The second half of Syfy’s overdue Caprica season one will begin airing this Tuesday at 10pm. Battlestar Galactica fans will want to take notice as it appears the show is ready and willing to begin Cylon mass production.
A new image and quotes from producer David Eick at EW confirm the show’s narrative is taking a strong turn towards how the Cylons came to be a household item. SPOILER ALERT: “Daniel Graystone’s creation—the early-model Cylon known as the U-87—emerges as a critical story point,” Eick shared about the upcoming half-season. “Due to the bad PR Daniel has endured since his prized creation, the Holoban, [was blamed for] the emergence of terrorist cells on Caprica, Daniel shifts his company’s focus to the perfection of artificial intelligence and its proliferation throughout the culture as the ultimate “helper”: Never gets tired. Never asks for a raise. Never quits on the job.”
“Meanwhile,” Eick continued, “Joseph Adama and his brother Sam—using their organized crime muscle to seize control of Daniel’s company—see an altogether different purpose for the U-87’s: to sell to the highest bidder, no matter how violent their agenda might be.”
The armed Cylons pictured below look like they mean business. Hopefully Caprica will stick around long enough to reach the beginnings of the first Cylon War.
