Gaius Baltar: Cylon or No Cylon

May 15, 2008 1:23 am HiddenVorlon Battlestar Galactica

Gaius Baltar - Genius, selfish, traitor and now self-proclaimed prophet

Pros:

  • He sees Six in his head.  Maybe he is nuts… maybe he has a deeper link… perhaps a Cylon link?
  • He betrayed all of mankind.
  • His only friends are cylons.  He’s a loner.  Could be a perfect sleeper agent.
  • Three of the final four cylons have been noticed in the crowd listening to his preaching.  Why?
  • He is one bringing the news of the cylon god to the humans.

Cons:

  • We were down this road in season 3.  Baltar thought he was a cylon and discovered that he wasn’t.  Revisiting that wouldn’t be the big "reveal".
  • If he were a cylon agent, they wouldn’t need to send Six to seduce him.  They could just activate him.
  • He lived on a Basestar for a while with the cylons… and the cylons claim to not know who the final cylon models are.  It seems unlikely that he could live on the Basestar for that long and they wouldn’t determine he was one of the final models.
  • Six stated that she wished to have a child with Baltar.  We’ve seen that cylons require a human to reproduce.  Two cylons cannot have a child together.

Overall:

There’s more to Gaius Baltar than we think.  In the end, Baltar might turn out to be more than just a self-absorbed jerk.  However, it just isn’t feasible that he would be the last cylon model.  Baltar seeks redemption and, well, he needs it.  But will he seek redemption with the humans or with the cylons… or will HE be the one that unites both together?  I doubt very much that he is a cylon, but if he is… he will end up being the chief cylon.

Chances of Being a Cylon: 1%