Over the weekend, one of the entertainment mainstays in my life came to an end as I finally watched the series finale of Battlestar Galactica. It was, simply put, the bittersweet moment to end all bittersweet moments. I already have a big problem finishing things that I really like — TV series, books, video games, etc. — because once I’ve watched, read or played them all the way through, that’s it. They will never be “new” again. It’s an admittedly stupid quirk, but it kept me from watching the last episode of Knight Rider until 1998, finishing System Shock 2 until the mid 2000s, and enjoying the series finale of Star Trek: TNG until just six months ago. No, really.
Ron Moore and David Eick’s reimagined BSG, however, was epic from start to finish. With a story that unfolded in a serial fashion over the course of six long years, it was like a high-speed joyride to destinations unknown that you couldn’t bear to stop. And so after a delay of only a couple of weeks, I finally put “watch the end of Battlestar” on my to-do list. On Saturday night, I turned down the lights, prepared a late-night snack and settled in for the last two episodes I had yet to see: “Daybreak, Part 1″ and the two-hour wrap-up, “Daybreak, Part 2.”
To use the Battlestar lexicon, holy frakking shit.
It hasn’t left my mind since — neither the amazing images, the satisfying yet still mystifying story, nor the incredible musical score. This was, quite simply, the end of one of television’s best series. And rather than dwindle away into cancellation, spin itself off into a shadow of its former self or jump the shark and drag us through the mud for the last few years, I personally feel it ended on the same high note as it began. Not only was it a near-perfect series for sci-fi lovers, in my opinion it concluded with a near-perfect finale.
There’s a lot of debate about this, of course; in fact, I was pretty surprised at the wide range of opinions on the finale that I found posted on message boards all across the Internet. Many people liked the finale, and yet, many people also hated it. Others seemed consumed by unanswered questions. But I think a show does a large part of its job if it gets people talking, and from my own personal viewpoints, the wrap-up was exactly what I wanted to see. I’ll explain my perspective after the jump. (No, not the FTL jump.) But first, a little recap of the finale’s events.
Warning: Lots of spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the last episode yet, get out of here and don’t come back until you have. Y’hear?
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