1. Caprica 6 and Tigh's unborn baby Liam dies. It wasn't really because Ellen, in fine bitch form - the same personality as a Cylon as a human - tries to pull Caprica and Tigh apart. It wasn't because Tigh didn't love Caprica and the baby enough (he certainly deeply loved and wanted the baby). It was because a pure Cylon was not meant to be. Pure Cylon is not the way of the future. Not pure human, either.
2. The death of Liam makes Ellen realize that her attempt to get the Final Five Cylons off on their own won't work, either. They could neither procreate, nor get resurrected.
3. And Galactica herself can only survive by becoming hybrid - via the Cylon living resin mending its cracks and growing with it...
So hybrid is the only way to go. But human-Cylon life still has potent human-only and Cylon-only enemies...
Yes, another really satisfying, lyrical episode of BSG tonight. And with at least two priceless scenes ... Adama comforting Saul on his loss of a son (and Saul saying he knows it's not like with Zach) ... and Caprica 6 explaining to Ellen that Saul didn't love Ellen any less ... That one made me realize again why Caprica 6 has always been my favorite Battlestar Galactica character.
See also: Battlestar Galactica, Final 1: Dee, Ellen, and Starbuck ... Final 2: Baby and Mutiny Make Three ... Final 3: Galactica Alamo! ... Final 4: Shout-Outs to Lampkin, Lee, Tyrol ... Final 5: (Almost) All Explained ... Final 7: 'Since I Died in Your Arms'
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I'm a little unclear on how the cylons know that hybrids will be more robust than pure cylons or pure humans, since all they have to go on is one little girl who hasn't yet demonstrated any outstanding traits. For all they know, human/cylon hybrids may have a lifespan of only ten years or be sterile.
This episode had me chuckling more than any previous episode of BSG that I can recall.
Simply by virtue of being alive, Hera beats all other procreative attempts so far by a country mile. This is a case where having something is infinitely better than having nothing. Sure, the Cylons are basing their hopes and dreams for the future on a little girl whose viability is still unknown, but consider the alternative: basing their hopes and dreams on nothing, or the resurrection technology which many of them feel deprives life of its meaning.
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