Lee “Apollo” Adama: Cylon or No Cylon

May 9, 2008 5:56 pm HiddenVorlon Battlestar Galactica

Lee "Apollo" Adama.  Formerly captain of the Battlestar Pegasus now a member of the Quarum of Twelve.

Pros:

  • From going AWOL to defending Baltar to leaving the service, he has probably caused more chaos than any other human on the show save Baltar.
  • He’s wandered.  He’s gone from viper pilot to Captain to lawyer to politician.  Almost like he is looking to find where he is supposed to be before awakening. 

Cons:

  • Since he has family relation (his father) that has watched him grow up, the only way he could be a cylon is if he were swapped out at some point – that he really wasn’t always a cylon and at some point was replaced with a cylon.  This doesn’t seem to be the MO cylons use.  They haven’t shown that cylons can copy a human exactly and replace them with a copy with all of the memories intact.

Overall:

The only thing blander than Lee’s personality is lukewarm water.  Wait… no, that’s more exciting than this guy.  Maybe he is supposed to be the show’s “conscience”, but his whining is unbecoming of a cylon.  With the family ties, it seems almost impossible that he could be a cylon without someone noticing the switch.

Chances of being a Cylon: 2%