very little was covered in this two hour premiere
You must have been watching a different two hour Battlestar Galactica premiere than I was. Lets see, we had:
spoilers in invisotest...
Tigh has lost an eye.
Tigh's wife going to some length to get him released from detention.
Kara discovers she has a child, who then almost dies.
The cylons create a police force made up of humans. This force is attacked at their graduation ceremony.
Baltar had a gun put to his head, forcing him to sign death warrants for 200 people, including Tyrol's wife, Rosalyn, and Tom Zarek.
Boomer is once again a soldier in the Colonial fleet.
Much, much dissension among the cyclon 'skin jobs' over just what their goals are.
Confrontation between Apolla and Adama.
Contact between the fleet and the humans on New Caprica is restored.
I do agree though, about way too much reference to "current events". I like my sci-fi to address real world issues, but this was laying it on rather thick. Suicide bombers, torture of detainees, ok, yeah we get it, you don't have to pound it into our heads.
But I can't wait to see where it goes.
Now, the Lost season premiere... talk about a whole lot of nothing going on...
No Apologies