OK, so bear with me here but I liked the series up until the end of season 4. I wont repeat what other reviews have said about the frequent writing and acting staff changes aside from saying that it made a steady ship appear to be going through a storm with no end in sight. Fairly weak characters and lack of continuity was patched as it went along and a chemistry developed that kept you watching the series because the series still had a strong premise that the writing staff continued to explore from time to time. The failure of this series came with all sorts of filler episodes that had little to contribute and often repeated things from previous episodes. I kept waiting for Da'an to come out of hiding and slap Zo'or off of his Machavellian ego trip. Sandoval was a character who started out as a nothing prick with little airtime and was put into the driver seat of the antagonist's van to prevent the show from looking like Zo'or was doing everything himself.
Season 3-4 has Sandoval break away from his role as a Zo'or clone and pursue his own agenda even going so far as to have some moments against Zo'or. In my opinion that breakaway carried the show, and the whole thing with the Jaridians and the resistance was just a little back and forth that kept the engine running to the climax of Season 4 which was passable enough to leave me with the impression that the series ended well. I then discover to my dismay that there is a season 5 and it's very hard to describe my horror that the new theme and Renee Palmer as the lead gave me. Palmer was a good secondary character, and really EFC capitalized on the fact that secondary characters could be rotated in and out of the limelight but putting her in the driver's seat after taking away the Taelons and Jaridians and introducing the Atavus just sucked. I had to stop what I was doing and wrap my head around the fact that this was the same show, and I vowed then and there that I would pretend that season didn't happen. I suggest you do the same and watch only the first 4 seasons as this was an overall fun yet bouncy ride that any sci-fi fan would do well to survey--after all, anything Roddenberry is worth watching even if continuity goes out the window. A 6 out of 10 at best.
Season 3-4 has Sandoval break away from his role as a Zo'or clone and pursue his own agenda even going so far as to have some moments against Zo'or. In my opinion that breakaway carried the show, and the whole thing with the Jaridians and the resistance was just a little back and forth that kept the engine running to the climax of Season 4 which was passable enough to leave me with the impression that the series ended well. I then discover to my dismay that there is a season 5 and it's very hard to describe my horror that the new theme and Renee Palmer as the lead gave me. Palmer was a good secondary character, and really EFC capitalized on the fact that secondary characters could be rotated in and out of the limelight but putting her in the driver's seat after taking away the Taelons and Jaridians and introducing the Atavus just sucked. I had to stop what I was doing and wrap my head around the fact that this was the same show, and I vowed then and there that I would pretend that season didn't happen. I suggest you do the same and watch only the first 4 seasons as this was an overall fun yet bouncy ride that any sci-fi fan would do well to survey--after all, anything Roddenberry is worth watching even if continuity goes out the window. A 6 out of 10 at best.