Wow just so much information to digest!
Couple of points I gathered from the latest episode:
- As predicted, Ellen got a near overhaul to her character. Who else thinks her escape with Boomer is all part of Cavil's plan? He wants the resurrection hub restored after all and the only way to do that is get the 5 together. So he gets Ellen panicking about cutting her open and gets Sharon to pretend she's helping her, I bet the Raptor is bugged and will lead his forces straight to BG.
- Speaking of, Cavil's speech was one of my personal stand out moments of the whole series. Very Blade Runner-esque and in the hands of a lesser actor it would have come across as rather cheesy, but it was delivered immacuately. I got goosebumps watching the level of self-loathing Cavil has at himself and his 'inferior body'. Kudos to Dean Stockwell for a great performance, in fact kudos to all the actors, the series has been amazing to watch for performances alone.
- Cavil is modelled after Ellen's father? But on New Caprica they...
Even worse, Cavil knew the true nature of Ellen all along while they...
- Perhaps the biggest revelation is #7 - Daniel. Any thoughts? A completely new character or someone in the fleet? For me, it's either Baltar or Starbuck. Baltar because there's just something about him. How else to explain his visions of Six? Anders, during his recollections even said something along the lines of, 'We had warning signs,..Tori a man appeared before you, for me it was a woman..Amazing how, nobody else could see them..' But it's most likely Starbuck. Ellen mentioned that Daniel was an artist, which Starbuck painted the supernova beside the Temple of the Five. Cavil corrupted #7's genetic code, so much so that maybe, in a twisted form of fan service, corrupted Daniel's entire gender?
And of course there's the whole, Starbuck's corpse resting on Earth thing. Resurrection?
It'll be a sad day when BSG finishes