Well, it’s over… last night’s episode officially ended Season 3 of BSG. I’m hoping that Season 4, which was just upped from 13 episodes to 22 episodes, contains far less drama and a lot more SciFi/action. As I’ve stated previously, I’ve not been a big fan of the 2nd half of the 3rd season.
Now, I’m about to talk about last night’s episode… this will contain spoilers, so if you haven’t seen it yet, stop reading now. This is your only warning.
Alright, big surprise, Starbuck isn’t dead. Who would have thought. They sure had me fooled. NOT! Is Starbuck a Cylon? I’m still not convinced that that is the angle that they are going to take her… or any of the “four” that was revealed last night.
Sure… Starbuck, Cheif Tyrol, Colonel Tigh, Anders, and Tory (that her name???) could be “The Five” other Cylons. They sure played up that angle pretty good. It makes since for Tigh to be a Cylon, I have suspected that since the very beginning. But with the angle they played off in the finale last night, I don’t think it is the route they are going.
I think we may be seeing something new evolve here… something akin to the original series. I think these five, may not be human… but rather than being Cylons, I think they may end up being more akin to “The Beings of Light”. Ok, if not that, then some other race. Perhaps sent to live among the humans until needed. Remember, all of this has “happened before” according to the Cylons.
It’s possible that the “Beings of Light” are what we’ve seen in the dreams and at the “Eye”. White robes, masked, bright light…. yeah, they could very well been the 5 missing Cylons…. or they could have been something different, a trick pulled to throw us off in another direction.
Now, who were the women that picked up Baltar? I didn’t get a good look at them, but it didn’t look like it was any of the known Cylons and it didn’t look like anyone from “The Five”. Could they have been the otehr Cylons? Servants of “The Five”? Humans from Earth?
Whatever route they’ve decided to take the show… and what the story is with “the Five” we’ll have to wait until 2008 to find out. That sucks!