The symbolism of the bird... I didn't quite get it either but I had a flashback to Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers -" and also the fact that this bird was not trapped but not seizing its freedom either. In a way, it is sort of like Lee, not knowing exactly what he wanted or anything, but coming back drunk (from a party most likely since I did catch what he was saying and I agree ^_^), and just - Who is he? Why is he doing what he does? Anyway, not sure if it makes any sense but those were the sort of places my mind took me to. LOL!
As for Baltar, the scenes, particularly the last one with Caprica Six, really nailed something for me even though it's been part of his character from the beginning.
In a way, Baltar was ashamed, and he was very much the child still seeking approval. He still is. He's the sort of character who needs his ego stroked, and this eventually leads to the destruction of the colonies. However, he also does genuinely try to care, to love, but it's as if... his ego always gets in the way, and he doesn't learn.
The thing that really struck me was Baltar's facial expression (and James Callis was great with this)when Caprica told him that his father was happy, that it doesn't take all that much to make a person happy sometimes. In a way, that moment really defines who Baltar is: he's grateful to a certain extent because his father had been an unwanted burden (even though, subconciously, I thought that he wanted that burden), but he's also surprsingly disappointed and discomfitted by the fact that he, in all of his genius and riches, as the man's son, could not make his father happy.
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As for Baltar, the scenes, particularly the last one with Caprica Six, really nailed something for me even though it's been part of his character from the beginning.
In a way, Baltar was ashamed, and he was very much the child still seeking approval. He still is. He's the sort of character who needs his ego stroked, and this eventually leads to the destruction of the colonies. However, he also does genuinely try to care, to love, but it's as if... his ego always gets in the way, and he doesn't learn.
The thing that really struck me was Baltar's facial expression (and James Callis was great with this)when Caprica told him that his father was happy, that it doesn't take all that much to make a person happy sometimes. In a way, that moment really defines who Baltar is: he's grateful to a certain extent because his father had been an unwanted burden (even though, subconciously, I thought that he wanted that burden), but he's also surprsingly disappointed and discomfitted by the fact that he, in all of his genius and riches, as the man's son, could not make his father happy.
Ah. I'm being rambly again. (-_-)"