Well, the show is mainly a drama with a sci fi backdrop and the focus of the show are the people and their problems. Honestly, I'd rather have this method rather than the opposite with the sci fi "story" being more the focus. I've seen glitzy special effects and space war stories all too much. The old show focused on the "threat" of the Cylons nearly every week....and they defeated them every week. Kinda takes the whole "threat" away from them.
Do we need to hear them say, "we're looking for Earth" every episode too? I thought that much could be inferred that they are trying to get there and it will take awhile. Besides, wasn't Adama asking Sharon about routes through the stars on a map...which would suggest that they are trying to get to the star clusters and the lagoon nebula which are their clues as to where it is?
Too dark..lose the viewer base...I don't think so. The show has always been dark. And besides the clunker 'Black Market', the show has stayed to the roots of it being a cut above drama in space and not the other way around.
As far as the Cylons plan...I think Ep. 18 is for you.
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211: Ressurection Ship
212: Res Ship Pt. 2
213: Epiphanies
214: Black Market
215: Scar
216: Sacrifice
So ofthe second half of the second season, these 6 episodes were way off track? The only one I see that was really off base for the show was Black Market. Stumbling a little compared to Season 1? Perhaps. But people in this very thread said the same thing about season one before episode 10, 12, and 13.