Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Reading your review crystallized something for me. RDM has said all along that there is a planned ending and that what comes in the middle is more organic and sets things up for that ending.

Season three is the calm before the storm of season 4. It's the middle of a novel. It's the set up for the climax and wrap-up, which rumor has as, at this point, season 4. So yes, in a way, it deal feel flat, but I think it was kind of meant to, in a story-telling sense. (Although in a ratings sense, not so smart. :P)

Season 1 was pure energy. It set up everything that was to follow.

Season 2 began as pure energy, because it had the momentum that was built up with season 1, but then it began to lose steam in the second half.

Season 3 had the mid-story pick up of the New Caprica arc, but then fell into a holding pattern, waiting for the last handful of episodes to set up season 4.

So I think (hope, PRAY) that season 4 will be a return to (20 episodes plus 2 of) pure energy and the show will go out on a high, leaving us wanting more.