It has been a slow burn for NBC freshman show Revolution, but it has progressively gotten better and better, and now that we’ve come to the midseason finale, we are being promised a real gamechanger. We’re always up for big episodes, so bring it on, NBC.

To prepare, we have two featurettes, each hosted by Executive Producer J.J. Abrams and showrunner Eric Kripke. The first is a recap of the show up through last week’s episode, and the second explores last week’s episode and teases tonight’s midseason finale. Soak it up, friends, because Revolution doesn’t return with new episodes until March 25.

Featurette: Revolution – Can They Destroy the Train?
[youtube]http://youtu.be/GayslD-bu8w?hd=1[/youtube]

Featurette: Revolution Revealed – Episode 9
[youtube]http://youtu.be/uNxqaHo_4iA?hd=1[/youtube]

Revolution, starring Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Anna Lise Phillips, Zak Orth, Graham Rogers, JD Pardo, Giancarlo Esposito, David Lyons, Maria Howell, Daniella Alonso, Tim Guinee, and Elizabeth Mitchell, airs Mondays at 10/9c on NBC.