Number Six/Caprica-Six, Battlestar Galactica

Number Six/Caprica-Six (Tricia Helfer)

In the popular reboot of the Battlestar Galactica classic sci-fi series, female Cylon “Number Six” and her (many!) clone variants were shown having sexual relationships with both male and female characters.

Caprica-Six

In Season 3, female Cylon Three (aka D’Anna) was shown waking up in bed with Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six, apparently involved in a sexual relationship with Baltar and possibly Six as well. Baltar and Six discussed the other woman and she told him that the other Cylons were also concerned about Three’s activities. Later in the season, Caprica-Six questioned D’Anna’s intentions, but D’Anna dismissed their three-way relationship as she told Six of the plan to leave with Baltar, and Six was visibly hurt at being left behind. At the end of the series, Caprica-Six headed off with Baltar to start a new life together as farmers using Baltar’s knowledge from growing up on a farm.

Gina

In the 2 hour special Razor (which is a part of Season 2 storyline and continued in episodes 2×10, 2×11, 2×12 and 2×19), another named Number Six clone, Gina, was shown in a relationship with Admiral Helena Cain (Michelle Forbes). Their relationship was not explicit, the only sign of intimacy was a kiss on the cheek, but Gina talks about the relationship: “Here I thought we were being so discreet. I guess that’s hard when you truly care for someone. To satisfy your curiosity, we met a few months ago when I presented the plans for the retrofit. Spent a lot of time together working out the details, and I guess one thing led to the other. You seem so surprised.”

When Cain realized Gina was a Cylon, she had her arrested. Gina was tortured and raped by Cain’s interrogator with Cain’s full consent: “This thing really knows how to manipulate human emotion, preys on it. And since it’s so adept at mimicking human feeling, I’m assuming that its software is vulnerable to them as well. Pain, yes of course. Degradation. Fear. Shame. I want you to really test its limits. Be as creative as you feel you need to be.” When Baltar came to the Pegasus to talk to Gina, he gave her food and water to revive her, and Cain said derisively: “I see that you got it to eat. Can you get it to roll over? Beg?”

In 2×12: “Resurrection Ship, Part 2,” Baltar — who was in love with Caprica Six and saw her in Gina — helped Gina escape and gave her a gun Gina used to kill Admiral Cain:

Gina: Tell me, Admiral, can you roll over? Beg?

Cain: Frak you.

Gina: You’re not my type.

The character of Gina then disappeared for several episodes, until she resurfaced as part of a peace movement, traumatized from the sexual assault. In 2×19 she killed herself with a nuclear device that she detonated.

Appearances:

• 73 episodes. Series regular on all 4 seasons.

Female love interests:

• Number Three 💀 (Lucy Lawless, recurring, 16 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Gaius Baltar (James Callis, main cast 73 episodes)
• Saul Tigh (Michael Hogan, main cast 69 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? Yes, episode with threesome between Six, Three and Baltar was aired during November sweeps

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.