Battlestar Galactica, Season 4.5, Episode 5(out of order, I realized I didn't post this)

Maybe I'm feeling more post-vacation exhaustion today than yesterday, but let me see if I have this straight:

So, the Final 5 are actually the manifestations of a Cylon research team (headed by Ellen Tigh) that created the other 7 models we are now aquainted with? And the 5 traveled at sub-light speed from Cylon Earth to the 12 colonies to end the first Cylon war, but then Cavil (patterned after Ellen's father* & possessing a reverse Pinnochio complex) decided to alter their programming to make them think they were human, to punish the 5 for programming the others to be so plagued with emotion?

I'll say one thing, I don't think too many people would've guessed that.

But I don't know how much I buy that crew as a bunch of research scientists. OK, I can see Tyrol and maybe Tori, but Anders? A scientist? The actress playing Ellen is doing a pretty good job of "having the switch flipped" and assuming a much different personality, so maybe all her flightiness/promiscuity was something the Cavil model** programmed in out of spite.

I guess we'll just have to see where this goes - I hope that there's an explanation for all the Cylon models, including the lesser-utilized models like Simon and Doral. Then there's the aborted-fetus model "Daniel", which maybe will play into the Kara mystery?

* - a model she slept with on New Caprica? Oh, barf BARF BARF. :-P
** - Is it just the one Cavil, or the whole line of Cavils that knew the Final 5 secret?Tags: sci-fi
Mood: confused