Battlestar Galactica 4x17 Reaction | Someone to Watch Over Me

[@davidfergusson5559]

To paraphrase General Chang, "You haven't experienced Hendrix until you've heard it in the original Cylon"

[@jtmaxwell]

Well, Dylan, but yeah. 😎

[@phydeux]

@@jtmaxwell - This version is based on Jimi Hendrix' version, not Dylan's.

[@jtmaxwell]

@@phydeux ...but Dylan's is the original, so all versions are "based" on that. 😎

[@rowansjet]

It's a timeless classic, literally.

[@dstarling61]

Bob Dylan is a Cylon? Or is he the Cylon god?

[@neutchain7838]

I just want to mention how much I appreciate Grace Park's performance in this show. She is playing vastly different versions of the same character, then plays a character pretending to be another version of herself. So good. The writers said the same thing, they could tell who is she playing by the way her face looked. She helds a slightly different and barely noticeable expression. Also this version of All Along the Watchtower is by far the best version. Ever since this episode aired I have it and listen to it on a very regular basis. And the way that some came back around from season 3 and they built it into Hera's storyline is really good.

[@ozcanison]

Its never good when we see Galactica get damaged, but one thing ive always appreciated about this show is that as the show progresses, you can see the damage accumulating on the ship. Its never all fixed and shiny after a battle, but wears her scars proudly.

[@dpiland2]

Yeah its almost a physical shock when you see the finale and then it comes back around to the pilot and you see the drastic change.

[@rory_pond1701]

One of Ron Moore's biggest issues with Voyager was how little consistency there was with regard to the ship's condition. No starbases within 70, 000 light years for repairs to happen, and yet no cumulative battle damage over seven years of the show. BSG is as much a response to Moore's frustration with the Trek franchise's limitations as it is to 9/11.

[@neutchain7838]

Yep, the damage continuity is amazing in BSG.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@rory_pond1701 "No starbases within 70, 000 light years for repairs to happen" Yes. but replicators. As long as they could gather the raw materials to replicate 'new' hull parts (which would be partially recycled from the old ones anyway) then they could fix everything. I think that the only components of the ship expressed to be explicitly irreplaceable without Starfleet were the bioneural gel packs used for Voyager's partially decentralized computer system. Just think about how quickly they built a whole new huge shuttle craft with the Delta Flyer, not possible without replicators.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

​@@mnomadvfx, Photon torpedoes, too?

[@Donaliam]

Any show set in space on a ship or even a space station, the ship becomes a hidden loved character. When the ship gets damaged or destroyed, it is the same as killing off a main character. Fans of space shit always feel it when the ship gets hurt.

[@merkaba48]

Absolutely, I suppose it’s a home. Could be a spaceship, a Spanish galleon, the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch…their spaces and qualities become part of the identity of the story, and the characters.

[@merkaba48]

I’m curious to know from the funny lil gal, suppose they did find a place to settle on; what would you like to see happen to galactica? Would it have a place still?

[@whybother987]

And than you have shows like Farscape where they took it to a whole new level.

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

​@@whybother987 I burst out crying at: Talyn, Starburst.

[@necrosunderground]

@@ChibiHoshiDragon Oh, too soon, man, too soon. That scene frelling gutted me

[@DanGronlund]

I know I had a theory when this aired, that Starbucks dad was a surviving Danial (the cylon model Cavil destroyed), as he was an artist. Which would make Starbuck the first Human-cylon baby. And that is part in what makes her special and connected to the final five.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

It makes perfect sense. Consider Leoben's fascination with Starbuck's fated role in all of this. Remember her ability to figure out how to operate the downed Cylon raider 'Scar'. And we have her apparent resurrection, possibly in some remnant of the former earth's technology that was still operational. And we have her figuring out the code (the notes) that awakened forgotten memories in the final five. Kara has had a key role in just about every aspect of the fleet's survival, and the fate of the Cylons. So the popular theory is... Kara's dad "Dreilide" may have actually been one of the "Daniels", the seventh Cylon model that was 'boxed' by Caville. They were the artists and musicians. The timeline fits with Caville's actions to box the Daniel line and exile the five to the twelve colonies. If a "Daniel" were to have escaped the boxing and gone with them, he may have fathered Starbuck. Her being the first successful human/Cylon offspring would explain a lot about her ongoing role in the ultimate fate of both species.

[@irishinnj72]

Ronald D. Moore was asked this very question at many conventions. He said that he never intended to explore the character of Daniel, but if people wanted to believe that he was Kara's Father, then he was just fine with it.

[@erlaed]

I like this much better than the standard explanation. I've been waiting for her reaction to the explanation since 1x1, and I'm fully expecting 'nonplussed.'

[@Mr.Ekshin]

@@irishinnj72 > Ronald D. Moore was always skating a thin line between science and religion when it came to this show. And he (smartly) remained noncommittal when asked to nail down which was which. Better to let the audience form their own theories on this matter. I prefer to keep Arthur C. Clarke's famous quote in mind (known as Clarke's Law): "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Go back a few thousand years in our own history, and pull out a cell phone (or even something as simple as a pen or a Bic lighter), and you'd be considered as some kind of wizard. So it makes you wonder what we would think of an alien civilization that is a MILLION years beyond our own. They would be like gods... beyond all comprehension.

[@paulonius42]

Everyone had that theory. 🤷‍♂️

[@yewnork]

Col. Tigh is more human than many humans. His flaws, strengths and everything in between is beautiful to witness.

[@timmooney7528]

He has a 2000 year head start on everybody

[@EntertainmentGym]

More human than human. ... 🤔 Someone should write a song about that.

[@mabutoo]

Tigh is not a machine. The final five are humans that put their psyches in machine bodies. Their bodies were destroyed in the holocaust.

[@brianbowser9590]

@@EntertainmentGym Pretty sure the Tyrell Corporation has the rights to that slogan....

[@GildasDraconis]

The scene in which Starbuck plays the piece Hera drew for her is scored by Bear McCreary's "Kara Remembers". It's well worth a listen to on its own, outside the context of the episode where so much chaos is happening as she plays. It's haunting, powerful, and a brilliant underpin for where Kara is on her own personal journey right now

[@chet8682]

the full version of that song is magnificent

[@timmooney7528]

on the So Say We All: Battlestar Galactica Live rendtion of All Along the Watchtower, Katee Sackoff plays the intro with Bear McCreary. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIfOmnxvi9Jqo6c

[@remdvm3021]

Wow! Thanks. Never knew the full version was available, and I’ve been watching this show yearly since it came out.

[@chet8682]

@remdvm3021 there's multiple songs on the soundtrack that are longer than the TV versions and they are all worth checking out!

[@jerodast]

I had that one bookmarked for a while, especially after the version of Watchtower from the show got taken off youtube.

[@darthroden]

I swear Michael Hogan does such a good job acting and showing emotion with that one eye. Beautiful! This raises the mystery about Starbuck and Hera, since they both know that song. I love seeing your reaction to this and how thine final act is being set up.

[@mnomadvfx]

It's not a given that Hera knows the song itself. Only that she saw that arrangement of dots which can be interpreted as part of the song. Like Starbuck and the Five she is being manipulated by 'higher forces' steering events.

[@darthroden]

@@mnomadvfx Not just Starbuck and the Final Five. Laura, Guias, Caprica Six, and others in the series have been directed towards the final resolution.

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

@@darthroden Gaius has Head Caprica and saw the Opera House Vision Caprica had Head Gaius and saw the Opera House Vision Starbuck had Head Leoben, her paintings (The apartment painting Pre-Malstrom and the Demetrius shooting star/Basestar painting Post-Malstrom), the instinctual ability to pilot the raider, the music since childhood, etc. Laura saw the Opera House Vision and had a Head Elosia Lampkin had a Head Cat Athena saw the Opera House Vision Hera saw the Opera House Vision, the 6 drawings, the music, etc.

[@darthroden]

@@ChibiHoshiDragon A good list of the Head characters.

[@dstarling61]

There’s a theory that a Daniel model was Starbucks dad. Unfortunately, it falls apart, because the Daniels were a late addition to BSG, because Ron Moore realized late in the game there were only 11 models.😮

[@CrazyChemistPL]

I'm pretty much sure that Ellen and Saul are thousands years old only technically. The ship they used to escape from Earth and reach the 12 Colonies wasn't equipped with FTL (13th Tribe lost that tech), so they travelled at subluminal speeds, experiencing extreme case of time dilatation. It took them 2 thousand years for external observer to reach 12 Colonies, but for them on board of this ship it was all within a single lifetime.

[@jabberwock95]

Yep. With resurrection technology they've been alive longer than a normal human lifespan, but they've not experienced anywhere close to a thousand years.

[@dstarling61]

Yeah, you’d think after 1000 years they would have worked their sht out😅

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

I assumed they slept through the journey, seeing how Cylons can be boxed, which is essentially cryosleep. I assumed that together with reinventing resurrection they reinvented that abilily.

[@CrazyChemistPL]

@@SierraSierraFoxtrot Also a valid interpretation

[@SangsungMeansToCome]

"Hera is plugged into something that is manipulating all of us." Yeah, she's plugged into ROCK!

[@jerodast]

I was thinking "the writers flailing" but your version is nicer and more fun :)

[@chazzerous]

Bear actually sampled an old out of tune piano to compose the music for this episode. It is so beautiful and haunting.

[@ramy8207]

And not just any old out-of-tune piano: the actual on-set piano! Gotta respect that commitment.

[@chazzerous]

@@ramy8207 I totally forgot that fact, good call!

[@xeromedia]

I play music for a living so I am very interested in Bear's score. Apparently he only needed to sample every third note on the old piano to get the sound he wanted, if I remember right, it's been fucking decades lol. I don't think the one on screen is the one he sampled.

[@TheNotedHero]

The moment Kara plays that song gets played is for me one of the most epic moments of TV, ever! Music has become a character in the show, brilliant writing and fantastic trust the show runners had for Bear's sheer genius. You have to listen to the soundtrack, Bear wrote full classical pieces that didn't even get to be fully heard in the show, he wrote them because it was part of his creative genius.

[@obi-ron1020]

The piano music gave me chills when I first heard those few notes from the original 1978 BSG. Very cool to tie it in. Still tugs on the nostalgia strings.

[@CoffeeMugTwentyFive]

What was most interesting to me was that the final five cylons are hearing the music for the first time outside of their minds. I never had any assumptions about the piano player since he briefly is seen in the previous episode; a great way to throw me off. Piano player in Kara's head? It seem there's a lot of that kinda thing going around in this show. *More tissues for the finish line. *

[@ChrisReise]

19:43 The part he is playing on the piano right here is the opening of the original BSG theme...during the voice over of the narrator saying "There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. They may have been the architects of the great pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive far, far away, amongst the stars."

[@jmominis]

🤣 I was just typing this before I saw your post. I remembered exactly the same but then checked to hear it but every YT sample I found has woodwind and ‘chimes’, not these piano notes, playing under the narrator. Search this: Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979) - Opening credits But I found one that is just music and it has 30 sec. of these piano notes leading into to main theme, search: Battlestar Galactica Theme Music 1978 Maybe there were multiple variations of the opening credits that had the narration over this version or maybe just experiencing the Mandela effect but I was sure the narration was over this 2nd version.

[@leephillips2837]

this episode reminds me of what an incredible ensemble cast this was. how we were so lucky they came to the same place and time to be together

[@livetotell100]

Baltar's journey in this show has been interesting to watch. He started as a narcissist, who only thought about himself and what he wanted. Now, close to the end of the series he actually thinks about other people now. And their needs. He actually has some morals now.

[@rory_pond1701]

My headcanon is that whatever power brought Kara back from her destroyed Viper on Earth also gave her these chances to reconcile with her dead parents. Head Leoben brought her to her mother's bedside as she was dying, and something brought her father to Galactica to remind her of when she played the piano with him and how happy she was in those moments. This was a gift to Kara for all suffering she's endured in the fulfillment of her destiny. And he was every bit as real as any of the other Head characters/messengers/angels/your preferred terminology here. As for whether Daniel was Kara's father, there's only one way that works for me. Cavil destroyed Daniel such that there was nothing left for Cylon technology to resurrect or recreate. So it follows that whatever allowed Daniel to manifest as the human Dreilide Thrace on Caprica had to be the same power that's been moving people like chess pieces on a cosmic board. From there, it's a short jump to intuit that Dreilide's human daughter would be their best candidate to continue to fulfill their mysterious goals. That's my two cents, your mileage may vary.

[@Rocket_Man232]

🔔 FLG: FYI that scene @ 19:40 was an inside joke. The music that he was playing was actually taken from the original Battlestar Galactica (1978)! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIu4dYR4ltJ_jbM And so that made Starbuck's snarky comment to him that he was stealing another composer's work doubly funny! 😄

[@andrewferrell8304]

I watch this episode over and over again just to hear the music. The soundtrack for this season remains a top listen for me a decade later.

[@TheNotedHero]

💯

[@chrisfraser5088]

I was not ok for a whiiiile after this episode. A lot of us have been waiting for you to get to this one, Angela! A wild episode!

[@1Molehill]

You do know the song that Starbuck was playing. Its a version of "All along the watchtower" (jimi hendrix). The final 5 also started speaking lines from the song when they started waking up.

[@Haselius00]

To be clear, "All Along the Watchtower" was covered by Hendrix. Bob Dylan wrote and recorded it for his 8th album. But I think Hendrix really helped to make it famous.

[@1Molehill]

@@Haselius00 To be clear, I know that. But the version used throughout Galactica's journey & the final 5's story is based on the Hendrix version

[@Haselius00]

@@1Molehill It doesn't matter. What matters is the melody. The melody is the key to the coordinates.

[@1Molehill]

​@@Haselius00 and there we have it. An important final spolier. Well done. I'm gone before you ruin any more of this

[@Haselius00]

Hardly a spoiler., since Starbuck already said that the melody is linked to numbers. And what do numbers signify? Besides, Angela has already seen the finale.

[@HugoStglitz]

"Steal a ship and run away with her" LOL. She has shown over and over that she is not to be trusted. 😅

[@74gould]

You have the best reactions to BSG… I love this particular episode so much. It’s SO emotional, but also sets up a lot of questions/possible answers re: Kara, and - BOY O BOY - the remaining episodes & finale are such a wild ride. Very excited to hear your thoughts on all of it! :)

[@davebeattie9573]

Cylons fall into two categories. The Final Five and the Significant Seven. The Final Five are descended from the 13th tribe of Kobol, which were biological Cylons living in Kobol before the fall of, and exodus from, Kobol. Being a fully evelved bologiacl species at this point, depite being created from a robotic form initially, they had had many long centuries to iron out the bological problems. The Significant Seven are the humanoid models created by the Colonial manufactured robotic Cylons with input from the Final Five. Research and develpment of Humanoid Cylons were already underway prior to the arrival of the Final Five. The first example of this research was the first Hybrid (the male one from Razor). The arrival of the Final Five, allowed them to complete this work, and compensate for the lack of reproductive capabilities by giving them resurrection technologies. The reason for the lack of ability to carry a child to term was put forward by Doc Cottle when Athena was pregnant. They didn't do a good job on their internal biology. Hera got lucky. Liam did not. Their is only so much that medicine can do. Further, I have mentioned in other video comment sections on this channel, that in order to create a viable gene pool you need 500 unique samples, the Cylons had thirteen, (fourteen if you include the female Hybrid, and assuming she can carry a child to term). This number is simply far too low to allow for a viable bological species. Now without the Threes, and the Sevens, ignoring the Hybrids as an unkown quantity, and the splintering of the factions, at this time the Cylons have just eight examples, the Final Five, the Twos, The Sixes, and the Eights. 8 is 1.6% of 500. Far to low for a viable species.

[@klemminguk]

In the writer's room: "Okay, who hasn't suffered enough this season?" "Athena?" "Nice, make it happen. Oh, how about Tyrol?" "...Sir hasn't he suffered enough? Like, not just this season but all of them?" "Heh, good one. Make it happen too."

[@Sephiroth144]

O'Brien: Pull up a chair, let's have a drink... we both need it.

[@srehtworc]

There's been two things in my life that have moved me enough to tattoo them on my body: Radiohead and Battlestar Galactica. The only other time I've felt compelled to leave a comment on a KZbin video was watching someone discover Radiohead for the first time and being truly moved by the musicianship and really "getting it." This is the second time I've genuinely wanted to comment on a KZbin video, and of course it's BSG-related. It has been such a pleasure to watch you experience this story, and understand how special this show is: the writing, the cast, the cinematography, the music, everything that makes this show special, you get it. There's so many amazing moments in this show, from the Adama maneuver, to the reveal of the Final Five and Starbuck's return, and so many others, but this episode is my absolute favorite. Kara "remembering" the song and Tigh's reaction still get to me as much as Galactica jumping into the atmosphere of New Caprica. Thanks for sharing your journey with us, and enjoy the final episodes.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

I like how they did the piano scene where you gradually understand that's Kara's dad. It's a creative way to give a backstory without doing a flash back, she comes to terms with why her dad left.

[@stuartanderws5705]

The flash back to her mother wasn't to bad, Why her mother was so angry with her "You should have finish top of your class " "You have a destiny..."

[@Educated2Extinction]

Hearing you talk about Gaius' growth as a leader, I came up with, "leader with benefits". It occurred to me that BSG having a run like Star Trek would be amazing, but I don't know if your heart, or mind, could take it. 😂

[@Jonathan-ug9yu]

If Grace Park impresses you, you should check out Orphan Black

[@dstarling61]

Orphan Black would make a great reaction series. No space sht though😮

[@MarcusSinclair2]

Episode left everyone speechless. Love the haircut.

[@mrwomby5007]

The name Dreilide is very close to ‘drei Lieder’ which is German for ‘three songs’. Coincidence?

[@s.g.3898]

Giving up the piano was probably not the only reason, just the one that broke him. Being with someone that does not allow you anything that takes your attention from them is an incredibly hard way to live. It slowly destroys you. You lose contact with kids because you cannot face that person again

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

The song they played on the piano has been around since the 60's, so you should know it.

[@TomServo_MST3K]

Facts. When she said, "I don't know it" I almost soiled my pants. I mean, uh... it might be a wee bit of a parallel metaphor for certain things. I now realize she's missing a whole layer of BSG context.

[@kecrava]

There's a reason why ships are referred to as she/her instead of it.

[@Pandaemoni]

There are a lot of strange elements to this episode, as you mention, like why no one saw Starbuck talking to herself or, if if that was her father, why she didn't recognize him. Her father's name "Dreilide" is, I've read, a reference in German suggesting "third eye" which is a reference to some sort of spiritual enlightenment.

[@lordhoot1]

It's a delve into magical realism, which you don't see much in Science Fiction

[@Ericthelogos]

GALACTICA is the thing that will lead humanity to it's destiny. You are right.

[@juGGaKNotEmpire]

You might say she is the shape of things to come

[@phydeux]

That "Nomion's Third Sonata" is actually a Cylon dramatic theme from the 1979 BSG. As to how Starbuck learned the Cylon "wake up" song from her dad, it's not that complicated. It's a song that's been handed down from generation to generation since before the Cylons and humans parted ways, and both sides have kept the tradition alive.

[@MrReedSL]

This has been such a fun ride! I hope your patrons are already lobbying for the new Fallout series.

[@Ninjaman001]

What you said about the piano needing tuning up just like everything on galactica, I think was a conscious choice. I really like this episode because of the piece the pianist is composing and the story that evolves around it, there are a couple on the soundtrack that are beautifully haunting, melancholic, bittersweet almost like a dirge.

[@Tayvin4042]

"...Dammit Boomer!" That is a good summary of this episode, and of Boomer in general now that I think about it XD

[@AaronMT]

That was a great accurate guess on Kara and her dad 😂

[@JasonWest.OkieTexan]

Just my own theory not backed up by anything to come in BSG.....Kara's father was a Daniel, who has already been said was boxed because of is creativity. He "left" Kara and her mother when he was taken by cylons and boxed. Kara was the first human / cylon hybrid child. Maybe why she and Hera both know the same song?.....Just a thought.

[@Ericthelogos]

Liam died because they started fighting with each other and there was no love anymore.

[@polterkat]

...and he WASN'T naming him after Adama, that's why he said "it's not like that" in the last episode, which got scrubbed out in the edit...?? Idk if we're acknowledging that we missed that or if the edit was just highlighting the mis-heard word but it was a JOKE.... not a confession. Saul said "it's not like that" and Adama says "I know", and they both laughed. It was a moment of good friends breaking the tension during a moment of heartbreak. Ellen references the name "Liam" as something they 'ALWAYS' wanted to name their first child..... as in...... from back when they were on Earth... thousands of years before they even met Bill Adama

[@fasstaerke]

I remember writing a comment in season 1 or 2 saying that this series in a great reminder that, even though we wish for it, people (or cylons) usually dont change. same goes for zarak in the end. its what we often see on television but not real life.

[@IanHillan]

One of my favorite episodes of the whole series. It lives in my head rent free and I'm not mad about it either.

[@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb]

Woah … brings back memories. It all felt like a prolonged hallucination, the entire series. But these final episodes almost made me start tripping. I was in a bad, bad state at that time. It is actually difficult for me to watch this again, but I can't help it. I need to see this through with the help of funnylilgal. Now that I am sober and everything. I hope there is healing. Cheers 🍺

[@xeromedia]

I still play that fucking song on the piano after all these years lol 🤔

[@KJGould]

Chief might be the most emotionally abused character on this show!

[@willmartin7293]

I agree with you, and I think the character Boomer is the most tragic. It's like she is driven to do things that horrifies her afterwards.

[@sverebom7069]

That's what happens what you are the Chief on a show that has RDM as writer. Chief O'brien on DS9, Chief Tyrol here. Someone needs to ask RDM, what CTOs did to him.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

I'd volunteer Gaeta for that characterization, while knowing not a lot of other folks are likely to agree.

[@waleedca]

❤❤ Always Love for the ships. She shows us love and is our home. ❤❤

[@vincentvoillot6365]

Sadly, Cavill think of himself greater than his organic body can allow him to be. I think he will absolutely hate the thought of someone being more "special" than him. He was going to literally dig in his mother's brain, after blackmailing her into a sexual relationship. No amount of child, puppies or kittens will change him.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@vincentvoillot6365, There's something in the finale which I found his response to pretty interesting. While I'm sure our wonderful host has already seen it, I won't elaborate other than to say I'm not at all sure Cavil would have ultimately acted as most people (including you) would suspect.

[@chriscoombes6751]

Watching this show on TV, I knew this was the last series, things were wrapping up - you don't expect the amazing storytelling highs of previous seasons as you know it's ending .... aaaaand then BSG says ''Frak that!'' & delivers one of my favorite episodes! There's loads of Sci-fi shows & films out there with iconic ships, stations, etc, but I don't think any show has made me feel as emotionally attached to them (with the exception - for me - of Babylon 5!) as this show does with the Galactica, you feel the love & the connection the crew do - especially now they realize the damage is catching up with her! Ships aside, I have to give this episode to Katee & Grace - one showing another brilliant side to her character as we delve into her past, & the other portraying 2 versions of the same Cylon model SO well that we love & hate her in equal measure!!

[@BryonLape]

I....I just died in your arms tonight....it must have been something you said...

[@YoFool.1506]

We need a flurry of predictions from you as it wraps up! The last few episodes are a wild ride.

[@Haselius00]

Bear's music in this episode just kills me.

[@roguenine9LU]

Also in my most recent rewatch I was a little surprised that Chief was able to recognize Boomer when she stepped off the Raptor but Helo couldn't tell the difference between them. Maybe being able to tell individual Cylons apart was a side effect of the Chief being awakened though. Helo did at least pick up on the different smell though, but didn't connect the rest of the dots.

[@Tigerhawk30]

Another hint that was included along with the other things shown during Starbuck's interactions with the "piano man": He was playing the same song on the piano that Starbuck played in her apartment when she and Helo were there in S2 before they met the Resistance (and Sam) on Caprica while trying to get back to Galactica after Starbuck got the Arrow. The music copy that Helo gave to Starbuck in this episode contained the same piano composition. IRL, that piano tune is Metamorphosis One, by Phillip Glass.

[@lordhoot1]

Ha I didn't realise it was Philip Glass, but I think I commented after that episode reaction that it sounded like him.

[@irishinnj72]

Over the years there was a theory among fans that one of the Daniel's survived Cavil's purge and fled to the Colonies where he met Kara's Mother and had Kara. Ronald D. Moore who was asked about it at many conventions, said that Daniel was just a throw away character that he never intended to explore. But if fans wanted to believe that he was Kara's Father, then he was just fine with it.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@irishinnj72, He's also said, in a non-convention interview, that this is definitely not the case, so....

[@irishinnj72]

@@mitchellmelkin4078 Well I saw a video of him saying that at a convention, so....

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@irishinnj72 , I didn't intend to imply his making the statement outside of a convention was more authoritative than at one, just that it might reflect some ambivalence or inconsistency of his about the point, I guess. I'm sorry about my wording as it came off as being dismissive. 🙏

[@garricksmalley1733]

The Cylons may have had a plan but they sure didn’t let the writers know what it was.

[@AlbertHuebsch]

Don't forget it's also the same music that woke up the Chief, Sam, Saul, and Tori.

[@MaximizedAction]

The Kara/Bear episode! An outstanding one. And as a musician, one of my favorite ones naturally. Classic Angela moment seeing right through the piano player a few minutes in. Writers can’t fool her 😂. Boomer did the really irredeemable thing with playing Tyrol and Helo like that. Yeah, I’d say it’s that, rather than kidnapping Hera.

[@txheadshots]

You are the Harbinger, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end

[@jamespepper8671]

"All along the watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix. That is the song. Won't spoil anything but it is a great song.

[@leonardodavid4670]

20:15 "best ones do" 😢💙

[@rhetoric2k]

It always amazes me how when you watch Grace or Tricia, how they can make each copy feel like a different person..I too was hoping for the redemption arc but was equally done with Boomer after this episode. BTW: FALLOUT is amazing! and X-Men '97 might also be as good as Invincible.

[@VoidR]

Look up the meaning of the word dreilide, then look up the name of Starbuck's father in the original series. They did some clever wordplay there. EDIT: I also jut googled a pic of Dreilide's album cover. The look and style are similar to many live albums from the 60s, especially one from Bob Dylan. Also note where he's preforming, the Helice Opera House.

[@williamhicks7736]

This is my favorite episode…. always gets to me… 😭…

[@Machokenn]

Look at the Brain wave monitor behind Starbuck and Anders in their last scene.

[@andrewmarks2636]

Crazy thought, Starbucks dad was a creative, any chance he was a 5, the creative cylon, and starbuck is the first mixed race baby? His line couldnt take it, so he never came back?

[@LordDarque]

RE: Boomer: Some characters are irredeemable. BTW the song Kara was playing was an orchestral "All along the watchtower" same song that triggered the final 4 on Galactica.

[@KrisPotterUK]

Was the place on Galactica that Boomer blew out with the FTL jump, the same place she blew out in season one when she vented the water tanks? It was pretty close.

[@Sakrysta]

I’m thinking I need to hold off watching the rest of the reactions until they’re all released, or else I’m going to go crazy! 😂😂😂

[@vinnycordeiro]

Without giving details (because spoilers), hearing Angela saying... things on her comments and knowing what will happen on the last episode... 👀

[@davebeattie9573]

No one is the dying leader as spoken of in the sacred scrolls. The scrolls tell us that the dying leader would lead them to earth, but not live to see it. They've found Earth, and everyone who could be said leader is still alive. Therefore, no one is the dying leader from the prophecy.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

I feel like Galactica is the dying leader

[@RabidTribble]

There are a lot of fan theories that Kara's father was actually one of the "Daniel" (Number 7 - described as sensitive and artistic by Ellen) series that was destroyed by Cavil. The producers said this was not their intention, but it fit really well with the mythology of the series. Personally, I love the idea that Kara could have been the first true human/cylon hybrid. It would explain how Kara has visions similar to cylon projections, and it could explain the tortured nature of her personality. I guess we'll never know for sure, but the thought just adds an extra amount of emotion to an already beautiful episode.

[@Trucador15]

This is exactly the same theory I follow, there's too many coincidences.

[@princeofhavoc]

All Along the Watchtower, that’s the song.

[@gilledwards9302]

Possibly my favourite episode of all.

[@pjsebadoh5412]

This episode is superb. And speaking of songs, ones that make you feel happy and sad at the same time (the best ones) "Hi Ren" by Ren with the video for context... Wow.

[@marcdejonge6569]

I still have that song as my ringtone (and the intro CylonBeat for text messages)

[@AmyL._orcgirl]

I have another Bear McCreary song as my ring tone- the intro for Black Sails. His music is just amazing.

[@baron7755]

14:45 look at the big brain on Lilgal

[@tyharris9994]

The song is All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix. To this day I cannot hear it in passing without a cold chill and goosebumps because of this show. Don't even try to figure it out. All will become clear.

[@BrianKoppe]

Close, but the song is by Bob Dylan. Hendrix covered it.

[@patsk8872]

Love seeing your emotions come out during these reactions. I'll be so sad when it's all done :(

[@thepenmaster]

Boomer and Chief Tyrol could be a Shakespearen couple for all they have faced. Boomer started out as fighting her programing for love only to loose everything. Athena was on a mission but changed for love the got everything Boomer dreamed of having (a husband that accepted her for who she was, the crews respect, though to an extent, and a child) Chief lost Boomer before he could come to accept her. And he rejected her at first because she was a cylon and the crew would never stand for it either. Only for him to watch Helo (who rejected Athena at first too, but thankfully not while on the ship) live the life he could have had. (he still had a position on the ship, with the woman he loves and a child instead of being walked out an airlock.) Shakespeare would be proud 😂

[@UpcycleShoesKai]

Obligatory No one is Safe

[@jmominis]

Maybe I missed it in the reactions of episode 3-20 Crossroads Pt 2 but did FLG not catch what the Cylon song is ? I know the Bear and Brendan McCreary version they played in the episode might sound different enough from Hendrix’s version that it could get missed.

[@Dan250]

Boomer is no longer the same as she was at the beginning of the series. Everything has changed here and be prepared, because the end of our journey is already near and all roads will be reduced to one road.

[@DanielCline9]

Since you like Battlestar Galactica and Firefly so much, you may want to check out the Sarah Connor Chronicles

[@DanielCline9]

A few actors from both shows are in it, and I'd say it is the best of the Terminator series.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Dollhouse*

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

​@@DanielCline9, Stephanie Jacobsen, I believe among them.

[@alexshdvideo]

One of favorite episodes

[@BrentAgeofGrogu]

Again this series continues to blow away right up to the end they keep giving us something cool new and character development we never really see coming. Kara's journey with the man on the piano was a fascinating choice, fun fact Bear was bought in to write the tunes for the music played prior to him writing the score for the episode The piece that Kara claims the score is been ripped off by another composer was in fact the opening theme for the Original Battlestar Galactica from the 70s (as an in gag which i picked up right away when it first aired) Boomers arc really sets her up as one of the the villians of the story now and any love for Boomer went out the door with this episode for me and really felt the pain for Athena. As for Hera well you will find out in the Opera house now wont you 🥰 On the end note Bear and Katee have played the end song as a duet a few times in Bears Live concerts (Which would be amazing to see live )there is video online out there of the 2 of them worth watching. thanks again for the reaction not many left now ❤

[@gradyelliott7594]

Music isn't *how* we stop the missiles, it's *why* we stop them.

[@antipodean1233]

Check out Bear and the BSG orchestra live performances.. one includes Katee perfoming .. also her dad name starts with a D and he was an Artist? Hmmmmm

[@colinloves]

Annother kick in the bollocks for Cheif :( Loved this ep for the music. The way it comes together to make the legendary tune we have been listening to for the last 4 years. It blew my mind

[@deegee6863]

I am so excited to see your reaction to the end of the story!!!! EEEK LOL!

[@invaderliz]

Ooh only part way through the intro and I sooooo hope you get around to watching Caprica after BSG!

[@wagnarokkr]

this episode made me wonder if maybe Boomer actually knew exactly who she was from day one, and the "sleeper agent" thing was just her manipulating Tyrol into covering for her

[@JoseyWales44s]

Is anyone going to mention the symbology of Kara's reflection in the mirror sitting on the bar?

[@BryceLK]

"Baby drama." That was a super dramatic baby. It just shows up and is like, "I'm like _literally_ dying."

[@thetankgarage]

Grace Park is probably making so much more money now than she was back then but I would also bet she's not having as much fun at work anymore :) Another one is Orphan Black. It goes COMPLETELY off the rails as a show but seeing Tatiana Maslany act in that role is so much fun. It literally put her up there with people like Marlon Brando, Elliot Page or Meryl Streep with her acting.

[@justjdnl]

Interesting view. I personally don't know of any people who'd consider Elliot Page and Tatiana Maslany on the same acting level as Meryl Streep and Marlon Brandon. Tbh I haven't seen enough of the former two to make a comparison with the latter two legends. Objectively I think that's a bold statement. To each their own of course.

[@jerodast]

I think it's harder for younger actors to get recognition these days because well known movies average less straight drama now, and only straight drama is regarded as worthy to judge fundamental talent on.

[@mnomadvfx]

I'd like to have sympathy for Tyrol, but at the end of the day he murdered an Eight to have his way directly after Laura Roslin specifically warned him that Boomer has used emotional contact to manipulate before. He was not only warned, but he also committed murder in the process of ignoring it - and that's before the other consequences that spiral outwards from Boomer taking Hera.

[@Ericthelogos]

Tyrol was always a simp towards women. He finally grows some in the last episode, but I don't wanna spoil anything.

[@remdvm3021]

I don’t think he murdered her. That was not confirmed and that would be unforgivable. I think he just knocked her out.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@remdvm3021 She looked dead, not knocked out. Her eyes were still partially open which says dead rather than knocked out to me. Plus he hit her with a heavy wrench in the dark. There's pretty much no way to be surgical about that.

[@remdvm3021]

Pause the scene and blow it up. Her eyes are closed. She has a pretty big bruise on her head from the wrench, and yeah, probably not survivable in the real world, but in movies and tv, all the time. No way to prove it either way (since her eyes are closed) so it is open to each of our own interpretations.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

​@@Ericthelogos, Our host has almost certainly already seen it, but what you're referring to, only happened in-universe (or at least, was observed) because of someone else's galactic stupidity.