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‘Battlestar Galactica’s final Cylon revealed
If you didn’t watch Friday’s mid-season 4 return of Battlestar Galactica then you should probably stop reading right now.
The premiere answered one of the big questions we were all dying to know: Who is the final Cylon?
I watched the episode with a group of friends and polled them all before it started to hear who each of them thought the final Cylon would be. No one guessed correctly and we all felt silly when we learned who it was since she was suspected of being a Cylon when she was first brought onto the show.
The final ‘skin-job’ turned out to be Ellen Tigh, the wife of Galactica’s XO Colonel Saul Tigh (who is also a Cylon).
Kate Vernon, who plays Ellen Tigh in the series, tells Access Hollywood that she’s known about her character’s fate for two years. She is slated to appear in most of the remaining episodes of the season.
One of my friends told me about a theory that Ellen Tigh is just an older version of the model 6 Cylon which would mean that she isn’t the final Cylon and that the remaining ‘skin-job’ had yet to be named. But it looks as if that theory has been put to rest.
With the identity of the final Cylon out of the way, there are still plenty of mysteries that need solved:
- What was Starbuck’s original Viper fighter doing on Earth and was that Starbuck’s body in the cockpit? My friends and I feel that the answers behind Starbuck lie in time travel.
- What about the final five Cylon’s flash backs to living on Earth? Will we be getting more flash backs this season? I sure hope so.
- Did Anastasia “Dee” Dualla kill herself because of her despair or was their another reason? Actress Kandyse McClure, who plays the deceased Lieutenant, speaks about her character’s suicide.
- Why are all the bodies found on the war-ravaged Earth Cylon?
- What role will Ellen Tigh play in the future of Cylons and humans?
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By Phil
January 19, 2009 3:16 AM | Link to this
I must say I am REALLY disappointed with the identity of the final Cylon. The other four revealed were serious game changers in terms of the story, people in positions of power capable of doing real harm, to wit: Tigh, XO of the last surviving Battlestar; Tori, aide to the President of the Twelve Colonies; Tyrol, Chief Petty Officer of Galactica’s flight deck, and Anders, one of Galactica’s last dozen (or so) pilots. Any one of them is seriously capable of doing real damage to the last 30-odd-thousand humans in existence, yet, so far, all but but Tori have been able to suppress the urge to give in to their Cylonity and do anything truly evil. Ellen Tigh, who — when she returns — everyone will KNOW is a Cylon, was and never will be in any position to offer any threat to the human race, thus rendering her identity reveal to be — to borrow a phrase from Douglas Adams — mostly harmless. Had the final Cylon been someone important to the command chain — Apollo, Adama, Baltar, Roslin, or even Zarek — the reveal would have had MUCH more significance.By Cindy
January 19, 2009 7:02 AM | Link to this
I disagree with Phil that Ellen is not a game changer. As he pointed out, Saul Tigh has been able to suppress any internal Cylon urge to do damage to BSG or the fleet. However, that might change if Ellen shows up. He’s never been able to control himself around her, and with her influence he could be very destructive. I’ve never been a fan of either of them, but I think that Ellen may prove to be the perfect choice for the final Cylon.By MBT Women Shoes
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