Jane Espenson, who has written for many great shows including Buffy and Gilmore Girls, wrote the episode of Battlestar Galactica that's airing this Friday, December 8th.

For those unfamiliar familiar with her work, Jane has an amazing writing style and sense of nuance and metaphor. Among other triumphs, she was one of four writers of "Conversations with Dead People", a Buffy episode which won the 2003 Hugo Award for 'Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form'.

Considering the hit-or-miss nature of BSG episodes (who wrote those few episodes late last season that blew everyone away?) this is virtually assured of being the don't-miss episode of a generally weaker season.