Of all the shows to be cancelled, Caprica probably hurts the most.
Sure Firefly was loved by many but at least it got the chance to wrap up the majority of its storylines with a Big Damn Movie. And, whilst Caprica's final episode doesn't leave everything up in the air with a giant cliffhanger, it is without a doubt one of the most promising shows cut down in its prime.
It took the big questions that Battlestar Galactica raised - about what makes one human, the right to play god, the grey areas of right and wrong - and ran with them. I'll admit when I first heard about the concept of the show (Ron D Moore calling it Dallas in space for one) I was not impressed. And on paper, "Girl dies and has her personality uploaded into a robot body" hardly sounds unique or that interesting. It could have been cheesy, it could have been downright god-awful.
And yet it works. In fact, it not only works, it became one of the most intriguing and involving stories I'd ever seen.
The writing is nothing short of specatular; the directing and cinematography, stellar; the acting, spot on; The CGI (maybe with the exception of the finale) mind-blowing; the music, beautiful. Caprica rarely puts a foot wrong.
The only complaint one might level against it is that at times it's a little bit slow, but not unbearably so. In fact, its this pace that allows one to become invested in the characters and the drama. It's not Battlestar Galactica, it doesn't have the same action quotient, but that's fine. It's a different show, and the universe becomes that much more satisfying as a result.
And that brings us to one of the area BSG fans should be most excited about. Caprica does expand the universe, it delves into the cultures and history of the twelve colonies, and even a world we in Battlestar hadn't even realised existed (except in the minds of the 12 Cylon models) - a virtual world.
It's in this virtual space that Caprica embraces the film noir genre and proves itself a true visual feast for the eyes. The story set in the virtual world is by far the most compelling, and the evolution of the Zoe and Tamara avatars is worthy of an entire series on its own.
A rewatch of the series has highlighted to me how strong a series Caprica was. The pilot episode, in my opinion, is much better than the BSG mini-series and is compelling from the get-go. It's fortunate that in the final episode, we get some sort of resolution. It's just a shame that the powers-that-be couldn't give us a second season.
I had hoped that the other BSG spin-off - Blood and Chrome - might have explored some of these stories in its own series but, alas, it seems as that has been taken from us too.
Whether the story continues in another form is up in the air, but as it stands, Caprica is a damn good series in its own right, and worth rewatching again and again.
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