In DOWNLOADED - one of the best episodes of BSG's second season, we're given a peek at what is happening on the other - the Cylon side.
While the Cylons are synthetic humanoids, they still have much more in common with humanity - their enemy - than (some of them) would like.
We follow several story lines,: two Cylons, a Six - or,should I say, THE Six - the one who 'pretended to be human' to have Baltar give her the codes that would allow the Cylons to attack.
The other, is Sharon - an Eight, but, this one BELIEVED she was human, until her programming switched on, and she shot Commander Adama.
The Sharon has a hard time; she now knows that what she believed to be her life, was, a lie. Her memories - her loves... not real. She lives in 'her' Caprica apartment - listening to heavy metal (pun!) music, with this conflict she's feeling, growing.
The Six knew she was impersonating a human, she really DID fall for Baltar, but, she's finding that she's expected to 'conform,' to (Cylon) society, where she's looked on as a hero, but feels that she betrayed the (hu)man she loved.
When Six comes to Sharon's apartment, the turmoil Sharon's feeling, grows, with Sharon showing Six a picture - if her 'family.' she then.
When Six tries to say 'God loves you,' An enraged Sharon pulls a picture out, of her Galactica crew and rages, and screams how she lived them - and, her love was real.
But, because she is a Cylon, she had that love - that reality - taken away, with her attempt on Adama's life.
She feels used. She's hurt, and, this hurt, and conflicting feelings within her, will grow, as the series progresses.
These two machines - woman - both are beginning to explore what 'individuality' means, and, how it can be displayed, in a conformist society.
On Galactica, another Eight, the one known as Sharon Agathon, is giving birth - to the human/Cylon hybrid.
As the pregnancy unfolds with difficulty, Dr. Cottle says to Sharon; 'I find it absolutely amazing. You people went to all the trouble to appear human, and didn't upgrade the plumbing.'
I don't like to recite the plot, I think it more important to let you know what the strings are, what the ever-entangling plots, are showing.
But, with DOWNLOADED, we get a very strong exploration, of what it means to be 'human,' and 'individual,' as it is clearer, that the 'machines,' have more in common with their enemy - humans, and vice versa.