I thought the first half of the episode rocked and thought the scene with the final five not being able to give the resurrection was a god twist.  I didnt see the first degree murder between the two of the five in braod daylight with the fate of a peace agreement that predictable.

The only thing I didnt like was the explanation (magical angel) or lack of  one twoards Starbucks existence since she supposed was dead.  Since they left that part up our belief system I choose to believe she is trapped in time and dean stockwell will come back with ziggy to save her. (quantum leap for anyone under twenty five who never saw the show)

"the ending felt strangely anticlimactic."        I disagree 1,000%

I loved the finale!  Honestly, it was more than I expected or had even hoped for.  I was not waiting for some twisted ending.  When something is as well written as this show, there is no need for a twist to give it life.  Actually, the "Earth"  that had been decimated by nuclear war ending up NOT being THIS Earth WAS in fact a twist.  And the fact that they created the civilization we are now living in is also part of that twist.

The action at the begining was amazing!  I loved that they didn't end the show with them simply finding a new home, but they showed them actually living there and what their plans were for this world and for them.  

Several months ago I posted that they would be our ancestors.....I love it that it turned out that way. Great episode and sorry to see it go.

Didn't hit us over the head with it's message?  Maybe in opposite land!  That final montage of the robots we're making today totally screamed, "be kind to AI or it will brutally massacre you!" 

Solid enough episode, though.  Definitely closed out the series, although now I'm curious about a spinoff following the wild and zany adventures of the Centurians on the Base Star. 

After all this time the ending of BSG came down to...........Gentrification! Adama and the gang going to drive out the black element to make the planet quote, unquote, safe for white folks.  

Joking aside, the finale was good.  I read this over on the EW review and it hits the mark for me personally, the ending was "unsatisfyingly satisfying".  They resolved pretty much everything so that was good but I didn't like that they found another Earth which led to our Earth.  I didn't get the need for the flashbacks other than I guess Moore had an episode count to keep up with.

The thing I'm more upset about was the Starbuck, Baltar, Six stuff.  They were Angels?  WTF!  I thought that was BS, it didn't fit in with the series I thought.  I could see it with Baltar & Six, since they were the only ones seeing each other but Starbuck interacted with everybody. 

Why did Adama have to become a hermit after Rosslyn's death?  That didn't make sense to me.  Dude, you got your son and your best friend still out there, wtf you doing living in some pet cementary Cabin by your lonesome?  Did Rosslyn's death drive him bonkers?

Hate that BSG is gone now and I almost got teary eyed when Adama left Galactica for the last time. 

Six and Baltar were the (in Baltar's case reluctant) prophets for the fleet........the "inside the head" versions were the guardian angels.......Starbuck: the guiding hand of God.  And I guess we can thank the Cylons for the monotheistic religions.  That's how I chose to view it anyway.  I thought the finale was fantastic.  "Poetic" when it came to the fleet finding earth.  Moore really honored a central theme of the classic series by making the Colonials/Cylons our ancestors.....just listen to the opener of one of the old series and you will know what I mean.

The connection with the mitochondrial Eve was really cool!  (Plus having Moore reading that in Nat. Geo. was perfect!)

Rarely do I get wrapped up in a series, but this one will leave a hole for a while because it was so consistently well-crafted, directed, and acted.  Congratulations to everyone associated with Battlestar Galactica for creating an epic not to be forgotten!  "SO SAY WE ALL!!"

Overall great finale. Little disappointed in the starbuck ending. She was an angel who didn't know she was an angel and then just disappeared? Would have preferred that she stayed with the ship and anders and drove into the sun knowing her mission was complete. I also agree that Adama abandoning everyone in the end was a bummer. I doubt anyone would leave their son and everyone like that. I guess that you could chalk it up to fatigue from being in charge for so long and no longer wanting to be the father of humanity anymore.

I absolutely loved the finale. I always had a feeling that it would end on Earth. I had a feeling that they were either descended from Humans or they were the forefathers of humanity. It was pretty cool.  I havent seen an ending that cool since Star Trek The Next Generation (then they made those movies with the exception of First Contact and screwed it up. Ron Moore wrote First Contact.) I heard the rumor that Glen Larson wants to bring back the original in movie format. He wants to build off of Ron Moores success. That would be a bad idea. If they translate this franchise into a movie, Ron Moore should be at the helm not Glen Larson. The Original BSG was garbage. I loved this show. It was awesome.

This finale was "frakking" awesome!! It was probably one of the best series finale's I have ever seen. For me, it was right up there with Friends, Seinfeld and Farscape. I`m damn glad Torrie got her comeuponce. She deserved it.Cavil was actually pretty damn funny towards the end, which to me made him more human than he probably wanted to be.
The scene were Baltar and Caprica both saw their counterparts was pretty funny too. I was kind of hoping Starbuck would stay with Apollo but she did her thing and it made total sense for her to leave. The fact that they were humanities ancestors was pretty cool.
I was hoping for Roslin to have a little better death scene. She just slumped over in the Raptor. And it defintiely made sense for Adama to leave everyone and go off with her. She was his love, and he knew his family would be okay.
I am definitely getting the 4 season box set whenever the hell it comes out. Love this show.

Ode to BSG
When I first met her I was little thrown, because I had dated someone who looked like her before, but as soon as we started talking I could she was different from all the other women. She was beautiful but very intelligent. She had a darkness to her that made her sexy but you could see that she was filled with brightness and light too. She always surprised me, and never took me for granted. Sometimes she had me wait for her, but in the end she never disappointed. She filled my world with happiness, sadness, and imagination for 4 wonderful years. But like all good things they aren't meant to last or they become that less special. She left me then but not with a broken heart but of one filled with memories that we shared and for that I will always be grateful. I will move on and others will come but there will be none like her again So i say goodbye.

Staygold Ponyboy

But he didn't go to be with her cause she died.  When he got on the Raptor I thought he was gonna race back to Galactica and pick up one of the Doc's injections that Rosslyn took to keep going for a little while longer.  That way she could see the deer and the rest of the new planet for a while.  Since everybody was saying you have't got much time, I figured it was because Sam was taking the fleet to the Sun so Adama needed to get their before that happened. 

Better ending for Adama would've been he chased Galactica and then has he rode off to space they  hint he died with Galactica trying to keep Rosslyn alive.