Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996
From: Michele Martin
Subject: If you thought G80 was bad....

Hey All!
I don't know if I should really subject y'all to this, but what the
heck.... Recently, despite all our best attempts as a list to deny its
existence, the subject of G80 has resurfaced, mostly of course, to
reiterate just how bad it really was.  However, just to keep things in
perspective I present the following, an idea that popped into my head
after a spontaneous discussion at lab today regarding the ubiquitious
presence of Aaron Spelling in American television.  G80 was bad, very
bad, but things could have been much worse.  For example, what
if...Aaron Spelling had taken over the second season of Battlestar
Galactica?  Instead of Galactica 1980, we could have had.......

GALACTICA 90210
In the season opener, Starbuck wrestles with questions about his
relationship to Cassiopea.  Teetering on the brink of deciding to ask
her to be his wife, he is shocked and horrified to accidently learn
that she's been secretly having a torrid affair with...Apollo!! 
Feeling confused, betrayed and hurt, he seeks comfort with his ex-lover
Athena, only to learn that she's been having a clandestine torrid
affair with...Boomer!  He flees to the celestial chamber to seek solace
and to gather his thoughts and finds Sheba there, also struggling to
deal with her own sudden discovery of the Apollo's relationship with
Cassiopea. Drawn together by their mutual hurts, they begin their own
torrid affair.

Meanwhile, tension in the command structure mounts as Tigh and Adama
both strive to win the attentions of Siress Tinia. When Adama proves
victorious, Tigh plots to take over control of the Galactica _and_ the
Council of the Twelve.  However, his plans are thwarted at every turn
by Omega and Rigel, who aren't having a torrid affair only because they
were secretly sealed three sectons earlier while on furlon in the
Chapel O' Love on board the Rising Star.

Elsewhere on the Galactica, Jolly is feeling increasingly depressed and
overwhelmed due to mounting pressure from his job as a Colonial Warrior
and because there are no really strong female characters left with whom
he can have a torrid affair.  Seeking some form of escape and some
extra currency, he turns first to mushie dealing.  He lures poor,
innocent Boxey into the dark world of mushie addiction.

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I'm sorry--I don't know _where_ that came from. My only excuse is that
it's late and I didn't get enough sleep last night and lab has been
really stressful and, and.... I'm just a very sick and twisted person.
:)

Michele