"Certain parts of that are debatable. Recalling that the story is Science fiction, remember that Sharon rebelled against programming when she took Helo in different directions than she was instructed to do on Caprica."
But she still forgot to tell that Brother Nevil was a cylon.
Cavil. Brother Cavil.
Any idea on who you think will be the, "Imperious Leader," in this series?
With due acknowledgement to RandallFlagg, the character is named Brother Cavil, and Dean Stockwell is doing an excellent job, well worth the cost of the actor. That was written as a choice that Sharon made out of her grief over the child that she believed to have been murdered by the powers-that-be.
This was either a plot hole, or an interesting question that bears investigation:
i don't know if you have children or not, but what mother EVER forgets the features of her newborn infant? Now in this story we're dealing with a Cylon, who can never forget details. Sharon saw a dead baby, and ASSUMED that it was her child. It was not a decision that a Cylon would make. It was a decision where fact was clouded by emotion. A human mistake.