I’m a week behind Battlestar Galactica this week, so this review is a little late, however…
SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t seen the Season Finale, then you’re like me, behind. STOP READING HERE!
Holy smokes. Talk about an intense episode. It wasn’t plodding like this week’s Lost (in which they introduced two “new” characters which they promptly killed. Ehh, they promised someone would die soon in this episode, but IT WASN’T ANY OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS! What a cop-out).
There have been a lot of complaints about this season, but I’m still a fan, I like a lot of the meat they’ve been adding to the characters (that and I listen to the podcast, so I know the difficulty they’ve been having writing a lot of the ideas they want into the show, so it’s easier for me to forgive them with this insight) Although some of this season has been “what’s-the-point-of-getting-them-off-New-Caprica-when-they’re-pretty much-back-to-where-they-started” some of the stuff has been pretty good me-screaming-at-the-television stuff.
First off, the trial of Baltar was going on, and I had some interest in it, just to see where it was going and how Lee and his father were going up against each other. Somehow, you knew Baltar would get off scott-free, but true to form, he was smug about it- which made me like him even less (not a negative “hate”, but sort of the kind of character you love to hate). Put in a corner once again, Baltar prevails.
Then the really cool stuff started happening. The Cylons streamed in for the kill, Lee climbed back in the pilot’s seat, after giving up his wings because of his conflict with his dad.
While all this was happening, they revealed who the Cylons were. Yep, Cylons- plural. When you thought they were going to just slowly and painfully reveal the final five one at a time- they revealed four of them -and it was a shocker! Talk about glued to my TV. This also leaves room for the “final” Cylon reveal, which makes you salivate for next season.
Finally, during the “almost” battle, Apollo drops out of formation because some is behind him, and it’s revealed that it’s the thought to be dead Kara. No big shocker (I thought she would be one of the Cylons), but she reveals she’s been to Earth, and she’s going to lead the fleet there.
The final shot showed Earth, although still far away, it seemed that the fleet was definitely closing in on it.
Overall, the last few moments of the show made it worth the price of admission. I really can’t wait until 2008 now!

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