This episode opened so many questions! How are Baltar and Six linked? How did Baltar survive? (If you remember, in the miniseries, after the attack, Baltar was running to the Raptor with the other survivors and was not very scratched up. Six dies but he survives?) What was the meaning behind the look Mia gave as she was flying away? (I think we will see a big role by HER later) What was Six's REAL name - surely Baltar knew her name on Caprica, they were together for 2 years, and during the whole show he has never used her name?

What intrigues me about this show is the merging of logic (cylons)and objectivism (humans). Having one God is symbolic of their one-track path they have set for themselves, and the humans have many Gods, and give themselves many choices. I read an interesting post at another website about how the Cylons "God" could simply be their sentient A.I. that grew into itself after the humans sent them away. Interesting to see where they will take it... hopefully SciFi will not cancel it like they have so many other shows.

Anyway, I agree that this was a fantastic episode, but there's one giant, gaping hole in the whole Cylon reincarnation logic as I see it: If each humanoid Cylon is an individual with a unique--that is, not shared--consciousness, that is reborn into a new body each time the previous body dies, then how is it that Sharon #2--the one that got pregant--has all the same memories as Sharon #1? Their lives overlapped, so it's not possible that Sharon #2 is an actual reincarnation of Sharon #1 (and, anyway the Sharon we saw in this episode is the reincarnation of Sharon #1 as was made explicitly clear). I don't see how the Sharon that's on Galactica now could have any of the same memories of being in the Fleet or of being friends with anyone on board Galactica (including Helo) because she, as an individual, never experienced those things. The newer reincarnation of Sharon on Caprica did.

I'm willing to let it slide as long as the writers are consistent from now on, but I see it as a major mistake. I had thought that all of the Cylon/Caprica parts of this episode might have taken place after Sharon #1 died and before Sharon #2 hooked up with Helo, but that doesn't work.

So, getting back to the substance of the episode... Remember that the sacred scrolls in the human religion say that "This has all happened before and it will all happen again." I believe that the human race was a creation of the "gods," against whom the humans rebelled on Kobol in the distant past just before they exiled themselves to the 12 colonies (just as the Cylons later revolted against their creators, the humans, and exiled themselves to some unknown world or worlds). Now we see the humanoid Cylons starting to acquire empathy for humans, and becoming more human themselves. Meanwhile, there's a new Cylon creation--the human-Cylon hybrid--starting the whole cycle over again.

What I have noticed, is that since the Pegasus episodes, Baltar never retreats to the sexcapades in his mind with Six anymore, it's as if he's repulsed by anything sexual nows that his duties have increased, and his political clout grows, he becomes less and less cavalier - gone are the late night poker games and galavanting with the ladies. I'm very surprised he has not chased after Gina more, it's as if her rejecting him has caused him to lose his libido. He's also very angry now with Roslin's distrust, maybe that is the cause also.

As far as the reincarnation issue goes, I believe it was pretty evident when Sharon asked Adama "And you asked why?" on Kobol that each model is connected somehow to the same models of themselves. Remember, Adama cried "Why?" over Sharon's corpse, and if the new Sharon knew that, they HAVE to be connected somehow, kind of like twins feel pain or fear or other emotions even when miles apart. I don't think that the Cylons could make something SO human and leave out this quality, or maybe this part grew on its own from their A.I.

Which brings up another question: Just what ARE the cylons made out of? The only thing that seems inhuman is their red spinal glow when climaxing. Surely Dr. Cottle did an autopsy on Sharon - what did he find? Personally, I think the cylons are TOTALLY organic human tissue that has been somehow psychically manipulated to be linked to the other models when downloaded. Electronic transfer could be tracked, and would also require a large amount of power and time - when Sharon died she was imediately awakened in the birthing tank - electronic transfer over millions of miles would have taken days, maybe even weeks, whereas spiritual, or psychic tranfer, could be instant. We can assume that since cylons can "jump" farther, they can also transfer their memories farther. I believe that Cylons have somehow tapped into the %80 of the brain that we humans do not use and it's more spiritual power than "electronic". But, this still poses the problem, how did Sharon link up with the ship's computer? Hmmm...