For one thing, they'd been alluding towards it in some way since season one ("I'm an angel of god, sent to protect you." Hello?).
Two things:
1. "They" in this case means one character, Head Six. You can't believe everything a character tells you in a story, especially when the character doesn't appear to exist outside another, deeply conflicted character's head. Yes, Head Six appeared to believe this. And up until the finale there was every reason not only to question whether her beliefs were true, but also to question whether she even existed. I will guarantee you that at least 3 out of 4 people who are now saying things like "We've known she was an angel since day 1, look at this dialogue!" knew NOTHING of the kind until the rest of us did. Admit it: you all had as much reason to doubt as we did.
2. RDM has stated (http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2329378) that on day 1 and many days thereafter, he thought Head Six was going to be a hallucination, but eventually decided he'd rather see Baltar be right about something. So maybe you knew it from season 1, but apparently the show's creator had a different explanation in mind for a while.
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Date: 2009-03-27 09:14 pm (UTC)Two things:
1. "They" in this case means one character, Head Six. You can't believe everything a character tells you in a story, especially when the character doesn't appear to exist outside another, deeply conflicted character's head. Yes, Head Six appeared to believe this. And up until the finale there was every reason not only to question whether her beliefs were true, but also to question whether she even existed. I will guarantee you that at least 3 out of 4 people who are now saying things like "We've known she was an angel since day 1, look at this dialogue!" knew NOTHING of the kind until the rest of us did. Admit it: you all had as much reason to doubt as we did.
2. RDM has stated (http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2329378) that on day 1 and many days thereafter, he thought Head Six was going to be a hallucination, but eventually decided he'd rather see Baltar be right about something. So maybe you knew it from season 1, but apparently the show's creator had a different explanation in mind for a while.