BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Okay, as if we needed the Cylon situation to get any more complicated, we now have political intrigue and backstabbing among the toasters. Hmm, perhaps the skin jobs are more human than merely being humanoid. Distressed that the Raiders had become sentient, Cavil led a movement to lobotimize them. The Cavil Ones were joined by the Fours (led by Simon) and Fives (led by Doral), but opposed by the Sixes, Eights (Sharons) and Twos (Leobens). But when "Boomer" split with the other Eights and went to Cavil's side, it gave him the winning edge. This political fracturing left many questions, among them: Why did Boomer's vote count more than the rest of her line of Eights? There was already a Sharon at the meeting, so shouldn't their votes have at least canceled out? Cavil showed a remarkable lack of imagination for a leader (again, making him seem more human). Six demonstrated her lateral thinking by conspiring with the Eights and Twos to give the Centurions — the red-eyed foot soldiers — sentience and then ordering the Ones, Fours and Fives executed. Did Centurions wipe out all the models on all the Basestars, or just the "leaders"? Does this mean no more Dean Stockwell? Looking forward, this period of turmoil seems to me like the perfect time for Six to "unbox" the Threes. Everybody wants to see Lucy Lawless return. But don’t even ask me why Baltar saw a "virtual Baltar" instead of Six…

TORCHWOOD: I'm a sucker for origin stories, so "Fragments" had me at hello. After being caught in a series of bomb blasts, the barely alive members of Torchwood flashed back to how they joined the institute. It was fun filling in the team backstories — especially seeing how Jack hooked up with Torchwood back in 1899. I have really enjoyed seeing Torchwood agents from the past all season long. (The institute has been around since 1879, so let’s see more of that colorful history! And more Blow Fish!) Tosh's shady background was a real surprise (not quite so mousy, was she?), and Owen's heartbreaking loss of his fiancée finally explained why the medic tries so hard not to let anyone know he has a heart. The icing on the cake was discovering that Jack's renegade ex (in many senses of the word), Capt. John Hart (James Marsters), had engineered the explosions. John said he simply wanted Jack to pay attention for him. Well, John has everyone’s attention now!

See you on the next Night Shift....