Welp, five seasons is a pretty good run for sci-fi series now a days. I think it did very well, albeit meandering a bit in the two seasons. It was a great show and its fantastic that they actually wrapped things up pretty well in the finale.
I think the final message, that the knowledge that we aren't alone in the universe and that it'd unite all of humanity, is a good one and was a great way to end the series. I wish there was one last episode to show the rebuilding of the planet, maybe even us reverse engineering Espheni tech and expanding into space, but there'd never be funding for a episode like that for a show that's ending.
What did you all think of the finale?
PS: Vidan, I told you Pope wasn't dead. :P