In orbit, news of Earth's inhospitability causes severe anguish and heartache from everyone. So, it seems Starbuck isn't the real Starbuck as many people suspected - but she's also not a Cylon, so what exactly is she? And who created her, gave her an identical Viper (configured to find Earth), and sent her back to the fleet? A little theory: did Starbuck's Viper cause the destruction of Earth in some way, having arrived 2000 years in the past through the maelstrom she supposedly "died" in? complete with her own dead body stuck behind the controls. Meanwhile, Starbuck ( Katee Sackhoff) is tracing the source of the colonial emergency locator beacon with Leoben ( Callum Keith Rennie) and finds her crashed Viper's cockpit. Even stranger, they discover Cylon-like centurions buried in the dirt and scientific analysis of "human" skeletons shows them to be humanoid Cylon, too – which means the fabled Thirteen Tribe of Kobol were machines! How does that tie into the established theology of the colonials? Did a race of machines created by ancient humans (us) evolve to become the dominant species on Earth, before colonizing Caprica after the planet was nuked, only to forget they were artificial beings? This, of course, would mean everyone on the show is a machine of some description the ultimate irony, given the racism spat at the "toasters" by the "humans". The reconnaisance parties quickly learn that the whole of Earth was nuked 2000 years ago. and I'm not even convinced we'll get a happy ending. As we creep towards the finishing line, it looks like things are going to get much harder before they get any easier. Moore's reimagining of kitsch '80s sci-fi tosh has refused to give easy answers or pander to audiences expecting empty-headed FX and explosions. But in a good way.īattlestar Galactica has always been a tough viewing experience, really. "Sometimes A Great Notion" gives us the raw emotional reaction to that terrible discovery, in one of the most depressing episodes of television in ages. Last summer's mid-season finale was one of the bitterest pills audience have had to swallow in years, with the revelation that the "promised land" of Earth is nothing but an irradiated dystopia.
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