Yeah, don't get me wrong, Baltar's definitely going to be involved. I don't think he's just going to sit on the sidelines; never have. Remember, I was the dude who kept harping on the Baltar-as-Gollum (sorta-kinda) thing, where he just manages to survive every crazy event and it ends up being important that he did. Never was really sure whether or not that meant he'd do something good or just luck into doing something good (like Gollum), but either way, he's too important.
BUT, the show's definitely going to mess with us in the end, and even if things are happy overall, there's going to be some bleak stuff. Baltar helping out, but still ultimately being selfish, doesn't seem out of the question, though I agree it's not the most likely explanation. The most likely explanation is that they had to show us his flashbacks so we could see Caprica Six showing him the value of doing something right (which she did, by paying attention to his father). He's ruminating on that, presumably because it's going to really hit him. It just hasn't yet, is all.
And yeah, I think the Tryol thing simply came from them being worried about having enough volunteers. Lee was on the phone telling someone that even people imprisoned for the mutiny were to be let out in order to help, and they did something way worse than Tyrol.
Agree about the Roslin stuff. I don't know if it really told me anything significant about her character (except that she doesn't freak out and cry when terrible things happen, which I suppose is relevant given her rise to power).
Really worried about Adama going down with the ship at this point...probably with Roslin by his side. It just fits too well...he's been breaking down, he's going on one last mission, he's still on the ship even though almost everyone else is leaving. Ugh...it just makes too much sense.
By the by, we still don't know exactly what Adama was trying to talk his way out of in his flashback. Something to do with Galactica? Something that, if he'd gotten his way and not done it, he'd never have ended up on the ship, and therefore would have died on Caprica? That's my guess, at least.
BUT, the show's definitely going to mess with us in the end, and even if things are happy overall, there's going to be some bleak stuff. Baltar helping out, but still ultimately being selfish, doesn't seem out of the question, though I agree it's not the most likely explanation. The most likely explanation is that they had to show us his flashbacks so we could see Caprica Six showing him the value of doing something right (which she did, by paying attention to his father). He's ruminating on that, presumably because it's going to really hit him. It just hasn't yet, is all.
And yeah, I think the Tryol thing simply came from them being worried about having enough volunteers. Lee was on the phone telling someone that even people imprisoned for the mutiny were to be let out in order to help, and they did something way worse than Tyrol.
Agree about the Roslin stuff. I don't know if it really told me anything significant about her character (except that she doesn't freak out and cry when terrible things happen, which I suppose is relevant given her rise to power).
Really worried about Adama going down with the ship at this point...probably with Roslin by his side. It just fits too well...he's been breaking down, he's going on one last mission, he's still on the ship even though almost everyone else is leaving. Ugh...it just makes too much sense.
By the by, we still don't know exactly what Adama was trying to talk his way out of in his flashback. Something to do with Galactica? Something that, if he'd gotten his way and not done it, he'd never have ended up on the ship, and therefore would have died on Caprica? That's my guess, at least.