Even within episodes, it can be horridly inconsistent. I can enjoy an episode on the whole, or enjoy the ideas and themes, but whilst I'm doing that there'll be horrible acting. Or terrible lines. Or vice versa. (Cref: Dickens episode. Great, but Gwynneth was acted awfully [either that or I can stand welshness])
Similarly I can really dislike the episode, but love parts of them for some really cool bits. (Cref: Fear Her, the olympics episode. Really didn't enjoy the episode, but rather enjoyed the scene where the Doctor reveals to Rose "I was a father once...")
Similarly, some episodes are excellent, despite (m)any flaws (Cref: Empty Child/Doctor Dances, excellent stuff but Captain Jack "Did anyone order a really big ham?" Harkness was a bit...trying). Others have almost no redeeming features etc.
In any case, whilst BSG is fairly consistent, few of the episodes 'hit' me as much as a fair few of the Doctor Who episodes (Empty Child/Doctor Dances, Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, Human Nature/Family of Blood etc).
Still, we'll see how it goes. It's a family show, and for the fact that it connects as much as it does, I'm happy enough with it. I have, however, found series 4 to be more consistent, but less good. (No Blink goodness, so far
)
It really could do without all the guff. Without the rubbish bits, it would compete with BSG and SG:Atlantis as it'd have Serious Drama for Series People
and action-romp-sci-fi
and family entertainment.
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"There is only ever one truth. Things are always black or white, there's no such thing as a shade of grey. If you think that something is a shade of grey it simply means that you don't fully understand the situation. The truth is narrow and the path of the pursuit of truth is similarly narrow."
Also, some years later:
"here we are arguing about a few uppity troublemakers with a bee in their bonnet and a conspiracy theory."