Leobon Does Not Lie
WARNING: This post may upset readers who want to be lead on by President Roslin's irrational fears!
Now, at first I was skeptical of Commander Adama myself, but this just didn't add up. Of course, someone high up in the fleet is going to be a Cylon, but who could it be? Having the Commander be a Cylon just does not seem reasonable. All of the Cylons we have seen so far have not had children. They are in the same basic generation--about ready to have children, not about to be grandparents. If Commander Adama was a Cylon, he would have been replaced by one somewhere along the line. This would not have been too easy, seeing as he has been on the Battlestar all this time. If he was not replaced, then he would have had half-cylon children, and Lee and Zak would both be at least part Cylon.
The basic motivations for placing a Cylon in charge of the entire ship are sketchy, at best. This lead my chain of thought to the other Adama on board and in a command position. (Note: While Zak is an Adama, he died, this causes tension between the Commander, Lee, and Starbuck. It is highly unlikely that he will come back in a way almost exactly like Ellen Tigh. That just would be irresponsible on the part of the writers.) Lee Adama is the perfect character to be a Cylon. Let's say he's somewhere between the age of 25 and 35. The Cylons have been gone for 40 years. That gives them plenty of time to replace the original with (or even to have made the original,) a Cylon. Having the original Apollo be a Cylon is actually fairly plausible--with the actors chosen for the new show, he looks nothing like his father. Ellen speculated in tonight's episode, "And I bet you look just like your mother." The mother we have never seen, even in a picture. Coincidence? I think there is more to the mother thread, if not in development of Lee's Cylon status, then for the sheer drama. Anyway, after 40 years, the Cylons come back and decide to wage war on the humans. Apollo returns and takes a command position on the only Battlestar to survive the original attack.
When Leobon shows up, Commander Adama tells Lt. Thrace to be wary of what the Cylon says, that there is always a grain of truth with which he uses to sow the seeds of doubt. When Leobon tells Roslin that Adama is a Cylon, her thoughts automatically jump to the suspicious actions of Commander Adama, rather than anything Lee Adama does (her "adviser on the military"), who is more quickly thought of as "Apollo" than "Adama". No one thus far has suspected Lee, the true Cylon. Instead, they doubt the leader of the entire fleet.
Now, at first I was skeptical of Commander Adama myself, but this just didn't add up. Of course, someone high up in the fleet is going to be a Cylon, but who could it be? Having the Commander be a Cylon just does not seem reasonable. All of the Cylons we have seen so far have not had children. They are in the same basic generation--about ready to have children, not about to be grandparents. If Commander Adama was a Cylon, he would have been replaced by one somewhere along the line. This would not have been too easy, seeing as he has been on the Battlestar all this time. If he was not replaced, then he would have had half-cylon children, and Lee and Zak would both be at least part Cylon.
The basic motivations for placing a Cylon in charge of the entire ship are sketchy, at best. This lead my chain of thought to the other Adama on board and in a command position. (Note: While Zak is an Adama, he died, this causes tension between the Commander, Lee, and Starbuck. It is highly unlikely that he will come back in a way almost exactly like Ellen Tigh. That just would be irresponsible on the part of the writers.) Lee Adama is the perfect character to be a Cylon. Let's say he's somewhere between the age of 25 and 35. The Cylons have been gone for 40 years. That gives them plenty of time to replace the original with (or even to have made the original,) a Cylon. Having the original Apollo be a Cylon is actually fairly plausible--with the actors chosen for the new show, he looks nothing like his father. Ellen speculated in tonight's episode, "And I bet you look just like your mother." The mother we have never seen, even in a picture. Coincidence? I think there is more to the mother thread, if not in development of Lee's Cylon status, then for the sheer drama. Anyway, after 40 years, the Cylons come back and decide to wage war on the humans. Apollo returns and takes a command position on the only Battlestar to survive the original attack.
When Leobon shows up, Commander Adama tells Lt. Thrace to be wary of what the Cylon says, that there is always a grain of truth with which he uses to sow the seeds of doubt. When Leobon tells Roslin that Adama is a Cylon, her thoughts automatically jump to the suspicious actions of Commander Adama, rather than anything Lee Adama does (her "adviser on the military"), who is more quickly thought of as "Apollo" than "Adama". No one thus far has suspected Lee, the true Cylon. Instead, they doubt the leader of the entire fleet.
posted by (and Ernie) at 11:37 PM
2 Comments:
Very cool blog!
I never even considered Lee as the cylon but it's making a lot of sense. Also gives purpose to some other incongruous actions.
The last episode action of pulling a gun on the boarding party seemed out of place to me. Not completely, but the same guy ready to threaten prisoners suddenly takes a stand against his military commanders? He has shown some "younger brother" sort of rebellious attitude in the past, but this scene seemed to go too far. If he is programmed to rebel against his father at the worst possible times.... well now that scene makes more sense.
Even more.... The conversation Lee has early in the season with the terrorist leader who has taken him hostage. I was pretty uncomfortable with Lee's appeasing dialog. I don't remember it exactly... the whole "I was sympathetic to your cause.... wish you hadn't murdered all those people" concept.
Now, the cylons are a bit of a terrorist analog in the series.... in the real world they look like us, move among us, we can't tell the difference between "us" and "them". Analogous to terrorists in those ways. I figure the writers have this in mind.... so why not some foreshadowing by the writers. If Lee is a cylon, and therefore "like a terrorist" in some ways... why not make him automatically sympathetic to a terrorist he meets in the show. Your theory makes that scene much more believable.
So "Tell my father I just relied on my gut instinct" becomes "Tell my father I just relied on my dna" becomes "Tell my father I was programmed to do things like this".
Pretty good theory... I think you are on to something.
I think most of Lee's actions could still be human reactions. When he boxes with his "dad" that hints at Cylon. That exchange is worth some discussion.
Bottom line is that we have to believe Leoben that "Adama is a Cylon". We know it is true. So, who else is on the list of Cylon models?
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