Ending of BSG >>>>>>>>> Ending of Lost
*SPOILERS*
At least the end of BSG treated its characters with respect and gave us a somewhat happy ending.
And I also liked the fact that the writers did really tell us the truth as the show went along. Everything Head Six and Head Baltar whispered into their significant others' ears was true. As the show went along and they kept saying "God has plans for you" you kinda shrugged it off as a metaphor or hyperbole. But it was the literal truth that they had been saying all along.
Lost wasn't honest with its viewers. Most of the mysteries and subplots of the how were swept under the metaphysical rug during the last season. That's why I dislike the ending as much as I do and why I don't really recommend the show to anyone anymore. I could say "Well, the first five seasons are terrific, but you'll be disappointed in the ending" - but then why spend all that time just to be disappointed. I'm not going to recommend a show to someone that requires a large time commitment to watch, just to have them be angry with me after they watch the ending. <_<
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As a biologist, I firmly believe that when you're dead, you're dead. Except for what you live behind in history. That's the only afterlife - Craig Venter