I join the voices of support for Babylon 5... if only Seasons 2-4, dayenu...

There is no show that pisses me off more than Battlestar Galactica. It is a massive waste of time and I can't discourage one enough from watching that piece of crap. The show steadily goes down hill and the final season is Ronald Moore raising two middle fingers at his audience. They had no plan while writing the show and it was obvious. What an absolute turd.

I can agree with you a lot on this actually...my brother told me to start watching it, he had a huge boner for it, and the first 2 seasons were great, but I felt it went so downhill after that....

This! As such, my vote goes to Buffy.

and +1 for Farscape.

Oh, and in case it wasn't obvious, my vote goes for Buffy. Season 1 was pretty weak, but I thoroughly enjoyed every other season.

Another vote for BSG.

Buffy

Battlestar started off nice but degenerated into a POC

I'm actually deciding between Homicide and X-Files so I feel your pain. Between the 2 BSG.

I really only watched it live, so I don't know how I'll feel when I go back for a rewatch, but I need to stick up for late-era BSG. The last two seasons were my favorite period of the series.

It definitely pissed me off too after about mid-late S3 up until the finale. I actually liked the finale though. It was so great the first couple seasons. I borrowed the DVDs from a friend (before the second half of S4 aired) and went through those seasons so fast.

I feel the EXACT same way.....about Lost.

Same here. Except in Lost's case, I hated the finale.

Man, I love BSG, easily one of my favorite shows of all time, certainly in my top three. I don't get the complaints at all, that show hooked me from the beginning and I couldn't watch it fast enough. I've watched it about five times completely now, never gets old for me...with the exception of the Black Market episode, talk about an episode I do not give a fuck about.

I love Battlestar but I'd say go for Buffy/Angel - so damn good. Battlestar has amazing acting and lots of great intense moments, but it fizzles in the end.

Between the two I'd say Battlestar Galactica, but I definitely agree with others who've recommended Babylon 5 and/or Farscape and will add Stargate SG-1/Atlantis into the mix as well. -kd5-

BSG, just so you can hear a super cool cover of All Along the Watchtower at the end of one of the seasons.

Battlestar Galactica

it isn't even close.

Buffy. I might had picked BSG if it had included a musical episode. I can see those cylons doing a nifty song and dance number such as in the Kia commercial.

BSG, no contest. Not only is it one of the greatest shows of all time, but the music is fucking spectacular; some of the best music ever composed for television.

Coincidentally, some of the worst BSG episodes are written by Jane Espenson from Buffy.

And Buffy doesn't???

No, Buffy doesn't fizzle at the end. Don't know why some people are down on S7 of that show.

Oh God yes! I have all the soundtracks and have listened to them countless times. BSG, TZ, and DS9 are my favorite shows of all time. And the later seasons are not as bad as people make them out to be. Buffy is a great show too, it could've ended after season five though. Angel is probably overall a better show.

Apples and oranges here. You really can't compare the two. They are obviously totally different types of shows. Battlestar or Bab 5? Buffy or Supernatural? May be better comparisons off the top of my head.

Buffy -- Season 1 is kind of a monster of the week with some surprising twists.
S2 - is IMO the best serial season of all time. (Except maybe S3 and S4 of Breaking Bad).

Battlestar was good, but was a little dark and for some reason the twists were not OMG moments.