Battlestar Galactica (spoilers/speculation)

[tazelbain]

No one else found it completely ridiculous that Roslyn and apparently Adama are one or two episodes away from being Baltar disciples?  Its a completely retarded plot swing.

I have long accepted that the writers use the charcters as game peices to tell their moriality plays. Just look at every major plot with Helio, they just keep sliding up and down the board.

[Ookii]

I'm just waiting for Baltar to translate golden plates out of a hat via a magic stone, it might not happen on broadcast tv but it'll be in the DVD extras.

[Oban]

I'm just waiting for Baltar to translate golden plates out of a hat via a magic stone...

The fifth cylon:

[Furiously]

No one else found it completely ridiculous that Roslyn and apparently Adama are one or two episodes away from being Baltar disciples?  Its a completely retarded plot swing.

I have long accepted that the writers use the charcters as game peices to tell their moriality plays. Just look at every major plot with Helio, they just keep sliding up and down the board.

It's odd - I find Helio to be the only likable character. I thought tonights episode was great.

[Tale]

JUMP!

[Merusk]

JUMP!

If it wasn't so telegraphed it would have been great.  It was still pretty good, though.

[Fordel]

I hope the Centurions just kill everyone on that ship already, the whole lot of them are getting *really* annoying. "Can we trust them, can't we, must we, should we, maybe we..." TRUST is an issue, we get it. 

[Kitsune]

I was laughing my ass off through both the beginning and end of that episode.  As soon as the Demetrius failed to jump, the laughter began, and it stayed for a good long while.

[Fordel]

I totally allowed that just because it let the Galactica point its guns at something again. Scrambling vipers 

[Evil Elvis]

The last few eps have been decent enough, but I'm still finding myself just watching to see how things end.

My bet's on Roslyn being the 5th, simply because it's the stupidest choice I can think of.

[Merusk]

How many EPs are left anyway? I haven't been counting.

[Venkman]

We just watched #8 of 22 so there's 16 left. Not sure why they're off next week.

This past episode was pretty good. Way too much Gaeta, and yea, the final hybrid/Jump! was way telegraphed. But enjoyable anyway. Finally some stuff getting revealed. Not much of it is interesting, but at least I can take solace in resolution

[Evil Elvis]

Not sure why they're off next week.

Memorial Day weekend, I guess.

[Venkman]

Ah, that makes sense.

[Merusk]

Yep, it does.  Sci-Fi always runs a movie marathon from Friday at 6pm until Monday at 11pm Memorial Day Weekend.  Not usually a big deal, because any series they're running have had the end of the season by then.

Kind of like how they always run Twilight Zone on Thanksgiving.. (or is it X-mas eve.. I forget.)

[Riggswolfe]

The last few eps have been decent enough, but I'm still finding myself just watching to see how things end.

My bet's on Roslyn being the 5th, simply because it's the stupidest choice I can think of.

It's Gaeta. That's why he was singing and why the other 4 had a "meaningful" look when that was revealed.

[Ookii]

Somewhere on the intrawebs Moore was quoted as saying it's Gaeta?  I mean they're trying to make it look like he's the fifth but I hope it's some effective misdirection and they blindside us with the REAL fifth.

[tazelbain]

I was totally expecting Gaeta's eyes glow red at the end.

A little silly, but at their is something happening now.

[Riggswolfe]

Somewhere on the intrawebs Moore was quoted as saying it's Gaeta?  I mean they're trying to make it look like he's the fifth but I hope it's some effective misdirection and they blindside us with the REAL fifth.

No, it's just my belief based on very few clues.

[HaemishM]

I think it's Gaeta as well, and frankly, he's the only one I'd want to be the 5th.

This episode was chock full of the contrived drama bits. The Demetrius failing to jump, the hostage thing, the jump at the end. There's more than enough drama in the story to not have to resort to cheap drama tricks, but with 14-16 episodes left, I guess you have to pad it somehow.

[Riggswolfe]

I think it's Gaeta as well, and frankly, he's the only one I'd want to be the 5th.

This episode was chock full of the contrived drama bits. The Demetrius failing to jump, the hostage thing, the jump at the end. There's more than enough drama in the story to not have to resort to cheap drama tricks, but with 14-16 episodes left, I guess you have to pad it somehow.

As well as the Cylon "leader" being assassinated by Athena.

[HaemishM]

Yeah, and I hated that one. The strawberry blonde Tricia Helfer is so much hotter than the platinum blonde. Can't Athena shoot the right damn one?

[Lantyssa]

I'm upset she shot her, too.  They should make love, not war.

[MrHat]

Man, I can't believe I fell asleep like half way.  What the hell happened lol.

[HaemishM]

I'm upset she shot her, too.  They should make love, not war.

OMG, the lesbian is invading my thoughts. Just another example of the gay agenda.

[Evil Elvis]

The last few eps have been decent enough, but I'm still finding myself just watching to see how things end.

My bet's on Roslyn being the 5th, simply because it's the stupidest choice I can think of.

It's Gaeta. That's why he was singing and why the other 4 had a "meaningful" look when that was revealed.

Yeah, I caught that.  It doesn't make it so, though, as it was just Anders interpretation.

[Jain Zar]

I had a fucked up thought.  What if the dying leader bit really isn't Roslin but Baltar?

Lots of things could happen to our favorite lothario prophet supergenius with scary hot woman who talks to him in his head the way things are going..

[Fordel]

After the last episode, the dieing leader could be the Rebel Six, since they had that whole Kara flashback thing during the little speech with her and the president.

Being the one to find and probably explode the Cylon's resurrection ability could certainly be interpreted as being the Harbinger of Doom or whatever the Hybrid said.

[Riggswolfe]

I'm upset she shot her, too.  They should make love, not war.

OMG, the lesbian is invading my thoughts. Just another example of the gay agenda.

I'll be in my bunk.

[Lantyssa]

Yeah, I caught that.  It doesn't make it so, though, as it was just Anders interpretation.

I took it as Anders feeling guilty for shooting him, not that he thought Gaeta was the fifth.  He's becoming sensitive to all the death and violence around him.  Moreso than anyone else on either side.

Being the one to find and probably explode the Cylon's resurrection ability could certainly be interpreted as being the Harbinger of Doom or whatever the Hybrid said.

Harbinger of Death.  With all their metaphysical talk, it might be as simple as being the  catalyst to the destruction of the resurrection ship and causing the mortality of the Cylons.  Rebel six said as much to the Council of Twelve and the Harbinger was brought up repeatedly.  I'm still hoping for some big space battles though.

[palmer_eldritch]

My guess is that the twist is that Starbuck "ends the human race" by ushering in a new age of human/rebel cylon peace and love and copulation. So it's a good thing after all.

[Riggswolfe]

I was reading over at IGN that Natalie might not be dead, just severely wounded. I hope this is the case because killing her would be a damn shame.

[Lantyssa]

Oh goodie.  Then we get her, Gaeta, and Roslin sharing hospital space.

[HaemishM]

Roslin's on the Basestar.

[Lantyssa]

When she gets back.  I don't think Gaeta will be walking out of the med ward soon, and the toaster is gonna be laid up for a while.