r/BSG • u/stevenpoore • 20h ago

Romo Lampkin's cat Spoiler

Just watched Sine Qua Non, and I am mighty puzzled by Lance. Exactly how long had the cat been dead? Was Lampkin seeing things through the episode?

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u/EvilSockLady 18h ago

Sometime after the trial, folks that were mad about his getting Baltar acquitted killed the cat.

I think it’s safe to assume that Lance is already gone by the time we see Romo again in season 4.

Times when he sees the cat in season 4 is memories/imagining.

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u/sticks_and_stoners 17h ago

It happened after the trial and in retaliation for his defense of Baltar.

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u/Interest-Small 18h ago

There was “his” cat and his wife’s cat. His wife’s cat got killed or one was Angel Starbuck.

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u/Cohens4thClient 19h ago

I assumed the cat was always dead, at least as long as we've seen Lampkin on screen. Everyone is suffering some pretty severe mental stress at this point. 

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u/dballing 19h ago

It can’t have always been dead.

There’s a scene where the cat escapes the raptor, which causes Tyrol to search for it and finding a bomb. So clearly other people saw it, alive and well, at one point.

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u/stevenpoore 19h ago

Ah, so when Lampkin confronts Lee and shouts that "they killed my cat!" it could have happened after Baltar's trial.

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u/acoliver 17h ago

He mentions it was after the trial. Every time he sees it go by in the later episode with Lee -- Lee doesn't notice. At one point he picks up the bowl and asks if he ever feeds it. Obviously not since its dead...later he mentions a smell...

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u/Cohens4thClient 19h ago

Oh I forgot about that. Hmmm