TV Review: Battlestar Galactica - "Six of One"
Published April 17, 2008
Meanwhile, back at the Secret Cylon Clubhouse, the newly revealed four continue (along with the rest of us) to wonder who the fifth is. It's apparent to all of them that getting close to Gaius Baltar might be one way to get some information, and since we all know that Gaius has a weakness for the ladies, Tory draws the short straw by default. Tigh tells her she needn't go all the way, but the implications are clear. Later on, Tory strikes up a conversation with Gaius, who for some inexplicable reason is wearing what looks like a Members Only jacket. That and his new 'do conspire to make him look like he escaped from the '80s, which throws my whole mental timeline for this show out of whack. Tory and Gaius end up in the sack, Tory cries while they do it, and whether this will have been worth it remains to be seen. Oh, and while he and Tory are chatting, he's visited by Imaginary Gaius, who seems to have taken the place of Imaginary Six. What these visitations mean about him we have yet to learn; the possibility of him being the Fifth and Final Cylon certainly exists, but it seems too obvious.
On a Cylon basestar, an argument is in progress over whether Cavil had the right to re-program the Raiders (effectively lobotomizing them). His decision stems from the fact that the Raiders refused to continue firing on the fleet once they recognized that Anders was among them; clearly the Raiders recognized his Cylon-ness, which in Cavil's view makes them less than effective (he doesn't want them thinking about the Final Five, which is something the other seven models have been programmed not to do). Feeling among the Cylons over this issue is split right down the middle (which leads us to believe that there are equal numbers of copies of each model) with the decision deadlocked until Boomer breaks with Cylon precedent and votes against her model to side with Cavil.
As the Cylons argue among themselves over the issue, Six (the Natalie version) summons a couple of Centurions into the room (she's removed an important piece of hardware from them that keeps them from thinking for themselves), who lay waste to Cavil and his cohorts in a bloody shoot-out. This turn of events is one of the major ones I alluded to at the beginning of this review. We now have the Cylons splintering into what appear to be at least two distinct factions (among the six "human" models), and we also have the possibility of independent action arising on the part of both the Raiders and the Centurions. We have some Cylons going against their own programming and thinking quite a bit about the Final Five — and with Natalie's move, we're looking at an outright insurrection.
- TV Review: Battlestar Galactica - "Six of One"
- Published: April 17, 2008
- Type: Review
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Video: Drama, Video: SF, Video: Television
- Part of a feature: One Frak Mind: The Search for Earth
- Writer: Lisa McKay
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"the possibility of him being the Fifth and Final Cylon certainly exists,"
I have trouble buying that. Why then would they need to have Six use him to infiltrate the defense systems?
The show wastes too much time on false notes. We knew Kara wasn't going to kill the President and that Adama let her go looking for Earth, so why have these scenes that are just putting off the inevitable?
I do like the Raiders becoming independent.