Previously on Battlestar Galactica...

Woo! It's Friday! How do I know? You know how I know. Friday means Battlestar Galactica and I never miss a Friday. Frak all what I'll do with my life in a month when the series finally comes to a close. I don't even want to think about it.

As you all know, last week on Battlestar Galactica, the bullet lodged in Sam's brain gave hihm all of his cylon life memories back. As Tigh, Tory and Chief gathered around to hear about their purpose and their mission, Starbuck stood by fretting that at any given moment Sam was going to lapse into a coma and be done. Suddenly all of their troubles in the past have been washed away by the bare reality that Starbuck has NO idea who or what she really is, and Sam means something to her again.

One of the groups I belong to online had tossed about some very fascinating theories about last weeks episode, including the possible identity of the mysterious #7 cylon, Daniel, who was contaminated maliciously by the #1, in a very Cain and Abel way. There have been theories that the #7 is actually Starbuck and that her DNA was altered so that Daniel became female. There is also a theory that Daniel is perhaps Starbuck's father, and that she is actually the first cylon-human hybrid. Then there is the theory that Gaius Baltar could still be a cylon, and he is the coveted #7.

Ellen described Daniel to Boomer as an artist... There is a scene on New Caprica where Gaeta is sitting in the chair drawing in a notepad. What if it turns out that it was Gaeta? The writers have often revealed cylons in the most insane places. Just take a look at four of the final five. Ellen, Saul, Chief and Sam were all very deeply involved in the resistance. Wouldn't it almost make sense that Gaeta, who had such a hard time dealing with the cylons and what they had done to humanity, turned out to be a cylon himself?

Possibilities. And speaking of possibilities, now that Boomer is returning to the Galactica with Ellen, this is the perfect opportunity for Chief and Boomer to come together again. They were so in love and both suffered so deeply that it would be such a wonderful thing to see them happy and together again. How will Boomer be received by the crew? Can Adama forgive her? He once cared for her very deeply, which is evident in his relationship with Athena. That relationship would not have been made possible without the prior softness for Boomer.

As the show came to a close last Friday, they centered on Sam's brain death. Selfish Starbuck pushing it to the limit and then losing him... I read somewhere that with Chief using the organic cylon compound to repair the Galactica's cracks, that the ship itself would become a cylon ship and what if Sam became the Galactica's hybrid. The frantic emotion in his chatter before the surgery was reminiscent of the baststar hybrids. End of line.

With less than five and a half hours until tonight's episode airs, there are tons of questions on my mind. I can't wait to settle in and find out more of the answers we've all been waiting for for the last six years.