The end of Battlestar Galactica: “Simply… amazing”

Mark Verheiden, a co-executive producer of Battlestar Galactica, has read the series finale’s script:

It’s simply… amazing. The sort of script where, when you finish, you just fall back in your chair in a daze, then call anyone in the loop and spend hours talking about how satisfying and powerful and (pick superlative of choice)… usually I would be a little mindful of raising expectations or succumbing to excessive hyperbole, but that’s not going to be a problem here. Of course, I’ve seen what’s coming up for the rest of season four, and I think it’s all mighty powerful stuff (not to mention exciting, heart-breaking, “etc.”), but to know it all culminates in something so remarkable… well, the bar for great television just got notched up another level. No kidding.

Call me “cautiously hopeful.” I’ve found season 4 somewhat slow going, even oppressive: so many of the characters seemed stuck in arcs that didn’t really go anywhere, and all of the constant doom and gloom got a bit much. It wasn’t until the last two episodes — “Faith” and “Guess What’s Coming to Dinner?” — that the season really started to click for me, and got me excited and intrigued about what’s to come. Sucks that we’ll probably have to wait until 2009 before we see how everything wraps up.