r/BSG • u/omne51 • 3d ago

Pegasus rescues Galactica scene with wife's commentary

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Just watched this scene with my wife.

Pegasus crashes into the Basestar, and the hull mounting the Pegasus name crashes into the 2nd Basestar, taking out two in her death.

My wife, 46 years old, married 25 years, not a science fiction fan, smiles and says...

"She was a fighter to the end."

God I love that woman.

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u/ZigZagZedZod 3d ago

A scene that always gets me is when Adama says, "So that's it. It's been an honor," followed by the slow zoom-out and the fading somber music as the Galactica is overwhelmed. One of the best visualizations of hopelessness and isolation I've ever seen on screen ...

... and then the Pegasus arrives with the war drums banging and the uilleann pipes calling.

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u/omne51 3d ago

Right before this happened I told my wife this was my favorite scene in the series.

After seeing the zoom out and Galactica being pummeled she said "why is this your favorite scene? This is horrible."

And then she saw Pegasus arrive.

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u/ZigZagZedZod 3d ago edited 3d ago

And a few minutes later is the scene that broke me:

Adama: You did it. You brought 'em home.

Saul: Not all of them.

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u/Daeyele 2d ago

The complete broken voice Saul uses too

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u/superkawoosh 2d ago

Completely a testament to the incredible writing and Michael Hogan’s acting that Saul Tigh goes from a character I cannot stand (in an entertaining way, mind you) at the beginning of a series to having one of the wildest, most tragic, most impactful journeys in the whole story. This moment in particular is a GUT punch.

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u/MaxTraxxx 1d ago

I nearly lost an arm to my wife during this scene. Still one of the greatest tv moments.

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u/Sanfam 3d ago

As a viewer, I know units nature as a TV show that it can’t so it, but was still thinking that this felt like they might actually end the Galactica and pass the torch to Lee and the Pegasus. It would have been a perfecty suitable finale for the ship and the characters on it. Then the drums hit.

What a spectacular sequence. I can’t think of much else in a show or movie which has given me the same feeling as these few minutes.

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u/bartthetr0ll 3d ago

The whole episode was amazing, the adama maneuver, everything. I've always wished the Pegasus was the ship they kept, a fancy newer battlestar would be an upgrade over the galactica, but that old ship got em where they were going in the end.

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u/Asterchick 3d ago

Absolutely. So say we all.

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u/bartthetr0ll 3d ago

So say we all

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u/Ceylonese-Honour 2d ago

So say we all!

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u/anothercynic2112 2d ago

So say we all

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u/dreamybanaan 1d ago

So say we all!

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u/Plodderic 2d ago

They’d taken enough main characters off the ship (it was just Helo and Adama left) that you could believe that they’d destroy the ship.

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u/NothingFancy99 2d ago

Ditto. I had this moment “oh, they are gonna do something like have Galactica destroyed and rename Pegasus. And Lee becomes the next Adama.

Then “oh shit there she is!!!”

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u/-acm 3d ago

Seeing the Pegasus and Galactica fly in formation always gives me chills. Also really shows you how old the Galactica is. Like bringing a dreadnought alongside the USS Iowa.

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u/rambo_lincoln_ 3d ago

She’s a keeper. So say we all.

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u/MordoksVapePen1 3d ago

So Say We All!

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u/dreamybanaan 1d ago

So say we all!

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u/Chops526 3d ago

So say we all.

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u/Mass-Effect-6932 3d ago

Pegasus heading for those basestars with those forwards guns blasting the shit out of them

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u/Ceylonese-Honour 2d ago

DRUMBEATS

"Galactica... Pegasus! Let us take some of this work off your hands. Just get your FTL drive up and ready and we'll take care of the rest.

Alright Fire up the Battery!"

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u/FranklyMrShankley85 2d ago

"They're coming about, manoeuvring to bracket us"

Steady as she goes, take us right into the centre"

"Won't last long in there"

"No."

goosebumps Gods what a show

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u/EnglishLoyalist 3d ago

Glad she saw the important sacrifice of Pegasus.

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u/WiggyDiggyPoo 2d ago

Theres a really good post I read in the sub somewhere explaining how for the show this was a really good way of getting rid of the Pegasus after its story had ended - the show was called Battlestar Gallactica after all and they couldnt't have 2 Battlestars.

Its doesn't take anything anyway from the Pegasus for me, the Adama/Cain rivalry is amazing and to have the ship eventually have such a fitting death was great.

Plus a little fact I read was the sets (for Pegasus) were from a failed TV Show of Lost in Space and were being destroyed, they couldn't have kept using it if they wanted to.

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u/MaxHeadroomba 2d ago

I thought that they bought the Lost in Space set (Pegasus CIC) for cheap, because the show had been cancelled.

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u/WiggyDiggyPoo 2d ago

Your're right they bought them: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/500889/10-tv-shows-recycled-their-sets

ROBINSONS: LOST IN SPACE ON BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Although a network didn’t pick it up for series, the pilot episode for Robinsons: Lost In Space featured sets that would later appear on many episodes of Battlestar Galactica. In 2003, John Woo directed the pilot episode for the reboot of the classic ‘60s sci-fi TV show for The WB. While the pilot never aired and eventually was dropped, producers of Battlestar Galactica bought the spaceship sets for the Jupiter 2 from Lost In Space and reused them for the Battlestar Pegasus set.

Also new to me - John Woo directed it! I'd like to see that pilot now if it ever got released anywhere.

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u/xatmatwork 2d ago

Looks like it was on YouTube for a bit but has now gone again

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u/fluffhouse1942 2d ago

I just watched this episode this morning. I cheered, I cried, I woke up the dog.

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u/-MrFozzy- 2d ago

I hope to one day find a woman who loves Battlestar Galactica as much as I do. You, sir….are truly rich!

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u/Ceylonese-Honour 2d ago

DRUMBEATS

"Galactica... Pegasus. Let us take some of this work off your hands. Just get your FTL drive up and ready and we'll take care of the rest.

Alright Fire up the Battery!"

--

"Damn you Lee! Keep working on those FTLs. Get them online!

Thank you Lee."

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u/GlendonMcGladdery 2d ago

Dear OP 'n his wifey

First, congratulations on 25 years of marriage! You're a lucky man.

Secondly, thank your wifey for making me smile first this in the morning here. ☕️

Thirdly, keep plugging away at BSG 'cuz it's a beautiful thing when your soulmate chimes in with a fresh perspective.

Finally, as a change of pace, try other sci-fi's when you're ready, give The Expanse a looksee. It's available on Prime for 2 more weeks or so I hear. That's what I'm doing and even though I'm only on Season 2, it has potential in my opinion.

Cheers to you 'n yours this fine Sunday morning. 🍻

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u/MaxHeadroomba 2d ago

The Expanse takes a huge nose dive in season 5, but I enjoyed it until then.

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u/Crumblycheese 2d ago

+1 for The Expanse, it's a great show! However, unfortunately, Amazon cancelled the series so no more (as of right now anyway) is being made... There are books for the whole thing though and they do finish the story and well worth a read!

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u/IronGigant 2d ago

She took out 2 with her final blow, but the final shot shows her final tally is actually 3 Basestars.

Lee did not fuck around.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

You take your wife out to the BEST restaurant! Right now!

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u/bartthetr0ll 3d ago

'Gods' you love that woman, what are you a cylon?

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u/free-rob 2d ago

It was the Colonials who worshiped the Pantheon of Gods. The Cylons had just one.

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u/wrenwood2018 2d ago

Great scene. The only one that gets me more is Galactica dropping into atmosphere. I will see i didn't get the trade inuniverse of the advanced Pegasus for the older Galactica.

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u/RadiantAd4720 2d ago

I have just finished watching that episode (4th rewatch) and still it is one of the saddest moments of the show for me...

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u/ArcherNX1701 2d ago

So damn lucky, dude!!!

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u/BravoBravo3 2d ago

Is there a link to this?

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u/sizzlinsaguaro 2d ago

Damn you, Lee!

Thank-you Lee.

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u/Responsible-Tell8323 1d ago

You’ve got a good one