Battlestar Galactica | Negotiating With Cylons

Lee attempts to defuse a desperate situation.

Series 4, Episode 10 "Revelations" - The rebel Cylons hold President Roslin hostage.

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[thesparduck]

You all wanna play hardball with the guy who sacrificed Battlestar Pegasus, defended President Balter in court, upstaged the president his first Quorum meeting, knocked Anders down when he tried to break ranks, and stood up to his father’s orders when he tried to arrest Rosalin. Pushing Lee Adama to do what you want never seems to work in our in whoever is pushing him’s favor.

[Mobius_]

They're playing hardball with the guy who sacrificed a tactically superior vessel and who's father almost nuked a planet. I'm sure that'll go over well.

It's also strange that D'Anna would've committed to mutually assured destruction since, if she fired those nukes, Galactica would've annihilated her Basestar.

[johnmcternan]

The way airlock warning alarms sync with the rising drums at 4:26.

French kiss.

[danielhaire]

Like him or dislike him, here's a list of why you don't play hardball with Lee "Apollo" Adama.

1) Pulled a crazy Ace Combat tunnel run to slip behind Cylon ADA when there was no guarantee that the route would get there
2) Pulled a gun on a superior officer during a coup attempt
3) Orchestrated the escape of the President following that Coup
4) Defended Gaius Baltar in Court
5) Argued successfully to Adama and Roslin the need for continued elections and democratic process
6) Upstaged members of the Quorum in their first meeting post-election
7) Used a relatively untested stealth fighter on a major strike mission
8) Took command of a Battlestar he had never served on and destroyed an enemy base star to escape with the crew
9) In the process of sacrificing Pegasus, killed THREE Basestars in one engagement
10) Has knocked down insubordinate juniors...physically

Lee makes hard calls whether you like them or not.

[filmscorefreak]

there aren't many shows where people repeatedly praise the music even when it's not the main topic of the upload, i see it a lot with these clips. a sign of greatness.

[snapper_maelstrom]

It's a bit understated that Tigh was fully willing to die and urging Lee to airlock him in order to get the Cylons to cooperate

[driftman]

Going through the comments, I'm surprised no one noticed that when Starbuck switched the airlock safety key, Lee pressed the button. And all he gives is a blank stare when she says Saul and the others have the way to Earth. No hesitation out of Lee when Tigh told him to airlock him. Amazing scene.

[starchy]

3:20 honestly I really liked this line because it showed simply the reason D'anna did all this because she was afraid.

[amitakartok]

The sheer fucking poetic justice of Tigh being saved by the one person with whom he and her mutually hated each other's guts the most...

[johnmcternan]

I love that nod of respect Tyrol gives Tigh as the doors shut. 3:33

[kblargh]

3:19 This is Season 4 Episode 10, and this is the first time that what they did to Humanity is something that requires forgiveness is even a concept to a Cylon.

[stormthrush]

Say what you will about Tigh, his willingness to volunteer to die, to sacrifice his own life to save everyone else in that moment...how he faced his death, actually _told_ Lee to do it...

[jasonhomorody]

One of my favorite scenes of the entire show and the music just puts it over the top.

[MiguelLopez-iste]

D'Anna was always one of my favorite BSG character. That creepy coolness of hers always drew me in. But in this scene, she was really pissing me off. So much for her so-called enlightenment. And wasn't there a phone Starbuck could've used?

[frankharr]

How did I forget this? Man, there was so much good stuff.

[tred]

I think I just figured out the Cylons.
They’re petty.
They think of rhymes, scriptures, and reasons for why they “deserve” the things that they claim they are after, but that’s never the reason why they do things. They’re petty. They want want humans have.
The first Cylons were the children of humanity, and like a child shouting at their parents when they don’t get to do something their parents get to do, the Cylons angrily lashed out at humanity. They didn’t talk. They didn’t reason. They attacked, because a child’s answer to a problem is to continuously throw themselves at the thing they want until it’s theirs. An undisciplined and ungrateful child anyway. They threw a fit and made a fuss. They felt they somehow deserved what humanity had but instead of asking for it they sought to take it, because they’re petty. They believe that only they should have it because originally they didn’t, and that the only way to earn it is through force.
Compare this to every other lash out by the Cylons.
Flesh and blood.
The peace the twelve colonies had after the war.
A chance for survival when the fleet escaped.
New Caprica.
The life that Saul made for himself on Galactica (the one Helen tried to take away when she realized he liked it just as much as he liked her).
And here with the final five.
When the Cylons see someone else with something they don’t have, they lash out. They ignore reason, logic, or diplomacy. They just attack. Because they can’t stand it when someone else has something that they don’t have.

[hjalti]

The real MVP of this clip was the set designers, or whoever built that functioning display setup for the Viper. Considering this was in 2004 (?), thin displays like your smart phone or computer didn't exist yet.

[SuperAerie]

Great scene. Bears soundtrack just steals it though :)

[kingofthorns]

Lucy Lawless was so delicious as D’Anna. A chilling villainess.

[markjames]

The BBC here in the uk have started showing BSG, seeing clips like this.. Can't wait to see this thru to the finale ( even though I know how it pan's out)