Dean's World

I'm glad. Twenty episodes is a lot for something as time-centric as BSG, and not only does it mean seven fewer episodes for them to have to work with but it also means one fewer cliff-hanger to set up each season.

I don't know, but I kind of liked the webisodes. During the off-season perhaps they could do something like that, with everyday occurrences like ship repairs or a commissioning ceremony for an extremely minor character. Perhaps focus on Bulldog...
It'd be a good way to keep up the fix without feeling the need to truly advance a storyline.

What will the movie be about, though, if the cliffhanger is left unresolved? Pre-war Caprica? Life on other ships? Post-attack Pegasus? The orbital defense by the fleet during the attack?

As for the Cylon character I'm trying to imagine who could be immune. Presumably Admiral and Major Adama, as they're related. Presumably Baltar, as he wishes he were. Not Helo, as he had a child with Athena (and having his actions not be due to humaneness but loyalty would be a bummer). Who does that leave?

Roslin- she would have been detected; can Cylons have cancer?
Tigh- a delicious irony
Gaeta- would be in the Sharon mold
Dualla- same as Gaeta
Tom Zarek- would be disappointing
Cally or Tyrol- can't be both, as they've had a child

I would have to say it is the President-I can't remember her name offhand.

She is the one who is avidly searching for earth...which is on the same path as the cylons.

Can't be a coinky-dink.

Dawn Braun
Oshkosh,WI

Second thought, it doesn't matter who is the cylon. I am sick of the OC-style love triangles, let them all become ASSIMILATED.

sorry,wrong show.

Since Battlestar is one word, I hereby issue a correction.

BG Picked Up For The 4th

That is all.

Party Pooper.

PPPhhhhhhhttttttt :-)

Not Helo, as he had a child with Athena (and having his actions not be due to humaneness but loyalty would be a bummer).

I dunno, I think it'd make sense if Helo was one of the final five Cylons. When the Cylons began their birth/romance experiment with Helo and Sharon it was said that Cylons were unable to reproduce together. What if the final five models were able to reproduce with the other seven but because they were banished or disappeared (or whatever backstory elements keep their identities unknown from the others) the Cylons weren't able to make Cylon babies? In addition, if he's a Cylon, Helo's constant self-righteousness could be a "flaw" that led to his ouster from the Cylon hierarchy, much as D'Anna's obsessions did her in.

As for Tigh, yes, it'd also be deeply ironic if he were a Cylon, but how far back does the infiltration of humanoid Cylons go? Tigh and Adama have known each other for how many years? This adds some interesting wrinkles into the Cylon backstory. What's more, it introduces the idea of the humanoid Cylons aging, which, save for the "half-Cylon" Hera, has yet to be shown.

Finally, having a child doesn't rule out anyone from being a Cylon. Being someone's child presumably does. Tyrol, Cally, and Admiral Adama are still possible Cylons, and all three of them have been wronged by the Cylons one way or another. (Doubleplus irony if Tyrol's the Cylon, since it makes Cavil truthful at the end of last season: "You're a Cylon. ... No, just kidding, I'm a Cylon but I haven't seen you at any of the meetings.") But making Adama the secret Cylon is a jumping the shark moment, and Moore knows that (or had better know it).

So let us assume Lee is immune on account of being someone's child. The president is presumably out because of her cancer and also because, like Adama, it would be a jumping the shark moment to make her a Cylon. That means with Starbuck out according to the press leaks, it's better to choose a consequential but not indispensable character like Tyrol, Tigh, or Helo to be one of the final five. Cally, Zarek, Dualla, Cottle, Sam, and Gaeta are, in the present story arc at least, just not important enough to become the Cylon without eliciting a ho-hum reaction from viewers.

OK, one additional thought if it's Tigh: If it's discovered he's a Cylon he should either "switch programming" like Galactica Boomer (which will probably lead to him being airlocked) or he should stay in character, and if he stays in character it's hard to not see him killing himself. There's just too much baggage in that one-eyed head of his for him to accept being a Cylon -- he'd be much worse off than Boomer was during her realization.

They say a major cast member will be outed as a Cylon. I do not believe that Gaeta, Tyrol or Dualla or anyone else that isn't in the opening credits count.

I think we can discount anyone that has had children as Helo and Sharon were the first to create a hybrid. This leaves out Admiral Adama.

I think we're looking at Tigh or Roslin.

Additionally, once this Cylon is discovered that would mean they're one of the Final Five. They may not be acting on the same kind of programming as the others. Turning on humanity may never, ever occur to them.

If I were a betting man I'd lean toward Tigh but Roslin gives me pause.

Remember Cylon baby blood? What if it cured her because she herself is a Cylon? Did they ever try testing Hera's blood on anything that didn't come from Roslin?

Now that would be damned interesting. The President of the Colonies is a Cylon. And given her very aggressive action against Cylons in the past the people will have a hard time turning on her. Along with Adama she's been one of the strongest voices in dealing harshly with them. Crazy harsh.