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Finally all caught up (via Universal HD) with Season 4 of of Battlestar Galactica<\/a><\/em>. Woot!<\/p>\n

The season hasn’t, too my eye, been up to the better aspects of earlier seasons — too many WHAM! plot threads, and too many of them in turn settled way too abruptly (whether from running out of time or interest isn’t always clear). The mid-season climax is appropriately cliff-hanging, if not terribly imaginative.<\/p>\n

I would say that the eventual shape of the conclusion of the series is becoming visible — but, honestly, they’ve been so willing to completely up-end expectations (for good and for ill) in the past, I wouldn’t lay any money on my guesswork.<\/p>\n

The “Final Ten” start in January, to be preceded by ten “webisodes” (as between S.2-3). I am indeed looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

(No spoilers in the post by intent, but anyone can feel free to spoil in the comments<\/strong>. You few people who aren’t caught up have been warned.)<\/p>\n

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