on the failure of BSG, in spite of itself (and its rating)

Battlestar's "Daybreak:" The worst ending in the history of on-screen science fiction | Brad Ideas:

But this does not excuse the ending. It suffers, not just under my standards but under Ron Moore’s. He promised a show that was was true to real science, character driven and not overwhelmed by SF clichés like time travel, technobabble, aliens and godlike powers. He promised a show connected to our world. Instead he delivered a show whose ending pivoted on bad (and even dangerous) science, with all events due to something that’s either a god or godlike alien, all precisely following prophecies made ages ago, reducing the characters to puppets. And in the end, it had no connection to our world.

This would be no more than “yet another SF TV show that made mistakes” if the show hadn’t started so well, and gotten many, including myself to declare it was on track to be the best SF show on the air, possibly of all time. Aside from disappointing fans, the show abandoned its chance to be more than a TV show. It could have been, like a few special great works of SF from the past, something that affected the world’s perceptions and dialog about key technological issues like A.I., robotics and the technology of war.

The "God" thing started to get me through season 2.0, to the point that I couldn't even finish 2.5, nevermind 3.0 and its "one year later" bullshit, the ultimate writers' cop-out when they run out of backstory: skip a year and then you have a whole year of backstory you can make up all over again any time you're in a bind!.