90-minute Battlestar Season 2 Finale airs tonight

"Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2" airs tonight at 10/9c on Sci-fi. It promises to be a doozy, so be sure to tune in!


Critics are falling all over themselves to praise the finale. Here are a few of the dozens of articles praising Battlestar. All are somewhat spoilery:

Now Playing Magazine

"Plot-wise, showrunner Ron Moore and his team continue to chart new territory that other genre shows, or even most A-list dramatic television series for that matter, dare not enter."

Newsday: Battlestar goes out with a wallop

"Moore’s story is so intricately developed, it’s jammed with long-lived plot tentacles and socio-cultural undertones. Newbies can savor the thrill ride anyway. Docu-style filming imparts a wind-in-your-hair immediacy, and the performances bristle with urgency, all flesh-and-blood aroused.

If the show’s humans have no time to waste, neither does Moore. His every scene provokes not just adrenaline but thought."

Scripps Howard: Battlestar Galactica sets stage for next season

"Battlestar Galactica proves it's almost too big for the small screen as it takes viewers on an epic-making 90-minute season finale....

Nothing else on TV compares to Battlestar. It is an epic with unexpected twists. The surprises in the season finale are woven together to make this episode feel like a book you can't put down."