Cylon-dividuality

4.02 "Six of One"

So this is a line from the io9 recap:

And Lee, Adama's military jock son, has started wearing stretchy v-neck sweaters after deciding for sure to join the council to work with Zarek on political stuff.

Really they're more like modified thermals, but seriously, what is up with that? I can get behind the suits (the one he was wearing in Starbuck's cell was hot), but where did that casual wear come from?

Anyway, this episode had some pretty awesome bits, although I do kind of feel the same as I felt with the first episode. It's like I'm getting a lot of information without being told where to put it and it makes me feel like the season is being reversed engineered from the endpoint. In general, I have no problem with that, but the point is that I shouldn't feel it. But maybe it's just me being weird and nitpicky.

I, like everybody else, it seems, am definitely being drawn in by the new issues in Cylon...um...governance? or policy, maybe?. Whatever it is, I like the factions and the in-fighting. But I am confused by one thing. This new rebel Six (who I'll now call Rebel Six) believes that the Raiders and Centurions should have full use of their mental capabilities and that everyone should be in search of God's plan and trying to follow God's objectives for the Cylons. But then Rebel Six is the most appalled at the idea of Boomer voting against her model. I understand that Rebel Six was probably really pissed about the vote swinging in Brother Cavil's favor and that that would give her reason to freak out about this instance of a model functioning as an individual, but doesn't it seem like, in principle, that runs counter to her ideology? Doesn't it seem more like the straight-laced, follow-the-rules, we-are-machines Cavil to be upset by Cylons expressing themselves as individuals? Shouldn't he be concerned by the possibility that this individuality might spread? Because if every Cylon body suddenly becomes an individual with their own thoughts and opinions, there's really not much left separating the Cylons from humans. And if there's one thing Cavil hates it's humans.

Also, what was up with Brother Cavil watching topless Boomer do ballet? Creepy! But not as creepy as Baltar, who can now even creep himself out with his new Chip Gaius.