Caprica is a very different type of sci-fi series, but I've still enjoyed it so far. It's been a bit slow, but last week's episode was excellent and started a storyline I hoped to see continued. Well, it wasn't continued this week, because instead we went back to the slow moving character drama of the first four episodes. I didn't mind that the first handful of episodes, but I thought this episode dragged and was quite boring at times.

Tamara is adjusting to life in V-World and she comes to know a group of gamers. The leader figures out that Tamara is one of the dead in the MAGLEV bombing and tells her so. The leader then ropes Tamara into a virtual bank heist where she learns she is very special. She ends up shooting everyone in the group except her guide, a boy who is very shy in the real world. She tells him to take a message to her father, and he does.

Daniel goes on “Backtalk with Baxter Sarno” to do some damage control and ends up pissing off Amanda, who goes to the studio to take over the interview. Once Amanda gets on the air, many admissions are made that stun the audience, and spell disaster for Greystone Industries. Amanda and Daniel come to a new understanding with each other and fall back in love with each other, more.

A poopstorm has occurred with Amanda’s revelation of Zoe’s actions. Daniel gets a beat on from the Adama brothers and Joseph demands to be reunited with the avatar Tamara. Seems Joseph has had a rethink on the avatar, but Daniel tells him that the avatar is lost. Joseph doesn’t care and beats on Daniel as a message to get with the program.

I love this girl.

This takes place after the bombing and the subsequent downloading of Zoe’s virtual self into a Cylon body. Joseph Adama still cannot reconcile himself to a virtual Tamara, but sees that he cannot go without her, so he tries to ask Greystone to see her again, but her matrix was lost when Greystone downloaded Zoe.

The Battlestar Galactica prequel series – Caprica – is finally here, but it's a show that won't necessarily automatically impress those of BSG. There are indeed several stylized themes that are shared between the two, but whereas BSG was a space-faring adventure with philosophical ideals, Caprica is a human drama with philosophical ideas first and foremost. It might be hard to keep this series interesting week in and week out, but as of right now I'm pleasantly surprised and fulfilled by what I saw in the first episode.

Would you like to see Caprica for free and in a completely legitimate way? Well good news - now you can. Syfy is now officially streaming the full Extended Cut edition of the Caprica pilot on their website for free.

James Marsters - who most people know as Spike from Buffy and Angel - has just signed on to appear in a three-episode arc of Caprica.

"Marsters will play a dangerous terrorist leader by the name of Barnabus Greeley in a minimum of three episodes. Driven by desires both moralistic and carnal, Barnabus is as lethal as he is unpredictable."

Comedian Patton Oswalt - best known for such roles as the lead in Pixar's Ratatouille - has just signed on to be a recurring character in the new Caprica series.

"Oswalt will play Baxter Sarno, a popular Caprican comedian talk show host on whose show Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) and Amanda Graystone (Paula Malcomson), ultimately appear."

Caprica - Ron Moore's upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel series - has already premiered when it comes to being released as a DVD (I've got it...need to watch and review it), but there hasn't been a network premiere date listed until now.

Syfy announced that its highly anticipated prequel series Caprica will kick off with a two-hour premiere on Jan. 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and will air Fridays at 10 p.m.

The two-hour Caprica premiere, which will transition into a full-fledged Battlestar Galactica prequel series, will be coming to DVD on April 21st. The DVD will be "a limited-edition uncut and unrated version before the series' broadcast premiere on the SCI FI Channel in 2010." So if you want to see Caprica before anyone else and crave your Battlestar Galactica universe fix, it looks like you'll have to purchase the DVD or else wait.

Jane Espenson did some of the best episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and has been doing a good job too working on Battlestar Galactica. Battlestar Galactica creator Ron Moore is apparently so happy with her work that he's going to eventually give her the responsibility of showrunner on Caprica once it gets going. Until she takes over the showrunner job, she will write and be the co-executive producer of the show.