Going to finish the last 5 episodes today. Starting with "Someone To Watch Over Me." I have heard from multiple people that the ending doesn't necessarily answer all the looming questions, but can I expect some crazy shit to go down?
Uh...yes! But you now know, so...
Also, is there any other series-related material that should be watched? I keep hearing about something called "The Plan," but I don't remember necessarily watching an episode with that name.
Yeah, there is some other cool stuff. You already watched Razor, correct? A few more things:
The Plan: This is another movie that was created after the fact. Remember toward the end of season 2 when they first discovered that Cavill was a Cylon and flushed Caprica Cavill and Galactica Cavill out of the airlock together? The Plan re-tells the story from just before the attack on the colonies up through flushing the two Cavills out of the airlock, and tells it from the perspective of the two Cavills. It is pretty interesting how it is done. Again, it is the same story, but is told from a different perspective. Basically, you get to see how the two Cavill copies developed different views toward humanity through their experiences interacting with the humans through that time period. The way it is put together is also interesting. They use a lot of existing scenes and cut those together with some new footage, so it is an interesting mix of new and old that just puts a little different spin on things. I recommend it. But just don't go into it thinking it will answer a lot of big questions. It doesn't. And it doesn't try to.
The Resistance: A web-based series bridging seasons 2 and 3. Not bad. Not "must see," but I thought it was cool.
The Face of the Enemy: A series of webisodes to bridge the gap between the two halves of Season 4, focusing on Felix Gaeta and an Eight ("Sweet Eight"). Sheds a bit of light on some things that happened on New Caprica, and adds some context for Gaeta's post-New Caprica interactions with Baltar and his motivation for his involvement in the mutiny. But all in all, the new insight these webisodes gave was unsatisfying. I honestly felt that this took away from my enjoyment rather than enhancing it.