Somehow we’re coming up on the end of the series. Including this episode, there are three stories left. Means we’re going to start wrapping things up, or at least as much as Galactica is willing to do.

Someone to Watch Over Me debuted on 27 February, 2009, andd was written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson.

A few episodes back, the series dropped a line about a piano being added to the bar, well now, that comes back into play, as Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) is haunted by who/what she is. Unable to figure that out, she meets the player in the bar who reminds her of his father.

There’s a touch of a riff on the Exploration Theme from the original series.

Starbuck is troubled by her attemp to recall a melody from her childhood, something her father wrote. She gets some help from a drawing by Hera (Iliana Gomez-Martinez). She spends time with the player, Slick (Roark Critchlow), who, in typical Galactica fashion may be more than we initially believe him to be.

And the melody? All Along the Watchtower… so what is her connection to the Cylons?

It’s interestting to see the routine she’s fallen in to, like everyone else. And it’s wild seeing so many Cylon models helping out, including in the pilots’ ready room, and even members of the new Quorum.

A newly elected Six (Tricia Helfer) asks for Boomer to be retturned to them, to stand trial for treason, and yrol (Aaron Douglas) needs to figure out what he’s going to do.

He comes up with a plan to help Boomer escape, and she does, but also makes sure she has Hera with her!

Islanded in a Stream of Stars is the penultimate story before the season finale. Written by Michael Taylor, it aired on 6 March, 2009. It was directed by Edward James Olmos.

The extended cut of the episode, with ttwenty additional minutes is the preferred cut.

Cavil (Dean Stockwell) has Hera. Adama (Olmos) is trying to figure out a way to recover her. Ellen (Kate Vernon) suggests they may have gone to the Home Colony, where the Cylons went after the fall of Earth. But it will be a Cylon stronghold.

Starbuck makes the argument that they have to go after Hera, revealing to Adama, Tigh (Michael Hogan), Ellen and Lee (Jamie Bamber) the song connectiton between her and the Cylons.

Adama also comes to the realization that the Galactica may be at the end of her days, she’s coming apart, slowly, but inevitably. He prepares to have her decommissioned and share her parts throughout the fleet. This will move the military, the pilots, and the CIC to the Cylon baseship.

He’s having a rough time, but his connection with Roslin (Mary McDonnell), who is growing worse, grounds him. But he’s also preparing to deal with her death as well as that of the Galactica.

Starbuck also shares her experience on Earth with Baltar (James Callis) who uses the opportunity to proclaim her an angel, which causes more problems on the flight deck.

And all of this causes Bill to fall apart. And what does it mean for Starbuck?

Next time, we finish the series. And wow, what a ride.