EJO basically plays the same character he did on Miami Vice, only this time with glasses and without the 'stache.

Booted off the show after one season.

You will know that BSG has jumped the shark when Adama reveals details about his ex-wife May-Ying.

So what if her callsign is one letter removed from a lame coffee chain? So what if she giggles like an animaniac? Starbuck rules.

She beat every male on Babylon 5 to, er, seducing telepath Talia Winters.

Both officers are crack shots in the cockpit, so another factor is necessary. I think I'll go with Starbuck, though, as she has a quest: one notch in the bedpost for each male in the Adama family.

Gets into fistfights with junior officers.

Becomes an interstellar private dick.

Besides being a deeper character, Garibaldi is also a delicious toasted Italian sub with three different kinds of peppers.

A direct descendant of Josiah Bartlet, this former education secretary rises to power the old-fashioned way: watching everyone else in line for the throne die.

Born as the love child of V'ger and a Klingon, Delenn was forced to find work as a sci-fi freak outside the Star Trek franchise.

OK, so Delenn eventually becomes a major force in the fight for truth, justice and the Babylonian way. However, she takes a subordinate role toward the end of series. I don't see Roslin stepping back anytime soon.

Pops in and out of the mind of Dr. Gaius Baltar. For some reason, he finds this quite distracting.

Um...yeah. Not Number 6. Batting for the opposite team anyway.

No contest.

I'm sorry, but this is "man in shiny suit" take 2. The Cylons are no longer tinfoil ripoffs of stormtroopers, but if you're going to go CGI, you might as well do something creative.

Makes me want to reach for the Raid can. (Also reminds me to not leave crumbs on the couch.)

Both creatures satisfy the basic evil requirement of a hard candy shell. However, the Shadows win the "creature you would least want to handle your food" category hands down.

This craft is a rip-off of something. Either it's an X-Wing fighter with shorter wings or it's a fully rendered version of a Star Control Shofixti.

Well, you could also say this craft is a rip-off of an X-Wing fighter, but it has the unique feature of shielding the craft's engine with the exposed body of the pilot.

A bit of a toss-up because you need at least a little death wish to step into either craft. I think the Viper loses this category, however, because the name "Viper" suggests something faster and deadlier than the ship attached to the name.

Very cool design. When massed, however, it appears that our heroes are being attacked by a swarm of angry horseshoes.

I still don't know why they called this a "mothership" as it seemed to go toe-to-toe with various fighters every week. Anyway, the evil spider-husk design advertises "get the heck outta here" very well.

Something tells me the Shadows would eat the Cylons for breakfast.

Ribbed for her...ah, nevermind.

Hmmm...it's a big space station.

We have a tie in the "series is named after it" category. The deciding vote will be cast in the "can move under its own power" category instead.

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