I am very, very disappointed with how they have gone about this season. They split it in two and decide to then go on some complex thread that doesn't really follow the back story. And, trying to do all of this in 10 episodes? Would have been better just to have had the show end when they got to a nuked Earth or them making a decision to move on and keep going as if that was to be their fate, nomads.
You have:
President and her health
Adama getting weaker, trying to hold the fleet together
Cylon as XO who's going to become a Daddy
Son who is in politics now, could be President but not ready
VP starting a revolution
Discord in the fleet over Cylons being there
Still have other Cylons out there in the universe with enough guns and ammo to erase the rebels and remaining humans
Starbuck and whatever it is that she has become.
Baltar and his cult
What comes next for the survivors
Just what the hell happened to Earth
Cylons on Earth? WTF??? They were machines that had evolved over time but created by humans
Humanity had decided to play God and create a life form that ultimately turned on its masters and waged war then a complete annihilation on them. Humanity needed to prove that it deserved to live and part of that meant surviving against all odds. They debated points along the way that made sense and good Sci-fi should still give you pause to think.
I have to try and see this through but count me in the column of voters who think they have jumped the shark.
“They split it in two....”
They didn’t do anything. It was the writer’s strike that caused it.