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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 2572360" data-attributes="member: 4779">Unfortunately, I knew about D'Anna Biers being a cylon before watching.  I must have unintensionally read a spoiler about it somewhere so no shock for me at the end.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />But, it was still a good ep.  I know there is a bunch of speculation (here and on other boards) about how the cylons relay info from the human models to each other over long distances and I've pretty much just let it slide.  I assume that in time we'll get a direct answer to exactly how it's done.  Until then I just assume that they have the tech to do it right 99% of the time.It was interesting to see the grunts get a share of the spotlight for a bit, especially Dee, Gaita and Kat.  Even Tigh got a moment of "glory" which he doesn't get nearly enough of.  This season has really answered my question of why the cylons are keeping the humans around.  It was a minor theme all along but I guess it really started to click when we saw Starbuck in the pregnancy farm on Caprica.  The humans are obviously being studied on all levels.  They have reduced humans to basically being in a fishbowl (the fleet) and are toying with everything from basic and carnal emotions to more complex ones like love and betrayal.  It makes it easier for me to watch, really.I like the idea of different factions within the cyclons.  They are probably both working towards the same goals but in different ways.  Too bad there are only a 2 eps left (Flight of the Phoenix & Pegasus) until they break for mid-season.</blockquote>

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