Someone to Watch Over Me (Battlestar Galactica)
"Someone to Watch Over Me" | |
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Battlestar Galactica episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 17 |
Directed by | Michael Nankin |
Written by | David Weddle Bradley Thompson |
Original air date | February 27, 2009 |
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"Someone to Watch Over Me" is the seventeenth episode in the fourth season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. It aired on television in the United States and Canada on February 27, 2009. The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,556.
Plot
Thrace makes friends with the bar's piano player, and slowly reveals to him that her father used to play the piano too. During the process, she discusses her childhood and her feelings towards her father, who left the family and never contacted her or her mother again, much as the piano player did with his own family. Thrace assists the piano player with writing a new song. Eventually, he convinces a reluctant Thrace to play the piano too. The piano player shows affection towards Starbuck much in the same way her father did. Together they play a song she faintly remembers from her childhood, and eventually she realizes a drawing given to her earlier by Hera Agathon is not a drawing of stars, as Hera said, but a sequence of musical notes that matches the song from her memory.
Together, Thrace and the piano player reconstruct the song, which turns out to be the music the four of the
In the meantime,
She beats
Ratings
"Someone to Watch Over Me" was seen by 1.657 million viewers (live viewing plus same day digital video recorder viewing), about 100,000 more viewers than for the previous episode.[1]
Production
Writer David Weddle comments on Boomer's motives: "It's difficult to say someone who did that loves the Chief, and yet in her damaged way, I think she did and still does love him."[2]
Due to the musical focus in this episode, composer Bear McCreary was involved in production of the episode from the earliest drafts.[3][4][5] While attempting to compose a new song together with Kara Thrace, the piano player (Slick) moves his fingers across the keyboard searching for a melody, a riff which Thrace recognizes as sounding similar to a classical piece called “Nomion’s 3rd Sonata, 2nd Movement” which in actuality is the opening fanfare to the original Battlestar Galactica: a piece called “Exploration” written by Stu Phillips.[4]
Critical reception
Alan Sepinwall of
References
- ^ Seidman, Robert (March 3, 2009). "WWE RAW, The Closer and President Obama Lead Cable Viewing". TVBytheNumbers.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009.
- ^ Maureen Ryan (2009-02-28). "Play it again, Starbuck: Talking to Weddle and Thompson about 'Someone to Watch Over Me'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ McCreary, Bear (2009-02-27). "BG4: "Someone to Watch Over Me," Pt 1". bearmccreary.com. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ a b McCreary, Bear (2009-02-27). "BG4: "Someone to Watch Over Me," Pt 2". bearmccreary.com. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ McCreary, Bear (2009-02-27). "BG4: "Someone to Watch Over Me," Pt 3". bearmccreary.com. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ Sepinwall, Alan (2009-02-28). "Battlestar Galactica, "Someone to Watch Over Me": Shoot the piano player". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- Paste Magazine. Archived from the originalon 2 October 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Goldman, Eric (2 March 2009). "Battlestar Galactica: "Someone to Watch Over Me" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ West, Kelly (27 February 2009). "TV Recap: Battlestar Galactica - Someone To Watch Over Me". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Bernardin, Marc (28 February 2009). "'Battlestar Galactica' recap: Make Room For Daddy". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
External links
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" at Battlestar Wiki
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" at Syfy
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" at IMDb