enjoys the byproduct of helping. He's the same guy who wants absolution without ever admitting fault. Maybe that's why I was so moved by his face at the end of this scene: it was the closest thing I've seen to understanding that.
All he does in this episode is prove Caprica right. When she says she's no desire to join his harem, he starts out well. Denying it in a way I believe; it's not even defensive about him, it's honest pain for her because he just wanted to help her and instead he hurt her. And then he stops, and starts his spiel about how they're trying to help people. Yeah, he's trying to explain to her something he kind of believes, but it's just making it about him again. About how important he is. He's never gotten over his fear of being ordinary. "How can you think that of me?" he's saying. "I'm trying to HELP people down here!"
So next time he sees her, he does it again.
He'll never impress her by making it all about how great he is. It's not what she wants. What she wants is for him to see her; not be someone he thinks she'd like to see. The worst part is, I think he does see her, but not well enough to understand that's all he needs to do.
In conclusion: my hopes for the finale are still that everyone dies except Caprica. And maybe Sam.
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Date: 2009-03-09 01:23 am (UTC)You icon looks appropriately shocked at this. :) I read someone saying they'd gotten slammed on B-Blog for saying they were sick of Adama's breakdowns. "But he's been through so much!" Only, compared to everyone else, he really hasn't. Everyone he loved was on the Galactica. Nothing he's gone through since then is by any means worse than Tigh or Laura or Kara or even Lee has, by any stretch. I think his popularity has been riding that atmo-jump for almost two seasons now. ;)
. He will eat the entirety of the Galactica's soundstages WHATEVER happens. At least this way we have the satisfaction of not having to factor him into our future daydreams of "what happens next."
Plus I can replay the moment of his death over and over again while laughing.
Heh - conceded. I probably will too. Down with the ship!
I didn't so much mind Lee "remembering" he's her friend because I honestly didn't see that as so much missing this season.
*nod* I have a lot of Kara/Lee shippers on my flist, so I've become acutely aware of every scene they haven't shared this season. *g* I totally believe the friendship has been there all along, but the fact that this scene finally happened right after Sam was hybridized makes me all cynical. (Sammy!)
I haven't so much been getting "off this mortal coil," vibes from Starbuck, but now I feel a bit daft for not getting them.
Well, I'm frantically trying to prepare myself for the possibility so I don't end up sobbing into my carpet, you know? So I may be reading to much into those moments.
As to the non-viability of Cylon/Cylon babies, I still don't get how Liam proved that.
Yeah, it was completely unnecessary, except in that it got our hopes up and then dashed them along with Caprica/the Cylons by proxy, maybe? But that doesn't seem like enough, so I hope it does have some payoff for her.
Caprica, Sam, Kara, Hera, Nicky and Leoben. Just one of him though.
So... Caprica and Leoben coparent the rugrats? Because I definitely see Kara and Sam as the fun/drunken Uncles.
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Date: 2009-03-09 10:06 am (UTC)Yeah, it was completely unnecessary, except in that it got our hopes up and then dashed them along with Caprica/the Cylons by proxy, maybe? But that doesn't seem like enough, so I hope it does have some payoff for her.
Yeah. Cus like...everything that his death prevented, plotwise, was only introduced in the episode he died in (Cylons splitting off and stuff). I suppose the easiest answer is that at this point in the cycle of time, Cylons start reproducing among themselves, they split off to form their own colony, the humans reform the 12 colonies; it all happens again. By dying, Liam made them stick together and blend as a society thus frakking the cycle of time (and bringing back the Opera House visions) but... It seems a very emotionally manipulative way to tell that story since there's been so little fallout and I'd like some of that discussed please. *sigh*
So... Caprica and Leoben coparent the rugrats? Because I definitely see Kara and Sam as the fun/drunken Uncles.
Actually I was thinking of the OT3 of your icon, but that also works.
I come from the Laura Roslin school of problem solving. i.e. everything's fixable with a baby that's not actually yours. Perhaps we ought to add Kacey to the mix just to be safe.