Search your feelings people! Is there any part of you that still remembers what this show was like in Season 1? And early Season 2?

Can't you see how far you've fallen?

If the you then, who'd just seen Adama get shot by Boomer, could see the you now, getting your knickers in a twist over the outing of two gay fictional characters in a webisode, don't you think the old you would feel ashamed? Embarrassed?

I mean seriously, why are they bringing up their sexuality this late in the game? If it was such a character defining thing for these mysterious "two recurring characters", then why wasn't it introduced as a plot point earlier on? I guess we'll have to wait and see, but it already sounds like they're reaching a little bit as they wrap things up. It just reminds me of when J.K. Rowling decided that she just had to be politically correct, so she suddenly announced to all the world that Dumbledore was actually gay -- which of course was never mentioned IN any of the books, and of course she only decided to announce it AFTER they were all done and had been sold, when she had nothing to lose by announcing things. Much like with BATTLESTAR now being cancelled, where they have nothing to lose by doing certain things so long as it will generate media attention, good or bad, and thus help the ratings.

The tinsel-colored chrome plating was a dead giveway.

That's all the info they gave u though Herc? I hope there's more to it then that cause if its just a bunch of websodes of tigh running around screaming whose "the frakkin fag?!" It would be unbelievable retarded...

WRONG! The New Caprica storyline featured some of the best stuff that's ever been on TV; especially in the realm of sci-fi.

So now we get to watch two dudes act through a gay love scene written by the people who can't even get straight romance right? Worse yet, this is so obvioulsy shoe-horned in for no other reason than PC bullshit, so expect more weirdness like "Gee Chief, I love you even more now that you've bashed my face in!!!" WHEEEE!!!

People who claim to be science fiction fans yet remain rude, closed minded and intolerant confuse me, what is the appeal of watching shows that show the world as it could be if you do not want it to be that way in the first place?, reading people say they don't care about de gays but also find the thought of us sickening is pretty harsh you know?, bah I got mushy, screw y'all!

Anyone remember what last year's webisode press release was about? Something about Husker, the first Cylon war, plot developments...but yeah, there's no PC bullshit this year, none at all. PUH-LEEZ.

Some people are gay. Get over it.

The press release said there would be kissing?, I thought it said gay characters, hubba hubba I hope it is Hotdog and Lee, they frak nightly in my head.

Seriouly think about the previous webisode announcements, the first was about a insurgent/resistance movement on New Caprica, the second was about Husker and the First War, and now we get Lt. Gaeta and Lt. Hoshi are gonna be macking on each other? Out of what effed up left field did this come from?

Okay, fine, if it will make me less of a "tool" then the show wasn't technically cancelled, it's "reaching its conclusion." There, does a fucking change of words make you feel better now? Will you be able to hold your teddy bear tonight and go to sleep peacefully? And does a change in words in any way, shape, or form change the fact that the series is ending? For crying out loud, the only reason I said cancelled is because Sci-Fi was considering axing the show at one point since its ratings have been dropping consistently. So, fine, they all reached an agreement behind the scenes on a timeline for wrapping it up, which basically means in Hollywood terms it was a backroom negotiated cancellation to save face all around. But hey, it's all good -- now you can walk around in a Zen-like state knowing that BSG is "reaching its conclusion."

For fuck's sake, some people need to SERIOUSLY de-stress about things.

On the other hand, in terms of this new plotline for BSG, I agree with many of the posts here and stand by what I said myself earlier. This is not about being anti-gay or being a homophobe, so people on the other end of things should stop flinging around those names and labels and those accusations TOO. That's utter bullshit as well. There's a perfectly legitimate argument behind simply saying "WTF? Where did this storyline come from?" this late in the show and with such a limited amount of time left to spotlight certain things or to wrap up certain plot elements.

In simple terms, here's the way I see it: with the limited time left -- even when it comes to what you could detail in a webisode off to the side -- what's more important to you: finding out Gaeta is gay or maybe answering some fucking questions that the show has yet to address this far in? Seriously, if you had to draw up a list of the things you'd like to see in the final set of episodes before the show goes off the air -- even in some webisodes off to the side -- how many of you REALLY had "I want to find out if Gaeta is gay" at the top of your list? Yeah, that's what I thought...

How is a majority heterosexual reaction like the one we see here justifiable?

Here is another way of looking at it, the show is ending, the people writing it want to show gay kind too so we get squeezed in some webisode so they can feel like they included everyone whilst in reality we are again consigned to half usage, did you bleat about lesbianism being used to further the show?, of course you never?, then fuck off spreading hate speech disguised as reasonable opinion, its transparent and has no place in 2008.

Why is it that we can't have a reasonable discussion without some asshole shouting "hate speech" and homophobia? In what way is me calling this a "stunt" in any way homophobic or hateful? I'd say the same thing if they announced Dirk Benedict was showing up in the webisodes as Kara's Dad. A stunt is a stunt, and all stunts smell like desparation.

As BDA said, this is the important story/issue they need to tackle this close to the end with limited screen time left?

By definition of being added later of course it is a ret-con but it felt like it was an idea they had before they wrote season 2, maybe they just held it over to dvd to avoid upsetting people who dislike gays?

I don't mean to accuse you of hate speech, more just lazy thinking when it comes to people different to you.

You obviously have some sort of issue to get so wound up, though that alone is not enough to make you a hater, just not part of the solution.

If I'm wound up it's not because Gaeta is suddenly, definitely gay, it's because I hold BSG to an extremely high standard. Pulling a stunt of any kind is more than a little Shark Jumpish.

And more than anything, I'd like to reitterate that I've felt from the very begiining of the show that BSG has handled romance very. very poorly. Very few of the romantic moments have felt real to me, with the VERY notable exception of Adama and Roslin, but in fairness that may have more to do with the skill of the actors rather than the skill of the writers.