let's talk about the ending of sgu

i know it's rough because it was cancelled. it wasn't supposed to end that way. there was supposed to be more. but all the same, i still really love the ending and have been wanting to share my thoughts why. (recent rewatch with my newest convert @beantrees inspired most of this)

sgu is absolutely meant to be a show about imperfect people. i find it absolutely fitting that they get an imperfect ending. they don't get resolution, or closure, or everything tied up in a neat bow, because they shouldn't. doing so would take away a lot of what i love about the show, which is the grit and the humanity of flawed people making bad decisions in a broken ship. their flaws would be disregarded and discredited by a perfect, happy ending.

and, also, i know this is the cop-out answer, but you truly can make your own ending. because regardless of how much the show told you about the characters and where they ended up, you would always wonder about what happened next. did chloe and eli get married? how did rush die? hell, what did young eat for breakfast the day after the finale? this ending leaves a bit more to wonder, but you would've wondered and dreamt up something anyways.

anyways :) in retrospect, seven years after seeing the finale for the first time, i've decided like the ending. i'm happy with it. i think it's fitting.