re: Respectfully agree :-)
I liked it too. Though I think they messed up the timing. Instead of 150,000 years they should have made it 10,000 years. "Going Native" was necessary (if not plausible) to explain why were not digging up the tech in our archeological digs. But ideas could have survived a few thousand years to influence our culture.
I do agree the writers painted themslevels into quite a few corners by making up as they went. But overall I applaud them for a fairly well done job of painting themselves out. The show was edgy and thought provoking form beginning to end. The finale wasn't perfect, but it was good enough.
As far as I'm concerned that 150,000 years was a simple writing mistake and they really meant 10,000 years. :)
-Steve G.