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But not telling them everything? I could've sworn the last new episode of BSG was mostly Ellen Tigh (the long awaited 5th cylon who we all thought was killed for assisting the Cylons by her husband, who himself was a cylon) doing little more than talking and telling. Oh, and we learned that there weren't actually 12 humanoid cylon models. There were really 8 of the type that are referred to in the "rundown" at the beginning of each episode. And these final five aren't the same (despite what's been suggested in the rundown). Don't get me wrong, I think BSG is amazing. But BSG and LOST are two peas in a pod that doesn't include most of the other critically-acclaimed (or for that matter, popular) television series. Don't be the crab laughing at his brother for walking sideways.

There's a big difference between spoon-feeding every little thing and not being able to come up with an ending. It's like Stephen King ghostwrote the finale. If the second-half of the series is going to meander all over the gods-damned place, you could at least give it a definitive ending. Plus, plastering JOURNEY all over the final scene seemed like something out of the GREY'S ANATOMY playbook. Lame.

I hear you on the not explaining things issue. The difference is that when BSG does it, no matter how stupid it seems initially, upon reflection, anything they do is anchored in a previous ep. With Lost, I get the sense the writers were pulling things out their asses just to stay on the air. If there's any show that benefitted from the strike, it's Lost, because it gave them time to come up with a coherent game plan.

A planned end date is what helped LOST, not the strike. If you know when the story has to end, you can work backwards and parse out new information accordingly.

I would also disagree about anything BSG does being anchored in a previous episode. Or else there'd be no need to "retcon." (look it up, if the term is unfamiliar).