Show Info

Genre(s): Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Created By: Ronald D. Moore

First Air Date: April 4, 2008

Summary

Starring Edward James Olmos, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Mary McDonnell, Tricia Helfer, and Grace Park

The final season picks up from last season's revelations of Cyclons amongst the crew and the return of the presumed deceased Starbuck.

What The Critics Said

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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this show is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 65 User Votes

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Rob Z gave it a3:
What was a promising show ends in flames. Not enough imagination, too much space soap opera. The line between cylons and humans merge and there really is no difference. The contrast between machine and man from earlier seasons is lost. Everyone acts the same way. The mystery of the cylon is completely shredded by writers of the show. They show no characteristic of their condition or background. All Cylons act like they just walked out of an episode of a reality show in the year 2008. Maybe the show is running out of money, maybe the show want to reach more audience, but at least think first before making crap up on the spot.

joe s gave it a9:
season 4 is awesome, although season 2 will always be my favourite, 4 is very enjoyable and better than 3.

Saul Tigh gave it a10:
gotta laugh at the people who say that machines using faith makes no sense... and then procede to suggest star wars as good sci fi. bsg has moved far beyond the "star wars ripoff" the 1970's series was. if you haven't watched this show yet, do yourself a favor.

Andy F gave it a10:
I think I will have All Along the Watchtower stuck in my head for the rest of my life... Battlestar Galactica is probably the best Sci-Fi show ever. I just finished watching the entire series a second time and, with all the fan-boy ideas left at the season finale, I really enjoyed it! I can't believe I forgot how good this was! For those who have never seen or (gods forgive) heard of this series, you NEED to watch it. Yes, it is science fiction, but it's written like a war drama. Yes, the normal cliche's are there (the Hotshot pilot, the Resistance fighter. Well actually, that's it, and the writers even managed to make those interesting.) However, the actors are generally brilliant, (one eye acting!), and the music/ special effects are movie quality. It is like nothing else on television. Most importantly, it's a show that's not afraid to treat the audience like adults. They allow you to figure things out, there's only a few "Spock' Vulcan database" moments, and the writers manage to show their ideas through visual methods. Not to mention the relevant nature of the material. This show IS the war on terror. An American-like civilization fighting a vastly different civilization it can't hope to comprehend. It's dark. It's real. It's great.

Charles G gave it a10:
Best show on TV, EVER!!!

Marco P gave it a2:
This 4 season is the biggest delusion of my life (as a TV watcher of course.)

Ogan K. gave it a3:
I totally agree with MonoApe Ape. I loved the ship designs and technology elements in the series, and some philosophical references, but machines having FAITH !?! that is far from SCI-FI machines built to compute and rely on reference logic can never have such pointless faith and stuff. And whats up with all that god mumbo-jumbo. There were too many cliches and the uniforms the space marines are wearing are too much alike SWAT teams, the weapons they used are also not compatible with the general texture of the series. I MEAN come on if you are making a sci-fi and if its about a people that has nothing to do with us humans PLEASE give some time to design OIRIGINAL uniforms etc at least ! These are very crucial in a sci-fi, the watcher must lose contact with todays human society in order to enter into the atmosphere of what they are watching. In general I couldnt connect to the whole battlestar galactica concept I general found myself bored (except for the first season) watching. This series is a light sci-fi movie directed at general crowd who doesnt pay attention to detail and has little idea about sci-fi and philosophy. Big disappointment for me in general. Look at the real sci-fi works such as star wars and ghost in the shell, that is how sci-fi is made. IMAGINE DEEP. (cylons with ak-47's and 15000 yrs ago yeah right) - its like scientology.

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