(Mostly spoiler free.) I thought last night’s episode was really interesting in what it set up for the fourth season (which we apparently won’t see any of until 2008). Without giving too much away, the most intriguing part, to me, wasn’t what was revealed about certain individuals so much as how it was revealed (the song), which gives us some tantalizing hints about the show’s place in time/history. Fascinating stuff that’ll give the show a lot to work with next season.

Still, as an episode, I found it a little bit disorganized. The two unrelated plotlines didn’t congeal well, and the setup to the big reveal wasn’t given nearly enough attention (a few scenes at the beginning, a few scenes at the end). And it really felt as if it needed that extra half hour that last year’s season finale got; we needed a little bit of time to see what sorts of storyline changes the reveal will cause. It was almost Lost-like in the way it zapped you with a “Whoa! Did you see that?!” shocker and then cut to closing credits without developing any of the ideas the shocker brings up. (Those who need some BSG material to chew over during the break might take a look at this guy’s lengthy report on his set visit.)