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And the Fifth Cylon Is...

By Laura Onstot, Saturday, Jan. 17 2009 @ 12:22AM
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Really, the only major plot-hole was expecting you to believe the characters actually thought that this woman was a human.

Not to worry! Several friends called to say they have "lives" on Friday night--whatever that means. So they recorded the Battlestar Galactica 4.5 premier. If you are one of those people, do not click below the jump. Everyone else, the real geeks, yeah, I'm talking to you, the person trolling the internet looking for BSG discussions, please continue:

If you clicked through I assume you know what's going on at this point so let's waste no time on explainers.

Battlestar's strength has always been the "what the frak!" moment. Boomer shooting Bill Adama, Col. Tigh killing his traitor wife, heinous bitch cylon Torrie heartlessly killing Callie. The build-up moments--finding significant landmarks on the way to Earth, Lee and Kara finally, finally giving in to the overwhelming sexual tension--are rarely as gasping for breath intenses as the scenes that catch you off guard.

The 4.5 premier was no different. The long build-up has been of course, the identity of the fifth cylon. The end of this episode supposedly revealed it to be Tigh's traitor wife, Ellen. Though we don't actually see her as a living person so I'm guessing we're not done with that discussion yet. We also learned the rumor mills weren't far off the mark in assuming the 13th colony was all cylons to begin with (heck, maybe the whole human race). Since the question: "who am I?" is pretty much the premise of the entire series, I'd guess it's fair to assume cylon five is still an open question. Still, it'll be nice to have trouble-causing Ellen and her botox lip seductions in the rest of the series.

More importantly, what the frak Dee? Anyone who's taken a suicide-watch seminar could see that one coming a mile away, but with all this people coming back, not coming back, cylon, not cylon, is she even really dead? I'm inclined to assume so, the producers can be pretty heartless when they off someone (I was a big Callie fan.) But who knows.

The biggest question, really, isn't so much if the humans will find Earth, or Adama and Roslin will live happily ever after, or even the identity of the fifth cylon. It's Kara Thrace. After three and a half seasons, we still know almost nothing about her except she's tough as nails, a little crazy, and had an abusive mother growing up. She's been a bit of a prophet figure throughout, but after finding her own dead body and setting fire to it, because what else would you do, it seems she's something more pseudo-diety--an angel maybe?

There are, of course, nine more episodes to go, here's hoping we get a little super-passionate hate-sex between Thrace and her estranged husband--a cylon (they're all hating each other right now, so you can pretty much bet on it), serious trouble thanks to Ellen Tigh, and a haircut for Lee Adama (no more fluffy mullet, buddy). And speaking of mullets, just where is Gaius and his harem of glass-eyed followers?

Let us know what you think is next for the crew of Battlestar. So say we all!
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David says:

I still hold to the belief that Kara isn't a cylon, but one of the (forgot the name right now) people from the White Ships. With Tigh's wife being shown as a cylon, that is believable.

I never saw any indication from the others that have seen the Final Five as to her being one, or I may have missed it.

Posted On: Saturday, Jan. 17 2009 @ 12:57AM
josh says:

I don't think that Ellen being a cylon necessarily means that she's coming back in any form other than in flashback. It seems that the five old-time cylons have an entirely different resurrection system.

Posted On: Saturday, Jan. 17 2009 @ 1:23PM
David Stark says:

Have the producers forgotten about the SECOND human-cylon hybrid baby?

Tyrol and Callie had a son.

Posted On: Saturday, Jan. 17 2009 @ 1:33PM

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