You bring up an interesting question. If there were no Sam, what would Kara have done the morning after in UB? If she couldn't push Lee completely away, would she have tried to push him away at all?
Unfortunately, the realist in me is convinced there would have been no UB episode without Sam. Not to say they wouldn't have hooked up during the NC arc, but without Sam, she's got nowhere to hide for a year. There'd be no epic estrangement and fight to bring it all back.
Without Sam, I think Kara stays a pilot, on Galactica (although there would be a lot of good episodes if she became Lee's CAG on Pegasus). I also think fat!Lee would never exist (and don't get me started on THAT) without Kara marrying Sam.
But I'll be honest. There was a lot of the Sam character I liked. Lee had someone to help him run the Starbuck fan club. They had some nice mourning moments together
The solution? Kara gets back to Caprica and Sam is alive, but married to another resistance fighter.
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Date: 2010-04-25 03:00 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, the realist in me is convinced there would have been no UB episode without Sam. Not to say they wouldn't have hooked up during the NC arc, but without Sam, she's got nowhere to hide for a year. There'd be no epic estrangement and fight to bring it all back.
Without Sam, I think Kara stays a pilot, on Galactica (although there would be a lot of good episodes if she became Lee's CAG on Pegasus). I also think fat!Lee would never exist (and don't get me started on THAT) without Kara marrying Sam.
But I'll be honest. There was a lot of the Sam character I liked. Lee had someone to help him run the Starbuck fan club. They had some nice mourning moments together
The solution? Kara gets back to Caprica and Sam is alive, but married to another resistance fighter.