I had a prior engagement yesterday so I couldn’t catch the final 2 hour episode of Battlestar Galactica.  It wasn’t until tonight that I had the chance to watch the DVR and I have to say I liked what I saw.  Most of the questions were answered and a resolution was presented that didn’t leave the audience in a lurch.  There are a few questions lingering which sounds like they are going to be resolved in the 2 hour special later this year called Battlestar Galactica: The Plan.

 Warning! Spoilers after the break! Do not go farther if you haven’t seen the episode.

What happened….

• They went after Hera (the little hybrid girl) and rescued her with scenes reminiscent of the visions several characters had during the show.  It gave more meaning to what could have been random slop.  I especially like the Boomer part that eluded to some history we had not seen at that point.
• The “evil” Cylons were destroyed by an act of fate (or divine intervention) and the Galactica makes one final jump initiated by Kara (Starbuck) based on the music. There is a great shot of the Galactica cruising over the moon. Yes, it is our Earth.
• The rest of the fleet joins Galactica and they all to a one decide to abandon technology and destroy the fleet and to interbreed with the native primitive tribal society they find on Earth (this is 150,000 years ago). Cool way to integrate BSG with our reality. The good metal Cylons are given the last baseship to go their own way. The flesh jobs colonize with the humans.
• Madame President Roslin dies while watching antelope in the company of Adama.  Some of the best acting by Edward James Olmos I’ve seen in a long time.  We get a sad scene about Adama telling Roslin about the cabin he will build while sitting next to her grave.
• Kara is revealed to have been either an angel or a ghost.  She disappears when Lee looks away while talking about them possibly settling somewhere.
• Six and Balta that where thought to be just in Six and Baltar’s heads turn out to be angels.  Explains a lot about the single god and the visions.
• The episode ends with the angel Six and Baltar 150,000 years later talking about how our civilizations looks like the previous ones.  Six has faith that we will break the cycle, Baltar sees it all happening again. I like the conversation about God in which one mentions that has its name and the other says, “It doesn’t like that name.”
• Mitochondria Eve is Hera.

I was too sure about the sudden dues ex machina that tied the loose ends together, but it goes with the religious themes that were so prevalent throughout the series.  I liked the overall result.

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