Battlestar Galactica (2003) · Season 2
[Sharon explains what happens to Cylons after they die - specifically, the Number Six that Starbuck killed.]
Her consciousness is being downloaded into another body right now. And when she wakes up, she'll tell them exactly where we are.
She's right. We can't stay here.
She's right, huh? Sharon the Cylon is right. Let's all just listen to Sharon the Cylon, do whatever she says, 'cause that's a good idea.
[after seeing Caprica Boomer take the captured Raider] Bitch took my ride.
That software firewall ready?
Best I can make it, sir. Wish Dr. Baltar was here.
To hell with that. I'll take your work over that shifty son of a bitch's any day.
Remember, just head away from the sound of gunfire.
What about you?
We're heading towards the gunfire.
[Starbuck and Helo are walking the streets on Caprica.]
It's not exactly what I expected. I thought I'd be stepping over decaying corpses in the streets.
Yeah, we saw a few bodies here and there. Not much though. Sharon said..[Starbuck glares at him.] Cylon Sharon said they had troops picking up the bodies transporting them to mass incinerators.
Your girlfriend's from a lovely family. Good people, great values.
After they attacked, I never... I never pined over any of my old crap. Never missed it. Stupid view of the parking lot. Broken toilet in the bathroom. You know, everyone I know... is fighting to get back what they had. And I'm fighting 'cause I don't know how to do anything else.
[to Colonel Tigh] I am not fit to wear the uniform...and maybe I never was. Then again, neither are you.
[From a deleted scene. A flashback to Tigh and Adama reminiscing about the previous Cylon war.]
I was on the Galactica. We were boarded the last week of the war. By the end of the war they had learned a lot. Gotten smart. Clever. They didn't head to CIC or the magazines. Two teams. One went to Secondary Damage Control and the other to Aux Fire Control. See, that's clever. Not the CIC, Auxiliary. And not the Primary DC, the Secondary.
Why?
First team was after the fire suppression system. It tried to override our safety lockouts and vent our air into space. Kill all of us before we could get our EVA suits on. Then the second team just walks in the Aux Fire Control and turns our own guns against the ships trying to rescue us. It was smart. Clever. Almost 2,000 guys bought the farm that day.
I just don't respond to the title "Doc." A dock is a platform for loading and unloading material. My title is "Doctor" or "Mr. Vice President," if you don't mind.
You are loading, are you not?
I'm not trained for this kind of thing. I've never fired a gun in my life.
I haven't fired one since basic.
You?
I just joined to pay for dental school.
[to the Quorum of Twelve] Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.
She's crazy. She's nuts! She thinks she's a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she'll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.
Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of Athena, and we will find the road to Earth.
Its all so pointless. We kill them, and they kill us, so we kill more of them, so they kill more of us. What's the point anymore?
You, your race, invented murder. Invented killing for sport, greed, envy. Its man's one true art form.
I am so proud of you Gaius.
Why? 'Cause I've taken a life?
It is what makes you human.
Is it? Not conscious thought? Not poetry, or art, or music, literature? Murder. Murder is my heritage...
[Tyrol, under suspicion because of his relationship with sleeper Cylon Boomer, is interrogated by Tigh]
You're sweating.
It's hot in here.
How long have you known that Lieutenant Valerii was planning to assassinate Commander Adama?
I had no idea she was planning anything of the kind.
[reaching for a flask in his boot] You were frakking her.
I ended that weeks ago, on your orders-
You covered for her, you lied for her...
I admit, I used bad judgment-
...you protected her at every turn...
Colonel, I had no idea she was a Cylon! [sees that Tigh clearly disbelieves him] I would like to exercise my Article 21 rights at this time.
[chuckles darkly] I'm sure you would. I guess you haven't heard: Cylons don't have rights.
(surprised) Cylon?! Wait a minute-!
You know what we do with Cylons, Chief?
I'm not a Cylon!
Roslin came up with the execution method.
I'm Galen Tyrol!
She put a Cylon out of the airlock.
My father was a priest! My mother was an oracle! I've served on Battlestars since I was eighteen years old! Pegasus, Columbia, Atlantia, Galac-
[Tigh backhands Tyrol, sending him to the floor]
[shouting] Don't talk to me like you're a soldier! You are not a soldier! [more quietly] The old man always had a soft spot for you. Let him decide what to do with you.
Colonel, you've gotta believe me. I'm not a Cylon. I'd never do anything to hurt Adama. I love the old man!
That's what your girlfriend said. [to the nearby guard] Get him the hell out of here!
But I've known the Chief for years. He's no toaster!
He was involved with Lieutenant Valerii, who most certainly is a toaster.
That word is racist. I don't like it.
Sure, he showed some bad judgment getting involved with her, but that doesn't mean he's a toaster! You've got to help him.
Say something, Gaius. Tell her you won't have racial epithets used in your presence.
I'm very sorry. I was going to tell the Colonel there's nothing I can do. The Cylon detector I developed doesn't work. Clearly.
No. You've got to help him.
Your child's gonna be half toaster. How does that make you feel?
Nothing would make me happier.
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