I would really have preferred a double-length episode, as it seems to me to be the proper way to cap off a season of this fantastic series. I have always more or less had the impression that the writers on this show were flying by the seat of their pants, and this episode has done nothing to change that opinion.
No idea they were going to out so many people as Cylons. It was quite a revelation, and I didn't fully see it coming until it happened, though the signs were all there in retrospect. The return of a certain someone was a little predictable, I felt, and I was pretty sure that it would unfold more or less as it did.
But, as the name of this episode implies, it could be a turning point for the better in this fantastic show. The moody, glum, character-focused feeling of season 3 was interesting, but I was worried for a time that the series might get bogged down in it. That it might lose a sense of the story in the intricate relationships it was developing between its characters.
Oddly enough, the best thing that could be done in season 4 is a change in direction, more reminiscent of the cheesy original series. Nothing too drastic mind you; they still have very much the right idea, but a new hope among these struggling refugees that gives the show back a sense of adventure that it has sometimes been sadly lacking.
And as for the music theme of the episode's big revelation, and the "cheesy" guitar music finale, I couldn't disagree more. A musically fortified sequence like the one shown doesn't stand or fall based on what music is selected; it's all in the execution. Kudos to them for choosing an interesting variation on a great song, and reinforcing it with a great sequence of imagery.
No idea they were going to out so many people as Cylons. It was quite a revelation, and I didn't fully see it coming until it happened, though the signs were all there in retrospect. The return of a certain someone was a little predictable, I felt, and I was pretty sure that it would unfold more or less as it did.
But, as the name of this episode implies, it could be a turning point for the better in this fantastic show. The moody, glum, character-focused feeling of season 3 was interesting, but I was worried for a time that the series might get bogged down in it. That it might lose a sense of the story in the intricate relationships it was developing between its characters.
Oddly enough, the best thing that could be done in season 4 is a change in direction, more reminiscent of the cheesy original series. Nothing too drastic mind you; they still have very much the right idea, but a new hope among these struggling refugees that gives the show back a sense of adventure that it has sometimes been sadly lacking.
And as for the music theme of the episode's big revelation, and the "cheesy" guitar music finale, I couldn't disagree more. A musically fortified sequence like the one shown doesn't stand or fall based on what music is selected; it's all in the execution. Kudos to them for choosing an interesting variation on a great song, and reinforcing it with a great sequence of imagery.