Laura Roslin is so freaking cool. So. Cool. Gaaaaaaaaah! Why do I not have the Sci-Fi channel? Why is the S1 DVD not out on Netflix yet??
Just... so cool! I am afraid that if I keep watching, this could approach Scully-worship levels. Because, gaaaah. Competent women in charge. And I love the way she is so soft-spoken at first and then uses that voice to say the most cuttingly practical of things, like that talk with Commander Adama about having lost the war. And I like how though she is at first portrayed as a fairly stereotypical soft-hearted woman, diametrically opposed to the gruff military men of war and practicality, she's actually (so far) the one who has a long-term strategy in mind and who is willing to sacrifice for the strategy.
( spoilers )