Battlestar Galactica recap: He that Believeth in Me

After a week full of re-watching seasons 1 and 2 of Battlestar Galactica, seeing a brand new episode was thrilling and something that almost felt strange.

He That Believeth In Me was the premiere episode’s title for Season 4 of BSG, a title likely referring to more than one character in the show.

As always, please skip these recaps if you have not seen the episode as they are full of spoilers.

First you have Gaius Baltar, suddenly turned into a Jesus figure, who not only has a group of hot, young women believing in him, but also apparently the one, true God. He prays to God to give his life for that of a young boy Derek.

In the end, both live and it appears Baltar finally believes that God does exist and he is definitely part of his plan.

And then there is Starbuck, who appears two months after being thought dead, although only a few hours have passed for her. She has pictures of Earth, but her Viper is brand spanking new without an ounce of flight recorder data.

Why?

Lee believes in her, but no one else does. Bill Adama wants to, but can’t honestly bring himself to do it. In the meantime, the fleet is jumping and jumping, seemingly away from the direction Starbuck thinks they should be going.

In fact, everytime they jump, she feels the pain of it, realizing her feeling of knowing where Earth is diminishing.

We’re left with Starbuck holding a gun to the President’s head, likely an attempt to persuade her to change the direction the fleet is going.

In the meantime we have four newly aware Cylons who are still struggling with the knowledge of who they are. Tigh daydreams that he blasts Adama through the eye, while Anders can’t decide whether or not he didn’t shoot a Cylon Raider because he is just a nugget pilot, or was under control of the Cylons.

The Raider scanned him during the ensuing battle, and we don’t know what happened in that moment. The Cylon fleet suddenly bugs out of the fighting, so did they realize that the Final 5 are alive? Or did they pass information to Anders that he will be made aware of later?

I personally think the Cylons suddenly know that the Final 5 are with the humans and now they have to be careful. They can’t destroy them, so they run off, retreating.

The episode itself wasn’t exactly the thrill-ride I was hoping for, but it was still good nonetheless. I like the idea that Kara is the next clue to finding Earth, but I firmly believe she’s not a Cylon. She’s always been part of the overall path to find Earth, having a destiny, drawing the Eye of Jupiter, and I think she’s something else entirely.

The only hard part of the show for me now, as we near the end, is that things are growing complicated. There are now almost more Cylon characters than normal Humans it seems, and you almost have to keep remembering who is what.

We do seem to now know that the 5th Cylon resides in the fleet, which isn’t likely anything new.

Update: I wanted to make sure I added this in, because I meant to last night. I’m sure special effects over the years have gotten better, and maybe cheaper to do at a high level. All that to say the opening battle in this episode was top notch, awesome and beautiful to see. The graphics were crisp and clean and just looked soooo much better than they ever have.

I am so damn curious who it’s going to be. If you analyze the four we just discovered, two of them are second-in-command for leaders, the third essentially could destroy the ship on a whim if he felt like it, and the final one is married to Kara.

They are all positioned in important, key spots.

At this point, my two guess for the final Cylon are: Bill Adam or Gaius Baltar. I really see no other names that could bring the massive impact for fans if one of those two were the last one to be revealed.

So what did you think of the season premiere? Did you pick up any clues that I missed, any key plot points?

Who do you think the Final Cylon is?