just meant that I was glad not to be the only one in the hated it corner (and that lisah is welcome in my corner anytime).

SWEET! Although the other corner is very pretty and smart too!

I'm on record as thinking it was cracktastic, somewhere between silly and amazing, and it broke my internal scale, because the sheer insanity and audacity has stuck with me for a couple of days now. I think I'm going to rewatch the final two episodes over and re-assess.

I think I'm going to rewatch the final two episodes over and re-assess.

As someone on record as thinking the finale was awesome, I highly recommend this course of action.

I want to re-watch the whole series with this new information in mind. . . and heck, we have the time to do it. (Although, my season 1 dvds are still out on loan. . . I really should buy a second copy.)

I don't think having a plan is always the same as having a detailed to-do list.

Agreed, and that's not what I was trying to say.

It seems to me part of their plan involves producing t.Human/Cylon hybrids. They had that whole baby factory on post-apocalyptic Caprica, and they're obsessed with Hera.

Also agreed. Not to mention Chief/Cally and Leoben's attempts to get copulate-y with Starbuck.

Part of their plan seems to involve getting to earth.

Agreed, and my point about the Resistance still holds. The Cylons occupying New Caprica seemed to be forgetting or setting aside the "search for Earth" goal, unless they meant to force all the humans to come with them eventually. eta - So they are diverging from the "get to earth" plan so the rebels rebel to get back on that track. I'm sure there's a more elegant way to say that, but it escapes me right now.

I always see Lee's relationship with Bill as an avatar of the Cylons' relationship with humanity.

Children disagreeing with their parents? Hmm, this is intriguing. Please to share more.

Part of their plan seems to involve subjugating the human race -- to what end, I can't yet guess.

I suppose it could be as simple as revenge.

And now that it looks like Chief, Tigh, Anders and Tory are Cylons -- I'm not sure we know which Cylons have a plan. For all we know, it could be the Toasters who have the plan -- not any of the skin jobs.

This is also part of my point about unreliable narrators.

Oh, it's so much fun to discuss here! ::sigh::

If it was the original Toasters who had the plan, given that the skinjobs have re-programmed them to have no ability of independent thought - I guess that original plan is lost.

I guess that original plan is lost.

Then the opening credits should reflect that. "They used to have a plan!" or something. To me it just seems like a lie now and a broken promise.

If it was the original Toasters who had the plan, given that the skinjobs have re-programmed them to have no ability of independent thought - I guess that original plan is lost.

Ok, this? Cracks me up in a HHGTG kind of way. Humans make the cylons, cylons decide they're going to overthrow the humans so they make a plan make skin jobs, who then decide they're the ones with the plan and to overthrow the humans, so they wipeout what the cylons were originally attempting and try to make cylon/human thingies.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

This

Humans make the cylons, cylons decide they're going to overthrow the humans so they make a plan make skin jobs, who then decide they're the ones with the plan and to overthrow the humans, so they wipeout what the cylons were originally attempting and try to make cylon/human thingies.

Should be in the opening credits next season.

I loved the rock music at the end, especially because of the interplay with the sitar. I think I could have done without the actual singing of the song (for the scene, at least, although I suppose it was necessary to put all the pieces together), but the music was great. I also liked all the funky camera work.

I wanted it to be the Hendrix version of the song. That was my only "complaint" about the use of the song.

Spy pen!

Yeah, and worse, "Sally." I couldn't understand people getting disgruntled over a throw-away line like that, but it ate at people.

Rewatching the finale, I noticed that Tyrol said, "There's got to be some way out of here," and Anders said, "There's too much confusion," before the Big Reveal. Pretty cool.

There was a lot of song quoting. I noted these:

• Anders hears the music again, as does Chief, and Anders hears Chief humming it. Chief says a line, "Someway out of here," and Anders' eyes pop.

• When Anders gets summoned away from his conversation with Chief and back to nugget class he says, "No reason to get excited," under his breath.

• In the scene where Saul tells Adama about the music and that he thinks it's Cylon sabotage, after Adama says, "Sabotage -- with music?" Saul admits it's hard to explain, but that there's "Too much confusion."

• Same scene -- Adama leaves, to get to court. Saul looks around and he says, "There must be some kind of way out of here."

I didn't get past the trial verdict in my notes, so that's all I have.