Why the president's advisor is a Cylon: if you'll notice, all of the first four of the final five are from different walks of life: Anders--Civilian (or at least he was, until recently becoming a viper pilot; still, I don't really think of his military ties as being as crucial to his identity because (a) if not for the war he probably wouldn't have joined/wouldn't have been needed if not for the circumstances of the fleet and (b) again, he only became military recently); Tigh--military, Tyrol--working class, and Tori--the government.

Personally, here's my take on the last five:

1. The writers of the show are good and I would like to have some faith that they would not make the artistically disappointing move of making the last Cylon someone very obvious or else someone that most people would expect--Kara Thrace, Admiral Adama, Laura Roslin, and Gaius Baltar all fall into this category.

2. I do think the last Cylon is a female (or at least should be) because (a) most of the other Cylons have been men so it would be more balanced out.

3. Some people I'd like to see as the last Cylon: (if the last Cylon is a known character)

if it's female: Admiral Cain (she's crazy and somewhat psychotic, but still one of my favorite characters)

male: Billy, Lee Adama (that would be a huge shock considering it would also mean that he's probably not Bill's real son so it would be doubly devastating, but then again since Lee's gf on Caprica was pregnant with his child, this is probably unlikely...still, it would be a neat plot twist and if Chief could have a child and still be a Cylon, maybe this could have happened with Lee too), Zak Adama (same reason as Lee), Felix Gaeta, maybe Hot Dog, Tom Zarek

I *do* think it would be interesting if the last Cylon was a child...but would prefer that it be fully Cylon and not half-human

I hope that the last Cylon won't be like Tori and be a character that no one really cared much about before...though I *would* like the character to be someone not obvious/a character that most people would not suspect. As for people I think the last Cylon could be, I also wouldn't count out one of the women currently looking after Gaius, Paya's mother (the hooker Lee was with for awhile), Dualla, the lady who adopted Hera and then died on New Caprica, Ellen, Kat, maybe the weird fortune-teller lady...I'm really hoping it's not that prophetess from Gemenon because she annoyed the frack out of me

4. I think that the last Cylon will probably be a 'known' character rather than one who has never shown up in the series. I'm not sure, however, that it would be a character who is currently alive: the last Cylon, if already dead, could have had another resurrection ship/resurrected away from the other Cylons so as not to be detected...however, it is possible (though unlikely) that a completely new person would be the last one

5. I am almost sure that the last five will be found out by the fleet, and I think Tigh will probably be the first because (a) he mentioned awhile ago that he never had kids so people could use that against them if they started to suspect him; (b) during the trial, he publicly--in front of everyone--acknowledged that he had been hearing that music (though most people did think it was the alcohol talking, so maybe they might not make anything of it...but then again, they might). I am very curious to see what happens when Bill finds out that Tigh is a Cylon.

6. I'm also wondering if the first four of the final five have any idea as to who the final Cylon is

7. I'm also wondering how the last five are different. Some thoughts:
a. There was some kind of war, fight, dispute, or something that caused the two groups to separate
b. the last five are descendants of the 13th tribe
c. maybe that last five all want to save humanity, which is why they are all (or at least it appears to be that way) in the Colonial Fleet; maybe that was what started the argument in the first place and why the groups split
d. maybe the final five created the other seven
e. maybe the final five cannot resurrect and be downloaded
f. maybe the final five can have children (specifically, Chief does...although the theory that the Cylons have about love being necessary for this may explain that away)
g. maybe the final five are able to age, which explains Tigh

still trying to figure it all out

I suspect Gaeta is the final cylon.
1) he just hapened to wander over to talk to Baltar in the middle of the night just as Baltar was attempting suicide.
2) 3 of the known 4, Tigh, Anders and Tyrol, were leaders of the resistance. Gaeta supplied the resistance with critical information.
3) the known 4s tend to be people just on the side of the people in power or in some second in command position. this gives them a lot of power without as much notarity. Tigh is Adama's XO. There's the president's advisor. Tyrol doesn't actually fly vipers, but he has his hand in all of them as chief of the flight deck. Anders is married to Kara, who has a special destiny. Likewise, Gaeta was Baltar's lead advisor, and has pretty high rank on the bridge---I think he's 4th in command behind Adama, then TIgh, then Helo.

I suspect that the "so beautiful" remark was the essential of looking at the beauty of the glory of God, which is what the 3s are looking for. Remember, this is the same one who habitually went through the death/ressurection process so that she could experience the beauty between death and life.

It really doesn't answer any questions but it is an interesting site....:)

www.ew.com/ew/article/0...69703,00.html

The fifth cylon?...

Lamkins cat.

Ok, OK, I admit it. I'm the final Cylon. You can all stop wondering now. :-P