Tom Zarek: Cylon or No Cylon

May 14, 2008 3:42 am HiddenVorlon Battlestar Galactica

Tom Zarek - Sagittaron, terrorist, and political renegade.

Pros:

  • The irony of having the person who played Apollo in the old show now be a cylon is pretty cool.  At first Richard Hatch was upset on the new direction with BSG, but the producers reached out to him and brought him on the show.  I wonder if they enticed him by making him a cylon…  That’s a pretty interesting concept.
  • He’s a loner.  No family ties that I can think of.
  • He was a minor part of the resistance.  3 of 4 of the last revealed cylons were part of the resistance on New Caprica.  It would be consistent.

Cons:

  • Is he too minor of a character to be the final cyon? 

Overall:

Tom Zarek could very well be the final cylon.  However, I just don’t think it would be the "Oh wow" moment we want the show to give us when the final cylon is revealed.

Chances of being a cylon: 5%