Newscoma’s got one of the first posts up about last night’s season premiere of Battlestar Galactica. If you missed it, you can watch the full episode online at the official website.

Spoilers after the jump…

In a nutshell: Kara’s back after finding Earth, and Roslin (among others) doesn’t believe her, even though Kara stood by her when everybody thought she was nuts. Anders may be activated (that scene was really cool). Baltar’s self-importance is vindicated once again after he ’saved’ that boy from encephalitis, and despite his eye bags and greasy mug he still manages to get laid by the hottest chick in the room. Lee whips out the brother card, and Bill continues to be confused and leads the fleet further away from Earth, despite Kara’s adamant (whoa - Adama=adamant) declarations that they’re going the wrong way. Action packed!

‘Coma sums up the show’s appeal:

I find the one word that describes BSG so well is “flawed.” Leaders are flawed, arrogant and self-righteous. The crew is flawed, with four of the most intricately placed leaders from blue-collar Tyrol who fought so valiantly in the Resistance to Anders, a hero among heroes discovering they are what they hated the most. I think Saul will have the roughest time with his discovery. Their discovery that they were not what they thought they were, remember Boomer, is intricate. They realize they are on borrowed time, and Kara, who may or may not know what the hell she’s talking about although I suspect she does, is once again, not believed. The survivors are sheep, if you will, following along because they don’t know what else to do. Even the Cylons are flawed. Wicked, delicious and looking for the same thing the humans are.

We’ve got 19 interesting episodes coming our way.