We'll see if I become a bandwagon-jumper right as the series is ending.

Well, it took me until series three to become really invested in the storyline. Before then I was watching, but other than Sharon I didn't really care. In season three stuff started coming together and I could see the shape of the overall story. That's what gets me invested in TV: these shows where there's a new story every week and no overall arc just don't interest me.

I think the unique thing about BSG is there's so much of the characters' individual stories they don't tell onscreen. These huge things happen and then the next ep goes off on a different tangent so you don't see what followed on the personal level. It's fantastic for fanfic, and in some ways it's a really strong way to tell the ensemble story but it's also frustrating in spots.

Starbuck is an interesting character. It's unusual to have a character in SF who's that messed up, but still one of the good guys. But they've built up such a huge mystery around her that at this point I'm thinking the payoff had better be stunning or it'll be horribly anticlimactic.