Michael Hogan doesn’t get nearly enough credit for his work. This scene in particular gets me every time. From the way he carries himself, like an old man, to the crackly voice as he says “not all of them” is amazing and so sad. He says so much in four words. Of course the reaction from Olmos/Adama as his face drops slightly as he realises sells it just as well. Battlestar Galactica at its best right here.
For me, this is the scene represents some of the best of BSG. Watching Tigh struggle with what happened planetside, having to kill his own wife, then to have Adama hoisted up and praised as the savior of the fleet while Saul fades into the background, unnoticed of his own sacrifices he made to save the people on New Caprica fucking kills me. Even Gaeta just kinda moves to avoid him.
Don't overlook Starbucks actions and fade as well. Poignant expositions on human conditions and circumstances. On the natural predominant tendency of people to only focus on the "major" things without even being aware that there is anything else is relevant to a situation.
Cylon or not, Saul Tigh was a MAN. Imperfect, stubborn, irascible, but also self aware, competent, willing to compromise, and willing to make impossible choices at cost to himself. Even after having to be helped down off the Raptor, with a bandage over his eye, probably pain in every part of his body and a cane, he stands up tall in front of his CO and his best friend. That's dignity for you.
This scene brings a near tear to my eye. The decision to make this moment of return a tragic one was brilliant writing. Saul is back, but he's left a good bit of his soul on New Caprica
@@ArmyofAuroraCompositions totally underrated. You can hear Saul's heart break with his "not all of them". Then Adama gets carried off as the hero and Saul can't bear it.
What was more affecting to me than the sight of Tigh walking off (and Kara just looking lost) was Adama noticing him as he left. Great scene... thanks for uploading this in a way that wasn't too hard to find because I really didn't know how to go about typing the right words lol. I just typed in "galactica escape caprica celebrate cheering" and thankfully that wasn't too far off your mark.
The moment Adama is pulled into receiving his accolades but he's looking after his heartbroken friend, it gets me every time. Magnificent characters, magnificent acting. Nobody can sell me on a need to remake this show.
My fave scene in the whole series. Love the broken Saul. Makes me choke up when he says to Adama that he didn't bring all of them back, meaning his wife more specifically
Nothing needed to be said between those two. Adama knew what happened. More heartbreaking is all Adama wants to do is be with his friend but instead he is carried away as a hero and Tigh is left alone after sacrificing so much personally to make the rescue possible.
The part where Adama is hoisted aloft and celebrated while the other two heroes (Tigh and Lee) stand quietly by, almost numb with grief from their losses, has always seemed so poignant to me. The other part that is pretty wrenching is when Starbuck breaks. She withstood so much at the hands of the Leobens but remained unbowed, unbroken, until the girl's mother comes up and she finds out that she, in fact, is not the girl's mother as Leoben had convinced her. That's when she breaks. It's terrible to watch.
I was never a big fan of Katee Sackhoff in BSG, but she absolutely nailed this scene. That look of utter bewilderment, haunted by the events of New Caprica while the world smiles and celebrates around her.
You're right lol. Even in that ridiculous fat suit the sight of him saluting his dad still moved me. I wish his actor just put on the weight IRL like he wanted to if the showrunners didn't stop it
The soundtrack really makes this scene. There is pain throughout. Cut out a few shots of Tigh, make the soundtrack a triumphant fanfare, and it would be completely different... and diminished.
Starbuck at the 1:59 mark looks around dazed and confused with wide eyes......if that isnt a thousand yard stare i dont know what is, while some fought back with Bullets, or strategems, others with bombs, others used their own flesh as bargaining tools, some sold out, and many got tortured daily. She was caught up in a pyschological torture chamber. Murdering that Sweet talking Leoben time and time again. Dealing with the nonsense , the insinuations and manipulations, seeking daily how to escape only to be thwarted, and plotting how to violently murder him in furtherance of escape attempts, frustration or loosing her mind. That scene of her calmly eating a steak with the knife she stabbed in that leoben with an apparent calm composure, and cold measured movements and cuts sends shivers in my spine. She is loosing or lost it already. And is playing the game. And then suddenly it is over the fleet marines storm the jail center and tell her they are going home. All that violence and manipulation took a horrible toll on her and right she is stunned and loss and confused. Just a few a seconds and you can see it
After this episode BSG jumped the shark and it was never quite as good again But damn they hit it out the park with this one, not the best episode which is probably the first 33 or one of the 2nd half of season 2 which had some corkers
I always said there four Sci-fi leaders I would follow anywhere. They are imperfect but They show they can get job done and care for people under them. Adama, Sisko, Sheridan and the last might conversial to some. But Tolwyn. When your told you get to lead a deseperate defense of our homeworld.. Half fleet is in mothbaslls. the enemy has newers ships. You get the job done, i'll follow anywhere.
Michael Hogan doesn’t get nearly enough credit for his work. This scene in particular gets me every time. From the way he carries himself, like an old man, to the crackly voice as he says “not all of them” is amazing and so sad. He says so much in four words. Of course the reaction from Olmos/Adama as his face drops slightly as he realises sells it just as well. Battlestar Galactica at its best right here.
Spot on. Everything about this scene is sheer perfection.
The show absolutely peaked in this moment.
For me, this is the scene represents some of the best of BSG. Watching Tigh struggle with what happened planetside, having to kill his own wife, then to have Adama hoisted up and praised as the savior of the fleet while Saul fades into the background, unnoticed of his own sacrifices he made to save the people on New Caprica fucking kills me. Even Gaeta just kinda moves to avoid him.
To be fair the next episode Tigh damn near launched Gaeta out an airlock
@@jamesxiaolong2199 To be fair, I'd launch Gaeta out the airlock myself.
Don't overlook Starbucks actions and fade as well. Poignant expositions on human conditions and circumstances. On the natural predominant tendency of people to only focus on the "major" things without even being aware that there is anything else is relevant to a situation.
Cylon or not, Saul Tigh was a MAN. Imperfect, stubborn, irascible, but also self aware, competent, willing to compromise, and willing to make impossible choices at cost to himself.
Even after having to be helped down off the Raptor, with a bandage over his eye, probably pain in every part of his body and a cane, he stands up tall in front of his CO and his best friend. That's dignity for you.
This scene brings a near tear to my eye. The decision to make this moment of return a tragic one was brilliant writing. Saul is back, but he's left a good bit of his soul on New Caprica
Such a great character moment for Saul and Adama... probably my most beloved scene of the entire series!
Newspin And a little underrated, it's so great
@@ArmyofAuroraCompositions totally underrated. You can hear Saul's heart break with his "not all of them". Then Adama gets carried off as the hero and Saul can't bear it.
I mean, and Starbuck. This cut kind of cut off her trauma right before Tigh’s, but damn is it powerful alongside his.
After the whole scene pans you finally get to Gaeta. Man.
What was more affecting to me than the sight of Tigh walking off (and Kara just looking lost) was Adama noticing him as he left. Great scene... thanks for uploading this in a way that wasn't too hard to find because I really didn't know how to go about typing the right words lol. I just typed in "galactica escape caprica celebrate cheering" and thankfully that wasn't too far off your mark.
You're welcome :) The score of this scene is also called "Refugees Return", so I chose this name.
I love how Gaeta sort of shifts away from Tigh as he walks by.
I love how Dualla looks at Tigh. She’s almost sad looking at him.
One of the most beautiful and well directed scenes of the whole show.
“Not all of them”.
The most heartbreaking line in the whole series.
Up there with' "She's broken her back; she'll never jump again."
The moment Adama is pulled into receiving his accolades but he's looking after his heartbroken friend, it gets me every time.
Magnificent characters, magnificent acting. Nobody can sell me on a need to remake this show.
The moment I realized Saul was my favourite character ❤️❤️❤️
One of the best scenes of the series.
My fave scene in the whole series. Love the broken Saul. Makes me choke up when he says to Adama that he didn't bring all of them back, meaning his wife more specifically
Nothing needed to be said between those two. Adama knew what happened. More heartbreaking is all Adama wants to do is be with his friend but instead he is carried away as a hero and Tigh is left alone after sacrificing so much personally to make the rescue possible.
The part where Adama is hoisted aloft and celebrated while the other two heroes (Tigh and Lee) stand quietly by, almost numb with grief from their losses, has always seemed so poignant to me. The other part that is pretty wrenching is when Starbuck breaks. She withstood so much at the hands of the Leobens but remained unbowed, unbroken, until the girl's mother comes up and she finds out that she, in fact, is not the girl's mother as Leoben had convinced her. That's when she breaks. It's terrible to watch.
I was never a big fan of Katee Sackhoff in BSG, but she absolutely nailed this scene. That look of utter bewilderment, haunted by the events of New Caprica while the world smiles and celebrates around her.
Fat lee > fat thor
You're right lol. Even in that ridiculous fat suit the sight of him saluting his dad still moved me. I wish his actor just put on the weight IRL like he wanted to if the showrunners didn't stop it
Fat Lee: "Do you know what is coursing through my veins right now?"
Adama: "Mmm _Cheez Whiz?_ "
I always felt like the writers willingly tossed him to the side in favour of Starbuck.
What a mind-fucque. For Tigh, as well as for Thrace, who moments before was confronted with a doozy.
The New Caprica Arc was really the show at its peak. Great battles, great emotional beats. It's great. Then it kind of went down from there.
Down? Perhaps. But "down from New Caprica" was still pretty fucking good. The show was great all the way to the end.
The soundtrack really makes this scene. There is pain throughout. Cut out a few shots of Tigh, make the soundtrack a triumphant fanfare, and it would be completely different... and diminished.
Starbuck at the 1:59 mark looks around dazed and confused with wide eyes......if that isnt a thousand yard stare i dont know what is, while some fought back with Bullets, or strategems, others with bombs, others used their own flesh as bargaining tools, some sold out, and many got tortured daily. She was caught up in a pyschological torture chamber. Murdering that Sweet talking Leoben time and time again. Dealing with the nonsense , the insinuations and manipulations, seeking daily how to escape only to be thwarted, and plotting how to violently murder him in furtherance of escape attempts, frustration or loosing her mind. That scene of her calmly eating a steak with the knife she stabbed in that leoben with an apparent calm composure, and cold measured movements and cuts sends shivers in my spine. She is loosing or lost it already. And is playing the game. And then suddenly it is over the fleet marines storm the jail center and tell her they are going home. All that violence and manipulation took a horrible toll on her and right she is stunned and loss and confused. Just a few a seconds and you can see it
Great scene
Goddammit, I'm gonna cry now...
Pegasus and New Caprica, best parts of this serie.
One of the greatest scenes in Television history.
"I can't smell her anymore Bill....:
I cry every time
Dang...Pegasus must have one hell of a kitchen. Apollo gained some weight.
After this episode BSG jumped the shark and it was never quite as good again
But damn they hit it out the park with this one, not the best episode which is probably the first 33 or one of the 2nd half of season 2 which had some corkers
Such an amazing scene that gets emotionally gutted later on. The final five storyline really messed this show up.
I always said there four Sci-fi leaders I would follow anywhere. They are imperfect but They show they can get job done and care for people under them. Adama, Sisko, Sheridan and the last might conversial to some. But Tolwyn. When your told you get to lead a deseperate defense of our homeworld.. Half fleet is in mothbaslls. the enemy has newers ships. You get the job done, i'll follow anywhere.
I'd add the old Expanded Universe version of Grand Admiral Thrawn to that list. I'd join the Empire's military, but only if he was running the show.