Addictions

OK, so I have a new addiction (which has pretty much completely supplanted my morning Sudoku ritual): KenKen ... man, I love that stuff... after my morning cruise of the online reading and Facebook, I usually kill a solid 20min on that (rationalizing it has a way to jumpstart my brain for coding).

Still addicted, too, to Friday Night Lights, which after a great rebounding third season (after a meandering and melodramatic second season [which was still better than many shows on the air]) is getting some very interesting buzz concerning a fourth AND FIFTH season renewal... this could make the writers really stretch with new characters (hey, how about a Latino player? ... it IS Texas, after all).

But still the biggest addiction is Battlestar Galactica, which this Friday ends its five-plus year run (yeah, I know, this is technically season four... but it debuted in 08, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it). And while it's sad to see an addiction bite the dust (felt the same way about The Sopranos and The Wire), I cannot wait until Friday.

SPOILER ALERT

When Admiral Adama stopped in the hallway with his back to us after looking at the picture of Athena and Hera on the wall of the dead, I knew this was something big, and I kept saying to myself, "Do it, Adama, do it!"

So when he announced the rescue mission, I was stoked. The series is going to go out the way it came in, with some slam-bang action. This season (or rather half-season) has been mostly quiet, mainly philosophical, and completely mesmerizing... but for the show to go out correctly, it needs to come full-circle, with the BATTLE front and center in Battlestar Galactica.

Most likely a one-way mission, Adama proclaimed. In a way, I think he hopes it is, especially after Roslin joined the crew. He's tired of this world and what it's become, with its hate and distrust and politics. He's tired of watching his love Roslin ravaged by cancer, his "daughter" ravaged by doubt, and his son ravaged by inactivity (the ease with which Lee donned the uniform again was proof positive that that!). He's tired. But he's a warrior and he wants to go out like one.

There was a moment, at the end of an episode back a couple of weeks ago, where Adama and Tigh awaited the oncoming mutinous assault, and as they waited, I had this Butch and Sundance flashback. This would be the only way for these guys to go out.

END SPOILERS

And Friday, they will.

I know some folks are grumbling that these final two hours are not enough to answer all the questions out there (dissect her already, one friend has said about Hera... ouch), but I've faith in the producers... for five years now, they haven't let me down... I don't expect any difference on Friday.

Frak yes!