Last night was the return of Battlestar Galactica, which picked back up with the final 10 episodes of the season (and series). SciFi Channel has been teasing us for a while that “we will know the truth” and they didn’t disappoint.
The episode last night ran over a about 4 minutes, during which we were given the identity of the final Cylon. And the 5th is…Ellen Tigh. Yes, that’s right… the dead wife of Saul Tigh, and fleet slut. It wasn’t who I expected, but it does sort of make since, and they kept to their word that the final Cylon was not aboard the fleet.
How does it make since? I’ll direct you to this post on Neowin, where Budious guessed it and provided his thoughts as to why it would be this person.
“If we took a literal reference of the position of the missing character, than it would relate to Judas (betrayer of Jesus)…”
“Ellen Tigh was the betrayer of the human resistance on New Caprica.”
Makes since to me… though I still had my money on it being Dualla Adama. While I don’t like who it is, the way it was revealed was rather nice.
Now, when will we see Ellen again? Is she on Earth? Is she still on New Caprica? Is she dead or alive? With 9 episodes remaining, I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.
But those aren’t the only questions remaining to be answered. Last night’s episode brought several more questions.
Starbuck found her crashed Viper as well as her corpse. Is she alive, dead, or something else? What happened when she went through the maelstrom?
What the frak happened with Dualla Adama? My pick to be the final Cylon appeared to have a great date with Lee, and then blows her head off. Did she just lose all hope, or is this part of something bigger?
All of the bones they found on Earth were Cylon. Was Earth the Cylon home world? Are they really the 13th colony? Does this mean Cylons create the humans, or is everyone really a Cylon?
And of course, Earth. What happened to it… well, obviously it was nuked, but by who or what? Cylons? Humans? The Beings of Light?
Next Firday is so far away.