a shot. After the Cylons suddenly stop their attack, Cavil learns of the truce from a Number Six model and decides to convey the message himself despite his model voting against it. When the Caprica copy of Cavil reaches Galactica, both Cavils are exposed as Cylons with "The Plan" making it clear that the Caprica Cavil purposefully did this to stop his other self. Arguing their differing points of view, the two Cavils are led to an airlock where the Caprica Cavil continues to try to convince his brother that they were wrong to try to destroy humanity. The Galactica Cavil reveals that there is a Resurrection Ship in range and that he intends to lead the destruction of humanity personally once he resurrects, suggesting that he is the same John Cavil encountered multiple times throughout the series. However, he intends to box the other Cavil, effectively putting him into cold storage to prevent him from spreading his heretical ideas to the rest of the Cylons. Despite their differences, the two Cavils hold hands as Admiral Adama personally blows them into outer space, the Caprica Cavil meeting his fate with eyes wide open while the Galactica Cavil shuts his eyes. Reception According to Jon D. Bohland, Cavil has been described as the Cylon who best "fits the cinematic genocide perpetrator profile as the stereotypical remorseless killer with a lust for power and violence". Bohland compares him to "nationalists leaders such as Milosevic, Hitler and Pol Pot", noting that his strength, just like theirs, comes from being able to manipulate their followers by exploiting their grievances against other ethnicities (in this case, Cylon grievances versus the "humans"). While an atheist himself, even described as the Cylon who "exhibits the most resistance to religion", Cavil, in one of his forms masquerading as a human priest, is able to use it to manipulate those who are more religious, convincing them that they are acting as part of God's will. Bohland, as well Patrick Thaddeus Jackson remarked that Cavil's mentality is warped by his loathing of his creators, a form of an Oedipal complex. References External links Cavil at Battlestar Wiki Cavil at Syfy Cylons Fictional dictators Fictional priests and priestesses Fictional mass murderers Fictional cyborgs Fictional clones Fictional sleeper agents Television characters introduced in 2006 Fictional characters with death or rebirth abilities Fictional suicides