Battlestar Galactica ended on Friday, and given that I’ve devoted a decent chunk of time to watching that show over the years, I thought I’d quickly write up a few of my thoughts. Overall, I liked it. There were a few odd moments, Cavil’s and Helo’s ends come to mind, the second hour felt tonally off when compared to the rest of the series, and the attempts to tie in the disparate mythological elements they’d established over the years felt too mechanical, but I enjoyed it in the moment, for the most part. At some point, maybe I’ll go back and really critically examine the show as a whole, or give more than a glib sentence-long blurb about this episode in particular, but at the moment, I’ve other television to watch.

Up until now, Dollhouse has been a good show. Even a great show at times. But it wasn’t a Joss Whedon show. The first five episodes were hindered by network interference, but with this episode Whedon finally got out from under the thrall of Fox’s “creative consultancy” and Dollhouse finally became a Joss Whedon show. Before now, you could see inklings of Whedonism in the show — Lubov’s “Sweet Home Georgia” line from a couple weeks ago, in particular — but this episode brought it all together; there was intrigue, philosophical pondering, humour, and plot twists galore. More (a lot more) after the break.

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