Lets talk sweet spot.
A series has an internal arc just like a story or plot has arcs.
Here in the last few episodes of the final season of what is believed to be one of the best dramatic series OF ALL TIME, the writers have the "sweet spot" to use as they like.
Needles to say, to appreciate what they subsequently attempt will only work with viewers who have seen ALL THE PRIOR EPISODES.
The writers know this, and they go for broke.
Never mind the main arc, it is the little gestures that knock you over.
Like the way one the current Sharon knows the intimate details of how the BSG Sharon acts with her husband alone. The way each each jump puts the president in a fugue state where she interacts with her own subconscious. The way the once-sidelined Diana model gets testy when she is unboxed. And commits murder with the same nonchalance you or I show when yawning. The way Gaius tries to communicate with the hybrid by YELLING at it and calling the yelling a "connection." Are the writers showing off? Yes.
Are we loving it? Yes.
A series has an internal arc just like a story or plot has arcs.
Here in the last few episodes of the final season of what is believed to be one of the best dramatic series OF ALL TIME, the writers have the "sweet spot" to use as they like.
Needles to say, to appreciate what they subsequently attempt will only work with viewers who have seen ALL THE PRIOR EPISODES.
The writers know this, and they go for broke.
Never mind the main arc, it is the little gestures that knock you over.
Like the way one the current Sharon knows the intimate details of how the BSG Sharon acts with her husband alone. The way each each jump puts the president in a fugue state where she interacts with her own subconscious. The way the once-sidelined Diana model gets testy when she is unboxed. And commits murder with the same nonchalance you or I show when yawning. The way Gaius tries to communicate with the hybrid by YELLING at it and calling the yelling a "connection." Are the writers showing off? Yes.
Are we loving it? Yes.