Lee was observing the letter of the orders he was given. Sometimes that's good, sometimes that's bad. I think what it was indicative of was how Lee views his people and his ship - he's a counter-puncher, someone who works to preserve his resources as long as possible Yeah that scene did work to show that Lee and Kendra have really different approaches, but I felt that the execution was a little sloppy. Overall though it worked and it's consistent with what we've seen of Lee before.
Lee's in this for the long haul - he's not going to throw lives away. It's something we see again in S3 - in terms of strategy and tactics, Lee definitely has strategy front and centre in his plans. Aha, definitely. He's completely consistent in that.
In Lee's case, I think he blinked because where Cain would simply have jumped, he was considering the risks involved. Yes. I'm glad he did because there were huge risks involved and they ran right up against then. There's an interesting observation to be made there because Lee's strategy game had to involve risk there--he couldn't play it safe forever, and that's the reality of command. It's not usually Lee who's a risk-taker but when he is it costs him a great deal. I still can't help but feel that other risk-takers (*cough* Kara) get it easier on this show in terms of their plans paying off.
I think it'll make S3 somewhat more effective when watched again, because the baseline will be Razor - we'll have seen him at his best as a Commander, and have that to compare him against, rather than the man in pain in LDYB, or the man falling apart in Black Market. *nods* It was really tough as a Lee fan going into S3 because there was so little hard proof of what I always felt he was capable of. I feel so glad that we got to see him in command here. It makes the loss of the Pegasus more poignant, it makes it easier to understand why Kara loves him, it makes it easier to see why Lee was so torn about whether to stay in the military at all or not and what to do after he lost his role as commander. It also makes more sense of Dee's 'you need a war' statement which never rang wholly true for me before. But under pressure Lee does excel, even if it exacts a high personal cost. Languishing in a meaningless command circling New Caprica must have been hell. Also, I mentioned above to Latte that it's made another S3 scene make a lot more sense to me--the one where Dee is supportive of his decision to leave the New Capricans behind and he seems so closed off but thankful for her saying that all the same. And then he ends up going back anyway. All of that makes SO much more sense in the light of these events. Because Lee knows he CAN make the hard decisions but he also knows the true weight of them because he's made them before and nearly lost Kara then. And he winds up not being able to live with that again and takes the Pegasus into an entirely dangerous situation. Even if you don't read that as shippy it's brilliant growth as a character and makes Lee far more coherent without having to extrapolate from hints for once. \o/
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Yeah that scene did work to show that Lee and Kendra have really different approaches, but I felt that the execution was a little sloppy. Overall though it worked and it's consistent with what we've seen of Lee before.
Lee's in this for the long haul - he's not going to throw lives away. It's something we see again in S3 - in terms of strategy and tactics, Lee definitely has strategy front and centre in his plans.
Aha, definitely. He's completely consistent in that.
In Lee's case, I think he blinked because where Cain would simply have jumped, he was considering the risks involved.
Yes. I'm glad he did because there were huge risks involved and they ran right up against then. There's an interesting observation to be made there because Lee's strategy game had to involve risk there--he couldn't play it safe forever, and that's the reality of command. It's not usually Lee who's a risk-taker but when he is it costs him a great deal. I still can't help but feel that other risk-takers (*cough* Kara) get it easier on this show in terms of their plans paying off.
I think it'll make S3 somewhat more effective when watched again, because the baseline will be Razor - we'll have seen him at his best as a Commander, and have that to compare him against, rather than the man in pain in LDYB, or the man falling apart in Black Market.
*nods* It was really tough as a Lee fan going into S3 because there was so little hard proof of what I always felt he was capable of. I feel so glad that we got to see him in command here. It makes the loss of the Pegasus more poignant, it makes it easier to understand why Kara loves him, it makes it easier to see why Lee was so torn about whether to stay in the military at all or not and what to do after he lost his role as commander. It also makes more sense of Dee's 'you need a war' statement which never rang wholly true for me before. But under pressure Lee does excel, even if it exacts a high personal cost. Languishing in a meaningless command circling New Caprica must have been hell. Also, I mentioned above to Latte that it's made another S3 scene make a lot more sense to me--the one where Dee is supportive of his decision to leave the New Capricans behind and he seems so closed off but thankful for her saying that all the same. And then he ends up going back anyway. All of that makes SO much more sense in the light of these events. Because Lee knows he CAN make the hard decisions but he also knows the true weight of them because he's made them before and nearly lost Kara then. And he winds up not being able to live with that again and takes the Pegasus into an entirely dangerous situation. Even if you don't read that as shippy it's brilliant growth as a character and makes Lee far more coherent without having to extrapolate from hints for once. \o/