In search of Planet Earth: Battlestar Galactica

"Battlestar Galactica" first season apparently opened as a miniseries, with two 90-minute segments; at conclusion of 2nd segment we're very well set up for what obviously became a long and successful series. The characters aren't deep by any means - each one is just a comic-book sketch, a type, and moreover their personalities seem to shift as needed by the plot - but they do serve the purpose of establishing the broad oulines of the plot and the people who will drive it: the dedicated captain of the Gallactica, the gruff Colonel at his side, the brilliant but troubled and guilty scientist, the macho fighter pilots,, the new president judiciously using her authority, and so forth. There's a great twist at the end of the 2nd episode (spoiler, kinda, but if you've seen any later episodes you know this already): the "humans," now fleeing their destroyed 12 colonies, are in search of the legendary 13th colony, Earth, circling an unknown star - that can be their refuge. There is debate about whether Earth is just a legend or if it's real. Well, that's a great twist! I will make here a prediction as to what happens at the end of the series: they discover Earth and do a "jump" through time, backwards, and land on Earth as great apes - the beginning of our civilization, these are our ancestors. We also get some key info at end of 2nd episode about the enemy Cylons: there are 12 "models" lactica is a Cylon. How will this play out.