The cell is the basic unit of life. Yet it is also positioned at the interface between the non-teleological and teleological perspectives. Within the cell is a reality that is extremely friendly to the teleological viewpoint, where sophisticated structures exist for a purpose and function together in a network that elicits life. Yet outside every cell is an environment that seems more friendly to a non-teleological perspective, where contingency dominates, the Blind Watchmaker makes what it will make, and there is no clear purpose. Will the non-teleological perspective of evolution eventually reach into the cell and conform it accordingly? Or will the teleological perspective of the cell eventually reach out into evolution and conform it accordingly?