Once You Have Found Her, Never Let Her Go

Gaius Baltar's pinstripe suit on Battlestar Galactica - we've seen it before. With lapels, like a traditional Western suit. I've never taken notice of it, personally.

Last night, while watching "The Woman King", I took notice. In a role-reversal scene where he was the demon in Six's mind, I noticed. The coat is freakin' brilliant. Light grey and deep red pinstripes set against a charcoal background, the light grey stripes are significantly thicker than the red - giving the suit, especially in this context of both his and Six's incarceration, a prison uniform feel. And - and this is the big one - in "The Woman King", that suit no longer had lapels, but a Mao collar - a subtle yet screaming implication as to both what Baltar has become to the fleet, and how he sees himself.

This was the only photo I could find, but it does the trick:


Brilliant. The costumer responsible, coordinator Andrea Hiestand, is clearly the sort of crew member a good director should do anything to keep. Never before have I seen such a brilliantly powerful costume of "everyday" clothing.