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I'm a twentysomething white male with ambitions to be a professional film critic and generally spend my days getting paid to watch movies and write about it. A compulsive reader and stubborn cineaste, I take an often contrary stance to my more fundamentalist peers and upbringing by celebrating the pursuit of the good, and the Good, in life, love, art and film. If you watched enough episodes of certain TV shows — for starters, "The Hungry and the Hunted," "The Cut Man Cometh," "The Body," "The Zeppo," "Waiting in the Wings," "Out of Gas," "April Is the Cruelest Month," "20 Hours in America," "Colonial Day," "An Echolls Family Christmas," "Look Who's Stalking," "The Garage Door," "Charlie Gets Crippled," "Wind Sprints," and "Corner Boys" — you would understand me completely, and you'd also realize that much of my worldview and philosophical insights are heavily influenced by fictional works/programs, and many of the good things I've said in my life are just a regurgitation of someone else's imaginings, or at any rate a heartfelt attempt to interpret them. I guess I was made to be a film critic.

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August 5, 2008

I Still Miss Billy

By Dan Carlson

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Over at Pajiba, I take my third and final turn in our group look at the best 20 seasons of TV in the past 20 years with another modern classic, the first season of "Battlestar Galactica."

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Comments: 3

Avelino

I still think Season 3 beats out Season 1 - for spoilers sake I won't go into detail, but Adama's face at the end of Maelstrom, the webisodes leading up to the the season, everything in Occupation/Precipice/Exodus, and then the chilling climax of Crossroads - that's where it's at.

Aug 5, 2008 2:33 PM

Dan

I do love me some "Crossroads," and the rescue sequence where Galactica jumps into New Caprica atmo, launches Vipers, and jumps away is still among the greatest things I've ever seen. But Season 3 also has "The Woman King," which is a prime example of pure crap filler. Season 1 was all killer. I gots to show my love.

Though "Unfinished Business" knocked me on my ass.

Aug 6, 2008 10:26 AM

Joey

I'll go with Season One, too. I'm sure a part of my own hairline retreat is due to the stress of 33.

I miss Billy, too, but how could he compete with Lee Adama? He probably made the right choice. Oh, D. Look what you did.

Aug 7, 2008 7:09 PM

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