I’m a very happy fan today. I found (on TelevisionWithoutPity Forum – I love this forum!) a link to SCIFIPEDIA site, where Jamie Bamber shares his knowledge about Apollo.

It’s HERE

I’m not sure how spoilery my comments are, but since they refer to the episode 3.14 “A Day in the Life” – that is going to shed some light on the Adamas’ past – I’m going to put that behind LJ-cut.

What made me most happy is the fact that there was no Anne! Bill Adama never re-married, his first wife’s name was simply Carolanne. I knew it! I knew it, and I even wrote it in that backstory fanfic, that I’m never going to recommend again, because I read it a couple of weeks ago, and it’s horribly written. I don’t know English grammar, I must admit. But I digress…

So there was no Anne, what made me very happy, and another thing I kind-of liked was how JB explained Lee’s jealousy of Kara way back in the Academy days. It’s rather vague, so there isn’t much to be joyful about, but he doesn’t specifically say that Zak met Kara, and then introduced her to Lee. So it can be interpreted either way, and I refuse to agree that “Kara met the wrong Adama first”. I always had the impression that Lee and Kara knew each other for a long, long time, and the “wrong Adama first” opinion is only Katee Shackoff’s way of seeing her character, not a general cannon.

As for the relationship between Lee and Zak it’s just like most of the fans (including me of course) guess. Zak was the easy-going kiddo, whom Lee loved very much and tried to protect, blah, blah.

Oh, and I also like JB's analysis of reasons of Lee's depression, but that I could talk about till the morning, so...

Now what I dislike – it’s the mention of abuse inflicted on her sons by Carolanne. My personal fanwank was always that Lee’s mother was abusive, but in a more “sophisticated” way than hitting (especially under the influence of alcohol!). I thought of her as a mental-, emotional abuser. You know, of the kind that loves you, so she pushes you away (the pattern with Kara, much?); or undermining his self-confidence in any other way.
Making her a physical abuser means that TPTB are just trying to make Lee more similar to Kara (but stll a shadow of her), not a character of his own – at least that’s what I’m afraid of.

And since I’m at it, I’ll say what I’m afraid of with regard to “Unfinished Business”. Someone at TwoP Forum (again, I love that forum) mentioned that possibly there was an aborted Starpollo. This idea ticks me off so much, that if this comes true, I might even stop watching this show. And it’s not because I’m against abortion (I’m not, and we in Poland have probably the most restrictive anti-abortion law, so it generally ticks us off either way, but this Real Life subject is to complex for me to discuss on the internet, so I’ll shut up), but because it would make all the Kacey storyline seem like a punishment for Starbuck. Or well, whatever.

So I’ll even take Lee being dumped on his ass, thus getting depressed, over the Starpollo scenario. Though that’s lame also. Heh. All I’m looking forward to in this episode, really, is Lee’s ass getting kicked (am I twisted?) – so I at least won’t be disappointed. Oh, and this little moment where he’s happy. That scene in the previews, and his laugh, smile there, are so heartwarming. Poor Lee…