It's taken me all week to get my head around The Road Less Traveled. I've watched and re-watched. I've discussed it with my inner circle of BSG nerds and no matter how I look at it; I'm bummed on this episode.

Maybe because the previous episodes have been so strong it made this episode feel that much weaker.

Look, I understand storytelling. I understand exposition, setting up the arcs for the big payoffs etc etc. This episode just felt like it was treading water.

Baltar has once again set himself up in direct conflict with Roslin. Great. But I've seen that coming for three episodes and this episode really didn't move the story along. Same with Starbuck. Who didn't see a mutiny coming as soon as they were on the Demetrius? Why play it out so long?

And where the hell is Adama? Enough of him being Roslin's nursemaid. Seriously, who wants to see him reading every week? In the grand scope of the BSG mythology Adama has been there for all the major events in some way and to have him on the backburner right now in this crucial time is out of character.

There are a finite number of episodes left of BSG and I was actually bored and pissed off by this episode because I felt like it wasted valuable time. These characters deserve more.
And just to end on a positive (because even an off episode of BSG is better than anything else on TV) the Leoben — Anders dialogue was great and opens an intriguing door. Human — Cylon alliance? Holy crap.

Next week's previews look killer.
Cheers,
Scott