The season premiere for the Battlestar Galatica was “meh”. Felt like Star Trek, with a nice, neat little plot that wrapped everything up in tidy 43 minutes or so. Still too much focus on Starbuck and Apollo and their “sweet, but forbidden love”. The opening gambit of Helo killing Sharon in order to get her on the Cyclon ship was just overly dramatic. Why did he have to shoot her? Couldn’t she just jump out airlock? Were we really supposed to be impressed with the Dee rescuing Starbuck subplot? Wouldn’t Dee mention something to Starbuck about the affair? Why the mystery of the final five cyclons? Shouldn’t we know what the frakking plan is that the show keeps going on about?

This entire season has been “meh” - not bad, but not good either. From the quickly ended New Caprica story-line, to second thoughts on attacking the Cyclons with a biological weapon, to Adama’s changed past and Kat’s completely unsurprising death, the show has been lurching around from one plot to another with Apollo and Starbuck getting too much lead time. it’s still good TV, but the change to 10pm Sunday nights doesn’t make must see viewing.

Next week — More Apollo and Starbuck.