My T theory – The 4 cylons of the final 5 have one thing in common – They have the letter ‘T’ prominent in their name. Samuel T Anders (as said by Helo on Caprica when they fist meet the C-Bucks), Tyrol, Tigh and Tory. That could mean that Starbuck (aka Kara Thrace with a ‘T’) is the final 5th cylon. Thats just one though.

Stay with me guys…

Right when Leoben was flushed out the airlock, what did he whisper to Roslin? He said “Adama’s a Cylon”. Now, I for one had held for a while that he meant The Old Man, but i now believe he means Lee. I don’t have the brain power to think of ALL the reasons R.F.N, but a major reason is that he now sees Starbuck. That could be only in HIS head, just as Baltar now resides in 6’s head and so on. Just an idea, because i can’t really imagine WHO the 5th cylon really is….

I wanted to post my theories here cause I see some great minds in this page and wanted your input.

Either way, this last episode was amazing!!

On Tory: I suspected her was a Cylon all along. She, like all other female Cylons, is incredibly hot.

On Tyrol: Seriously, WTF? Unless… Well, there was that whole “Dreams” thing right before New Caprica…

On Sam: Makes sense. Not much, but some, especially since he seemed to be almost immune to explosions and falling rocks (think: the garage).

I gotta tell ya, none of this makes much sense at all. I mean, loosely it sort of does: D’Anna’s reaction to one of the five she saw could have been because of Anders (who, if you recall, was wreaking havoc for the Cylons in Caprica), but that’s speculation; Tyrol was apparently fairly healthy rather quickly after being sucked out into space, whereas Caly was in a Michael Jackson tube for gods only know how long; Tory… uhm… is… err… right next to the President (who for some reason is able to project herself into Cylon dreams; I’m guessing it’s got something to do with the baby’s blood in her system); and Tigh… hell, I have no clue what to make of him, especially since they all helped lead the resistance in New Caprica.

Maybe while there, they were all implanted… or something. It looks as if the 7 don’t know who the 5 are, so I doubt any of the 7 knew that they were messing around with at least 4 of the 5.

Really, it looks like they were looking for some sort of shocker and this was the best way to deliver one. Unfortunately, it looks like they might have set themselves up for a really bad explanation out of it, like “Well, these human-like Cylons have been around since right after the first Cylon war.” Which would make absolutely no sense. Then again, the final five may be Cylon models who were at war with the rest of the Cylons, or descendants of the 5 priests (or the 5 priests themselves)… *ARGH!*

You know what, screw you, BSG! I’m going to get my sanity back (and GIS for pictures of Tory (Rekha Sharma)).

Starbuck being a phantom/ghost that only Lee sees is something I hadn’t considered. However, I’m leaning more towards her being divine / supernatural, and perhaps she was resurrected somehow or another. At any rate, if she doesn’t rejoin the Galactica crew, I will be a very unhappy Josh.

Regarding Gaeta… who knows? After what they pulled on the last episode, it wouldn’t surprise me if Admiral Adama or Roslin end up being the fifth Cylon.

Joshua: Good point about Tyrol. I still think they’re going somewhere with the fact that, now that we know he’s a Cylon, we also know that instead of there being one hybrid baby, there’s two.

I hadn’t thought about all of those ironies. That’s rather humorous, especially about Cylons leading the resistance against.. the other Cylons on New Caprica.

And yes, I absolutely loved the trial. Lee’s speech was awesome. Getting to see Baltar go through the phases from “yay, I’m free!” to “oh shit, I’m still going to end up dead” was fun, too.

Nils: That’s weird that it never aired over there. It being so popular, I would have figured that one of the networks would have picked it up.

I wholeheartedly recommend the DVDs. The series is absolutely stunning, if you hadn’t gathered that yet.

So, apart from hearing about it now and again, I never did anything about it. I then tried watching a few episodes online but I am now so behind that downloading them all would fry my processors.

Maybe I should look for the DVDs somewhere.

Tyrol is actually the new Cylon that strikes me as most curious at this time. In Tory and Tigh you have the right-hand people to the fleet’s two leaders. In Anders you have a connection to Starbuck, who is… unspecifiedly important. But the Chief?

The best thing about these new Cylons, however different they may be, is how much irony it retroactively adds to the series. Cylons leading the New (and Old) Caprica resistance. Cylon retrieving Baltar from the Cylons on the algae planet. Boomer and Tyrol as a completely Cylon couple.

The conclusion to Baltar’s trial was great. Lee put eloquently what was wrong with the whole thing, and then we got to see Baltar go through moods. Nervousness, relief, fright, self-assured cockiness, and back to worry about what the hell he’s going to do now.

Starbuck has definitely passed beyond and is now supernatural… will she return to Galactica after this battle or will she be a phantom that only Lee sees?

Do Is Gaeta [sic] number five? He has been in the perfect spot to watch it all go down…and he did attempt, inexplicably, to kill Baltar and then lie at the trial. Perhaps number five got nervous.. since Baltar has been aboard the base ships and in contact with other cylons for quite some time now… just a thought.