Deadlock

The more I think about it, the more it seems making Ellen a Cylon was just an excuse to fix the mistake of killing her. I could tell Moore was really enamored with the character and only killed her because it was "dramatic", so now he can resurrect her as a Cylon. The problem with there being so many Cylons in the fleet for so long though is it strains credibility. What about medical exams? Wouldn't something have indicated they were Cylons? I know the miniseries made it seem like they were indistinguishable from humans, but there must be SOMETHING different about them. And why didn't Baltar's Cylon detector know that Tigh was a Cylon? We know that Hera has blood cells that are different from human cells. So shouldn't that mean that any Cylon could just get a blood test that would prove they weren't human? If that's the case, you'd think there would be blood samples from Ellen and Saul that would have been noticed in 40 years!

What about them is machine, exactly? They must have some kind of metallic element or computer drive somewhere. We know there are access ports in the arms of the Eights. So why is this such a surprise?? And how do they reproduce anyway; how does technology pass on biologically? Even the Borg had to be born organic and supplemented afterward. It just seems that the skin-job Cylons are completely biological; so how exactly does that make them machines?

It's funny that Ellen gets all mad at Saul for sleeping around, when it's usually Ellen who's frakking anything that moves. The fact that they have now shaded this relationship with incestuous overtones is disturbing.

The doctor says that Caprica Six is four months pregnant. I'm confused now. Does it really seem like it's been four months to you? They started frakking at the start of season four. Then they followed Kara to Earth. Nine days later, Gaeta was the lone survivor on the raptor. Then there was a mutiny. Now I can see it maybe being one month or even two, but four? I detest how this show plays so fast and loose with time!

The whole baby thread was once again a waste! They killed it off. Why? Because it's Hera that's important, and none of the other Cylon babies can survive. They retroactively made Tyrol's son not his so he wasn't a Cylon baby. They've now killed Tigh's son. It makes you wonder why they even wrote it in in the first place! But of course, at the time they probably didn't plan on bringing Ellen back. I'm all for discovering things along the way, but there is just to much writing by the seat of the pants on this show. It can be done, but too many huge story points just come out of nowhere. 

I've never been a fan of Ellen Tigh and the bickering between her and Saul. So to have to endure it again (so much so that it leads to a dead baby) was a chore.

On the other side, we have Baltar trying to regain his sheep, and trying to be humanitarian as well. There is good stuff there. I like his speech to Adama about protecting the human civilians. And I have to chuckle at his reaction to Six when she suggests bigger guns. All of this proves to me that he is not a villain, and certainly nothing like the Baltar of the original series. But I don't think the whole "Gaius and Six will raise Sharon's baby" thing is ever going to be resolved. And what about all the opera house visions?

Boomer has really been sidelined as a character. It's been so long since she's been on Galactica, I had to stop and think about why she should be in the brig.