Would there have been a robot dog in the cradle in that version?

Maybe they were trying to do both? If Human-Cylon hybrid babies are the future (because, after all, the children are our future), they might have been planning a Chief-Boomer coupling from the start and then grabbed the opportuntiy for Helo-Sharon. After all, if not for Love Conquering All, Sharon would have killed…

Agreed. It definitely seemed like he was being a bastard. After Six says that the Boomer model is weak and wouldn't kill itself, Balter sort of has an "Oh yeah? Watch this." look on his face.

That's a good point about the scene having another purpose. Between that and 2-3 other cliffhanger storylines going on, they were able to shock us with it rather than feeling like the ep was building to that moment.

Heh, that's awesome.

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(Had to delete and repost this because the racist and sexist piece of shit spamming the comments upvoted it. Grow up, fuckwad.)

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Understood. I think it's interesting, though, that fans of genre fiction can sometimes be dismissive of "regular" literature. I mean, To Kill A Mockingbird has an A to B plot and is set in the real world, but I wouldn't call it "just" anything. Or something like The Wire, to use a TV comparison.

Wait, are you telling me Sharon is going to die giving birth to her and Helo's baby after the Cylons take over Isonzo IV?

In the future (or past or whenever the hell the show is set), that's clearly traditional Mexican music.

"Battlestar Galactica isn’t just storytelling, it’s an immersive world with a different set of rules."

Do you call him Meowbuck?

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[note from 8 minutes in]: "Chuckles is going to buy it, isn't he?" It was pretty obvious that one of the 3 newbie pilots would get killed, and it wasn't going to be the tough woman or the lead actor's kid.

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He was only there because craft services had a banana breakfast that day.

It's a problem because it undermines her mission. She's there to accuse Baltar of treason (with the end result of making him *more* trustworthy when he's cleared, but still she needs to be a reliable witness to further that end). She might garner some sympathy by saying she got the disc from the other doctor because…

And thank you as well for this thorough and spoiler-free response.