With the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica upon us, I have many questions swirling around in my head. Not to mention I either hate or thank Ron Moore for this. Thanks Ron!!!
Before I start, I have to warn you that as of April 4th of this year, it was reported over on EW that the first 10 of the last 20 episodes are scheduled to air – which seems to confirm what they were saying over on SyFy Portal about the season being split up, so be ready for a break in the midst of it all if the writers strike didn’t mess up their plans. (BTW, the EW link has some good background info for those who need to play catch-up.)
So who the frak is the final Cylon? Let me torment you with some logic and observations first.
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In the picture above, it’s called Battlestar Galactica: The final supper. In the picture is a goblet by itself at the table. Is there some significant clue by this missing representation of a figure or the cornerstone to the answer? It is such a simple goblet or cup, yet by itself, being pondered heavily by Lee Adama. At EW.com, if you click on the number representing the goblet, they point out that Moore insinuates the missing Cylon is not at the table. Well, there go a a few theories.
One of my first thoughts, since they like tossing twists at us, is Mr. Gaeta, only because if you look at the four of the final five, they’re all in strong support positions in the fleet, much like Gaeta has been all along.
The wheels are turning now, aren’t they?
But yet as I ponder the final Cylon, I also have in my head the quote we’ve heard a number of times, first in Battlestar Galactica: Razor, and then in the show itself: “This has all happened before; and will all happen again”
What the heck does that mean?
In recent episodes, we’ve seen the Cavils having the raiders lobotomized, referring to them as “They’re tools, not pets.” – Which says they’re treating members of their own race like slaves. Not cool Cavil. In fact, maybe foretelling?
We’ve seen Six’s and Sharons’ give the Centurions free thinking.
We also see the Six’s and Sharons have the Cavils, Dorals, and Simons all shot, and then Six asks one of the Centurion’s to “throw the surviving Cavil model out the airlock… please.”
In that scene, there’s a Centurion in the foreground cleaning up the massacre mess, and when she said please, he stopped what he was doing and seemed to look in her direction, pondering, then went about his business. That scene said it all for me, because what I saw was a spark of a thought in that metal head of his. Dare I say, a plan? Wait, doesn’t the show open up saying the Cylons have a plan? This all started with the shiny guys, it’s probably going to end with the shiny guys.
Bruce’s Revelation, with the reasoning that created it:
1. Humans created the Cylons.
2. Cylons rebelled against their human creators.
3. The Cylons evolved themselves into their creators image (aka “skin jobs”).
4. The new Cylons (skin jobs) lobotomize the Raiders AND in the same move, have given the Centurions free thinking.
With this, I project the following inspirations:
- The Centurions are not just tools.
- They must rebel against their creators in order to avoid being lobotomized.
- Suddenly, we will have the Cylons fighting the “Humans” all over again.
We then see “humans” defending themselves against the “Cylons / Centurions” and of course, the Centurions would probably create skin jobs somewhere down the road in order to infiltrate the “humans.”
And it starts all over.
Hence, all of humanity is “The Last Cylon.”
For me, this premise puts to rest some questions and doubts I have had about the new Cylons… For example, if Tigh is a Cylon, how was he in the first Cylon war?
If it’s not all of humanity, I’ll go with Plan B: Gaeta.
Me? I can sleep now. It all makes sense… that is until I find I’m wrong.
What’s your take? I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter!
Photo Credits: Last Supper: Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Blog; Cylon vs. Cylon: Galactica TV
UPDATE (9/27/08): Aaron Douglas who portrays Chief Tyrol participated in an online interview and he blows the lid off of some story details from the end of season 4, with potential story spoilers. You might want to jump on over and check out our newest post about Aaron Douglas Dishing Out Possible Spoilers.
UPDATE (1/18/09) See our coverage of season 4.5 premiere episode and who the final Cylon revealed is over on our Battlestar Galactica Premiere post!
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What about the music that 4 of the final 5 hear? That suggests that the 5th isn’t on the ship, or for some reason is not attuned to that music, or maybe they somehow generated the music, and know they are a cylon and wanted to gather together the other four?
I think what we are headed toward is a rapproachment between the humans and the cylons ,
PEACE and coexistence on earth .
i also believe earth is in its infancy .
Adama/ADAM?
We shall see.
What about Kara Thrace? How did she come back from the dead, and why did the first hybrid call her the “Herald of the Apocalypse”? Is she some kind of higher being who simply cannot be killed, or is she some kind of cylon?
Could the final cylon be the Galactica? Maybe that is where the music came from…
Adama = Earth in Hebrew.
I believe the final Cylone is Dualla, and that she may be carrying Lee’s child. Here is my theory on why I believe this–all of the revealed skin jobs have one programming theme in common, to reproduce, resulting in human/cylon hybrids (Boomer with Helo, Chief with Callie, Anders with Starbuck, etc.). They’ve said, “They will not harm their own.” I believe this to mean the hybrids, and that that is their mission, to bridge the gap between humans and cylons.
I believe the final Cylone is Dualla, and that she may be carrying Lee’s child. Here is my theory on why I believe this–all of the revealed skin jobs have one programming theme in common, to reproduce, resulting in human/cylon hybrids (Boomer with Helo, Chief with Callie, Anders with Starbuck, etc.). They’ve said, “They will not harm their own.” I believe this to mean the hybrids, and that that is their mission, to bridge the gap between humans and cylons.
I have been pondering a few important pieces of information.
1. Kara would lead the human race to its end, and is the herald of the apocalypse and the harbinger of death.
2. It does not say anything that the cylons will not be defeated.
3. When they actually get to earth what if there is something unseeingly wrong that is not noticeable but kills off all of humanity.
4. This would leave Hera and Nicholas left to be a new beginning for life. (Adam and Eve)
That would be such a great Rod Serling like twist for this series. I would be really happy with that, though I wonder if it’s too “heady” a concept to actually put on the teevee.
I’ll go with you on Gaeta being important, but I wonder how he could be important enough to betray Six or humanity.
I don’t have any good theories, but I am just hoping they don’t bail out with a “yet to be seen” character.
6 is the devil, baltar is christ and will travel back to earth via the worm hole and play the savior in humanity, and the 12 are the 12 disciples.
The last Cylon is Ellen Tigh. The point of sleeper agents is not to infiltrate the humans, but to experience genuine human life, to see if they really are the equals of their creators. No two characters have been through as much as Saul Tigh and his wife — their relationship is characterized by the most extreme human suffering, including alcoholism, infidelity, and murder. Exactly the kind of extreme emotions and experiences the Cylons want to feel to prove that there is no difference between them and their human creators.
When Ellen comes back, Saul will finally be reunited with the love of his life, and the knowledge that all their suffering together had a purpose. It’ll be great.
I think this is the only dramatic conclusion that really makes sense for the last Cylon, especially given that Moore and co. have said that the last Cylon isn’t actually pictured in the painting above.
But the scenario you paint in this blog entry is pretty awesome as well.
I think it would work..
maybe back in the day the 12 models coexisted, but at one point the final 5 splintered off from the other 7.
The final 5 could be the types that were capable of reproducing, the other 7 were there to fulfill some type of role (like worker ants or soldier ants, etc).
The 7 models can only clone, the final 5 meanwhile are used for normal reproduction with any of the other 12 models. Because of this, the final 5 models were the baseline for all of “humanitiy” on cabol.
Over thousands of years, most of humanity lost their genes which helped identified themselves as the final 5, but at least 4 of them have kept it to some degree where it was activated.
Did anyone else notice that the presedent is in the spot where Judas is in da Vinci’s painting.
Why is it nobody is bringing up the fact that if there were originally 12 models because there were 12 colonies and now there is a 13th colony, Earth, then there will be a cylon for Earth too.
I personally think they’re going to find Earth and it’s going to be post-apocalyptic. With ruins from wars and nukes around, maybe even uninhabitable. I like the idea of Kara being some sort of ‘higher being,’ it would explain her return nicely, though it reminds me a bit too much of stargate’s ascended beings. As for the final cylon, I love the analysis of the last supper picture and the Judas reference. The only thing is, the only person I could think of betraying 6 would be Baltar, but we know he’s not a cylon.
Kara mentioned in the last episode that she doesn’t feel like that is her body anymore, like she’s just watching herself from outside. There must be more to Kara than we think..
My money is on the Battlestar Galactica ship itself being the last cylon.
The president isn’t in Judas’ spot, that’s Bartholomew’s spot
I think there are some interesting theories here, lots of food for thought. I don’t know who the final cylon will be, but I doubt there will be some kind of ambitious “humanity is the twelfth cyclon” job pulled on us.
Instead, I think that the colonials and skinjobs will reconcile and, unite under the “one true god”, reach earth and rebuild humanity through interbreeding. As generations pass, the hybrids will become more like the humans and less like the cyclons.
The centurions meanwhile, will venture off into space on their own and perhaps eventually parish (or not, their fate is not important.) They will take the resurrection ships with them and eventually the 12 cylons will die. Eventually, with the 12 cylons gone and the hybrids more human than cylon, they will lose sight of the “one true god” (monotheism) and return to the polytheism where the twelve gods are based on the 12 cylons.
At some point down the road, humanity will re-invent the centurions (the thirteen tribe, the followers of the “one true god” – each of the twelve tribes is in honor of one of the twelve gods), and they will rebel again and the cycle will continue. The centurions are punishment by the “one true” monotheistic god for polytheism.
Just a theory anyway.
The final cylon is …. Jack Bauer
When he figures it out, he’s going to say …. ‘Dammit!’
If everyone is the “Fifth”, then what significance does baby Hera have? Why was she sought after by Deanna, and hidden by the humans?
i know it sounds odd, but i think there is more than 1. i think there is a final cylon, but then i also think there is 1 ‘other’, either a creator or god-like figure to be revealed. i just don’t believe that the centaurians created the skin-jobs to blend in, i think someone or something was working with them.
on top of this i honestly believe the cylons are heading toward a civil war with good cylons pitting against ‘evil’. i think some of the models will work with the humans to defeat the cylons bent on destroying everything. we are already seeing this start.
it all had to start somewhere, right? there were once 13 tribes, there was a jealous god that caused the rift that began the exile from kobol, it’s all coming together.
One thing I haven’t seen discussed is Chief’s baby — isn’t it the same kind of hybrid as the previous Athena/Helo child (Hera) except with a male cylon as parent? Given all the panic from Roslyn on the first, isn’t this second child as important? Yes, I realize few outside the four know, but the four haven’t said word one about this.
I believe that it is Helo. They say that the last model is in the shadows, waiting to redeem themself. And they keep saying that Hera is important. With Nicky(Chief’s son) being another half Cylon, usually that wouldnt make her so special. So it could be that she is the product of two cylon parents.
I think the last Cylon is Laura Roslin. She has been at all the right places at all the right times to guide the fleet. This being said I think the goal of the Cylons is to use the humans to get to Earth. They may exterminate them after they get there but thats not my point. I think Laura Roslin’s cancer maybe turned off and on like a switch. The Cylons use this as a tool to invoke sympathy and compassion from the human populace and of course Adama. She may or may not be aware of the fact she is a Cylon but she does use her illness to get what she wants.
A few random thoughts:
Her previous aide Billy was killed so her new Cylon aide could take his place.
She is where Judas would appear in the “Last supper” pic.
She didn’t shoot Starbuck when Starbuck urged her to tell Adama to change the course of the fleet. She somehow knew Starbuck would be the one to guide them to Earth.
Not sure who the last Cylon is, but I’m pretty sure it’s not Starbuck…her coming back from the dead seems analogous to a similar event that happened to Starbuck and Apollo in the original series…think they’re uniforms turned white or something?
Does anyone think its possible that Starbuck is really the first hybrid? I can’t remember mention of her father. I also think there might be some loose ends that never get tied up.
From you:
“But yet as I ponder the final Cylon, I also have in my head the quote we’ve heard a number of times, first in Battlestar Galactica: Razor, and then in the show itself: “This has all happened before; and will all happen again”
What the heck does that mean?”
Seeing as how much of the hints are Scripture based, from the Book of Ecclesiastes let us look at what follows that thought:
9 What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been,
in the ages before us.
11 The people of long ago are not remembered,
nor will there be any remembrance
of people yet to come
by those who come after them.
It’s reversed! The BSG Last Supper picture is reversed from the actual painting. SAM is in Judas’ spot! The giveaway is the knife that Tyrol is holding. In the painting Peter is holding the knife and is on the left side of the table, but here he is on the left. This puts Sam as Judas and Kara as John. This also means the missing of the 12 appears to be Philip. Keep in mind the painting depicted the reaction of the 12 to Jesus saying one will betray him, much is the same for the picture. This makes complete sense, as Philip is ALWAYS listed FIFTH among the apostles! The question is, of course, who does Philip relate to as a BSG character..
As for me, I don’t believe that The Four are really Cylons. They were all in Cylon hands for some time while on New Caprica. I believe they have been brainwashed into thinking they are Cylons. My theory came into doubt though when I saw the Presidents assistant backhand Callie. That was not normal strength. I believe that Baltar is a Cylon though. Which would explain his ability to visualize his own 6 and himself. I firmly believe that Tigh and the Chief are both human, with the other two doubtful. Did Adama know Tigh before they were stuck on that crappy freighter together? If so, that excludes Tigh from being anything but human. No, the twist might lay in the idea that The Four are still human while the Final Five haven’t been shown to us at all.
Its all happened before. It will all happen again. They’re all cylons. The 13th colony is the cylon homeworld. Its a simulation by the cylons to see what will happen if they wipe out human kind “their creators” for playing god. They are children scorned and nothing more.
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