Once (ok, maybe twice) a year, I HAVE TO rewatch Battlestar Galactica (2004).

Everytime I get hyperengaged and sometimes even emotional about the amazing stories, characters and the relationships the writers put together episode after episode. Even the "fillers" are great.

I find myself coming back to it, rathar than watching some random new, probably unfulfilling show (but I do watch many anyway - it's not like I reject new shows).

I am rational enough to know that it was a great show, but probably not THAT great to be so stuck with it.

For the record, when the show was on TV I was studying in Tokyo, so basically I missed it, and I didn't get to watch it until years later, when I was quite past (so I think at least) my "formative years". Meaning, I don't think it's "teenage infatuation" (I have other shows, music and movies that cover that section).

I wonder why.

PS: this last bout of "galactitis" was triggered by watching the Mandalorian, obviously featuring Katee Sackhoff, aka Kara Thrace aka Starbuck, as Bo-Katan

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I’ve heard it’s very good but have never seen an episode - sounds like you’d recommend it then?☺️

At your own peril! You may end up like me

lol - I’m one for repeated viewings so we may be fighting over that last bag of smack

I don't know if it's on any platform right now. Anyway, just torrent it, and make sure you get a good, complete version -- critical: watch the two 90 minute pilots before you start with season 1.

Season 1 was amazing, but I find my enthusiasm tends to fade after season 2, don’t think I’ve ever rewatched through to the end…

Season 1 set the bar sooo bloody high... I mean, the miniseries... Episode 1 ("33") is a master piece...

You never watched the end though? It's what truly made it all click for me. It has one of the most satisfying, fulfilling endings ever, despite the fact that they were cancelled and cut short. You get true closure, a luxury these days.

I watched it all the way through once. The ending was good, tied things off neatly, but I just can’t work up the momentum to push all the way through the last two seasons before something else distracts me.