I can finally put some words around my feeling about the Battlestar Galactica finale.
First hour: everything I’ve come to expect from this show. In some places, maybe more. The way they wove all the stories together was superb.
Which was what made the second hour so very disappointing.
The action roared to a fever pitch. Starbuck dialed the FTL, and they were… at Earth?
Show could have ended for me right there. Because we didn’t get any more answers in that last hour than we had at that moment.
I remember my husband saying: so now it’s over. No, I replied, there’s another hour. 20 minutes later he asked again. So that’s it, right?
No.
But perhaps it should have been. Because except for a few moments — Roslin’s last flight and the Helo/Athena interplay — we didn’t get much in the way of answers or resolution.
Instead of a bang, it was a bit of a whimper.
I don’t even mind so much that we didn’t get a real resolution of the Lee/Kara storyline. Anyone a fan of that pairing saw *that* coming from two seasons away. I sort of stopped caring somewhere in mid-quadrangle of doom.
I’m not even that fussed that we never got a resolution of the Starbuck story. Who was she? I’m not sure I really care. It was still good TV. Most of the time.
Except for the last hour, that is. What bugged me was that it seemed so, pointless. We all knew Roslin was going to die. And Baltar was so slimy you knew, just knew that he’d make it.
I also have no real argument with any of the performances, even in that last oh so pointless hour. The storyline though? Not the best ever.
Battlestar has had good and bad eps in the past. It’s just too bad that one of the uneven, less shining moments was the last hour. Among other things, I must say “what the frak” to the following:
- Hera’s big deal was to be mitochondrial Eve? Helo and Athena are what, cro-magnon pimps?
- Tyrol went to be the father of all Celts? Explains a lot though I suppose.
- Apollo was going to be the pre-historic Jeremiah Johnson? But would he eat pigeon pie?
Seriously, I loved this show. I still love this show.
But that last hour. Meh.
So say me all.
C. Beth says
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Anyway–I agree with most of what you wrote. It was disappointing to me, too, and more disappointing as I mulled it over afterward. There were some big, unbelievable leaps for me. I mean, really? You’re going to convince EVERYONE to leave behind their tech and live like Bedouins (many of whom have never camped before?) And the whole last scene bugged me on multiple levels.
I agree, I still loved the show; it’s my favorite show of any that I’ve ever watched. That says a lot. I loved some aspects of the finale but overall was less than satisfied.