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i just started watching this show. i know im late but i avoided it and my friends been pounding me about it for years. so ive finally decided to watch it. man have i been missing out.
anyway my question is, when it comes to caprica...do i watch the movie first of the tv show??
Thank you Johnny for your informative and well-researched list.
I have one question, you said after the end of Season 3 "Most fans would agree that it's worth watching the end of Razor again at this point", how much of the end/from what scene did you have in mind when you wrote that? Thanks.
Hi Michael, thanks for letting me know. I did a lot of research before I watched the show, and I was pretty sure the extended versions were Bluray only...? I wonder if there's a new release out there? Thanks for the heads up, though.
Thanks alot for this page. Your guide helped me as I started to get every piece of the series together and had some confusion on when to watch what.
BSG will be with me always and it is with great sadness that I watched "the plan" today and found it all at an end. The series is by far the best I have ever seen and in my life there have been several to move me. May it live on forever. So say we all.
I could see that, however the Mystery of the final five gets addressed in "No Exit", but then really gets flushed out in "The Plan". Probably just a matter of preference really as it serves as a companion piece either way.
I just finished with watching whole show in that order. Just have The Plan left. Also i am planing to watch Caprica now so it would be nice to see viewing order for Caprica.
Thanks for great tutorial. :)
The "minisodes" as you call them are known as "The Face of the Enemy", and are, as the guide says, "a 10 episode web-based series".
Your "20 episodes" of Season 4 must include "Daybreak" as two smaller episodes (as it was originally broadcast), instead of the longer version that's available on Bluray releases.
Finally, it's clear you've just downloaded the series, which is why you don't know the episode names. I'd say it is worth BUYING and supporting those that made it.
I think you misread. I said I was talking about the 7 minisodes of s04, not the 10 minisodes of the face of the enemy. These minisodes are not listed in your guide, all others are accounted for already including the plan and the resistance.
Thank you for reading.
As for buying it, I am buying them ,but I can not afford it all at once. It is an amazing series, which I do not want to wait years to finish it soley based on the fact that I missed it when it aired FOR FREE.
Ok. Well, there are no "7 minisodes of s04". Again, this is probably because you've just downloaded it and don't really know. What you're talking about are the seven "Razor Flashbacks". These are not part of Season 4, or, really, part of the canon. They're just some deleted scenes from Razor.
Hope that helps. Enjoy the show!
Sorry, I've no idea. I've never watched any of the "behind the scenes" specials.
I think Battlestar Galactica: Revealed/The Phenomenon aired before Season 4 and The Last Frakkin' Special aired before the final episode... I *think*.
Great blog, Johnny. I just want to confirm: Will watching "The Plan" after "No Exit" spoil anything? I'm just three episodes away from "No Exit," and I like the idea of finishing with the actual finale of the series, not "The Plan," if possible.
Hi Alex, thanks very much.
I don't believe anything will be spoiled, but just go ahead and watch the finale instead. Watching The Plan first was just a suggestion. I watched The Plan after the finale and enjoyed it. You just have to be prepared to go right back to the beginning of the story.
Yeah? I really don't mind starting again at the beginning before continuing with the final episodes. Thought I'd rather see "The Plan" before the finale so I had more a sense of closure. Silly, I know, but do you still think I should just finish the series first?
No Alex, I think you might get more of a sense of closure if you watch The Plan before the finale, which is why I suggest it in my guide.
I don't _recommend_ you pick either order: Just choose the one that feels right for you.
If you watch The Plan before finale, write back here with your feelings at its placement.
No, no. I wasn't reluctant. That's why I said in my first post that I liked the idea of finishing with the finale and not "The Plan."
Anyway, that's just what I'm doing. Wife and I watched "The Plan" last night after "No Exit." It was a perfect place for it.
Tonight we just watched "Deadlock." Getting too close to the end. Weep, weep.
Does anyone know, I am watching these on Netflix and I am trying to start Caprica but I am a little bit confused. Netflix has Battlestar Galactica: Caprica, Caprica Season 1.0 and Caprica Season 1.5. Is the first one, the "film" a seperate entity or is that covered in the season episodes? Thanks!
Yes, "Catch The Frack Up" is designed to be watched after "Revelations", i.e. before Season 4.5.
It's only a recap, though. It doesn't add anything you haven't already seen, but it is amusing.
I started watching a month ago, and I'm already up to season 3, so I think I will just continue watching as they were aired, and then on my already planned second time, I'll watch it in this order (with deleted scenes), and then the third time with commentary.
Oh, cool. I'd recommend following the order from now on (you've only missed watching Razor during Season 2, which is perfectly fine - just watch it further down the list where it was originally aired).
If you keep The Plan until after the show has finished, as aired, I'd still recommend watching The Face of the The Enemy after S04E11 ("Sometimes A Great Notion"), because that's exactly where it fits.
Enjoy!
Razor should come after season 3. Bad advice to watch before, doesn't matter it's chronological. Season three has too much mystery written into it; you would not want to better "understand" the actions of the Pegasus crew. Don't you remember that discovery & tension on first viewing?
By the time Season 3 had ended, I had little or no interest in the Pegasus crew, and almost everyone I've asked felt the same way. There's nothing in Season 3 to do with Pegasus at all, nor Season 4. It makes more sense to wrap that story up while it's still fresh in your mind (especially as a LOT of things happen in Season 3).
My reaction watching it later was, "Why am I watching a story about these guys, now?!". It had no bearing or relevance on what was happening in the main show.
I've referenced in the guide where it originally was broadcast, and your vote for watching it there is noted, but I actually found it very jarring to have to sit for 90 minutes watching characters I'd forgotten about.
I've yet to hear a compelling reason why it makes more sense to wait until after Season 3, but I'm all ears if you've got one.
Thanks for this, it was a big help!
Had a really hard time finding the extended episodes online though, but they were worth it. Still can't find Daybreak extended online and I'm nearing it. Gotta step my game up.
Rgarding The Plan, many fans say it sucks so should I sully my BSG experience by watching it or not?
I think the hate for The Plan comes from the fact the people didn't expect it to be set during Seasons 1 and 2. I think they were rather bummed out by it. That's one of the reasons to watch it after No Exit, rather than after the show has finished.
I personally loved it, either way.
Just wanted to drop by to thank you for this viewing order, it guided me through watching BSG and I no longer felt a nagging worry that I was "doing it wrong", so thanks for that :D
Regarding the placement of Razor, I prefer it between seasons 3 & 4, but I think it depends how you're watching the show. For me, it felt like a Lost-style flashback, where it's important for setting tone and foreshadowing; it wasn't a problem to "interrupt" the story chronologically. I feel that it would have been worse to have Razor's ending during season 2; all the tone setting and foreshadowing would just muddle up the season.
That's just me though, and I definitely understand why it's placed where it is for the overall viewing order. I just don't mind "going back" at times.
Again, thanks for the viewing order :D
Thanks for this. Currently on my third viewing through having finally purchased the blu-rays of everything BSG (except of course Caprica - anyone know the release date?). Having only watched Razor once, I was about to watch it after Ressurection Ship part 2 but thought I'd check online first. Thanks to your list, I'll be watching it in the right place now! Also nice to know a different place to watch The Plan as I think I will enjoy it more when watched after No Exit.
In reply to one of the Caprica questions earlier, the Caprica movie is, from what I remember, the unedited version (in terms of violence/nudity) of the pilot which was released to DVD a good few months before the original air date
Thanks again
I think the first two Razor Flashbacks should be viewed right before the extended Razor. It feels like an intro to the movie and young Adama flashback section picks up perfectly after that. Even though the last one has some footage not in Razor, it's pretty insignificant and doesn't need to be viewed.
Hi, I am making my way (finally!) through BSG and just finished season 2. Thank you for this list as I was very worried about the order to watch I will be watching Razor next, followed by The Resistance. I am wondering if there is a particular reason that The Plan should not be watched after The Resistance? My reasoning would be that if it takes place during the first two seasons, may was well watch it in there, unless there are spoilers or it ends after the point season 3 picks up. Any insight?
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