The ending was very fitting, but I could've done without the flashbacks.

the ending and final scenes were fitting because it was obvious, plus i thought the same story line was played out better last time i saw it in the second and third matrix films... i still love BSG, and the final kavil scene made up for everything else in episode... the score was probably the only other thing that lived up to the quality of the preceding episodes in this season...

frakin loved it. that's how you end a series, and i hope the Lost writers took notes on a major BSG fact: you don't have to kill every fucking major/beloved character in order to be successful.

I just realised I spoiled the ending from anyone who've not seem it a few posts down. Just wanted to warn you. Also I think I'm trolling abit ;)

Well, technically, everyone WAS dead at the end. They just died 150,000 years before the final scene. ;)

i enjoyed the finale, though i still want to know what the frak starbuck is - and why were the In the Head Gaius and Six in present day? these questions need to be ANSWEREDD!!! or else i shall jump to my own conclusions, and nobody wants that, do they?

for example, starbuck is, in actuality, an ascended being from stargate

holy shit, that actually kinda made sense...

Head Gaius and Six were angels. They said so themselves a few times during the series and I think they really drove it home in the end episode.

Starbuck was just a guide of some sort I'm guessing. Maybe another angel but that don't really fit in as much as it does for the other two above. Might have been just a beacon sent from God after the first Kara died towards the end of season 3.

I would just go for the divine guide with a destiny from birth explanation.

Anyway I really really loved the ending. The last 15 minutes felt abit weird but once they flew away after the last Adama shot showing of the landscape and then jumping 150000 years into the future. That last scene between the angels was frelling (<-- tihi) epic. And the Moore cameo even more so.

Yeah, I believe she was just another angel, one that everyone could see...
The 150000 years later was a great sequence, maybe sans the robotics ads...
Although I struggled to buy decision to leave the technology behind and fly the ships into the sun, despite apollo justification, he could have set it up better in his flashbacks maybe...

I still think that maybe Starbuck was the first actual human-cylon hybrid, daughter to the missing cylon that was never shown (I think it was "seven",not sure). It was said that this cylon was an artist, and for some reason the line was boxed and discontinued. That fits with Tara's father description of a pianist, who taught her the cylon song.

Yeah, it sounds good, but Ronald D. Moore has been telling everyone he talks to with a website that she is NOT Daniel's daughter. RDM was apparently shocked that people took that Daniel thing and ran with it. I think it was misleading, but I can see how he would have missed our tendency to go galloping down that path.

I'm kind of sorry she's not, I think.

I'm fine with Head Gaius and Head Six as angels but I'm not fine with why they look exactly like Gaius and Six. It would have made as much sense if they looked like Roslin and Adama. I expected it was because the two had some special connection, but this angel answer doesn't address this aspect at all.

Once you have god and angels as a primary plot device, you can tie up any terrible story arc in no time at all.

I believe that Starbuck was an Angel who was sent to guide Battlestar to earth...Hera was the new "eve" for the new earth...mix of cylon blood and human blood. The harbinger of death comment from the hybrid to Starbuck meant that Starbuck was to lead humankind to their death...which she did because the new earth contains the bloodline from Hera cylon/human. Not pure human. Head Gaius and Six in my opinion are angels too like Kara to be as guides sent by the higher power, who Baltar remarks at the finale " you know he doesn't like to be called that'" reference to the name of God...

Hope this clears up some answers. The above statements I made are my opinions...not sure if this is what the finale answers were supposed to be.

I've never seen a single episode. I'd rather watch the original series.

dude, you are really cheating yourself. I loved the original, but it doesn't hold a candle to this show.

They share similar names. Series, characters, planets, gods but there's so much much more to this show than to the first one from the 70's. Witch is good for what it is aswell.

I could have done without the "modern" ending.

What a frakking amazing ending! As I was watching and saw them all gearing up for the assault, I realized that we were only 45 minutes in! Epic on all scales. Perfectly fitting way to end the show. I'm so glad they didn't kill everyone or just turn out the lights.

The future I felt was a good twist because it really brings epitomizes the BSG concept of "It will happen once, it will happen again." Brilliant!

Oh, and why is our lovely planet called earth? BECAUSE ADMIRAL ADAMA SAID SO!

SO SAY WE ALL!!!

Adama means earth. As in Adam in Genesis.

"Adama" means "soil" in Hebrew.

Thought the flashbacks were essential. They brought all of these characters full circle truly defining who they were and what they needed to do.

As for the 'modern ending,' I thought it reinforced a theme they've been pushing for the entire show that this cycle has happened before and will happen again.

As for Starbuck, I don't think there is any definite answer or label nor does there need to be. There are some other obvious religious parallels with her death, resurrection, and acension.

Because this finale fits everything together with the rest of the series so well, I almost hate to see this next prequel movie, The Plan or even Caprica.

Note to David Chase: *That* is how you end a series.

Yeah because everyone in the US wasn't talking about that ending, good or bad. No matter what you thought of the ending to the Sopranos, it was pretty ingenious writing.

Christ, I loved every second of that. Just, wow, im still shaking.

dude you are so lame, lol it was a cop out

how so? It answered everything, including things that I didn't think were questions and am now kicking myself for not thinking about.

It was wonderful, until the last thirty seconds or so. I can live with Head Six and Head Gaius, but Moore's shameless cameo and the "we're just doing it again with our robots bit" absolutely ruined it. would have been much better to go out with Adama on top of the hill.

It's over! It's finally over! Now we can maybe stop hearing about how amazing and not boring this show was? I tried to like it. I really did, but it's hard for me to follow a show that puts me to sleep faster than chloroform.

what does not boring you?

If you're interested in politics/war/morality/... humanity, this series should entice you. All the parallels that can be drawn to our current world and the show when it comes to most facets of life (although prominently American life) is amazing to me. Science fiction have the unique ability that it can replicate atrocities we can only imagine, or some that we endure but stay away from such as Rwanda or Bosnia to name a few in recent years. And it does it in a way that we get to think about these happenings objectively by taking our human fallacy out of the equations.

I've always viewed sci-fi as one of the few genres who bring people of different cultures closer together. The fact that most seem uninterested in the sci-fi genre actually scares me alittle. Or I should say it scares me more and more considering what most of the really really popular "normal" tv-shows have evolved into during the last 10-15 years. I.E. Idol, Survivor, X-factor or any of the recent game shows that has normal people do nothing but point with their fingers to win prizes.

Liking Ghost Whisperer, Bones, Numbers or any of the other silly shows with big words in them instead of the few smart shows like BSG, Farscape or even Boston Legal really is starting to scare me. Atleast when it gets to the point were people are actively taking steps to proclaim their hate for them.

Yeah but if you're only interested in tits and flamethrowers like "Lawdog" you'd probably hate it. You actually need a brain cell or two for it to be interesting.

I do like tits. Got me there. What an awesome species we are...disagree with someone and your either stupid, crazy, or a heretic. You must be right Felix. I must be an idiot for not liking a show that can't even keep me CONSCIOUS for an hour.

Take all the time you want to try and convince me this wasn't a boring show. It's over. Finally. Like I said, I tried to like it. It put me to sleep every damn time I watched it.

BSG: more effective than sleeping pills

if it bored you so much, why did you watch it?

Because of all of you people so vehemently trying to convince everybody the show is something it's not. OH IT'S SO AWESOME! OH IT'S THE FUTURE OF SCI-FI (SYFY)! OH IT'S SO SMART AND INTERESTING!

Turns out...not so much.

Your only point seems to be that it was boring. You've made that point already, you've got nothing else of substance to add to the conversation, so stop typing. Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean the world needs to keep hearing it.

Then stop replying to my comment...there's nothing in the original post to imply only fanboy comments are allowed.

Oh the pain people feel when someone disagrees with them!

Oh, and in the world of entertainment...boring is kind of a deal-breaker.

what is wrong with you people?! the ending was SHIT. it was all God's plan?! BS! that's the biggest cop-out since Dallas pulled the "last season was all a dream" stunt. what is kara? we still don't know... what happened to the promise "you will know the truth"?! whatever she is, angel or messiah, she's clearly sent by "God". gaius and 6 are angels from "God". the visions sent to Athena, Laura and Caprica 6... all just visions from "God". the frakkin song? it was put in their heads by "God". i guess "God" made the viper Starbuck returned from the dead in too.

after season 2, ron moore said to himself "oh crap, this thing has taken off and i have no idea where it was headed. wait, i have an ace in the hole... God did it!" that's the easy answer to all the ridiculous crap they made up just to make us beg for more. it was all magic may be an ending, but it is not an explanation... certainly not satisfying to this loyal fan.

the series was still very well done in many respects... well written and acted, terrific special effects and action sequences... but the driving force behind the story is a fraud. it might belong on some relgious network, but not sci fi. my trust has been betrayed and i think ron moore s/b ashamed of himself... (not to mention that shameless cameo he indulged himself with.)

I don't think it was a copout at all. The idea of God's plan was ingrained in the series mythology from the miniseries. Its something that has been planned (no pun intended) for the whole series.

the ending was crap. the series was one of the greatest television achievements ever, all undone by the unimaginative ending. no one can confirm exactly what happened. kara's an angel? right. then where did her viper come from? and the song? if she was an angel of god why did she need her own angel. is Bob Dylan an angel too? and the baby was the key to human survival because...? hang a lantern on this one. compared to this the ending to the sopranos really did make sense. all of you who thought this ending was fitting need to pull a brother cavel.

"Moore's shameless cameo" actually had a point, and a beautiful one at that - he appeared while the Heads were discussing God. Thus he was answering the question once and for all: "Who is pulling the strings?"

The only thing that didn't play well for me was the "Angels" talking to each other. They worked much better talking to the other folks.

Otherwise it was awesome. It paid off for most of the folks who have watched since the beginning.

Best moment: Balter looking at Caprica Six, realizing he's going to die a simple farmer like his father used to be .... and wanting to. Beautiful.

It would have had more resonance if they hadn't just tacked on that whole back story this season.

they actually did reference way earlier on that Baltar was from very humble beginnings, ashamed of it, and had changed his accent to hide it. just sayin'

You are absolutely right about that!

For someone who has watched the show since the beginning. I will really miss about this show is how intense everything was and the surprises. Its hard to really surprise me when I watch anything since I have watched so much TV. I was holding on for dear life for the first hour an a half! I kept on thinking one of the main characters was going to die during the battle! I cheered when they killed Tory! I have hated that character since the beginning of the 4th season. But it was a fitting end one of the best series on TV.

ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND ALL OF THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

i absolutely loved it and i'm still trying to piece it all together. it blew me away, they covered so much more than i thought they'd ever get around to.

not knowing exactly what kara was is fine with me, she didn't know herself, so why should we? it feels like her existence fits well with baltar's GOD speech. she was an instrument, a means to an end and i like that they left that open to our interpretation.

anders ending was awesome, with the replay of the perfection speech.

adama and roslin's ending was sad, sweet and just what it needed to be. though i don't understand why adama would never come back to be with other people?

baltar and caprica's ending was UTTERLY PERFECT! by far, it was my favorite scene of the episode. i love that seemingly no matter what happens, no matter what course we take, eventually it all happens again.


one of my only questions is whatever happens to the centurions? how do they factor back into the loop? i really don't even see how they could, but could they be the only way that the eternal loop can be broken?


all in all, this is the best finale i've seen since angel ended. i almost want to cry that it's over, i can't wait for the tv films that are coming, and now i'm pumped for caprica.