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I think the most amazing thing about this episode - or really, about the "true" story behind the Cylons - is that it completely makes sense. This isn't some "Lost" or "X-Files" -style massive buildup of random backstory that can never be sensibly, and logically, resolved. Instead, the truth fits absolutely perfectly with everything from the whole series - the "markers" they found on the way to earth, how those markers got there thousands of years ago, what "this has happened before and will happen again" means, why there's only single copies of the final five, why they have no memories, where the other seven come from, even why precisely the war ended.
I'm just so frakking impressed, I guess. Spoiler: And the revelation of how Cavill (or, should I say, John) is so petty and vengeful and human is perfect: he always came off as too convenient a villain, with precisely the most useful beliefs (his cynicism, his part in creating the Cylon civil war) for advancing the plot. But now he's a full, three-dimensional character with beliefs and weaknesses and an explanation for why he's done all those horrible things.
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