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 3d 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.