Podcast:Black Market

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Teaser

Hello, and welcome to the podcast for episode 14, "Black Market." I'm Ronald D. Moore, executive producer and developer of the new Battlestar Galactica. And today's podcast we're gonna be something a little bit different, actually, than the norm. We're going to be talking about an episode that I don't particularly like (Chuckles) and discussing maybe the reasons why it doesn't work and the problems I think are inherent in this particular episode. I think I should also make it clear from the outset that the criticisms and implied criticisms of this episode really should not be laid at the doorstep of the production team, or the cast, or crew, or the writing staff, or anybody else. It's really my responsibility as head writer and one of the executive producers. The decisions that led to this episode being something that I'm not as enamored with really can all be tracked back to decisions that I made at various stages in the creative process. So this is really a- a podcast devoted to self-examination, self-criticism, more than anything else, and going through why this particular episode doesn't seem like it fits as well within the- the pantheon of what we've established.

Ok. Here we are at the top of the show. This particular opening was not scripted this way. This was the ending. And it is- it's a flash-forward to the end of the show, with Lee facing down Bill Duke's character.