So, I couldn't wait for Sky to get around to showing the last episode of Battlestar Galactica...

...and what I've got to say may spoil it if you haven't view it yet.

Brilliant is really the only word. Considering Battlestar is supposedly a sci-fi series, the fact that the majority of an edge-of-seat season finale was made up of people mainly ruminating on politics and human nature makes this programme all the more special. Of course Baltar was never going to be found guilty, but turning the trial into an extension of the recurring father v son, old v young, Adama v Apollo theme was genius. And the final money shot, zooming away from the fleet to reveal that they are just so close to earth, was the perfect way to tease us about the next, almost certainly final series. Especially as the Cylons are once more on top of them.

And despite being a serious sci-fi juggernaut, the series ramped up the mystery quota in the final few minutes. What's with Caprica Six, Athena and Roslin all sharing the same Hera-themed visions? Is Starbuck alive after all - or is she just a figment of Apollo's imagination, some sort of angel or even the final Cylon model?

The revelation of who four of the final five Cylon skinjobs are was likewise brilliantly and creatively done. All the way through the episode, with Tigh, Tyrol, Anders and Tory all hearing a parts of a mystery tune in their heads, I just didn't want any of them to turn out to be the Cylons - but they are the right people for the job. They've got the president's office, the workers' hero and the military in their control - and seeing how they attempt to stop their Cylon lineage from destroying the fleet will make the next series unmissable. Let's hope season four manages to top this one.