Massive spoilers my butt. nothing was revealed.

Joe Asap, if you didn't see the last episode this would be major-spoilage.

After having watched the last episode and it previously being said that Starbuck would lead them to their death, did the Basestar Hybrid mean the deaths of the 13th tribe or the lives of those in the fleet?

I believe this is the greatest work of his career. They should have asked him to comment on that possibility and what this entire journey of performance has meant to him. Hey Edward, I hope they get you to play an Adama ancestor in the Caprica series.

Jpl1976:
I'm pretty sure the hybrid either meant the human fleet or the cylons, cause Leoben looked pretty shaken up after Kara revealed that's what the hybrid told her.

Hello!! Eddie you then Man!! You the Best!! Your character is badder than a "Cylon Centurion" Hope you come to NYC soon! You own your characters man!! You could truly sell snow in Alaska!

I love Olmos - one of my favorite actors ever since Selena & Mi Familia. I just wish the powers at be would explain how a latino got to be moping around deep space with a son who is really, really white.

Joe Asap, watch the episode where he has his wedding anniversary and gets haunted by the memory of his ex-wife. You'll get your question answered.

"...the final episodes are horrific..." I hope not! Am I never going to want to watch this series again after the finale????

I'm hurt already to the point I don't wanna watch the rest..but I have to be loyal, to quote one of the best movies of all time.."LIFE IS PAIN, YOU GET USED TO IT"!

This show is simply on another level. It seems not to have any of the limitations that we have gotten used to on TV. I believe this will become the greatest SciFi/Drama series ever and we will all be re-watching it for many years to come. In fact I'd love to re-watch all the episodes in HD now. BSG is for TV what Watchmen is for graphic novels.

Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell on screen together are just gorgeous. They both have committed to some of the best, finest work of their careers. I wish they would do something else together. I hope they get some reward from the Academy for their brilliance.

I think the fact that it's ENDING fraken suks!

You all ready to see Ellen being the one who behind the scenes has been organizing all the replays of this story. I will bet that the star ship cruising the starscape in Starbucks image she painted and again saw in person is much like the angel like people who helped Galacticas Apollo regain life in the old series. They together with Ellen are retrying to start events to a conclusion which all can get along and coexist.

continued: Caprica the new series is going to only cast you back into the mix when the four (possibly 5) of the final 5 are on Caprica affecting events for what ever replay number they are in currently. The whole show may be an old replay or the new one which succeeds what we are seeing play out now. Do you all remember the old series when Apollo, Starbuck came back to the fleet in white uniforms?? Starbuck in the new series was speedily taken to earth where all events changed. Her return in this series is how the four of five final cylons are triggered into changing events. Tigh in a past replay actually shoots Adama.

Well, they have to bring something new into it that no one else has mentioned yet.

Starbuck returned from a death of Earth... How? If the other Cylons didn't know about Earth, and Earth itself is a radioactive waste, how was she brought back? Is there another resurrection ship that no one knows about?

Along that same line, she appeared in a new "right off the showroom floor" Viper. Who built it?

It was Colonial right down to the numbering on the ship. The Cylons couldn't have built it, or they already would have built other vipers to confuse the humans. That slag-Earth couldn't build it, since there is no technology left there, and the fleeing colonists couldn't have built it.

What center of high-technology created a brand new viper for the "brand new" Starbuck?

I hope they are not going to turn it into some kind of Quantum Leap paralell universe. That would not fit in with the show.

The only thing that I can think of is that there is another world, where Earth's refugees went to 2000 years ago, and had become a viable planet now that is capable of creating a perfect copy of a Colonial viper (which they had never seen before).

See, even that had big holes in it.

oops... from a death ON Earth... sorry

Sandor,

Thank you! No one is asking that big question? How did Kara's ship get copied perfectly since it was destroyed. How did Starbuck's ship get sent to Earth?

At some point, the series will have to reveal who the outside mover and shaker is. There are only 8 episodes left, not much time to delve into the deep questions that remain.

BTW, we know that some humans survived on Caprica. But what about on the other Colonial worlds? If the Cylons decided to try to be with humans on New Caprica, what did they decide to do with any survivors on Caprica and the other colonies?

We saw that the Cylons had human women captives from whom they had stolen eggs. What became of those eggs? Did the Cylons create more hybrid children?

Finally, who were the Lords of Kobol? They are identified as the Greek gods but what were they really? Were they humans, Cylons, or hybrids?

So... when they were in the temple and that cylon lady saw the final five... and the final five were standing in front of those white sheets hanging down... I counted 6 sheets, not five. What's up with that? It seems that there were cylons standing on both ends which would lead me to believe that all positions were occupied by cylons.
You can see the picture on this site (I think it was in the "clue" section?)

ok. I think I see what's going on.
It looks as though they're standing BETWEEN the sheets, not on them. You can see it at 3:41 into the "Catch the frak up" video.
Hee hee. Sorry.

Behind all these unexplained events are the "Lords of Cobol" that used to "live in harmony with humans" thousands of years ago. Hmm, maybe the LCs were advanced Cylons? Maybe humans were artifically created by these original Cylons? Maybe LCs are another race like encounted in the old series and already discussed here. Whatever happens, should be a good finale season.

Currently, everyone seems so sure that the planet in these current episodes is a nuked Earth. Why is that? Is it intentional that none of the episodes so far has shown the land mass formations on the planet below, because it is nowhere near the Earth as us, the viewers, know it?

Talk about big questions: The big question on my mind is did the writers attempt to tie in the story of this series with our Earth? And, if so, did it take place in our distant past, or our future? ...and why are Cylons believing in one god vs. the humans multiple? Given most beings on our planet are the one god believing variety, the big twist at the end could be we're all descendants of Cylons...

I have no doubt the last several episodes are going to be chock full of answers and surprises. Given all the potential directions the writers could have taken in these last episodes, I have no doubt there will be some disappointed viewers by the end; but one thing is for sure, we'll all be on the edge of our seats. Great TV, indeed.

What a nice man - he seems to want us fans to feel included. If I got to pick a second father EJO would be the man! And yes, MAJOR SPOLERS if someone has not yet seen the episode, "Sometimes a Great Notion." I may be spoiler friendly myself but unlike some posters I will not lead anyone into spoilers on purpose.

EJO has returned to SciFI, anyone recall Bladerunner? He was great in Miami Vice too.

I don't think they can bring up too many new surprises until they've answered the current questions: Baltar/6/President/Boomers child vision in the hall, who's the new Starbuck harbringer, who were the dead Cylons on "Earth", 6/Tigh pregnancy(how is it different to Boomer/Helo's), what's Cavil and the other Cylons up to, what happened to 6 in Baltar's head, to name a few.

The only thing we know is this series will conclude in 8 more episodes, anything can happen, and BSG always amazes. It truly is one of the best SciFi shows ever and without too much flashy tech (so far).

I can't believe I'm logging onto a comment page about a TV show, but I have been hooked from the start, just wish they'd play all the episodes together and put me out of my misery!! Brilliant TV

Yes, Serendipity! I hope they do the same thing they did for SG Atlantis and have a BSG marathon leading up to the finale. That would be SOO COOL!

I agree with Serendipity. Start it all over. Make it a marathon. Play it from beginning to end. One hour a week just isn't enough. BSG is truly in a class by itself. Story line, characters, all it, one of a kind. And yes absolutely brilliant! I am disappointed that Ellen is the 5th (never did like her), I was glad she was gone. But this is BSG, nothing is a given.

The show has jumped the shark.

The show has not jumped the shark. It has remained consistently powerful, gripping, jaw-dropping science-fiction since the beginning. You can watch and re-warch almost every episode, and the writers and producers--just like the Cylons--have a plan. This is the chronicling of the End of Days of a People, brought about by their own failings, but highlighting their incredible spirit and heart in facing the inevitable. The twist will be if there is actually a happy ending, which, from watching the esteemed Mr. Olmos' interview, doesn't look very likely. Galactica has shown us just how gripping and strangely uplifting tragedy can be.

The writing, acting AND editing has been superb. I was skeptical, being a rabid fan from the first incarnation. Now I'm a true believer in mythos. The 'reinvention' is just like the evolution of myth.
As for the potentially tragic ending, it would be no different from our own history's mythic tragedies.

Hats off to the writers, producers, and actors. They are keeping me on the edge of my seat! I have not planned to sit and watch TV in a long time. I do now with BSG. Well done!!

am i the only one disapointent in the last 2 episodes.

beter add the tune of the bolt and the bautifull and you have a sequal .

hope the rest of the show wil pick up speed .

I still do not believe ellen is anything more then an aged 6. and Dee was the 5th. The 4 all had visoins on "earth" and she picked up the pocket watch (father's) and her jacks. She kils herself because she can not live with the fact her life was a giant lie and she is a cylon. and ofcourse I know sci fi and writers enough to know htey did not think it out as much as I have so I am probably wrong. eak!

Something just occurred to me, remember the original series. They thought they found Earth, an East/West conflict was going on. Similar to the Cold War of the time. The Ship of Lights was integral to the story arc. I would not be surprised if the Earth they found was not THE Earth. Just like in the original....and The Ship of Lights brought Starbuck back somehow.....just a thought...

Twister has beautifully summed up a lot of what I have been thinking. I am not convinced they have found the "real" Earth either for the same reasons. I also cannot decide if this is happening in our future or past. There is evidence for both. I feel the story will ultimately connect to the real Earth. One reason is the Cylon song that activated the 4 hidden Cylons in the Fleet. It is a real Bob Dylan song as many of you will know, "All Along the Watchtower". And I'm sure I have read somewhere that Ron Moore purposely wanted a real song in the series as a clue. (This would suggest that the show is happening in our future.)

Concerning Starbuck, remember at least one of her ovaries were stolen way back in season 2, I think. Maybe the current version is a clone, but that still doesn't explain how she was transported to "Earth" and back.

It has all happened before and will happen again. This has been repeated many times throughout the show. Could that mean everything started on the real Earth, perhaps in our near future, and now the events of the show are in our far future? Or... remember the old tagline from TOS: What if life here began out there? Did everything start on Kobol or even somewhere else and will end perhaps on the real Earth and start all over again? Perhaps we will all be revealed as Cylons or hybrids as others have said.

Wouldn't it be kinda fun if the last scene of the show shows an archeological dig in the present time in Africa or the Middle East or perhaps best of all in Greece. It is obviously something that has been buried a long time. The camera pans over to reveal a discovery that has everyone present shocked: Starbuck's pristine Viper.

the said the last 10 episodes wil blow your mind.

but i dont think the mean that ik a positive kinda way.

last 3 episodes where a piece of frakk.

this is not the battlestar galactica that i got to know the last 4 years.

dissapointend as hell

thanks you for totaly fucking up the battelstar galactica saga.

the ending was totaly crap.