As I've already explained in my posts under the "Introduction" label, these thoughts, ideas and predictions are my own. I've neither visited any Web sites pertaining to Battlestar Galactica nor read the ideas of any other fans/people regarding the "Final Five" Cylons. My only source has been the episodes themselves.
And ... although I'm placing my "final bet" regarding who the fifth and final Cylon is, I don't know for sure ... but I also know who else isn't sure.
Cylon Number Three: D'Anna Biers. In "Revelations," she claims that only four of the Final Five Cylons are in the Colonial Fleet. Why four and not five?
Because she never saw the fifth and final Cylon.
Go back and watch her final scene in the temple in "Rapture," and pay careful attention to how she's photographed in close proximity to the Final Five. She passes three of the robed figures and then stops at the fourth, peers closely at him or her and says something to the effect of, "You! Please forgive me. I had no idea." Then her vision ends and she dies in Baltar's arms.
D'Anna was never photographed as having seen the fifth and final Cylon. That's why she's only looking for four of the Final Five in "Revelations." She never saw the fifth. She doesn't know who it is.
Therefore, when she scoffs that Laura Roslin is one of the Final Five, she may not be wrong. That's why I contend that Laura Roslin is the fifth and final Cylon.
Why else? Well, first, let's look at the most obvious indicator: the music that draws Tigh, Tory, Anders and Tyrol together at the end of "Crossroads, Part 2." When does this happen? At the Ionian Nebula, just as a "reborn" Starbuck is making her way back to the fleet. As "Revelations" will establish later, Starbuck's Viper is the one and only source of the Colonial transponder signal that leads the way back to Earth.
So why wasn't Laura Roslin "summoned" with Tigh, Tory, Anders and Tyrol? Why didn't she hear the music?
Well, she definitely heard or felt something as soon as the Galactica jumped into the Ionian Nebula and experienced a power outage. Roslin was visibly and physically "irritated" or "affected" at the table in the CIC. She pressed her hands to her temples and bowed her head. Nobody else noticed this, and nobody else reacted similarly. And Roslin never mentions it, either.
Roslin is a defective Cylon, stricken by cancer. In "Crossroads, Part 2," she revealed that the cancer had unexpectedly returned. This is why she was never summoned with the other four of the Final Five.
How can a Cylon "skin job" be defective? Well, if Saul Tigh can lose his hair over the course of 30 years, then why can't Roslin be stricken with cancer?
More proof: Roslin's "visions" may be interpreted as a variation (caused by the cancer) of the Cylons' ability to "project." In particular, she has a shared "dream" with Cylons Caprica Six and Sharon Agathon. Also, in Season 1, she had a vision about Leoben ...
... and he later told her that "Adama is a Cylon."
Well, if Roslin marries Bill Adama during the final 10 episodes, then she will be an Adama. (I seriously doubt that the only other "female" Adama, Dualla, is the fifth Cylon. Nor do I think that Bill's ex-wife/widow, Carolanne, has been hiding in the fleet all this time, just waiting to be "clicked on." Neither she nor Dualla were attracted by the music.)
Why isn't Starbuck the fifth and final Cylon? Because that would be too obvious, and if I've learned anything about showrunners Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, they never fall back on the obvious. They've been surprising us for four seasons.
I also considered that Major Kendra Shaw from Battlestar Galactica: Razor might be the fifth and final Cylon, but only because that old Hybrid called her by name, said that he'd been waiting a long time for her, and said that he'd seen her life and the things she's had to do. He also warned her about Starbuck ... but only that she'd "lead the human race to its end," which we now know meant the devastated planet Earth.
About that: What happened to Earth? Was it nuclear war or a natural disaster (such as a "global killer" meteor strike)? Again, I think the nuclear war angle is too obvious. I'm going with a natural global disaster, simply because there's been so much news recently (e.g., the end of the Mayan calendar) about how 21 December 2012 is supposed to be a date of major importance, possibly a major turning point for life on Earth. If it is the "end of days," then Galactica has found Earth long after the disaster, and, together with the Cylons, must repopulate the species. Cylon cloning technology may be essential to that effort.
So that's it. My vote is locked in. I'll be right or wrong or somewhere in the middle ... but I will certainly savor the final 10 episodes of this extraordinary series.
And ... although I'm placing my "final bet" regarding who the fifth and final Cylon is, I don't know for sure ... but I also know who else isn't sure.
Cylon Number Three: D'Anna Biers. In "Revelations," she claims that only four of the Final Five Cylons are in the Colonial Fleet. Why four and not five?
Because she never saw the fifth and final Cylon.
Go back and watch her final scene in the temple in "Rapture," and pay careful attention to how she's photographed in close proximity to the Final Five. She passes three of the robed figures and then stops at the fourth, peers closely at him or her and says something to the effect of, "You! Please forgive me. I had no idea." Then her vision ends and she dies in Baltar's arms.
D'Anna was never photographed as having seen the fifth and final Cylon. That's why she's only looking for four of the Final Five in "Revelations." She never saw the fifth. She doesn't know who it is.
Therefore, when she scoffs that Laura Roslin is one of the Final Five, she may not be wrong. That's why I contend that Laura Roslin is the fifth and final Cylon.
Why else? Well, first, let's look at the most obvious indicator: the music that draws Tigh, Tory, Anders and Tyrol together at the end of "Crossroads, Part 2." When does this happen? At the Ionian Nebula, just as a "reborn" Starbuck is making her way back to the fleet. As "Revelations" will establish later, Starbuck's Viper is the one and only source of the Colonial transponder signal that leads the way back to Earth.
So why wasn't Laura Roslin "summoned" with Tigh, Tory, Anders and Tyrol? Why didn't she hear the music?
Well, she definitely heard or felt something as soon as the Galactica jumped into the Ionian Nebula and experienced a power outage. Roslin was visibly and physically "irritated" or "affected" at the table in the CIC. She pressed her hands to her temples and bowed her head. Nobody else noticed this, and nobody else reacted similarly. And Roslin never mentions it, either.
Roslin is a defective Cylon, stricken by cancer. In "Crossroads, Part 2," she revealed that the cancer had unexpectedly returned. This is why she was never summoned with the other four of the Final Five.
How can a Cylon "skin job" be defective? Well, if Saul Tigh can lose his hair over the course of 30 years, then why can't Roslin be stricken with cancer?
More proof: Roslin's "visions" may be interpreted as a variation (caused by the cancer) of the Cylons' ability to "project." In particular, she has a shared "dream" with Cylons Caprica Six and Sharon Agathon. Also, in Season 1, she had a vision about Leoben ...
... and he later told her that "Adama is a Cylon."
Well, if Roslin marries Bill Adama during the final 10 episodes, then she will be an Adama. (I seriously doubt that the only other "female" Adama, Dualla, is the fifth Cylon. Nor do I think that Bill's ex-wife/widow, Carolanne, has been hiding in the fleet all this time, just waiting to be "clicked on." Neither she nor Dualla were attracted by the music.)
Why isn't Starbuck the fifth and final Cylon? Because that would be too obvious, and if I've learned anything about showrunners Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, they never fall back on the obvious. They've been surprising us for four seasons.
I also considered that Major Kendra Shaw from Battlestar Galactica: Razor might be the fifth and final Cylon, but only because that old Hybrid called her by name, said that he'd been waiting a long time for her, and said that he'd seen her life and the things she's had to do. He also warned her about Starbuck ... but only that she'd "lead the human race to its end," which we now know meant the devastated planet Earth.
About that: What happened to Earth? Was it nuclear war or a natural disaster (such as a "global killer" meteor strike)? Again, I think the nuclear war angle is too obvious. I'm going with a natural global disaster, simply because there's been so much news recently (e.g., the end of the Mayan calendar) about how 21 December 2012 is supposed to be a date of major importance, possibly a major turning point for life on Earth. If it is the "end of days," then Galactica has found Earth long after the disaster, and, together with the Cylons, must repopulate the species. Cylon cloning technology may be essential to that effort.
So that's it. My vote is locked in. I'll be right or wrong or somewhere in the middle ... but I will certainly savor the final 10 episodes of this extraordinary series.
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