Better in Sweats

Sometimes, a barefoot woman will look even sexier in sweats than when she's naked. A case in point is the lovely Tricia Helfer, who plays Number Six, the imaginary (?) Cylon companion to Baltar on Battlestar Galactica.

At first, she tries to appeal to Baltar by appearing to him completely naked.

When that doesn't work, Six changes so that she's barefoot, and clad in sweats. And gosh darn it, she looks even sexier to me like this.

I was reminded of this BSG scene recently when a friend of mine changed into sweats, after wearing a sexy, tight dress for the better part of the evening. She jokingly apologized for "dressing down," but her outfit--yoga pants, a sweatshirt and bare feet--seemed far better suited for me than the dress.

This is from the second half of "Home," a second season two parter from Battlestar Galactica.

Kobol's Last Gleaming Part Two

I was wracking my brains over the past few days, because I knew there was one more BF scene from the Battlestar Galactica reboot.

I recall a barefoot Number Six (Tricia Helfer) leading Baltar into the ruins of an anient opera house.

And she does so, in the first season episode Kobol's Last Gleaming Part Two.

Helfer even goes barefoot in a real opera house as she beckons Baltar closer to view something important in this vision.

Home Part 2

In the second half of the season 2 Battlestar Galactica two parter called Home, Number Six (Tricia Helfer) tries to divert Baltar's (James Callis) attention.

When that doesn't work, she "changes" into sweats and continues the conversation with him like this, going barefoot for the rest of the scene.

I have to admit, I think she looks even sexier like this.

She's so darn cute, despite being the fact she's an imaginary, murderous robot from hell.

Unfinished Business

In the third season of the Battlestar Galactica reboot series, there's an episode called Unfinished Business.

Aboard the Galactica they hold what's officially called a "dance" but it's actually boxing matches.

As Adama explains within the episode, these boxing matches between the crew help to blow off steam and get rid of grudges.

When Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) fights, she's barefoot--in fact she goes barefoot the entire time.

40 Years of Battlestar Galactica

Forty years ago today, Battlestar Galactica aired for the very first time with a three hour episode (that got interrupted by a news report about a potential peace treaty in the Mid-East--at least that was what happened when I first watched it as a kid).

It had its silly moments, but the series also had an truly epic feel to it that most series of that time lacked--including such mind-bending concepts (for a young boy like me then) like the death of an entire civilization. It had world-building (or, in this case, world-destroying) on a scale that was only seen up to that point in Star Trek.

It also had Flight Corporal Rigel, whom I had a major crush on when I was a kid. Seen fleetingly from time to time as she announced departures and arrivals of Vipers from and to the flight bays, Rigel--played by Sarah Rush--was my goddess of the spaceways (and still is).