Richard, thanks for bringing the emotion back to the surface after it kind of died out a little Saturday...now I'm missing the show all over again.

I wrote on my blog Friday night much of the same things you did. Especially the stuff you say about the "nerds" and God and angels. How anyone could be let down that God was in control of things is beyond me. Wasn't that the point all along? Wasn't that one of the biggest storylines, the biggest motivation for even headed to earth?

If it turned out to be aliens or just dumb luck, wouldn't it diminish everything Roslin felt was calling her forward?

That shocks the crap out of me...that people are so shortsighted. Like you said, they just care about the "sci-fi" side of things and want their technical "sci-fi" explanation.

People are still wondering what Kara was and are somehow annoyed that it wasn't answered directly. That kind of baffles me too. I thought it was obvious...and it didn't need an explanation.

The Coda was perfect as well, and I like your deeper look at it.

Also, the idea of Noah's Ark is intriguing. Never really looked at it that way, and it makes a lot of sense to me. God kept them on the ark for 40 days and 40 nights...probably to teach them something about themselves and HIMself along the way.

If it happened too quickly, they wouldn't learn anything.

Which is why they had to be brought together at the end, which I feel was the true importance of Hera. They all thought this girl was important and meaningful, but she was just the key to bringing them all together for one final attempt at breaking the cycle, which didn't happen because of Tori's simple act of murder.

I don't think most people are talking much about how Tori's "sin" prevented the peace from happening. Or maybe that wasn't in God's plan afterall. But who knows...

Anyways, what a fantastic show and I really get bummed when I know people wont watch it because the title sounds "star trekkie" and that if it's out in space, it much suck.