The anders thing wasn't that forced, but Dualla was too quick to switch, its a shame that Billy's actor left the show, but that was the reason they killed him off, it wasn't planned when they started season 2.
Baltar, will he stay president or not?
How will they escape new caprica, and this time with an even smaller fleet
I guess they needed this as a way to slow down them finding Earth
but the main question, will earth be our tech level, or their tech level, or somewhere in between?