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BSG: Oh, Cally

spoilers through The Ties that Bind (4.3)

Previously on blogging Battlestar Galactica . . .
I had speculated that Cally was the Final Cylon. One of the reasons I posited this eventuality was that she, as a character, is annoying and boring (MHO). There had to be a point to her.

Everyone else on the show has a viewpoint, a voice, a purpose within the storytelling. If Cally had any of these things—it sure was whiny. Perhaps I’m missing something.

And now, provided that she isn’t actually the Final, her character ends. For someone who has done so much—shot Boomer, married Chief, had Nicolas—I still can barely remember her.

I, however, continue to like my Cally-is-a-Cylon ending, if only in theory.

Thematically, I think Cally would be an interesting choice because then she and Chief would have an honest-to-goodness procreated Cylon baby.

If the Cylons realize that they are “whole and complete” onto themselves, perhaps their obsession with humanness and humanity can end. Then it’s a new start again, for both species.

Since this is one show where the “no body = no death” understanding is out the airlock, I may still have a shot.

Other thoughts:

  • The title reminded me immediately of Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down. That’s the episode in which we first met Ellen. Marrying a Cylon tends to get you a rough end. Is anyone else worried about Starbuck now?
  • Starbuck’s detailed-away ship is the Demetrius. Demeter is the Greek goddess of grains and crops. It’s not exactly ‘earth,’ but I think it is interesting nonetheless. For a nomadic tribe to become a settled people, it must develop agriculture. Of course, it could just be that the original owners of the ship thought it was funny to associate all that fiber with sewage processing.

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