Would you still recommend Battlestar Galactica, despite a weak ending?

The ending of the series didn't ruin anything the final season already hadn't.

I hated the final season, and especially the ending. Hated it with the burning fury of a thousand apparently-delicious supernovas. The finale of BSG is one of those rare treasures of idiocy which actually gets dumber the more you think about it; in fact, it may actually be infinitely stupid, were I given infinite time to think about it. Given the last season, I wasn't expecting much, but I was still really, really looking forward to seeing the end... and wow, was I shocked by how over-the-top bad that last episode was. To be perfectly fair, opinions on this vary quite a bit -- I've seen some people who thought it was genius -- but consider this my warning to you: you may be on mefi almost a year later ranting about how infinitely stupid it was. To be honest, it was bad enough to color the rest of the series for me. I get a lot of cognitive dissonance when re-watching, for instance... it's sort of impossible to recapture a time when I felt great about this show. That said, I'm with everyone else -- I did feel great about this show, once upon a time, and so will you. The first two seasons are wonderful, the first time around, and you're not going to be able to stop there (don't kid yourself), so you may as well get the series and go wild. I also second jozxyqk about the board game... if you love the first two seasons, you will love love love that board game. I have friends who are board game nerds, but haven't seen the series, and the game is so good that they always bring it out on game night just the same. It's a total blast.

I was practically frothing at the fucking mouth at how much I hated the ending to BSG in the MeFi thread ricochet biscuit references, and I would still unhesitatingly recommend watching the rest of the series. The last Season and the regrettable ending notwithstanding, the ride through the rest of BSG was the best television experience of my life. I like to think that the plot had been so interestingly constructed up to that point that it eventually became impossible for the writers to satisfactorily conclude each thread they had begun. Take that as you will. Go for it. (And, yeah, as Brandon Blatcher suggests, don't care too much about any, er, "Plan." Despite Opening-credits cues to the contrary.)

Yeah, I hated the ending pretty hard and I still wish they had gone another way with it, but I don't feel like it ruins all the wonderful things the show did up until that last episode. Definitely still worthwhile. It's still one of my favourite TV shows, period.

I loved BSG and hated the ending, it was definitely weak sauce. But I'd still recommend BSG because there are so many fantastic moments in the series. It's best to view it as series of strung together story arcs than as a cohesive whole. Seasons 1 and 2 are pretty damn good, it's after that when things slowly go downhill, but there at still many fantastic moments on that long trip to to nowhere. Note: Don't get too hung up on what The Plan is, just a suggestion.

The ending doesn't ruin the series, it just ruins the ending. It could have been better, but since they made it all up as they went along, I guess it would have been hard to do much better.

If I could have thrown the final episode across the room, I would have (although there were some wonderful, very moving moments in it). But it didn't ruin the whole of the show for me, at all.

It in no way ruined the show. The end was a tiny bit underwhelming but that's it. Totally worth the ride, in my opinion. Also, make sure you watch the miniseries before Season 1 Episode 1.

The ending was horrendous. I agree with those who state that the quality of the show is uneven overall. It has some really great episodes and some really crappy ones (and unfortunately the crappy ones tend to come together in strings). I still think it's worth watching for the great episodes. Watch the miniseries and "33," and if you're hooked, then keep watching. If not, then it's probably not for you.