Two USAToday Articles regarding season 2

USAToday has published two articles with some hints about the second season:

How the 'Galactica' stars line up, now and next season
When we left our ragtag band of human survivors on Battlestar Galactica last week, the stage was set for a major battle against the Cylons, a military coup and a religious clash. The story lines culminate in tonight's cliffhanger (Sci Fi Channel, 10 ET/PT). And next season? Says executive producer David Eick: "A character who we believed is bad may not turn out to be. Characters who we believe we can trust are going to challenge that belief. And we're going to introduce not one but two new Cylon models." Got all that? USA TODAY's César G. Soriano recaps Battlestar's stars:


Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos)
Who's he? A career military officer, leading the Battlestar Galactica convoy to Earth while outrunning the Cylons.
The present: A natural, intuitive leader, he has no patience for insubordination, politicians or religion. He has admitted to President Roslin that he doesn't know where Earth is or whether it even exists.
The future: Next season, Olmos says, "I want to go deeper into the Cylons. I want to know more about them."
Presiden Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell)
Who's she? Ex-secretary of education, 43rd in line of succession; became president after everyone else was killed.
The present: Dying of cancer, Roslin believes she's fulfilling a prophecy that will lead her people to Earth; she sabotaged a military operation to pursue her religious agenda.
The future: Caught between Adama and rival politicians, Roslin's government is on the brink of falling.
Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis)
Who's he? Vice president, scientist.
The present: A brilliant but mad scientist, he may have sold out the human race to the Cylons. He is haunted by visions of a sexy Cylon, Number Six.
The future: If he can maintain his sanity, Baltar and Number Six could be the Cylons' Adam & Eve.
Number Six (Tricia Helfer)
Who's she? Beautiful but deadly Cylon who seduced Baltar into giving up secrets that led to the destruction of humanity. She now lives in Baltar's psyche, in ways not yet clear.
The present: With the exception of Baltar, Six has no love of humans and impedes their progress at every turn.
The future: "I would like to understand who Number Six is as a person," says Helfer. "There's a very religious issue between her and Baltar. Often her intelligence is overlooked because she's standing around in a red dress."
Capt. Lee 'Apollo' Adama (Jamie Bamber)
Who's he? Commander of the Battlestar air wing, military adviser to the president, son of Commander Adama.
The present: By-the-book pilot has an estranged relationship with his father and old pal Starbuck.
The future: Despite his chosen military career, Adama is finding himself drawn to the political arena. He is striving to differentiate himself from his father's shadow.
Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace (Katee Sackhoff)
Who's he? Young hotshot pilot with a disdain for authority.
The present: On last week's episode, Starbuck broke orders, stole a Cylon spaceship, returning to her home planet of Caprica to retrieve a religious artifact that some believe will point humans to Earth.
The future: "You're going to see Starbuck in as much danger as you've ever seen her," Eick says.
Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii (Grace Park)
Who's he? Rookie pilot — and Cylon sleeper agent
The present: Realizing she is a Cylon, Boomer attempted suicide last week. Another Boomer copy, possibly pregnant, is stranded on Cylon-occupied Caprica with a human lover.
The future: Depending on whether she follows her "human" feelings or her Cylon programming, Boomer could end up a valuable ally or dumped in a recycling bin.

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'Battlestar' is in a timely space continuum
By César G. Soriano, USA TODAY
Sex, religion, politics, suicide bombers and torture are not topics always associated with science fiction, but Battlestar Galactica is not your usual sci-fi show.
It was a big risk to create a "reinterpretation" of the 1970s series of Battlestar Galactica, but it seems to have paid off.
By Frank Ockenfels, Sci Fi
The Sci Fi Channel series, which ends its first season tonight (10 ET/PT), is the highest-rated show in the network's history, averaging 3 million viewers a week. Battlestar is a "re-imagined" spinoff of the hokey 1970s series, but that's where the similarities end. (Related item: Who's who in Battlestar Galactica)
The dark drama follows the last human survivors of a nuclear holocaust and their quest to find a mythical planet called Earth while waging war against the Cylons, a human-built race of androids.
The show has quickly gained fan and critical acclaim. Time magazine this week proclaimed Battlestar one of the six best dramas on TV today. TV Guide called it "24 in space."
On Saturday, the show was nominated for a Hugo Award, the highest award for sci-fi writing.
"This is not just geek crack," says Battlestar executive producer David Eick, who developed the show with lead writer Ronald Moore. Eick says he is most proud that fans of the original series, who threatened to boycott the new show, have come around.
Chief among them is Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo in the campy '70s series. Hatch spent nearly 25 years campaigning to resurrect the show.
Now he has a recurring role as Tom Zarek, a political prisoner turned radical politician. "It's hard not to like something that's truly good," he says.
Tonight's cliffhanger could leave fans shocked — or angry — but no doubt hungry for more. Sci Fi has ordered 20 more episodes, which are now shooting in Vancouver, B.C. The first 10 will air this summer; the second batch is tentatively set for early 2006. The second season will introduce new Cylons, twists and surprise bedfellows, Eick hints.
Battlestar's timing could not have been more perfect. Shortly after the show premiered in January, Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled because of poor ratings. But Battlestar producers dismiss talk that Battlestar is the new Trek.
"People have said it will replace the importance and attachment that people had to the Treks in the past, but I don't want to compare and contrast," Sci Fi Channel president Bonnie Hammer says. "Star Trek lives in the sci-fi world; BattlestarGalactica takes a step outside of it. It's very much grounded on tough issues we deal with today."
It's because of Star Trek that producers decided to resurrect Battlestar as a "reinterpretation" rather than a continuation of the original series.
"It would have felt like a hangover from the 1970s," Eick says. "The only reason to do another space opera is if you can go in a different direction than you can do with Star Trek and all its imitators. ... Nobody does science fiction better than Star Trek."
That move has attracted viewers not usually attracted to sci-fi: Though Battlestar scores particularly well with the male audience — it's the top-rated non-sports cable program in prime time among men ages 25-54 — the series' viewership is 32% female.
Star Edward James Olmos, whose only sci-fi credit was the 1982 film Blade Runner, said he had no desire to tackle the genre again. Now he calls Battlestar "one of the best television shows I've done in my life."
Actress Tricia Helfer, who plays the sexy Cylon Number Six, also says she was never much of a sci-fi fan. But she says this show is "much more of a human drama that happens to be set in space."

Don't forget, the last episode of Season 1 is tonight!