TK-949 said:
The first two seasons of BSG were awesome. Great storys, action and pacing were good, and ending season 2 with a "One-year-later" was fascinating. Then came season 3. The "getting-off-new-caprica" storyline was okay, but then the season began to suck. Stuffed with filler episodes like "Hero" it got more and more boring. But suddenly the last 15 minutes of the last episode of season 3 made it worth to watch it all. 15 minutes that saved a whole season.
Perfectly said. The first four episodes of season 3 were great, but for much of the season not much was happening, and then the end was killer--one of my favorite episodes.
Then came "Razor". A very good story, a mysterious new character, and an old hybrid prophesying all of season 4 (that's why you should watch "Razor" after season 3 and not in the middle of season 2), in a very cryptic way, of course. And "classic" cylons in action, yay.
Season 4 was awesome again. The series ended with a solution I never expected. Okay, maybe it was God who led Kara's hands but it could've been a coincidence, or whatever.
I wasn't a big fan of Razor, but that may be because I watched it in the middle of season two, which I now realize I shouldn't have done.
But I totally agree about season 4, it was awesome (minus the mutiny storyline which I could have done without). But I don't really think God was leading Kara's hands too much. After all, she couldn't explain what had happened to her, so I assumed she was completely in control of herself, and that she was just given a second chance to help her friends find what they were looking for. I think all the decisions she made and all of her actions were totally of her own doing. Anything else would go against what a lot of the show was about: decisions. The choices you make one way or another.
That's why I don't think liking the show (or the end of the show, at least) hinges on whether or not you could stomach the "god" aspect. It was a really small part of the show - easily overlooked. Moore didn't shove the idea down our throats, but presented it in a way that let the viewer make of it what they would.
To sum it up (I said it before and I'll say it again): in my eyes BSG is the BEST. SCIFI. SHOW. ON. TV. EVER.
THIS.