Battlestar Galactica Retrospective S1E8 “Flesh and Bone”
Key Events
Roslin has a “prescient” dream involving the cylon Leoben
A Leoben is captured on the Gemenon traveller and is interrogated by Starbuck and claims to have planted a bomb on Galactica which later turns out to be a false claim
Leoben claims they will find Kobal and that Adama is a Cylon
Leoben is spaced by Laura Roslin fulfilling her vision in her dream
Boomer visits Baltar and ask to undergo cylon testing, Baltar finds that she is but tells her that she isnt
On Caprica Athena goes on the run from her fellow cylons with Helo in tow
What we Learn
It has been 25 days since the fall of the 12 colonies
Leoben believes in a cyclical nature of time and events as does colonial scripture and the first reference to “all of this has happened before and all of this will happen again”
Baltars cylon detector works
Subsequently Answered Questions
Will Baltar tell anyone that Boomer is a cylon?
No, the real question question is why he didn’t tell anyone later, for while the reasoning for not telling Boomer is sound, keeping it secret is a questionable decision
Is Adama a Cylon?
It is a virtual certainty that neither Lee Adama or Commander Adama are cylons and given what we know about the final five it is extremely doubtful that Leoben would know if another Adama was a cylon. The only possible out is if the rumours of the caprica spin off are true and an early cylon model was a copy of Commander Adamas sister.
Episode Rating
7/10

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