BSG vs Lost: Week 7

We're in the home stretch of this showdown as there are only two more nights of BSG to go after last week's episode. I've kinda enjoyed doing this weekly review so I may have to find a new opponent for Lost in a couple of weeks or maybe I'll switch to a Show Of The Week format! Who knows?

But for now, it's still a head-to-head showdown between Lost and BSG for Television Supremacy.

Lost was wacky this week but had some big moments. We saw what was presumably the four-toed statue we saw all those episodes ago once again - and it was dressed in Egyptian garb. We got to see Sawyer, Juliet, Miles, and Jin living the Dharma lifestyle in what is apparently the 1970s. And of course, we got to find out that Sawyer and Juliet have grown quite close in those long three years.

But he didn't look like he forgot what Kate looked like, did he?

I commented to the Missus that even the love triangle/quadrangle on this show has been written uniquely. Most shows tend to write their triangles in such a way that you immediately pick a favorite and root for that person while at the same time, it's easy to know which way the writers are wanting you to lean as well. Lost avoids that like the plague. We've seen great moments between Jack and Kate, Kate and Sawyer, Jack and Juliet, and now Sawyer and Juliet - all of which make you think you probably would be just fine if that's how the show ended up. There's never any sign of which way the writers are pushing the situation and quite frankly, it's pretty tough to root for one over the other.

It was an interesting episode while not the most awe-inspiring after the past several weeks of question answering.

BSG took a step up this week with some pretty dramatic shit as well. The ship is dying and now we all know it including the President, Tigh, and Adama. Boomer did indeed kidnap Hera for Cavil but seems to be having some regrets over that decision. Kara continues to have issues with who she is with Gaius providing the latest theory - she's an angel. Don't know about that one, buddy. Oh, and don't forget Anders getting plugged into the machine and becoming one of the weird Hybrid dealies.

All in all - a much more compelling episode than we've seen recently.

This week is close. Very close.

But in the end, I decided that BSG just barely squeaked this one out. So, after seven weeks of head-to-head battle...

Lost - 4
BSG - 3

With Lost taking a week off this week, there'll be no score added until the BSG finale week. One final showdown with a win by Lost or an overall tie. It's quite anti-climactic, isn't it?