Sunday, January 11, 2009

Who The Frak Is The Final Cylon?: Further Musings

Last night I dreamt that I had bought the final season of Battlestar Galactica, and for some masochistic reason I skipped through to the following two scenes:

1) Lee Adama is arguing with his father. 'You're king of the Cylons. Shouldn't you be with your people?' Turns out that the man we knew as Bill Adama is actually Peter Adama, and he raised Lee after his brother was killed in some mid-air crash or something.

2) In the midst of all the activity on the ship, Bill Adama hears music. He enters a secluded room to find some respite, and when he re-opens the door, he sees the rest of the Final Five standing outside. Tigh says: 'I'm glad it's you Bill'. 'What?' the Admiral asks, confused. Tyrol says: 'You're the final Cylon'.

OK, neither of those scenes really make sense - why would a Cylon have a brother, and why wouldn't Adama realise he was a Cylon when he heard the music, like the others did? Yet... the clues suggest that the final Cylon was not with the fleet when Three was 'unboxed'? That would point to Adama and Roslin as suspects.

But I'm also starting to warm to the theory that Zak Adama is the final Cylon. It does fit with the major clues I can think of:

1) Zak is not in the 'Last Supper' promotional photo posted yesterday. And Lee Adama appears to be pondering the absent space - thinking of his lost brother perhaps?

2) It doesn't contradict Leoben's claim that Adama is a Cylon.

3) Zak is not in the fleet when Three is unboxed, and Three would know that Zak wasn't in the fleet.

And revealing Zak to be the final Cylon would pack an emotional punch for at least three of the major characters. So my revised order of likelihood:

Zak Adama
Tom Zarek
Bill Adama
Laura Roslin

By the way, someone else has posted odds as to who the final Cylon is. Their assessment was someone different to mine.

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