One of Six

[chani]

"One of Six" was better than the premiere.

Here are my first thoughts:

There are many moments and lines that I loved like Cavil's "they are tools, not pets" and "I'm machine enough to admit that I was wrong!". Although there were bits of dialogues in the episode that I couldn't understand. Please articulate!

What's Cavil's number by the way? Now we know that Leoben is a Two. Mmm Leoben...I hope we'll see more of him.

Bill Adama is drinking more than Saul Tigh used to. 

Tory still has hair issue., yet not as serious as Laura's. Sorry dark humour here.

The hybrid still "vomits metaphysics" and says that "transformation is the goal" for they won't turn against their own. Perhaps the hybrid is clueless.

Boomer still betrays the people she's supposed to belong to, in this case the Eights. She turned against her own!

Kara still annoys me. I know there are Katee fans out there but I do think she keeps overplaying.

I liked how fragile and afraid Laura Roslin looked in the opening scene. But don't shoot anyone when you're without your glasses, silly woman! She only managed to damage the frame showing a picture of Bill and her...:- ) I like those little details (like Saul shooting Bill in the eye in the previous eppy). Bill nailed it when he said that she was afraid to die and that her death "might be as meaningless as anyone's else"! Cruel but true.
Poor Laura. Kara Thrace is a brat.

And I loved the Doctor Baltar and Mr Gaius scene. It so makes sense that now he keeps seeing himself. He used to be considered a genius. Like a rock star he picked women he wanted to shag until he became obsessed with Caprica – that obsession being the result of a mix of lust and guilt since she used him to annihilate mankind– so she was in his head for a while. Now he's been worshipping by people who see him as a prophet. What a boost for Gaius' ego ! At the same time he's in introspection mode, he's been found not guilty yet in the previous he thinks he deserves death for what he did.
No wonder he's obsessed with, haunted by himself now.

The shot of Gaius/Tory sex was very kamasutra-like.Tory shows her foot but doesn't want to flash her boobs. Can we say that Gaius is definitely really intimate with the Cylons?

I was right! Lee is going to work for Zarek !!!!!  Tom Zarek must be the Fifth. 

I have never been happy about the romantic Kara/Lee 'ship but I didn't dislike the Lee/Kara kiss and I found the Lee/Dee scene quite touching too. Lee has depth at last! And Jamie Bamber was good in the Farewell scene. It was nice to see Apollo shaking hand with Athena and I liked the Lee/Karl hug. But who wouldn't want to be hugged by Helo?

I'm still a bit confused in regard to Helo's rank and function. He seems to be CAG now...and Tigh seems to be XO again yet it isn't that clear. I liked the fact that Bill trusted Helo when it comes to Kara.

Helo is damn sexy when he enters a room, carrying a box.

Six and her Centurions reminded me of the opening scene of the miniseries. A new war has begun, a civil war. "We're finish voting"...Mmmm the Cylon utopia is biting the dust. There are indeed turning into human beings.

But the Six are playing with fire. Beware of sentient Centurions! I wonder if Caprica is aware of what's going on...

Comments

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

Of course there's a number seven missing, but I think that's probably due to the fact that back when the whole Cylon number thing began, the writers may not have thought up the concept of the seperate five Cylons.

Probably! Too bad there's no logics behind the series of numbers...

The fact we have sentient Centurions now establishes a connection to the old-school Galactica. By the way Cavil is a sort of mix between the old Baltar and the Cylon that was named Mephistopheles.

Any idea about the Fifth, Kashy?

[kashmanik.livejournal.com]

Well apparently the Fifth is neither Adama or Roslin, according to the actors who play them. Whether they're telling the truth or not is another matter!

In a weird sort of way, I think Galactica may be the Fifth Cylon. It's an old ship, and since New Caprica it's been very battle-scarred. It could fulfill the "dying leader" prophecy, as well as being the Fifth Cylon (the Four all heard the music whilst aboard Galactica, after all.)

I really don't know who the Fifth could be if it's a person. I hope it isn't Dee (there's been speculation, since Anastasia means "resurrection") or Zarek, simply because I don't know how satisfying it would be for a minor character to have such an important role. It'll be interesting to find out anyway!

I just hope that we find out who it is as part of the mid-season cliffhanger. It would be more fun to spend the last half of the season knowing, rather than finding out in the last twenty minutes of the finale!

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's the Galactica for the Final Five have been "showed" as humanoid in D'Anna's visions. The Fifth must be a skinjob too.

It has to be someone we already know otherwise it would have little impact, and according to R. Moore it isn't one of the major characters that were featured on the Last Supper pic. Zarek is the best candidate IMO, especially if Lee is going to work with him.

I just hope that we find out who it is as part of the mid-season cliffhanger. It would be more fun to spend the last half of the season knowing, rather than finding out in the last twenty minutes of the finale!

I totally agree with you! But I can't help thinking that they reveal who the Four were earlier in order to conceal the Fifth better.