7 Biggest Problems With Battlestar Galactica’s Final Five Cylon Twist

Battlestar Galactica banked hard on its Final Five twist, but revealing this clandestine quintet of concealed Cylons created a number of problems that became apparent throughout Battlestar Galactica season 4. From its very first episode, Ronald D. Moore leaned heavily on the concept of humanoid Cylons in 2004’s Battlestar Galactica reboot to build intrigue and suspicion over “those frakkin’ Toasters” potentially hiding within the Colonial Fleet. That ongoing theme of mystery and mistrust duly culminated in Battlestar Galactica season 3’s Final Five, which revealed four main characters and one semi-prominent supporting figure had been Cylons all along.