When the Hybrid refers to “the Chosen One” to Baltar and D’Anna, I think each thought the Hybrid was referring to him/herself. And it did appear the Hybrid was looking directly at them, or perhaps directly at Baltar. However, I think the Chief is the Chosen One. Didn’t the Hybrid also mention something about the [...]

Ken writes: “In the episode The Passage Baltar and Number 3 talk to the hybrid and receive something like a prophecy from her concerning the Eye of Jupiter.  Whether this is a place or an artifact is not really clear, but the odd thing is the name Jupiter.   Jupiter is the Roman name for the Greek [...]

Galacti-Geek AJ writes: “Throughout the first season, I often found myself wondering what the nature of God was in the BSG Universe.  Faith – or lack thereof — in God had a significant effect on events within the show.  The events surrounding the Olympic Carrier in 33, the Tylium refinery in Hand of God, and the [...]

Arktis says: “Baltar has a Cylon device somewhere in his nervous system instead of his brain.  This is why it didn’t show on his brain scan, why it doesn’t appear to have direct control, and why it has to spend a lot of time convincing him of things.  Think of it as being similar to [...]

If this were a Jeopardy category it would be titled “Things that should be keeping Adama awake at night, but don’t.”  Something that’s been bugging me since the fleet left the planet — I’m still not calling it New Caprica – is where the heck are they going?  After we see the lion’s head nebula – which [...]

Katee Sackhoff is perfectly cast. Starbuck is so crazy, and I think she’s carrying around a lot of pain (about Zack, her childhood, the Farm, the whole Cylon war and occupation). She’s so wonderful and so terrible, sometimes in the same moment. What gets me is the look on her face the morning she marries Anders. [...]

It seems that D’anna Biers (Number 3) has found love in Hera/Isis, just as the Oracle on New Caprica predicted. But where is the baby? It seems like the baby is a significant part of D’anna’s newfound love, and based on much speculation here on the blog and in podcasts, love could be an invaluable [...]

I’ve noticed an interesting theme running through BSG - being trapped. It’s interesting how being trapped, held, or imprisoned - physically or psychologically - can affect people.
Some physical examples we see- Sharon in the cell on Galactica, Six (Gina) in same cell, Roslin in the brig, Lee in the brig when Adama is shot. Helo stuck on (Old) [...]

By writing this, I’m risking (again) becoming the target of numerous “keep your personal politics out of your podcast” emails, so if you’re firing up your mailer right now, hold on a second or two and read this post at least twice first.  Agreed?  OK — here goes…
Encarta defines allegory as “a work in which [...]

Something has been bothering me about the cylon for some time now and I haven’t quite been able to put my finger on it till now. With Audra’s last post about cylon on cylon violence it struck me.
One of the things that make us human is the fact that we get one go at life [...]

In the Season 3 premiere, I thought it was intriguing that D’anna Biers (Number 3) points out that Caprica Six was the first Cylon to commit violence against another Cylon. (As you remember from Episode 218, “Downloaded,” Six cracked D’anna over the head with a giant rock and then freed Anders.)
But immediately after this revelation, [...]

We just finished our marathon run through the whole Galactica canon — just in time for tonight’s premiere! — and this time around I was really struck by the appearance of Baltar in “Caprica Six’s” head.  I suppose the first time around I was so overwhelmed by the humanity’s surrender that I missed some really [...]