Brian’s Final Cylon Musings

You taunt me, Final Cylon. I don’t know who you are, yet you haunt my every waking moment. What are your plans? Do you know you’re a Cylon? Will you have a revelation scene as cool as the “All Along The Watchtower” ending from Season 3?

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Starbuck? Just too obvious, since no one in the fleet really trusts her after her “death.” Or is it? It’d be just like Battlestar Galactica to make us think there’s no way it could be her and then Blammo! But I think she has a much higher purpose amidst all this.

Bill Adama? Again, it would be too obvious a ploy I think. Although getting Starbuck off the ship with a clunker and a tiny crew could be an integral part of some master plan.

Lee Adama? This would be funny, since it would mean the love of Kara’s life and her husband are both skinjobs. BSG can throw out the comedy at times, like Brother Cavil’s “There’s no way I’m a frakkin’ Cylon – Oh” revelation.

Anastasia Dualla? What kind of poetic justice would it be if both Kara and Lee kicked each other to the curb and found love (or a reasonable facsimile) in the arms of Cylons? And is the whole Anastasia thing a clue? The most famous Anastasia is, of course, the fabled Russian princess who didn’t know her own identity.

President Roslin? She’d be in the best position to frak things up. But would a Cylon miss a prime chance to blow away humanity’s apparent savior in Kara? Perhaps, if the Cylons want to find Earth as badly as we do and think Kara does know the way.

Gaius Baltar? I don’t think it’s him because he wants it so badly. Although it would make his twisted relationship with Six more enjoyable since he’s been teaching her to be “human” in her visions.

Some character presumed dead? Ellen Tigh or Billy Keikeya? I really hope not. I’ve even heard Zac Adama as a rumored possibility. This would be the cheapest move they could make I think. The writers have sort of alluded to it with Lee asking his dad if they would love Zac any less “if he was a Cylon, if he had always been.”

I honestly am unsure, although I lean toward Roslin since she’s so adamant Starbuck is wrong. If Starbuck’s going the right way, it could be advantageous to the Cylons to leave her isolated and try to follow her there.

What are your theories, BSG fans?