And I completely agree with Audra, that last panning shot was brillaint. To see btoh teh Cylons and the humans looking stunned at depressed for the same reason… hell, even Baltar looked crushed.
I also loved how Tyrol was just giggly through the entire episode, kind of a laid back acceptance and amusement with everything. That really kinda frightens me.
Also, I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned this, but the title of the episode “Revelations” is the book in the bible that deals with the apocalypse and the ending of earth. It was definitely apropos.
Oh, and Chuck, Audra and Sean, I hope that you’re planning, with all this free time you’ll be having without any BSG to warm your cockles, to do a podcast on the amazing new Indiana Jones movie (I took my dad to it as a Father’s Day gift). Without giving too much away, I just wanted to point out that there were 13 crystal skulls (for those who’ve seen the movie, you know what I’m talkin’ about). There are also 13 colonies of mankind in Galactica…hmmm…hmmmm…the fifth Cylon is…Henry Jones Jr. I’m just sayin’…
I thought there were a few things they didn’t explain (possibly cut from the shows) outside of Gaeta’s rather quick recovery.
Firstly they let Caprica 6 out. No comments about it, but there she was. Maybe she “plead the belly”? I expect she’ll freak out now that she knows Tigh’s a cylon, since this would make her baby a pure cylon and thus (possibly) the final cylon? Also, her pregnancy throws out the whole theory that love has to be involved for a cylon to get pregnant since I think she’s still in love with Baltar.
The Chief seems to be back in his old job. How did that happen?
Oh, the cylons wanted babies because that’s what they thought their God told them to produce. They tried and tried and tried with cylons. All failures. So they moved along to human-half breeds (the breeding farms on Caprica). Those also failed. Then they tried setting Athena up with Helo to see if love was the missing piece (turned out it was). They didn’t count on Athena falling in love and leaving the cylons.
Also, if the female cylons had non-functioning reproductive systems, that sort of stuff would be easily discovered by health checks. Physically, inside and out, cylons are identical to humans. With the exception of the glowy backs and glinty red eyes.
To answer Audra’s question about the original Twelve Colonies, according to Ron Moore all 12 planets are indeed in the same solar system:
Ron Moore: Does it make sense that there would be a star system with 12 inhabitable planets? Not really, but that was in the original and at some point I decided to run with that as another nod to the old show.
But then again it might not be THAT extraordinary as just this morning, a trio of super-Earths have been discovered orbiting the same sun-like star (and also bringing the total number of exoplanets discovered to over 300 )
Yeah, he was sort of eerily calm the whole episode. I think it’s just a sign that he’s fully accepted his Cylon nature, and wry amusement is his way of expressing that, the same way that Tigh has been determined to remain himself and Tory decided to be an ice-cold bitch queen.
I suppose her captivity really served no purpose any more. The humans were allied with the Cylons. Four of the Final Five were already revealed to be part of the fleet. Why would they bother to imprison Cylons anymore? At least, not the ones on their side.
Maybe she “plead the belly”? I expect she’ll freak out now that she knows Tigh’s a cylon, since this would make her baby a pure cylon and thus (possibly) the final cylon? Also, her pregnancy throws out the whole theory that love has to be involved for a cylon to get pregnant since I think she’s still in love with Baltar.
I don’t think so. Head Six maybe (what ever happened to her, anyway?), but she went directly to Tigh, walking past Baltar without even giving him a second glance.
The Chief seems to be back in his old job. How did that happen?
Amnesty? Lee said they were free to go wherever they wanted.
Regarding Audra’s comment about Tori’s outrageous swoon (36:02). I wondered about that while watching the episode. Last time the ‘Frakkin Four’ started hearing music Tori was the one most effected. She was throwing up and looked like hell. Tigh got all mentally messed up and it just seem to slightly bother Tyrol and Anders. This might be some kinda clue. She is the only female in the bunch, thus far. I’m not sure where it’s going or if it’s on purpose. Just my observation.
Good point. I wonder if Tory has some significant role that’s closer, or somehow more authentic, than the others?
I think the final five in the robes we saw from the back are trying to trick us. The tall ones were slouching and the short ones were standing on daggits’ shoulders.
ToasterHunter: Holy craaap! That’s some pretty convincing evidence.
I don’t know about you guys, but I am glad the crüe will be spending two podcasts on this episode…my mind is still processing all the information and starting to draw conclusions.
Might have to go back for and watch it again for a third time to pull it all together.