Spoilers

“Collaborators”

Tough episode as we deal with the fallout of everything that happened on New Caprica over the last year or so.

Characters have deep scars that have changed them drastically. Characters such as Kara are now filled with a desire or need for vengeance to try and fill the hole inside of them. A raw anger has taken over her as well as Col. Tigh.

Both of them wound up on a council of six aka The Circle that was set up by President Tom Zarek (Richard Hatch) to be the jury of those who collaborated with the Cylons.

Jammer was the first one we saw sent out the airlock, ending Dominic Zamprogna’s run on the show (and sent him to General Hospital). There was an absolute air of vengeance to the Circle that seemed to outweigh the justice they were searching for. Individuals seemed to be playing out their personal traumas on this jury, trying to find justice.

This made me think of PTSD, as these survivors of the Cylon control were acting on their own traumas and making decisions that they should never had been placed in charge of.

Zarek agreed to stand down as president, a position he inherited with Baltar’s absence. Zarek knew his presidency would not be supported by the military. He set it up so that Roslin would be appointed vice-president and then he would resign, effectively making her president once again.

Her first order of business was to issue a pardon to all humans who had worked with the Cylons in any capacity. It was a step in an attempt to begin to heal from the nightmare they all suffered. However, I get the distinct feeling that there will be some characters, including some of out beloved characters, who will not be anxious to move on.