Possible 'BSG'-'Caprica' spoiler

Sometimes listening to podcasts about TV shows at the gym pays off.

This morning I was listening to "Battlestar Galactica" creator Ron Moore's podcast on last week's super-dense, super-confusing episode that included a revelation in the episode about a character named Daniel we had not heard of before. I got the impression that Daniel is a Cylon.

The whole premise of "Caprica," the "BSG" spin-off, has seemed a little pointless to me since the revelation on "BSG" that Cylons were not created in the "Caprica" time frame, the supposed premise of that prequel series, but thousands of years earlier.

Now I think I may have it figured out after hearing Moore say on the podcast that "Daniel" will play an important role in "Caprica." So I looked up the Sci Fi Channel description of "Caprica":

Set 50 years before "Battlestar Galactica," "Caprica" follows two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas. Bound together by tragedy, their ensuing struggle will determine the fate of the 12 Colonies.

"Caprica" is a society rife with advanced technology. Little do they know they are trembling on the brink of the creation of the first cybernetic life-form node, or CYLON.

Passion, intrigue and betrayal set the stage for the coming revolution.

The Graystones and Adamas come from different cultures and wildly different socio-economic backgrounds. Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) is a computer genius and the leading businessman of the 12 Colonies. His wife, Amanda Graystone (Paula Malcolmson) is an elite neurosurgeon. Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) is an immigrant, a lawyer with ties to the mob, and a father who is desperate to reconnect with his estranged son, William (Sina Najafi).

Their bitter rivalry will bring the end of life as they know it.

Their children are the future.

So either Daniel is a secret Cylon who re-creates the Cylons or Daniel creates a skinjob Cylon and names it after himself, which would also explain why the character is an important part of the Cylon story.