It’s hard to believe that this is likely the last time I’ll be writing a post about Battlestar Galactica. The actors have said their piece already, and creator Ronald D. Moore has gone on detailed interviews and his usual podcast, into great detail, attempting to explain the decisions behind how things played out the way they did. The buzz has died down to near nothing now, only a few days later. Maybe it’s because all that needed to be said was said, people are still absorbing the happenings of the finale and the series as a whole, or are simply still in mourning.

My initial thoughts on the finale still hold true, even after a second viewing and a few days to let them stew. With Moore’s revelations after the finale, and also those he’s made throughout the series in podcasts, I now have some thoughts about the series as a whole that sum up to this: Ronald D. Moore should get out of TV and move entirely on to movies.

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Over the past few days, a lucky load of people got to pack into theaters to see this Friday’s Battlestar Galactica series finale, courtesy of SciFi (or is it Syfy yet?). Though I haven’t gone too much out of my way looking for it, everyone seems to be taking Ron Moore’s oath of secrecy to heart; I haven’t seen any big spoilers leak from it yet, save one, involving Kara Thrace’s relationship status.

This silence over the finale is somewhat worrisome. Instead of people bursting the Twitterverse with “OMFrakkingG! The BSG finale was incredible!”, we’ve got nothing. Go take a little search on Twitter — it’s eerily quiet. It’s not that I’m expecting spoilers there at all, just some sort of reaction. Instead we’re getting a trickle of “I saw the finale” or “I’m going to see the finale” … then nothing.

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Ron D. Moore’s latest podcast is up for last week’s episode, and it’s full of behind-the-scenes stuff that is much more interesting for true fans of the series than casual ones. He goes into a lot of the background for the characters of Helo, the Eights and Starbuck, and the actors who play them. You can tell from the mood of the podcast that Moore’s starting to fill us in on some of this information because he’s got three podcasts left in him (unless he splits the last one up), and this is good stuff to include — he might not have time to add this kind of info, should the remaining episodes be filled with too much to cover.

As things wind down, the one theory I liked all along (that I thought up myself, though I’m certainly not alone nor likely the first) is that the true “final” Cylon is, in fact, Galactica herself. I highly doubt this will be the case, though it’s a revelation that, if done right, could make a lot of sense.

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Actually, that title’s totally misleading, because I’ve got nothing more to say about it. Well, nothing enlightening, at least. Since “Deadlock” aired, I’ve had time to think about the episode a bit more and listen to Moore’s accompanying podcast. My conclusion is that the episode was very unremarkable, especially for a fifth-out from the finale episode.

Listening to Ron Moore’s podcast for this episode didn’t do it any favors. He starts things off by telling us he doesn’t really have many notes for it. So right off, I felt pretty justified in thinking the episode was lackluster and, dare I say, a bit filler-esque. I already went into how disappointed I was in Ellen’s attitude with Saul, so no need to hash that out further here.

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In my most recent post on Battlestar Galactica, as related to the latest episode, I came right out and stated that I believed Starbuck could be the mysterious Number Seven Cylon, Daniel, that was finally mentioned. I really thought I was onto something … that is, until I listened to Ron D. Moore’s podcast for the episode. If you haven’t heard it yet, definitely do yourself a favor and go give it a listen.

So, what did Moore have to say about seventh Cylon Daniel? In a nutshell, he’s inconsequential, at least in the way most of us have been thinking since Friday’s episode, “No Exit.” If we’re to believe what he has to say on the matter, Daniel is the Abel to John Cavil’s Cain, merely paving the way to help explain the kind of “person” Cavil is, what motivates him and what’s to become of him. In fact, Moore went on to say that Cavil will play a big role in the Battlestar Galactica movie, The Plan.

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Ever since hearing about the premise for the Battlestar Galactica prequel series, Caprica, I’ve been rather uninterested in it. From what I can tell so far, and from the few short promos I’ve seen, Caprica’s aiming at a different audience than BSG’s. Sure, they hope to pull in as many die-hards as they can, but even Moore himself has said you can go into this show without having ever seen Galactica and not get lost. A smart move at attracting new viewers, but it remains to be seen if it’ll retain the loyalty of current BSG fans.

To possibly help ease BSG fans into the idea of Caprica, the pilot “movie” will be released on DVD before airs on TV. Clearly this move isn’t meant to attract newcomers to the BSG universe — who not familiar with Battlestar Galactica would grab this DVD? It comes out this April, well before the series is set to debut next year. I’ll be sure to get a copy to check out and post about here.

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Last week I posted my guess that, based on the promos for this week’s episode, Col. Tigh would jump on the grenade we saw thrown into the barricaded room. Many commenters mentioned that it was likely a “flashbang” (or stun grenade) that we saw, which makes perfect sense. What I didn’t realize at the time was that a flashbang wasn’t necessarily deadly, should someone jump on it. What’s more, there’d be no need for Saul to jump on it unless he thought it threatened Adama’s life, anyway.

77% of voters in my poll say the grenade “did nothing” to Tigh nor Adama, which I guess is the best answer if you’re thinking it’s not going to kill anyone.

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