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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 3168521" data-attributes="member: 115">That was what the Cylons believed.  Important distinction.  As we saw with Three torturing Baltar, the Cylons are very inflexible with regards to their beliefs.  I'm not just talking the fate discussion either.  They assumed, instantly, that Gaius was the cause, that he was lying.  Nothing he could do or say would dissuade them of that.  Heck, I don't think they believe him still, after all the torture.Personally, I don't think downloading would have done anything anyway... and I'm a little disappointed they didn't go that way.  I think it would have been more satisfying if the plan wasn't stopped by Helo and to have it fail anyway.  Maybe it's the biochemist in me, but this way, the door is still open for biological weapons - just get some rats off the other ships!  For that matter, any other virus Humans may be immune to can be used.Overall, I wasn't too thrilled with the episode.  It was good, a far stretch from Black Market, but definitely the low point of the season for me so far.I don't agree with the genocide decision, for the sole reason that Galactica has made it this far, with their only major screw up being New Caprica.  The Humans have adaptability on their side, something that we've seen very little of from the Cylons.  At this moment, the moral evil of genocide doesn't make up for the possible total destruction of Humanity.  There may come a time when that isn't true, but that time is not now.  There was also no guarantee that the Cylons wouldn't have been able to cure it, especially with Hera in their possession, who is also presumably immune.However, both Athena and Helo have shown repeatedly that they can not be trusted.  At the very least, Adama should remove them both from Galactica, and it may even be justifiable to airlock them.  They certainly shouldn't be on Galactica at all.  It was a cop-out at the end of the episode, with Adama refusing the investigation.  Perhaps he realized that biological weapons are a Cylon weakness, perhaps not.  It still felt like a cop-out on the writers' parts.  Hopefully we see some stuff go down with him next week.</blockquote>

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