BSG Episode 3.17 "Maelstrom" (Spoileriffic!)

[semperfiona]

Comments on ep3.17, before reading any of the episode reviews or comments over at battlestar_blog...

I'm really torn by this one. I love Starbuck and don't want to lose her. But BSG has never before been afraid of going to the hard places, and I respect that: it's one of the reasons I love the show. I hate, detest and loathe the "It was only a dream" method of plot resolution; however, if the writers can pull some strings that they have already left in plain sight and show that the results were different than initially thought, creating a "Sixth Sense" sort of twist, I'll be delighted. I enjoy being fooled in that way, where the clues are there all along but the auctorial misdirection is skillful enough to lead the viewer/reader to a different conclusion.

I do feel that it's reasonably likely she isn't dead, for one big reason: Death--without even a single life saved in the process--is not much of a destiny to be embracing; certainly not a destiny calling for a life's worth of nightmares and preparation. Admittedly, that's also a life truth: sometimes, someone with a great future dies senselessly.

Herewith, some possible ways this might turn out:

• She's really dead
• The Raider was real (Lee seemed to see it) and it rescued her for some unknown purpose
• She's a Cylon, and she had to die to learn it by resurrecting
• Variant on the above, she's *part* Cylon. We know nothing of her father; I had a feeling from the mother's death scene that the non-Leoben who was talking to her might be the father instead.

Comments

[scottak.livejournal.com]

I'm leaning towards Kara being a Cylon myself. Specifically with the things her inner Leoben told her, like the "I've come to prepare you for what lies between Life and Death" and the discussions that they had about her mother. I can't remember everything, I'll have to watch it again tonight.

BUT - If Kara is a Cylon, why the hell didn't the Cylons notice that when they opened her up and took out her ovary? You'd think they'd be able to recognize one of their one from the inside, don't you?

[odosonata.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping she was rescued and that she's not any part cylon but she sure seems to be.... something different. As long as they don't ditch Katee... I'll live. :-)