BWAH! Speaking of Angel, DW and I decided that that show had the perfect ending (we feel that BSG did not).

And Xena was a close second.

That does bring up a queston: didn't the agricultural frigate get blown up a couple of years ago? I was under the impression that the fleet was subsisting on fast-growing algae (presumably also used for air recycling). Couldn't they bring that with them and have a basic staple source of food until they established harvestable crops and at least made a stab at developing hunting skills?

When they were looking at the map of the world, Bill Adama said something about dividing the supplies evenly among the different groups of people. I think they were taking some things with them, but it still didn't make much sense. Maybe if we'd had a minute less of Bill puking and 2 minutes less in the strip club, there could have been time for an explanation, and for Kara to say goodbye -- you know -- to us, if not to Lee.

heh. yes. succinctly put!

I think the last thing that ep needed was any more time on Earth. They got there, humanity's going to survive, THE END.

If it were my show, I would have cut it off after Lee says "No, no city" and Lampkin asks "So what do you want to do?"

The funniest part of the Hole in the Fucking World clip is still Whedon's credit under the line "it's your brand of bollocks from first to last."

Jessica, I completely concur. They could have even cut to the present day scene from that, and it still wouldn't make me writhe in despair.

Jessica - yes, that would be better. Then we wouldn't have to imagine how doomed they all are.

I realized after going to bed that that ending would have cut off both Roslin's death scene and Starbuck's brief goodbye, so those would have had to be moved up. But basically, in my version of the finale, we do not spend half a fucking hour listening to Lee wax philosophical about how TEKNOLOGIE IZ TEH EVAL.

I wonder if the guys at Zoic have a version of that scene where he spontaneously combusts in the middle of that speech.

I realized after going to bed that that ending would have cut off both Roslin's death scene and Starbuck's brief goodbye, so those would have had to be moved up. But basically, in my version of the finale, we do not spend half a fucking hour listening to Lee wax philosophical about how TEKNOLOGIE IZ TEH EVAL.

I want to watch your version. I've been saving my recorded episodes to watch a second time down the road, maybe I'll actually cut the finale to make it better.

The whole Luddite vibe didn't work for me, I would think about 37,800 people would elect to go for the shelter, running water, and electricity.

Cut out Starbuck and Lee's scene right before the magical raptor ride, then cut to Adama on the ridge talking about the cabin. Then cut to Lampkin talking about building a city. Then just cut it right before Lee opens his mouth and dooms the people of the 12 colonies.

I wonder what happened to Kara's mystery Viper. Did it just disappear too?

Did anyone ever see any hint through the series that they had put together a giant task force to prepare to live on another planet? If I were in charge, that would be very high on my to-do list.