I've had some discussions with some of my friends about these last 10 episodes, and we've had our differences over the quality of the show. In any lengthy series there will be stretches where the going appears to be a bit slow. I think the authors decided to slow down the pace of a few episodes to expand the characters a bit more. For a couple of weeks I didn't really feel the story was going anywhere, but that all changed and the plot thickened and accelerated simultaneously. Other than Pegasus, I don't think a single episode was as surprising or out-of-your-chair-biting-your-nails suspenseful as the season finale. All in all, an EXCELLENT season. I'm already on edge over season 3.