Loved BSG up until it started getting too woo-y with prophecies and astral visions. The politics worked really well and I loved howw they treated space combat - not silent as that would be boring, but not whizz-bang either because that would be unrealistic., instead they settled for a muted sound as though you were hearing what he pilots could hear.They also don't have too many of the usual ridiculous space fighter tropes. If someone is on their tail, they will just spin the ship around and shoot backwards. Also, Galactica's flak shield is one of the coolest defence systems in SF.