I think they call it “jumping the shark.” Usually it takes five or six years for that to happen.
THREE WEEKS AGO
Granted, this is science fiction, but first and foremost it is a drama. The science fiction serves as a framework to allow compelling stories relevant to the human condition to be told. This is something that the best science fiction television has in common, from Twilight Zone to Star Trek. Unfortunately, three episodes ago, you also chose one of the worse conceits of science fiction for use in your show: the magical deus ex machina, combined with the now-famous Star Trek Reset, neatly disposing of two years’ worth of tension and drama in five seconds.
FIVE DAYS AGO
The last three episodes of your otherwise excellent drama have been almost unwatchable — disjointed, hard to follow, with weak storylines and muddled conclusions; the lack of a straightforward plot progression is bad enough, but cutting it up into what is sometimes a flashback within a flashback is making it a headache-inducing mess.
EIGHTEEN AND A HALF MINUTES AGO
I have often found that the frequent and confusing use of flashbacks in television drama tends to be a way to cover up poor writing and weak plots.
FOUR HOURS, SIX MINUTES, AND 42 SECONDS FROM NOW
And in these last three episodes, the careful, methodical character development that has been a hallmark of your program was thrown out the window, and instead we were treated to inexplicable mood swings and bizarre behavior that lacked a real explanation and defied rational explanation.
SIX MINUTES AGO
Dear Producers of Battlestar Galactica,
