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Well, it\u2019s over. And I have lots to say as a requiem. Unfortunately, I am swamped for the next two days with legitimate writing work. And really, I think I am still a bit too grief stricken to write yet. I will soon, however, as I think there are some key lessons about bad storytelling, and the problems of sustaining excellence in television in general, that we can pick off the carcass of this once great series.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m opening a thread here for anybody to comment on the \u201cEmperor\u2019s clothes\u201d journey that has been Battlestar Galactica, Season Four, and particularly the last episode, Daybreak, Pt I and II.<\/p>\n

Feel free to just write that you are heartbroken too. There is, as Emily Dickinson notes, a certain comfort in knowing you are not alone in your discomfiture.<\/p>\n

More as soon as I can defend the time expenditure\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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