Dominion - 'Ouroboros'

"I remember when I had the cool outfits. No, wait..."

Gabriel possesses one of the pacifist higher angels living in Vega in order to root out the other refugees and get close enough to Alex to make him doubt Michael. Alex and Sexy Soldier Friend get it on, but Alex is in for a shock. Meanwhile, Evil Giles is getting schooled by his wussy son.

This is the big mythology episode, running up to the finale next week. The disguised Gabriel tells Alex the story of the 'Flood', Heaven's last genocidal charge against mankind, survived only by those in Noah's bunker. I find I rather like the idea of Russell Crowe's Noah as a crazed survivalist demagogue.

Less successful is the David and William Whele subplot. William's deconstruction of his father has the potential to be a powerful and compelling moment, but like a lot of the major psychological break moments in the series - the senator who takes Alan Dale and Evil Giles hostage; Alex's acceptance of his destiny - there just hasn't been enough time for it. The lion Evil Giles is forced to kill simply hasn't been adequately established as the root of his masculinity and self-identity. I think it's been in about once.

As I say, this is probably Dominion's greatest flaw, its tendency to inform where it ought to show.