I was so frustrated by the first season that I didn't get any further into it. I didn't buy into most of the characters and didn't much like the ones (like Adama) who were remotely believable, and found the plot generally implausible and the pacing frustrating, with the whole thing clearly constructed for emotional effect rather than what for want of a better term I'll call narrative proficiency.

I started it expecting a grand portrait, and what it delivered was a series of miniatures, each quite cleverly crafted, but too much at odds with what I was expecting for me to get over the disconnect.