OK, Battlestar Gallactica. You win. It took three seasons, but you got me.
I still bristle at the use of the curse ‘frak’, especially when used like:
“This is just a clusterfrak.”
Or
“I want you to frak me like there’s no tomorrow.”
And I groan at the eyebrow- and jaw-acting of Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck), Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama), and Tahmoh Penikett (Helo).
But Mary McDonnell and Edward James Olmos are frakkin’ sublime, the plot lines are truly entertaining, and the themes (torture, xenophobia, use of natural resources, family dynamics, religious extremism) are timely and/or timeless.
Congratulations, BSG, you’re in the fan file.