There must be some kind of way out of here...

Ooh...can you feel the excitement? Only three days left until season four of Battlestar Galactica premieres!


Warning! The following post contains spoilers for the season three finale of Battlestar Galactica, and wild and crazy speculation about season four!

I spent a very large chunk of my weekend watching almost all of season three of BSG. (And the only reason it wasn't all of it is because I had already watched the first disc and a half). Every once in a while you've just got to be a lazy bum I guess, and this was definitely for a good cause. Man, this is such an incredible show. After I got into the reincarnation in between seasons two and three, I went back and watched some of the old school series and I just can't believe the difference. Original BSG is cool and all, but it's a fun campy rip off of Star Wars and Star Trek. The Ron Moore BSG is just something else entirely.

I'm definitely going to be sad to see this show go off the air once season four wraps up, but as it's pretty much been definitely announced that we're getting a split season, at least it will be quite some time before the show is over for good. Besides, as I've mentioned here before, I am kind of glad overall that we know this is the last season. I completely respect that TPTB said, "this is our story arc--season four completes it, therefore, season four is the last season." They are finishing this story on their terms and I believe that means they are going to deliver the best possible conclusion for the series because they are getting to tell all of the story that they want to tell. There's something to be said for coming up with a complete story arc and then sticking to your guns and saying "nope, sorry, that's all there is to tell."

So, what do we have to look forward to in season four? In the "big picture" we can (hopefully, because I seriously doubt Moore feels the need to wrap up every loose end) expect to find out what "Earth" actually means in the BSG universe. Is it OUR Earth, here and now? Is it our Earth in our future, some other planet that has nothing to do with humanity as we know it in real life, or maybe something back in our past, or some other thing I haven't even thought of? We can also definitely expect to find out the identity of the final cylon. I don't even think I have a guess on who it will be right now, but in my spare time I like to run through the list of possible culprits and weigh the possibilities on if they fit the bill or not. We'll also probably, maybe, find out what the deal is with Hera--and how she's connected not only to Caprica Six, but to the President as well. Then there's an answer we might get sooner rather than later--and that's to the question of where the frak Starbuck disappeared to and how did she end up back in her viper when Lee saw it 'splode?

Those are the big revelations, I think. I'm also very intrigued to see how the four cylons revealed in the season three finale deal with being cylons. Also, are they going to address the fact that Tyrol's baby is also a half human-half cylon like Hera? Unless, of course, Cally is a cylon too, in which case they've got the holy grail of the cylons right there. Not that I think Cally is the final cylon, but supposedly the hylon baby is a rare rare thing.

I also am very much looking forward to seeing Anders (played by Michael Trucco, as shown in the picture above) as a pilot. I completely missed that he joined up in the last few episodes. I guess someone's gotta step up and be the hot cool-guy pilot now that Apollo's going into the civilian sector...

Anyhoo...that's about all I've got for now. Until Friday I am just counting down...

Until next time,
C

P.S. Ooh, in other exciting news, now that it's April, we've got new Bones and Dr. Who coming up, sweet!