Battlestar Galactica:Season Finale {SPOILERS UNLIMITED} 1.4.05

[Mistwell]

Ratings

Here are the ratings for BSG (taken from http://www.astro.cornell.edu/~springob/bsgratings.html)

Episode title Airdate Rating
Galactica miniseries pt.1 December 8, 2003 3.2
Galactica miniseries pt.2 December 9, 2003 3.8
33/Water January 14, 2005 2.6
Bastille Day January 21, 2005 2.3
Act of Contrition January 28, 2005 2.5
You Can't Go Home Again February 4, 2005 2.5
Litmus February 11, 2005 2.5
Six Degrees of Separation February 18, 2005 2.2
Flesh and Bone February 25, 2005 2.5
Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down March 4, 2005 2.1
The Hand of God March 11, 2005 2.2
Colonial Day March 18, 2005 2.3
Kobol's Last Gleaming pt.1 March 25, 2005 2.2 or 2.3 (conflicting numbers from different sources)
Kobol's Last Gleaming pt.2 April 1, 2005 2.5

Also notworthy: BSG beats all other Sci-Fi channel shows in the ratings every episode except for 3 episodes, where it was narrowly beat by Stargate: Atlantis episodes. The series has been averaging over 3 million viewers per episode.

For comparison, here are the ratings for some other shows:

Medium 10.1
Desperate Housewives 8.7
Lost 6.0
Alias 5.5
Point Pleasant 2.7
Smallville 1.9
Charmed 1.7
Enterprise 1.2

 

[John Crichton]

Thanks for posting that ratings stuff, Misty.

What's even more impressive is that the other genre shows are all on over air networks and BSG is on a cable channel. If it was on one of the Big 3, the ratings would probably be 1-2 points higher. Of course, they'd probably force cuts to make the show not as enjoyable, but you get the idea.

 

[Scorch]

6 is way hotter than 7.

And why is 6 afraid of 7?

Come on people... you know the old joke...

Scorch

 

[Wolf72]

ouch! 7 ate 9 ... double ouch!!

which gets me to thinking ... 7 of 9 was the last one left, sure she claims that she was the sole survivor ... I bet she recycled her compatriots for energy!!! (Borg don't practice canabilism).

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Therefore:
The Cylon/human war is a repeat of the rise of Christianity admist the Roman Empire!
See, the cylons aren't trying to breed with humanity; they want just one baby - a Messiah!
Baltar will be his John the Baptist.

There is a lot to various Christian symbolism being played with in the show. One that my wife notices regularly, as she screams when they do it (because in her view it is clumsy), are various "Christ-on-the-Cross" poses that Baltar is shown in. My wife is an editor for a Christian book publisher. There have been more than a few scenes that end with the camera pulling away from Baltar as he stares off strangely with his arms stretched out the the sides.

What about something different than the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire, but rather the rise of Christianity in pagan North Europe, like the Teutonic Crusades. Or something like the destruction of the Temple at Uppsala, and the building the a cathedral on the ruins.

I dunno. More food for thought...

 

[fett527]

There is a lot to various Christian symbolism being played with in the show. One that my wife notices regularly, as she screams when they do it (because in her view it is clumsy), are various "Christ-on-the-Cross" poses that Baltar is shown in. My wife is an editor for a Christian book publisher. There have been more than a few scenes that end with the camera pulling away from Baltar as he stares off strangely with his arms stretched out the the sides....

I believe the last one ( as you say there have been a few) I recall was when he was lying in the grass on Kobol (I believe it was followed by a fade to commercial) and he even had his feet crossed and arms spread.

 

[Laurel]

So I just watched the season finale again, and I must say there are still plenty of questions, and the end still shocks me, and I still can't wait for season 2 when my monday's will once again be taken away by GSG.

Thanks for the rating post- It does not surprise me, but cool see!

 

[TanisFrey]

Correct, but...
... there is no "Battlestar Galactica: 1980". Really.

There has been a crappy TV show in the early 80s that looked somewhat similar to Galactica, and it even featured Lorne Greene. But it ain't related in any way to Battlestar Galactica. No, it wasn't. For sure.

you are right, there was no Battlestar Galactica: 1980 it only called Galactica: 1980 and it suched execpt for the esp titled "The Return of Starbuck" (tks for the correct title Elf Which). The Pilot showed hope for the first hour then died with the time traver BS.

 

[wingsandsword]

My big thought about Season 2 of BSG is how are the civilians going to react to Adama making himself pretty much the Military Dictator of the human race. He's had Colonial One boarded by force and arrested the President for countermanding his orders and locked her in the brig. In the prior investigation into Cylon infiltrators he made it clear that he's above the law and his word is unquestionable, even to an independent review board created by the president.

New Galactica has specifically created a colonial government that is highly remnisicent of the USA, and that means that military power is ultimately accountable to the elected civilian authority, but either Adama has just taken every concept the colonies were built on and trashed it, or this is a major disconnect between the tone they were trying to establish and what was displayed.

Adama is pretty much setting himself up to be a dictator, and since the fleet relies on Galactica for water, defense, and just about everything it would be very difficult to overthrow him. Although Tom Zarek might be tempted to start rabble-rousing. It also might provide an interesting spin on the Pegasus storyline if/when they find it, if the Commander of the Pegasus believes that Adama is over-the-top and lost his mind (in an interesting reversal of the original Pegasus plotline).

 

[Khayman]

you are right, there was no Battlestar Galactica: 1980 it only called Galactica: 1980 and it suched execpt for the esp titled "The Return of Starbuck" (tks for the correct title Elf Which). The Pilot showed hope for the first hour then died with the time traver BS.

I could have sworn that Galactica 1980 was one of those nasty codeine-induced dreams that never happened. You know, like that recurring Highlander 2 dream that I keep having. And we all know that they never made a Highlander 2...