Battlestar Galactica | Saul Tigh Reveals He's a Cylon

Saul Tigh decides it's time to tell his oldest friend, Admiral Adama, that he is one of the Final Five Cylons.

Season 4, Episode 10 "Revelations" - A hostage situation escalates, as the solution to finding Earth is desperately sought before more executions occur.

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[Ericthelogos]

In the beginning, you think Saul is a jerk off, but the more you see him, you come to really like him. Amazing acting by Michael Hogan.

[Abu_Brandino]

Feel sorry for the guy honestly. He was so loyal to Adama and the ship. Broke his heart to find out he was a Cylon and even harder to tell his best friend.

[stephenbeagle]

The funniest thing is that if Tigh's full memories returned, he is actually a brilliant scientist. lol

[DrFranklynAnderson]

Best frakking character in the whole series. The only guy who stayed consistent, even when he found out the truth. Years ago I found the company that made Tigh’s flask and got one personalized—engraved with his “That’s the man I want to be” quote.

[tred]

The bravest thing Saul Tigh ever did. Not volunteering to be flushed out an airlock. Telling his friend, Adama, the truth about himself.

[The_Keepah]

Rarely have two roles been so perfectly cast.

Beyond the powerful performances, it's the minutiae of the scene that gets me. Saul is a badass, but he hesitated in coming clean to his best friend. Even though he knows he's a cylon, he's made a choice to remain true to who he has always been. But in the face of a crisis, he chooses to sacrifice himself as a pawn and bargaining chip to avoid the loss of hostages.

And look at how Adama reacts throughout the scene. At first he simply dismisses his friend's claims. Then he starts trying to reason with him ("when I first met you, you had hair") Tigh logically argues that he could be a different kind of cylon. Then Adama, worried now, argues the cylons messed with him on New Caprica, but Tigh remains adamant. You can sense Adama's desperation, his desire for this not to be true. Tigh, too doesn't want it to be true, but he knows, and he's playing his final card, coming clean, to give his friend a way out. It's such an amazing scene -- and it gets even more intense in the climax, when he stands in the airlock, telling Apollo to "do it."

Saul Tigh is the ultimate, most loyal of badasses.

[ConorLawler]

Incredible acting by Michael Hogan here. Saul is such a hardass but here he's completely terrified about telling his best friend the truth 💔

[sethcarson]

I LOVE Col Tigh. No other character goes through as many life changing events and yet he's the exact same person at the end. Finds out hes a cylon and it dont change his position one bit.

[NerdAttempato]

Saul's expression when suggesting to flush him out of an airlock. Love. ç_ç

[Elerad]

I loved Tigh's character arc so much. At the beginning of the series I couldn't stand that cowardly drunk. By the end he was my favorite character. Michael Hogan was just marvelous. Met him at a con a number of years ago and he was unbelievably nice, fun, and engaging. He took pictures with my wife and I free of charge, sat and talked with us, and cracked jokes. A warm and wonderful human being. Such a shame what happened to him, but I'm still hoping he'll make enough of a recovery to be able to live the rest of his life in some type of comfort.

[josephbondoc]

"When I met you, you had hair." Priceless.

[saramartini]

"I should have told you but I didn't have the guts"

[AlpenTree]

Adama is such a cool customer in this scene. No one else could play that part

[---Rin---]

I came out the other side of this series with such a great love of the Saul character. It was 100% because of how good an actor Michael Hogan is.

[gabrielpaige]

If only more people could learn from this show. Especially writers, actors, and all movies and tv shows.

[kyledodge]

I feel Adama's anger, confusion, denial, and rage. Best acting in the last 20 years on TV

[robertrich]

This show is SO. FUCKING. GOOD.

There's NEVER been anything like it on TV. NOTHING. No show has scenes that carry this amount of weight.

[samsoncrosswood]

The balls, the engineered balls on Saul. More human than human?

[fukyuyuetoob]

Love how loyal Saul is. Dying for your brother in arms. This really breaks my heart. And Adama's reaction, another heart break, on what he must do.

[groundsgrounds]

the subtle use of the light over his head. outstanding!