Battlestar Galactica | The Execution Of Admiral Adama?

[@usul573]

Gaeta: "Carry out the execution" Adama: UNO reverse card.

[@flashlightfreek]

Haha

[@gicking3898]

Wow. Just wow. Laura's delivery was so perfect. You just felt her fury.

[@gambar]

So did the Cylons around her. Caprica's expression summed it all up...

[@BladeZero238]

@@gambar That was Sonja, actually.

[@gambar]

@@BladeZero238 I see. I also see I have a good reason to re-watch! 👍👍😄

[@OptionalOG]

I've watched the show 3-4 times since it's original release. Every. single time. I tear up. I can feel myself shaking when she delivers this fucking line. I love it.

[@JasonSmith-vp6vl]

Yeah, she was definitely on the rag.

[@gutspillage]

This scene was the culmination of Laura Roslin for the entire series. Her fade afterwards was immensely tragic, but her defiance here, despite the sickness, despite the odds, is absolutely thrilling.

[@dreamer2260]

Yes, absolutely. Always felt it was a bit of a cruel and unnecessary decision to make her cancer come back as well. But yes an excellent character arc, truly one of the few that was consistently very well done and faithful to the original feel of the character throughout.

[@HelloNewMoon]

My son was born in late 2016 so we just told him she was the president until he was like 4 cause she was on our TV enough and we didnt want to scare him 😂 Technically we didnt lie. We didnt say what she was the president of 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@mapsgoonthewall5396]

So many great moments in the series and this was one of them.

[@HrLBolle]

@@dreamer2260 couldn't it be that the strain from these here events weakened her still recuperating body beyond the red line (to stay with in series terminology)

[@AzrealMaximus]

Yes, Stands with Fists had truly become a great president. The fire in her words should be soul crushing for the traitors on Galactica.

[@Scott.Sandifer]

1:24 I love that Tigh is about to blow Narcho away for saying he can't take orders from Adama. It's so matter of fact. No follow orders = No breathe.

[@Scott.Sandifer]

And how Athena's like _Ew, I don't want any Narcho on me._

[@Trek001]

@@Scott.Sandifer Actually, Athena taking a step back is in line with what you would do to ready and aim

[@RADIXCHRISTUSMOLE]

"No! Not now! Not ever! I will use every canon, every bomb, every bullet, every weapon I have to end you! I swear it! I'm coming for all of you!" President Roslin channeled her inner Churchill here.

[@MaestroRigale]

Michael David Hotard Minor quibble, you left out “down to my own eye teeth”. But yeah, President Roslin is a bamf.

[@harveygarywilliams9858]

Michael David Hotard that still gives me chills

[@Elthenar]

I don't know if anyone on the whole show was ever as frightening as Roslin right there.

[@DrownedInExile]

I believe that's what they call a Blood Oath?

[@MozTS]

Why is she gonna famine all the civilians lmao

[@blackjester9888]

Adama walking up to those marines... you can feel his rage radiating from his body like a blazing sun. At that moment he was more powerful than all those men combined.

[@ofarcjoan80]

i wish they had a scene where one of those marines peed his pants in fear.

[@SyndicateOperative]

The first part of your comment was good, the second half was gibberish.

[@jeffburnham6611]

Adama needed their help, and realized they were just following orders. He was betting on the fact they were more loyal to him than Gaeta or Zarek.

[@Tractall]

@@SyndicateOperative But... it was perfectly understandable?

[@alexh3974]

He also realised that even after, there was no luxury to just exacute everyone, or even fire them. The fleet was a rag tag band who needed every man and woman. Traitor or loyalist, it was a matter of human races survival.

[@richardrosengarten4504]

Smart, character-driven dialogue decisions. In the initial moments of being freed, Adama says "thank you son" to Lee and has a moment with Tigh where Tigh calls him "Bill." But the moment Adama turns to the men, to take back his ship, he refers to everyone by their rank, right through the moment he succeeds in taking back the ship. First he says "Lieutenant" to the lieutenant. When Tigh goes to blow that lieutenant away, Adama stops him by saying "Colonel." This continues up to the moment he retakes control (in another video, kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKqqeXp8nsx3a7M). As the room is being secured he orders someone to connect him to "the President." He calls to Roslin, "Madam President! This is the Admiral!" and "I repeat: Galactica secure!" All words of formality, showing the entire crew, through his words as well as his actions that in this moment he is reestablishing order, how things are supposed to be. That man is a lieutenant, this one a colonel. She is the president. I am the admiral. Galactica is secure.

[@DSFII]

Nice character analysis

[@PhoenixT70]

I love this comment so much.

[@knghtbrd]

_Excellent_ analysis. Every word was deliberate. Some say this season reflected a drop in quality of the series. I think not, and I think you just indicated why not. This show never forgot the little details. Yes, after years on the run, not knowing who exactly the enemy is or where they are hiding, after learning that some of our allies are "the enemy" and some of the enemy are actually allies, or willing to be … yeah, everyone's a little scrambled. Earth was quite a mindjob for everyone.

[@Elthenar]

Suddenly, all of the cylons are glad that their attempts to kill Adama failed.

[@knghtbrd]

Not all of them. Cavil is still Cavil, after all.

[@dirdib69]

I love the reaction of the Six (Sonja) to the pure fury bursting from Roslin. A big part of the Six line's drive is to understand and experience human passion - love in particular. I think Sonja's reaction is in part because she realizes that Roslin is coming from a place of outraged love, to a degree than all but overwhelms Sonja.

[@MisterRorschach90]

this is what i was going to reply to a comment above, but you beat me to it.

[@seen203]

Never tied that in. Good thought.

[@mapsgoonthewall5396]

Great analysis of the scene.

[@jakeg3733]

The acting only got better as the series went on. By this point they all were adding subtlety and nuance to their roles, and that got me too... she was advocating running a few moments before but after seeing Roslin's cold fury, she is stunned and doubting that decision

[@HrLBolle]

I really have to thank the writing staff for how they chose to portrait the officers in charge Having him openly admit that he hates the the Cylons and can not follow a lead not willing to fight them anymore right in the presence of both is quit the bold move. Also they incorporated the visualization of how he is emotionally torn between what he knows to be right an just and his sworn Oath of Loyalty

[@IronnMan35]

I also thought his look at 1:47 is the look of a son who has disappointed his father.

[@WNShadow814]

It’s understandable when you remember how many trillions the cylons killed with the utter nuclear devastation of 12 planets. Guy probably had family, maybe young children that if they were lucky died in the atomic fire or worse were left behind to either starve or be slowly eaten up by the radiation. Why wouldn’t he hate them?

[@Ares99999]

Please have Adama's walk to CiC as the Loyalists retake the ship. That was an amazing scene that showcased the level of loyalty Adama had earned from his crew.

[@LDCamoHunter]

Ares99999 yes please

[@No1sonuk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKqqeXp8nsx3a7M

[@jamiestewart48]

We saw it at the start. A young guy puts himself in front of Adama to take a bullet for him without question.

[@NexuJin]

I forgot how much I loved the moment of Roslin unleash fury.

[@rachelsmith1239]

The look on Laura’s face when Zarick tell her surrender is magnificent. It says, “You’re out of your fracking mind if you think I am going to surrender to you!”

[@DrownedInExile]

3:17 Even Six is impressed and probably a little terrified by Laura Roslin!

[@BladeZero238]

She was probably just as enraged as Roslin was at that moment, because of the news that Saul Tigh was dead.

[@majorlagg9321]

I think Six was a little turned on...

[@MaestroRigale]

Kevin Murphy Can’t it be both?

[@Shadow6a]

Hell it gave me a bit of a chubby too! I think she would've done it!

[@alexh3974]

OK... So this is why we kept losing...

[@brianholloway6205]

That look 6 gives when Roslin handled business. Everyone was ride and die in this show and I am here for it.

[@SVSky]

"ride for ruin and the world's ending.... DEAAAATH!" Roslin 2020.

[@mikemike8623]

Hello from May 2020 you don't know how right you were.

[@vegaobscurax23]

Hello from Oct 2020...

[@mikecimerian6913]

Reminds of Delenn in B5 saying "why not, Captain Sheridan is the only one to have survived battle with a Mimbari fleet. He is behind me, you are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."

[@johnroscoe2406]

Too manicured. Too affected. Roslin was visceral and real. I am a fan of both series' but Delenn sounded like she had that written and waiting ahead of time. Hammy nerdporn vs. real emotion.

[@mikecimerian6913]

@@johnroscoe2406 Agreed. Rage and desperation are at a peak with Roslyn. Delenn has complete confidence in her position.

[@josephfilm73]

@@johnroscoe2406 Delenn was an advanced alien, not a human. Who knows how they experience reality. It was clear they were similar yet not the same as humans.

[@knghtbrd]

@@johnroscoe2406 Delenn was religious caste. They pop out flowery speeches at the drop of a hat. "… One human commander has survived … you are in front of me … be somewhere else!" full of scorn and derision is about as visceral as she gets. Laura's "NO! NOT NOW, NOT EVER! … I WILL END YOU!!" is a school teacher promising that she's going to personally disembowel some folks. Either one I'm getting popcorn for, but Delenn is still trying to not kill some people. Laura's intent is quite the opposite.

[@knghtbrd]

@@josephfilm73 The difference is that Delenn is willing to kill them all, but doesn't really want to. Laura intends to rip and tear Zarek's and Gaeta's guts out of their bodies with a rusted spoon, have Doc Cottle stuff them back in, and then rip and tear them out again.

[@abiddine]

Its interesting that they all have good intentions(for humanity) but what sets them a part is how they go about accomplishing their goals.

[@TheKurtkapan34]

That's how BSG always was.

[@MisterRorschach90]

the best series ever created in human history.

[@herunr4027]

Nothing tops Battlestar Galactica. Even Battlestar Galactica. But really, now that the alumni are playing various roles in TV and movies, I don't think I've seen them perform better than they did in BSG.

[@jeffburnham6611]

I like Katee as Bo Katan in the Mandalorian though. She did the voice work for the character in the TCW and Rebels animated series, so it seems only proper she do the live action as well.

[@herunr4027]

@@jeffburnham6611 I do hope I see her again as Bo

[@douglashenry6996]

I'm looking forward to seeing the late Richard Hatch in Axanar.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

@@douglashenry6996 He's in Axanar?! :o

[@douglashenry6996]

@@TheEDFLegacy He plays the Klingon Supreme Warlord Kharn. His scenes had already been shot before he passed away.

[@williamcostigan91]

She came a long way from the naive school teacher she started the Exodus as.

[@baybarsedturner2]

She had a ruthless streak even back then. I bet any misbehaving kids were really in for it back in the day.

[@video409]

William Costigan well being held prisoner on new caprica changes a person

[@chrisb9960]

Well the character was written that way in the script of this science fiction show. When you add the background music and play with the settings on a soundboard it really did a good job on the final cut of the scene.

[@biocapsule7311]

Oh she was never 'naive', just untested in the fury of apocalypse.

[@mikeoyler2983]

@@baybarsedturner2 TIme outs, calls to the parents, low grades at the end of the semester, a black list of kids who will be held back. You better believe it!

[@Wraiths_and_Wreckage]

That little cut to Caprica right before that last line. Building the intensity to that last moment. So great.

[@sn2967]

Literally goosebumps from Roslin, every time i rewatch this scene.

[@jonathanmyers9526]

1:14 "I'm gonna take back my ship!"

[@dirdib69]

Watching this again, I was moved by Roslin's rage again. However, Tigh's reunion with Adama was just as powerful in its own way. These men loved each other in a way that only men who had served through war together as best friends could. Certainly for Tigh, his friendship with Adama is his strongest relationship. There was a reason why Ellen was jealous and resentful of it.

[@andrewnlarsen]

And considering most of his other memories before meeting Adama likely being false...

[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178]

The hair stands up on my arms when she yells "I swear it!!"

[@rickbase833]

It is a testimony to how well this show was written as well as the pacing. In only four seasons we saw each of the main characters go through transformation and whether it was a good or bad one it was always fascinating. My personal favority is Gaetta. Seeing him be such a loyal junior officer in CIC transforming to a different person (albeit misguided) speaks to the nature of this whole show. A few people left fighting for survival and trying to find a new home.....always on the run....always losing more people in the process and the Cylons constant persecution of the Rag Tag Fleet. Those daily pressures caused many crew members to go crazy with some opting to kill themselves. Bravo BSG writing team,

[@eralec]

This is simply the best SciFi show ever made. There are SO many amazing performances

[@rdkap42]

Gaeta as a character goes on an incredible journey

[@locutus442]

0:23 Seeing him hold that combined with the expression on his face, it was like he knew he was holding to his 30 pieces of silver.

[@usul573]

Ah very interesting thought. I get that the stars are a symbol of authority, respect, power, rank, etc, but at the end of the day they're two hunks of metal that Gaeta can barely even stand to look at. Hoshi gives them back to Adama saying they were heavy. The show seems to hint that without Adama the fleet will just fall apart several times. I don't think Gaeta ever wears them.

[@KenoshiAkai]

Man, President Roslin's speech there still gives me chills.

[@looneyburgmusic]

And it was at this point that every Galactica fan fell hopelessly in love with Laura Roslin. She kicked more ass over a radio in ten seconds than any human or cylon ever did with actual weapons.

[@knghtbrd]

Save Adama, perhaps, who accomplished the same even more quickly: "I'm Getting My Men."

[@saschasteenaart7589]

Roslin's reaction gives me chills every time.

[@Onigirli]

"They told me you were dead" "For a while there, I was" Beautiful moment, no wonder Ellen was always jealous lol

[@dirdib69]

Exactly, Ellen knew that his friendship with Adama was the only thing that rivaled his love for her.

[@geneziemba9159]

Even Caprica Six thought Laura was ultra scary, and she helped vaporize an entire civilization

[@philippkoch662]

I think she is more impressed by the reaction caused due to the feelings from Roslin towards Adama. She was the Cylon that was most interested in emotions like love.

[@liamcallus1969]

I love that scene.. it give me chills every time.

[@kingdave31]

You do not frak with Laura Roslin.

[@ClaireZ1993]

David Landon So say we all!! #BestPresidentEver

[@FlamingNinja]

You don’t frack with the Adama family on their own ship either

[@WelcomeToMyDream]

Even the Six was thinking "Damn, don't frak with Laura Roslin!"

[@Infernal460]

David Landon She's wrong so yes I would "frack" with her.

[@Infernal460]

Adam Z. Compared to who ?

[@IanMSantos]

I still get goosebumps during Roslin's part!

[@WarGrowlmon18]

Always one of the best moments of the show without a doubt.

[@MB-rn4zk]

I love the passion and emotion President Rosslyn shows in these situations.

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

Ronan And then Thanos...Im Coming for You! Laura: Hold my infinity stones

[@Evil0tto]

"Frak. And we were scared of the *Cylons*?"

[@Rasterizing]

Love the Tigh head shake at 0:50... he's like "noob" XD

[@AlphaWhiskey1996]

I wish this show was on Netflix. I haven’t watched it in forever.

[@vgernyc]

It was several years ago then pulled for some reason. Oddly Netflix removed some scenes while they had it.

[@polarsnare]

its all on Hulu

[@MarCuseus]

Heard of blu-ray? DVD?

[@falcon3268]

its on Hulu

[@Djminor321]

It's on Amazon prime video

[@dannyo512]

Goosebumps and maybe a half a chub every time I watch this scene. Soooo good!

[@Spacegoat92]

Take note hollywood. This is how you write strong, BELIEVABLE lead female characters.

[@filthycasual8187]

What's ironic is that this WAS a Hollywood production.

[@Spacegoat92]

@@filthycasual8187 Yep, WAS...

[@jamesxiaolong2199]

Which completely ignores how people reacted to Starbuck when the series began, hell I remember finding some people annoyed that the First Lady from Independence Day was the President.

[@kevinknight9950]

So say we all.

[@kinbolluck476]

SHOW US UR BEWBS

[@madlion1988redeemer]

This is a perfect example of people's individual fears leading them and/or allowing them to be led.

[@Dayu4]

I still get chills at Laura Rosline's declaration.

[@vgernyc]

A lot of the Pegasus crew was involved in the coup.

[@BigTylt]

vgernyc From their points of view, their participation would be completely understandable.

[@vgernyc]

Maybe. But the Pegasus once had its own complement of civilian ships. Instead of leveraging their skills to survive as the last of the Human race, the Pegasus crew instead massacred them for their ships parts. They proved to be no better than the Cylons they were running from.

[@charlesneely]

well that figures bring Richard hats in to the show final years was a master cool Edward James olmo should have got a gold medal for persuading Richard Hatch to come on the show by having Richard Hatch on the show that some legitimacy I'm saying I'm passing the torch to you I'm pretty sure that took some negotiations on Edward James Olmos Park to persuade Richard Hatch to come on the show nobody else from the original OG BSG want nothing to do with the new reboot but Richard do some rethinking and agreed to do it

[@DanijelTurina973]

Pegasus was a ship of war criminals.

[@DanijelTurina973]

@Fabian Kirchgessner Well, since they decided that there are no laws anymore, raping prisoners of war and killing your own people if they don't obey arbitrary commands are perfectly fine. Of course they were war criminals, that's what war criminals do, they decide the laws no longer apply and then let themselves loose.

[@jaymac147]

This gives me chills every time I see it.

[@brianhughes701]

I love how they still remind the audience in season 4.5 that there are many people (Narcho in this scene) who still despise the cylons and that they will never yield to them

[@rikosaikawa9024]

I remember watching this promo on the tv. I had never seen the show and Roslyn impressed me

[@einruberhardt5497]

One of the best tv series episodes i have ever seen.

[@samsoncrosswood7259]

And she meant every word. No bluff.

[@ThailandOutsider]

Ah man, Laura at the end, frackin chills every time

[@dragoonseye76]

Still get chills with this bit

[@Krystoff04111]

When you talk about a character arch there is no better figure in Sci-fi better written than President Laura Roslin.

[@knghtbrd]

Gaeta's arc was perhaps even greater, though much more tragic.

[@Krystoff04111]

@@knghtbrd There’s a fair agreement to be made there. The show was awesome on so many levels.

[@diamondjim7560]

Next to Joffrey die in Game of Thrones, seeing Geata and Zarek getting executed was most satisfying television justice event. Great respect to both Alessandro Juliani and the beloved first Apollo, the late Richard Hatch, for making these characters so intense that we could feel this way.

[@shanekoszczewski8289]

Now thats fucking acting lady!! God dam 😢.. she really had me convinced unlike most actors trying to portray anger and hatred in any movie out there, she comvinced me she was actually guna come for every one of those fuckups down there

[@russcastella]

Oh my that “NO” still sends chills

[@chimerasuchus]

1:07 It looks like one of the marines already defected back to Adama.

[@usptact]

That is one teacher! I wonder how many teachers are there that would be as Laura Roslin, tough and decisive even in the most difficult situations?

[@Arthur-rb3vy]

Well, considering how the CEO of Alibaba used to be a teacher...

[@jaqenhghar2970]

3:18 - *EYE SWEAR EET!*

[@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh]

This scene of Laura makes me happy that I uncharacteristically respected her character in season 1.

[@tomboard1]

One of the best episodes of one of the bests series ever.

[@SteelbeastsCavalry]

Gaeta/Judas... scholar turned fool.

[@robertgibson6687]

How uncannily fitting.

[@1987phillybilly]

SteelbeastsCavalry black horse!!! Scouts Out!!

[@robertgibson6687]

It's almost as if It All Happened Before And Will Happen Again. Or just the Carl Jung was right.

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

y'know, I gotta say that I was never really a fan of this show, but even I gotta say that that was awesome.

[@aterfelis4708]

By the Gods this show is one of a kind.

[@Lighthammer66]

I still get chills when Roslin goes off.

[@mrz80]

It's always the quiet ones you gotta watch out for

[@BelgianDneprGuy2003]

never take his goddamn ship, OUR goddamn ship

[@SteelbeastsCavalry]

1:12 - the ULTIMATE look of fear.

[@GanjaStarburst74]

Well,...Can't Say That The Charismatic Terrorist Didn't Have It Coming....

[@komandorbentus2731]

You cut a liittle too fast... I just wanted to hear Roslin voice in my head and see that weapon arming on Basestar :D

[@adburltv]

they always do. because it's a kind of advert to persuade you to buy a paid subscription

[@threalismaradona9899]

Rosland Adama 2020 they got my vote

[@Textra1]

Still gives me chills.

[@rikosaikawa9024]

I remember watching the trailer for this on tv. I had no interest in the show and I still hadn’t until someone showed me it years later. I never forgot that speech

[@RunPJs]

I actually wonder if Mary McDonnell saved that line for when she was having a really bad day! It was some real proper emotional anger that we rarely see these days

[@ProLogic-dr9vv]

When you can't beat them trick them into killing each other.

[@808Goose]

Gotta respect Lieutenant Allison.. has his convictions and sticks to them despite how it pains him to turn on Adama.. I think even Adama respects him for it; as evident by his restraint and allowing him to live despite tigh ready to take him down

[@SantomPh]

The original Apollo launches a coup against the father of the new one

[@ryans413]

All the side characters got very sad arks. Cali was shot out of the airlock. D shot herself. Geta mutiny against his people and got shot. Anders became a Cylon that got sent into the sun. Zareck was also shot. Tory got her neck snapped. Billy was shot and killed. Cain was shot by 6. Kat died helping the fleet navigate through radiation.

[@icer1249]

Race track killed by a rock (atleast she post humorously got to kill the cylons) Chuckles killed on his first mission.

[@sportsguy23]

She's so unbelievably pissed at the thought of Adama having been executed.

[@Fletchman1313]

Did she say "down to her own I.T."? Daaaang... deploying her IT department on them. They had no chance.

[@homiedclown]

down to her own eyeteeth. It's an expression that basically means that she will go to any length.

[@WakenerOne]

@@homiedclown Ummm . . . I think Fletchman knew that . . .

[@Fletchman1313]

@@WakenerOne Actually, I didn't know that. Thanks guys!

[@rikosaikawa9024]

I remember seeing the promo for this long ago.

[@lmjesus2192]

Why does this series cost so damn much:( I need to re watch this bad!

[@lmjesus2192]

Dom R.C. no way.... That is tempting!

[@tails0420ify]

Quality...Quality is what you pay for.

[@johnroscoe2406]

@@tails0420ify No. Quality is what the owners decide the price tag says it is. I am not saying 2004 BSG wasn't pure awesome (it was!), but I AM saying prices are arbitrarily inflated on everything today simply because they can.

[@BrokenNeuron]

I wish Richard Hatch had the opportunity to be a good guy in this series. RIP

[@KombatFlix]

Eddie, fuckin, James OLMOS. The Steph Curry of this cast.

[@samsoncrosswood7259]

She meant it too.

[@danielhaire6677]

2d most epic No in SciFi history

[@ered203]

This goes to show you what all of your third grade teachers were really capable of.

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

The pain from that amputation that's not been given near enough time to heal must be excruciating. Not exactly comducing to good decision making.

[@ThexBorg]

Battle Stations Madam President!

[@Neumonics429]

When your best friends a Cylon and you still his bro.

[@wayfaringshaman]

I was never able to like Gaeta again after that. Every time I rewatch the show and see him, I'm like, "Frak off Gaeta, Jesus".

[@knghtbrd]

Look at the world through Gaeta's eyes, everything he did was completely rational. It just all went so wrong. Dee's death kind of broke him, and after that it was just one bad decision after another. His fate really was a tragic one, even more because literally everything he did would've seemed "right" from his own perspective.

[@KhemistryIBMOR]

She sounds like she means it, too! I'd hate to get on her bad side. 🙂

[@nickmitsialis]

The Lt. of the firing squad looks 'familiar'; has he appeared in any of the other dozens of Canadian made sci fi movies and series I've been watching over the years?

[@celticdragon4966]

He was in " Blood and Chrome " playing a different character from the first human/cylon war.

[@nickmitsialis]

@@celticdragon4966 Anybody know the actor's name?

[@mamasboy9886]

She's AWESOME

[@JWilliamsLangley]

Also awesome kudos for, as far as I can tell, the only non shit clip of I'm Coming For All Of YOU!

[@Gauntlet1212]

Gaeta is such a tragic character. Poor guy.

[@rylsdark]

What song is used here?