Actress Mary McDonnell, the star who plays President Laura Roslin on the Peadbody Award winning show “Battlestar Galactica,” seems to be at odds with co-star Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama on the series) on whether or not Season Four of the show will be its last.
McDonnell, who captured critical acclaim 17 years ago in the award winning Kevin Costner film “Dancing With Wolves,” said in a recent interview with MeeVee that she isn’t convinced that next season will be Galactica’s final one.
Recently Olmos did relay that when the new season for the show begins in January 2008 it will be the last full season for the popular SF series. Even Ron Moore, the series’ executive producer has hinted at it and some rumors coming out of NBC Universal’s SCI FI Channel appear to back Olmos’ public statements.
In the interview just this week, McDonnell addressed these last season rumors and her co-star’s assertions by stating, “No, I don’t think so. But you know what? I have no idea, They always think this is the end for Battlestar, and I think the reason is that it’s a story that wants to be told completely. You don’t just want to stop somewhere.” “We’ve got to get to Earth,” McDonnell surmised. “We’ve got to figure this thing out! So, though there might be a projection that this will be the last season, I have no proof that it is, so I would never say it.”
Either McDonnell is out of the information loop, or Ed was speaking off the cuff and giving his opinion of the probabilities. Regardless, this is one story that is not yet closed until the SCI FI Channel makes an official announcement.
And don’t miss MeeVee’s short interview with Mary McDonnell.
Ending it at 4 would be a great idea. We do not want this show to carry on until people just stop watching it.
The only reason I got hooked on this show is that the SOSF gang kept raving about it. (In other words, it’s all Mike and Summer’s fault.) I spent the last couple of months getting up to speed, and now I can’t wait for January. I’ll be disappointed if this is the last year, but I don’t want it to outlive it’s own story line. If they finish the story, then they finish the story. I just want them to finish. And not rush to finish it, with lots of stupid resolutions.