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Last night, the first episode in the amazing Battlestar Galactica’s final season aired and it was, as usual, amazing.
I’m not going to spoil too much, but I think I’ve got a theory on where they’re going. If you haven’t seen it, don’t read on though!
First of all, I don’t think Stackbuck is the final Cylon. They seem to lead you down that path in hints, like having her come back from the “dead” and pulling a gun on the president at the end. It COULD make sense, but I think it’s too obvious.
It can’t be Adama or Apollo because they’d have to BOTH be cylons and there’s only one left to reveal. That leaves President Roslyn and Gaius Baltar in the main character set.
Now what was interesting in this last episode was the portrayal of Baltar as a Jesus Christ figure (healing a child and preaching to his followers, plus the “one true god” thing).
This leads to my theory- the human race is almost crushed by the Cylon, and even if they FIND Earth, they’ll still be followed and overrun. But when Thrace came back from Earth, she thought a few months were only a few hours. Therefore, how could the whole fleet survive the Cylons on Earth?
Simple- go back in time to an ancient pre-human Earth, before the existence of the Cylon! Then, Baltar being Jesus, Apollo, Starbuck, Adama, Chief (etc) being the “gods” of Greek Mythology, etc, etc, etc- the remainder of the 12 colonies form the foundation of all modern society’s cultural past, which is somehow misinterpreted through time… When they cite the show’s holy scripture in episodes, a frequent line is “This has happened before and will happen again”, or something to that tune. What if the twelve colonies and the story of Battlestar Galactica explained both the beginning and the end of our society, which existed in a time loop- from the Colonization of Earth and founding of what becomes today’s society, to the colonization of the other 12 planets to the invention of and betrayal by the Cylon???
Would be interesting… but at the same time, I’m suspect that the show creators might try and go for a diplomatic solution with the Cylon- simply because of the fact that some of the Battlestar crew (Boomer, Chief, Tigh, etc) are Cylons themselves, but “good” cylons, and finding a way for human and cylon to co-exist might be their moral point with the series… or maybe they Cylons are frakking murdering toasters and will always try and snuff out humanity?
But who is the final cylon? Baltar or Roslyn?
If it’s Roslyn, it would explain the survival of Cancer, as well as why she is currently leading the fleet away from the path to Earth (according to Starbuck)… it would also be interesting if she turns out to be the “cylon leader”, because Adama is in love with her (she’s in his quarters…oooh…) and she’s the president of the colonies again. Baltar, I think, will turn out to be human, because it seems to be where they’re taking his current destiny as he seeks redemption for betraying his people… I wonder if they’ll make “The Passion of the Baltar” an episode?
All in all, we’ll have to wait and see how the next episode goes- and that’s the brilliance of Battlestar- they’ve got such complex characters and a tapestry of plot that it can go any direction. Just when you think you have it figured out it throws a wrench in. Brilliant show. Can’t wait for next week. Oh, and I also predict that Lee Adama will run for president.
Also, interestingly enough, if it does end up being a time travel solution, it could make for a possible sequel series, taking place in modern times, assuming that some of the population is interbred with Cylons, or the Cylons come back in time to disrupt the course of time. If it stars Chuck Norris as a Cylon, I’m sold.
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