Here is a list of my predictions for the remaining episodes of Battlestar Galactica. I’m putting them in writing because when they come true, I’d like to be able to refer back to this post, put on my big boy voice and yell: “In your face! In yo faaaaace!” I’m also making as many predictions as possible to raise my chances of being able to use said big boy voice.
THE FINAL CYLON: Dee. She dated both Billy and Apollo, giving her access to both the military and the presidency. I also think that regardless of who the final Cylon is, that they will have known all along that they were a Cylon, unlike the other four who were “switched on”.
WHO DIES: Roslin and Starbuck. Roslin is the dying leader as prophesied (spell check tells me it’s not prophesized, which I’m not quite sure I believe) in the scriptures. I’ve debated back and forth over whether it’ll be Starbuck or Apollo who dies (I believe it will definitely be one of them) and finally settled on Starbuck.
STARBUCK: Is a prophet/angel sent from the Gods to save humanity. She may be the harbinger of death as stated by the Cylon hybrid, but death is really just representative of the rebirth of humanity, or perhaps the death of the Cylons who refuse to make peace with the humans.
APOLLO: Will succeed Roslin as president after she dies. I guess this one may be kind of obvious since he’s already been acting president, but it’s a prediction nonetheless.
HELO, SHARON, AND HERA: Will live happily ever after. I really don’t see what the point of killing any of these characters would be. They’ve been through so much all series. I think their story will be the silver lining to other characters tragedies and sacrifice.
SPEAKING OF HERA: Hera and Nicholas (Chief and Cally’s baby) will play a defining role in the conclusion of the series. I want to say that there might be a flash forward to when they’re adults, but it just doesn’t seem like something BSG would do. But why else would there be such a vast focus on them the entire series if they are just pawns the entire time? I feel that something the children knowingly do will effect the outcome of the story.
BALTAR: Will find out that his life is meaningless. God never had a plan for him. He will be driven mad by this knowledge, and either commit suicide, or go into a life of seclusion with Head Six.
EARTH: The planet found in the mid-season finale is not our Earth. I’m still too leery of how they didn’t show it clearly from space to show any defining continental shapes. I think that planet is the lost and obliterated Cylon homeworld destroyed in their civil war. Earth is another planet that will be found later on. I’m still unsure about the timeline, but if I had to guess, I’d say when they find Earth it’ll be pre-civilization and the Humans and Cylons who settle there are our ancestors.
There we have it. Agree? Disagree? What are your predictions?
