BSG by the Numbers
It’s difficult to believe that in just a few short weeks, the Sci-Fi Cast will celebrate its one year anniversary. When we look back, it seems like we’ve been watching and discussing Battlestar Galactica in our podcasts forever. In reality we only started with the launch of season 4, not bad when you consider just how frakking long seasons of BSG really are.
In episode 25 we discussed how disappointed some of us had been with the quality of BSG in the run-up to the finale. Now that the series is finished, I decided to go back and check our ratings for the last half of season 4. You can see in the chart above how each of us rated the last 10 episodes. Dave and I gave the last half of the season an average of 7 out of 10. Jen scored slightly higher with an average of 8 out of 10. All three of us had trends for season 4.5 that were heading downward. In other words, we all thought the episodes, in general, were getting worse instead of better.
What does this all mean? Not a heck of a lot, really. I think it’s safe to say we all enjoyed the finale and overall the entire season. We just wish Brother Cavil had returned to stir things up right after “The Oath” instead of waiting until the final minutes of season 4. Oh well, you can’t win them all. There’s always “The Plan” coming this fall. Guess we’re back to waiting again…
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