The miniseries that kicked off the new show, and the start of the new show so far. Never watched any of the others or knew anything about any BSG lore, but I'm really liking it.

Except it has that problem that all really good shows, movies, books, and anything else seem to have. I'm talking about how just about every character is awful, unlikable, and a fair portion of them would genuinely have improved personalities with the addition of a bullet to their brain composition--if only so they would be quiet and not make any further moronic decisions.

They all have their moments when they're likable, and do good and impressive things, but then they invariably screw it all up. It's the same love-hate relationship I have with practically anything considered "classic literature," although the comparison that springs to mind most readily is to Breaking Bad, where literally every major character is a horrendous and unlikable asshole.

The only difference is that in Breaking Bad there's no particular character that focuses my hatred and epitomizes everything I hate about the characters on the show (perhaps because they're all so terribly annoying already). But in BSG that is not the case, and Laura Roslin comes out light-years ahead of the competition. I'm only in the first half of season 2, so no spoilers please, but it is impressive how in a show where one of the main characters is quite literally responsible for the destruction of the vast majority of mankind and undermines the efforts of the other characters at every turn, and my most hated character is still Laura Roslin.