1 00:00:20,330 --> 00:00:22,865 Previously on Battlestar Galactica 2 00:00:26,842 --> 00:00:30,629 You can not play God and wash your hands of the things that you've created. 3 00:00:31,021 --> 00:00:34,053 Sooner or later, the day comes 4 00:00:34,251 --> 00:00:36,918 when you can't hide from the things that you've done anymore. 5 00:00:41,811 --> 00:00:43,839 Attention to all colonial units. 6 00:00:44,037 --> 00:00:46,553 Cylon attack underway. 7 00:00:46,691 --> 00:00:49,220 - This is no drill. - I'll be right there. 8 00:00:49,820 --> 00:00:52,008 How ? Why ? 9 00:00:52,130 --> 00:00:53,792 It doesn't really matter now. 10 00:00:54,064 --> 00:00:57,069 What does matter is that as of this moment, 11 00:00:57,529 --> 00:00:58,919 we are at war. 12 00:00:59,862 --> 00:01:02,229 You're full of bile, hatred, 13 00:01:02,754 --> 00:01:04,125 poison. 14 00:01:04,266 --> 00:01:06,717 And I'm sorry for what happened to you down there, 15 00:01:06,801 --> 00:01:08,379 but I gotta run a ship. 16 00:01:08,764 --> 00:01:10,463 The last thing I need 17 00:01:10,606 --> 00:01:14,144 is a one-eyed drunk sowing discontent and disobedience. 18 00:01:14,475 --> 00:01:17,386 So you can get your ass back into your quarters and not leave 19 00:01:17,761 --> 00:01:21,025 until you're ready to act like the man that I've known for the past 30 years. 20 00:01:21,351 --> 00:01:24,028 That man doesn't exist anymore, Bill. 21 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:26,056 And you won't be seeing me again. 22 00:01:48,071 --> 00:01:51,390 Is there really any place left in the universe 23 00:01:51,449 --> 00:01:54,194 deserving of such a rare and distinguished item ? 24 00:01:55,722 --> 00:01:58,971 I was thinking put it in the bathroom right over the toilet. 25 00:01:59,851 --> 00:02:01,236 Excellent choice. 26 00:02:03,194 --> 00:02:04,883 Oh, my Gods. 27 00:02:06,173 --> 00:02:09,034 Tory, come look at this. This is the dossier 28 00:02:09,082 --> 00:02:12,472 that Billy prepared for me my first day aboard Galactica. 29 00:02:13,974 --> 00:02:17,440 I can't believe I was about to throw this out in the trash. 30 00:02:18,296 --> 00:02:19,657 The Valkyrie. 31 00:02:19,786 --> 00:02:22,821 This was Adama's command before Galactica ? 32 00:02:23,293 --> 00:02:27,126 Look at that. This year marks Admiral Adama's 33 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:30,629 45th anniversary in the colonial fleet. 34 00:02:30,875 --> 00:02:34,103 In fact, his commissioning date's only a few days from now. 35 00:02:36,791 --> 00:02:37,811 Here. 36 00:02:41,096 --> 00:02:43,641 I think I want to have a ceremony. 37 00:02:43,747 --> 00:02:46,304 Let's give the Admiral a medal 38 00:02:47,230 --> 00:02:50,216 for 45 years of devoted service. 39 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:51,960 Couldn't have come at a better time. 40 00:02:52,175 --> 00:02:55,119 Give the people something to feel good about for a change. 41 00:03:00,790 --> 00:03:04,321 This is the XO. Set condition one throughout the ship. I repeat, 42 00:03:04,579 --> 00:03:07,558 set condition one throughout the ship. This is not a drill. 43 00:03:07,652 --> 00:03:09,658 - What's the problem ? - Three Raiders, 44 00:03:09,754 --> 00:03:12,382 CBDR, bearing 145, carom 33. 45 00:03:12,464 --> 00:03:14,645 But this isn't their standard wedge formation. 46 00:03:14,692 --> 00:03:15,971 Where's the CAP ? 47 00:03:16,135 --> 00:03:18,540 Starbuck and Kat will intercept in 98 seconds, sir. 48 00:03:18,604 --> 00:03:21,109 It looks like a pursuit with weapons exchange between them. 49 00:03:21,343 --> 00:03:23,387 - A pursuit ? - Yes, sir. 50 00:03:23,668 --> 00:03:26,941 We've got two Raiders chasing a third. 51 00:03:33,539 --> 00:03:36,201 - Have they fired on any of ours yet ? - No, sir. 52 00:03:36,354 --> 00:03:38,254 What the hell are they doing ? 53 00:03:41,433 --> 00:03:44,381 Let's see if we can climb up their asses without drawing any fire. 54 00:03:44,522 --> 00:03:46,446 These two seem preoccupied with the other one. 55 00:03:46,516 --> 00:03:48,968 Got any idea why cylons would be chasing cylons ? 56 00:03:49,038 --> 00:03:50,786 Don't know, don't care. 57 00:03:50,831 --> 00:03:52,204 But wait'll we close the gap. 58 00:03:52,251 --> 00:03:54,444 I won't chase these things any longer than I have to. 59 00:03:54,576 --> 00:03:56,065 Yeah, roger that. 60 00:04:01,667 --> 00:04:04,317 - Two down ! One to go ! - Kat, check six. 61 00:04:05,820 --> 00:04:08,740 Damn, Kat, flank right. This guy's headed right for Galactica. 62 00:04:08,831 --> 00:04:09,934 I'm on it, Starbuck ! 63 00:04:10,552 --> 00:04:12,792 Krypter krypter krypter ! 64 00:04:13,262 --> 00:04:14,517 This is Bulldog. 65 00:04:15,138 --> 00:04:17,074 Get me the hell out of here. I'm wounded ! 66 00:04:17,121 --> 00:04:20,499 - What the frak is that ? - Target in range, closing in. 67 00:04:21,109 --> 00:04:23,361 Krypter krypter krypter, this is Bulldog... 68 00:04:23,994 --> 00:04:26,669 - Audio lock-on. - Where is that coming from ? 69 00:04:27,138 --> 00:04:28,909 It's the Raider, sir. 70 00:04:29,390 --> 00:04:33,109 - Take the frakkin' shot, Kat. - Gimme a sec, almost got him lined up. 71 00:04:33,218 --> 00:04:35,001 Krypter krypter krypter, 72 00:04:35,153 --> 00:04:37,147 this is Bulldog. 73 00:04:37,406 --> 00:04:39,681 Kat, take the frakkin' shot. 74 00:04:40,538 --> 00:04:43,634 Order the Vipers, hold their fire immediately. 75 00:04:45,444 --> 00:04:47,720 Have them escort the Raider in. 76 00:04:47,931 --> 00:04:49,233 Prisoner drill. 77 00:04:49,456 --> 00:04:52,599 I want the alert guard in the hangar deck in five minutes. 78 00:04:53,327 --> 00:04:54,687 Yes, sir. 79 00:05:00,818 --> 00:05:04,197 All right, park that bird ! Let's grab this Raider ! Let's go, move ! 80 00:05:05,621 --> 00:05:07,809 Make some room for the marines. 81 00:06:54,516 --> 00:06:56,792 Is it really you, sir ? 82 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:10,059 Yeah... 83 00:07:11,780 --> 00:07:13,356 it's me. 84 00:07:15,362 --> 00:07:17,066 Welcome home, Bulldog. 85 00:07:25,227 --> 00:07:28,142 BATTLESTAR Galactica Season 3 - Episode 8 86 00:07:28,458 --> 00:07:31,074 " HERO " 87 00:07:31,672 --> 00:07:34,546 Subtitles : - =( Team Lords of Kobol )= - 88 00:07:34,863 --> 00:07:38,630 Thanks, insults, critics,... - =( www.seriestele.net )= - 89 00:07:57,412 --> 00:08:00,743 Transcript - =( www.sadgeezer.com )= - 90 00:08:01,084 --> 00:08:04,615 Synchro : Dapitch666, Goufrach, Lovechange, NikoMagnus 91 00:08:05,448 --> 00:08:07,395 - =( Team Lords of Kobol )= - 92 00:08:08,061 --> 00:08:10,959 We may never have this opportunity again. 93 00:08:12,836 --> 00:08:15,792 I'm assuming you appreciate the consequences 94 00:08:16,003 --> 00:08:17,928 if you're discovered. 95 00:08:18,513 --> 00:08:20,777 And you understand, Commander, 96 00:08:20,988 --> 00:08:23,246 that this conversation did not happen. 97 00:08:23,569 --> 00:08:25,610 Are you prepared for this ? 98 00:08:26,642 --> 00:08:28,390 Of course, sir. 99 00:08:29,102 --> 00:08:30,979 On one condition : 100 00:08:31,155 --> 00:08:33,043 I need my men. 101 00:08:33,465 --> 00:08:37,254 Especially for the stealth ship. There's only one pilot I trust. 102 00:08:37,401 --> 00:08:38,667 Who ? 103 00:08:46,914 --> 00:08:48,380 Well... 104 00:08:48,777 --> 00:08:51,791 the conspiracy theorists are gonna be disappointed. 105 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:53,384 We've checked your 106 00:08:53,610 --> 00:08:57,159 DNA signature against your military records, and it's conclusive. 107 00:08:57,406 --> 00:08:58,852 You're not a cylon. 108 00:09:01,988 --> 00:09:02,899 Smoke ? 109 00:09:06,712 --> 00:09:07,697 That's right. 110 00:09:08,275 --> 00:09:09,683 He's one of mine. 111 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:14,082 Disappeared about three years ago. We think that he was captured. 112 00:09:14,125 --> 00:09:15,374 I'd like to meet him. 113 00:09:15,437 --> 00:09:17,302 Of course. I'll arrange it. 114 00:09:24,411 --> 00:09:25,838 He checks out fine. 115 00:09:26,420 --> 00:09:28,542 Whatever they did to him out there, they 116 00:09:28,617 --> 00:09:31,115 kept him fed and relatively healthy. 117 00:09:32,335 --> 00:09:33,771 Physically, anyway. 118 00:09:48,297 --> 00:09:50,457 I know you've been through a lot. 119 00:09:51,020 --> 00:09:52,278 I realize that. 120 00:09:53,476 --> 00:09:55,132 But you've gotta talk to me, Danny. 121 00:09:57,914 --> 00:10:00,437 How the hell did you escape 122 00:10:00,569 --> 00:10:02,405 off a cylon baseship ? 123 00:10:09,425 --> 00:10:10,571 Well, Sir, 124 00:10:11,071 --> 00:10:12,156 it's like this. 125 00:10:14,103 --> 00:10:17,051 The enemy had me locked in a cell for three years. 126 00:10:18,047 --> 00:10:19,998 The accommodations were lousy, 127 00:10:20,716 --> 00:10:22,367 the service was slow, 128 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,880 and after a while I felt the institution no longer had anything to offer me. 129 00:10:27,232 --> 00:10:28,359 So I left. 130 00:10:32,501 --> 00:10:34,699 You had me worried there for a moment. 131 00:10:35,114 --> 00:10:39,579 Thought maybe the cylons had beaten the attitude out of you. 132 00:10:44,623 --> 00:10:46,013 How'd you get out ? 133 00:10:52,006 --> 00:10:54,879 I thought I was gonna die in there, Bill. 134 00:10:59,368 --> 00:11:02,635 But a while ago, they all started getting sick. 135 00:11:02,953 --> 00:11:03,892 I mean 136 00:11:04,197 --> 00:11:05,350 really sick. 137 00:11:07,197 --> 00:11:08,497 You mean a virus. 138 00:11:08,708 --> 00:11:09,677 Yeah. 139 00:11:10,467 --> 00:11:12,194 We've seen that too. 140 00:11:12,309 --> 00:11:15,746 I heard them say it was spreading, getting worse... 141 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,957 ... but eventually I realize... 142 00:11:20,968 --> 00:11:22,490 ... I'm not catching it. 143 00:11:24,147 --> 00:11:25,300 I'm immune. 144 00:11:25,721 --> 00:11:27,430 So what did you do ? 145 00:11:28,238 --> 00:11:29,702 I was smart... 146 00:11:31,167 --> 00:11:32,193 ... patient. 147 00:11:32,275 --> 00:11:33,413 I waited. 148 00:11:35,250 --> 00:11:36,214 Well... 149 00:11:37,406 --> 00:11:39,023 ... you're lookin' good. 150 00:11:39,814 --> 00:11:40,882 Strong. 151 00:11:42,161 --> 00:11:43,983 Me, I've felt better. 152 00:11:45,410 --> 00:11:47,889 I don't know why you guys do all that exercise. 153 00:11:49,919 --> 00:11:52,343 What, are you trying to stave off getting old ? 154 00:11:55,141 --> 00:11:57,225 Doesn't seem such a tragedy to me. 155 00:11:58,652 --> 00:12:00,255 Given the alternatives. 156 00:12:03,387 --> 00:12:05,092 You know what I'm saying ? 157 00:12:09,152 --> 00:12:10,692 Do I look that bad ? 158 00:12:14,187 --> 00:12:15,740 You know what I think ? 159 00:12:16,224 --> 00:12:17,897 I think you're afraid. 160 00:12:31,759 --> 00:12:34,071 Let me try understanding exactly what happened to you. 161 00:12:34,110 --> 00:12:35,566 I'm just gonna go back a little, 162 00:12:35,813 --> 00:12:36,854 all right ? 163 00:12:36,967 --> 00:12:40,494 About a year prior to the cylon attack on the colonies, 164 00:12:40,842 --> 00:12:44,031 you were on a mission with Admiral Adama. Is that correct ? 165 00:12:52,714 --> 00:12:55,207 It was a... black ops mission. 166 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,908 You remember the tauron colonists were such outlaws... 167 00:13:02,002 --> 00:13:03,103 always... 168 00:13:03,424 --> 00:13:06,105 pushing their luck with the admiralty every chance they got ? 169 00:13:06,225 --> 00:13:07,177 Right. 170 00:13:07,866 --> 00:13:09,616 The Taurons were drilling for... 171 00:13:10,217 --> 00:13:11,602 ... tylium ore 172 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:15,614 on a moon that was too close to the cylon armistice line. 173 00:13:20,142 --> 00:13:22,703 We knew that they had to get out of there... 174 00:13:22,967 --> 00:13:24,822 ... or risk provoking the cylons. 175 00:13:27,756 --> 00:13:30,805 I'm sorry, but how did this result in his ship being shot down ? 176 00:13:31,531 --> 00:13:33,386 He was my recon pilot. 177 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:35,703 He was there to gather evidence. 178 00:13:36,175 --> 00:13:38,973 The Taurons must've seen us coming, because they ambushed him. 179 00:13:39,929 --> 00:13:42,346 Lieutenant Novacek was shot down 180 00:13:42,441 --> 00:13:43,982 by the Taurons in cold blood. 181 00:13:44,927 --> 00:13:47,775 krypter, krypter, krypter, I've got damage to the port engine. 182 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,267 Bird is down. Repeat... 183 00:13:49,367 --> 00:13:51,151 ... bird is down. Request rescue. 184 00:13:51,226 --> 00:13:54,137 - Stealthstar transmission wire. - This is Bulldog... 185 00:13:54,211 --> 00:13:55,653 ... bird is down. Repeat... 186 00:13:55,705 --> 00:13:57,914 ... bird is down. Request rescue. 187 00:14:02,678 --> 00:14:04,072 So what did you do ? 188 00:14:06,245 --> 00:14:07,841 I made a bad call. 189 00:14:10,451 --> 00:14:12,006 His ship was gone. 190 00:14:12,604 --> 00:14:14,576 No ejection on dradis. 191 00:14:14,670 --> 00:14:15,810 No distress call. 192 00:14:16,736 --> 00:14:18,004 He was dead. 193 00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:21,145 So I left. 194 00:14:24,074 --> 00:14:27,293 But the lieutenant did eject, obviously, and somehow survived 195 00:14:27,429 --> 00:14:29,549 in his ejection seat long enough 196 00:14:29,935 --> 00:14:31,915 for the Cylons to find him. 197 00:14:35,392 --> 00:14:38,216 Could you both give us a moment, please ? Thank you, Tory, 198 00:14:38,269 --> 00:14:39,698 and thank you very much, Lieutenant, 199 00:14:39,751 --> 00:14:41,719 - I appreciate it. - Madam President. 200 00:14:42,226 --> 00:14:43,653 Why don't we check the 201 00:14:43,711 --> 00:14:47,398 fleet registry, see if any of your family might have survived ? 202 00:15:06,905 --> 00:15:09,305 So are you gonna tell me what really happened ? 203 00:15:11,193 --> 00:15:13,687 You're gonna have to trust me on this one, okay ? 204 00:15:13,841 --> 00:15:15,193 It's my miss. 205 00:15:16,031 --> 00:15:17,045 I'll fix it. 206 00:15:43,628 --> 00:15:45,128 This is the last one. Here. 207 00:16:26,529 --> 00:16:27,368 Fire. 208 00:16:58,139 --> 00:16:59,354 I see it. 209 00:17:03,779 --> 00:17:04,879 I see it. 210 00:17:09,223 --> 00:17:10,375 I see it. 211 00:17:16,474 --> 00:17:17,323 I see it. 212 00:17:19,278 --> 00:17:20,630 Daniel Novacek 213 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,629 just escaped from a POW cell on a cylon baseship, 214 00:17:24,890 --> 00:17:27,519 stole a raider, flew it here. 215 00:17:28,001 --> 00:17:30,073 I just finished debriefing him. 216 00:17:30,188 --> 00:17:31,652 Bulldog's alive ? 217 00:17:31,878 --> 00:17:32,704 Yeah. 218 00:17:33,493 --> 00:17:34,732 My Gods. 219 00:17:35,636 --> 00:17:37,307 How could he be alive ? 220 00:17:38,261 --> 00:17:41,175 That tough son of a bitch, he actually made it, didn't he ? 221 00:17:41,269 --> 00:17:42,880 Yeah, I guess he did. 222 00:17:43,782 --> 00:17:47,496 So are you here to talk to your friend or to your XO ? 223 00:17:48,461 --> 00:17:51,060 And last time I checked, I was neither. 224 00:17:56,004 --> 00:17:56,968 I get it. 225 00:18:00,256 --> 00:18:04,086 Yeah. This is gonna be a little complicated 226 00:18:04,117 --> 00:18:06,686 for you, isn't it, admiral ? 227 00:18:07,547 --> 00:18:09,030 You gonna tell him what you did ? 228 00:18:09,147 --> 00:18:10,674 I did what I had to do. 229 00:18:10,852 --> 00:18:12,103 So tell him. 230 00:18:14,217 --> 00:18:16,667 It's not gonna make any difference. The past is the past. 231 00:18:16,940 --> 00:18:18,402 You're equivocating. 232 00:18:18,915 --> 00:18:21,771 - I don't know why the frak I came here. - Tell him ! 233 00:18:21,906 --> 00:18:23,545 He's gonna find out 234 00:18:23,999 --> 00:18:25,638 sooner or later. 235 00:18:38,867 --> 00:18:40,329 I see it. 236 00:19:08,621 --> 00:19:09,861 Go away. 237 00:19:19,115 --> 00:19:21,336 Gods damn, son of a bitch. 238 00:19:29,185 --> 00:19:30,292 I can't believe it. 239 00:19:30,657 --> 00:19:31,897 It's really you. 240 00:19:33,633 --> 00:19:35,293 Danny Novacek. 241 00:19:35,831 --> 00:19:37,381 I heard you made it. 242 00:19:37,526 --> 00:19:39,541 Good for you, Bulldog. 243 00:19:41,975 --> 00:19:42,949 Oh Gods. 244 00:19:47,425 --> 00:19:48,255 A drink ? 245 00:19:49,331 --> 00:19:51,013 You have no idea. 246 00:19:52,001 --> 00:19:53,550 Yes, I do. 247 00:20:04,308 --> 00:20:05,238 Dad ? 248 00:20:06,857 --> 00:20:08,857 Hey, I just, I just got your message. 249 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:10,782 Thank you for coming. 250 00:20:10,875 --> 00:20:11,672 Sit down. 251 00:20:12,309 --> 00:20:14,324 It's time for us to talk. 252 00:20:21,857 --> 00:20:23,384 Let me ask you something. 253 00:20:23,606 --> 00:20:24,929 How often you get out of here ? 254 00:20:24,969 --> 00:20:26,478 Why ? All the time. 255 00:20:28,220 --> 00:20:30,589 I've been a little under the weather. That's all. 256 00:20:30,714 --> 00:20:33,144 And how'd you wind up on this old bucket anyway ? 257 00:20:33,822 --> 00:20:35,088 What happened to valkyrie ? 258 00:20:36,033 --> 00:20:37,715 Well, uh, let's just say 259 00:20:39,272 --> 00:20:42,837 that last mission wasn't exactly a boon to the old man's career. 260 00:20:43,715 --> 00:20:46,327 Galactica was his graceful retirement. 261 00:20:47,184 --> 00:20:49,721 Heard you and the old man haven't spoken in a while. 262 00:20:50,156 --> 00:20:51,482 What's wrong ? 263 00:20:51,736 --> 00:20:54,042 He won't cover your ass day and night like he used to ? 264 00:20:54,196 --> 00:20:57,705 Oh, no, he still does his share of ass-covering. 265 00:20:57,987 --> 00:21:00,187 Problem is, it's his main function now. 266 00:21:01,316 --> 00:21:02,710 Of course, 267 00:21:02,869 --> 00:21:06,497 considering how you wound up getting captured in the first place, 268 00:21:06,509 --> 00:21:09,892 I guess you found that out the hard way yourself, didn't you ? 269 00:21:11,192 --> 00:21:12,428 What's that supposed to mean ? 270 00:21:15,592 --> 00:21:17,162 My gods. 271 00:21:17,981 --> 00:21:20,106 He didn't tell you, did he ? 272 00:21:23,677 --> 00:21:24,677 Did he ? 273 00:21:25,156 --> 00:21:26,206 Tell me what ? 274 00:21:28,514 --> 00:21:31,303 That son of a bitch. 275 00:21:37,234 --> 00:21:38,895 I shot him down. 276 00:21:44,231 --> 00:21:47,973 Well, if you shot him down, you had your reasons. You were following orders, 277 00:21:48,568 --> 00:21:50,051 preventing something worse, 278 00:21:50,467 --> 00:21:52,105 - right ? - No. 279 00:21:53,248 --> 00:21:55,263 I shot him down to avoid... 280 00:21:56,325 --> 00:21:57,676 detection. 281 00:21:58,626 --> 00:22:00,131 Protect the mission 282 00:22:01,233 --> 00:22:03,633 so it wouldn't be discovered by the cylons. 283 00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:11,377 It was a black ops mission 284 00:22:12,454 --> 00:22:14,070 whose sole purpose... 285 00:22:15,217 --> 00:22:18,329 was to ascertain the likelihood of a cylon strike. 286 00:22:22,354 --> 00:22:24,214 Cylon strike ? 287 00:22:34,021 --> 00:22:35,460 So you're saying 288 00:22:37,386 --> 00:22:39,113 that we knew they were out there ? 289 00:22:41,606 --> 00:22:43,813 They could launch an attack on the Colonies ? 290 00:22:45,557 --> 00:22:47,594 We didn't know anything for sure. 291 00:22:50,098 --> 00:22:52,489 There were theories in some circles 292 00:22:52,768 --> 00:22:56,399 that the reason that the cylons had stayed dormant for so long 293 00:22:57,623 --> 00:23:01,011 was because they were building a war machine, 294 00:23:02,008 --> 00:23:03,513 preparing a strike. 295 00:23:06,832 --> 00:23:07,949 But I thought 296 00:23:08,458 --> 00:23:12,008 I thought that no one had seen or heard from the cylons in over 40 years. 297 00:23:12,483 --> 00:23:14,708 That's true... partially. 298 00:23:17,807 --> 00:23:19,118 The admiralty 299 00:23:19,522 --> 00:23:21,640 had grown restless with the adar administration. 300 00:23:22,628 --> 00:23:24,428 They thought we were resting on our laurels, 301 00:23:24,729 --> 00:23:27,673 unprepared to protect against an attack. 302 00:23:29,070 --> 00:23:32,347 My mission was to escort a stealth recon ship 303 00:23:32,556 --> 00:23:34,571 just beyond the armistice line, 304 00:23:35,162 --> 00:23:38,018 stick our nose over, gather evidence, 305 00:23:39,163 --> 00:23:41,599 see if there was any suspicious activities. 306 00:23:42,219 --> 00:23:44,831 And if the cylons discovered you across the line 307 00:23:46,643 --> 00:23:49,499 breaching the armistice, then, they would see that as 308 00:23:49,553 --> 00:23:51,081 an act of war. 309 00:23:55,392 --> 00:23:58,337 Stealthstar, Valkyrie. We register you on Dradis, 310 00:23:58,384 --> 00:23:59,824 just past the armistice line. 311 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:02,201 You're on full alert. Proceed with caution. 312 00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:04,654 Valkyrie, Bulldog. 313 00:24:05,765 --> 00:24:08,267 I'm exactly two clicks past the line. 314 00:24:08,291 --> 00:24:10,273 Repeat two clicks, and I've got 315 00:24:10,298 --> 00:24:12,476 negative dradis contacts. 316 00:24:13,239 --> 00:24:14,747 There's nothing here, Sir. 317 00:24:14,916 --> 00:24:16,411 Which is fine by me. 318 00:24:17,378 --> 00:24:20,734 Company wants to pay me for a joy ride, they came to the right driver. 319 00:24:22,207 --> 00:24:23,248 Helluva moon. 320 00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:26,879 Dradis contact. Unknown vessel just jumped in. 321 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:32,525 Krypter krypter krypter, I've got 322 00:24:32,585 --> 00:24:36,217 damage to the port engine. Bird is down. Repeat bird is down. 323 00:24:36,306 --> 00:24:37,451 Request rescue. 324 00:24:37,655 --> 00:24:39,491 Krypter krypter krypter. This is Bulldog. 325 00:24:39,535 --> 00:24:41,060 Vessel just jumped out, sir. 326 00:24:41,677 --> 00:24:44,004 Bird is down ! Request rescue. 327 00:24:44,456 --> 00:24:46,482 Krypter krypter krypter, this is Bulldog. 328 00:24:47,102 --> 00:24:48,393 Bird is down ! Repeat. 329 00:24:48,658 --> 00:24:50,789 two more Dradis contacts. Sir, please instruct. 330 00:24:51,926 --> 00:24:53,126 What are your orders, Sir ? 331 00:24:54,645 --> 00:24:55,766 Sir, what are your orders ? 332 00:24:56,170 --> 00:24:57,270 Don't do this. 333 00:24:58,408 --> 00:25:01,208 Think about it, Bill. You don't want to do this. 334 00:25:01,488 --> 00:25:03,752 Do you want his ship discovered ? 335 00:25:04,472 --> 00:25:06,028 Do you know where we are ? 336 00:25:06,646 --> 00:25:09,765 Do you have any idea what this could mean ? 337 00:25:13,385 --> 00:25:17,044 Bogies on intercept course. Will merge with stealthstar in 20 seconds. 338 00:25:18,253 --> 00:25:19,546 Sir ? 339 00:25:19,597 --> 00:25:20,896 Weapons... 340 00:25:23,250 --> 00:25:26,247 Launch ship-to-ship missile... now. 341 00:25:38,354 --> 00:25:39,177 No ! 342 00:25:46,064 --> 00:25:47,968 - There is no way... - Oh, it's true. 343 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,884 And you know it's true. 344 00:25:50,013 --> 00:25:52,884 You've known it every second of every day since it happened. 345 00:25:53,129 --> 00:25:54,524 And the sooner you admit it, 346 00:25:54,589 --> 00:25:57,529 the sooner you might get that haunted look out of your eyes. 347 00:25:58,213 --> 00:25:59,711 Listen to me. 348 00:26:00,708 --> 00:26:04,044 Sometimes surviving can be its own death sentence. 349 00:26:06,105 --> 00:26:07,693 I know that. 350 00:26:26,616 --> 00:26:28,848 So the attack on Novacek's ship... 351 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:30,941 The one that winged him 352 00:26:31,418 --> 00:26:34,782 and the two dradis contacts that were following him... 353 00:26:34,957 --> 00:26:38,069 they weren't Taurons. Those were the Cylons. 354 00:26:40,076 --> 00:26:42,362 For all those years, I told myself 355 00:26:43,082 --> 00:26:44,832 that I didn't know what they were. 356 00:26:46,255 --> 00:26:48,385 But I was just lying to myself. 357 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,149 Pretending that it couldn't be true. 358 00:26:57,330 --> 00:26:58,562 It is true. 359 00:27:07,079 --> 00:27:08,514 I started it. 360 00:27:10,319 --> 00:27:11,325 Initiated it. 361 00:27:12,346 --> 00:27:13,491 Wait a minute. 362 00:27:13,649 --> 00:27:15,515 You started what ? 363 00:27:15,599 --> 00:27:16,657 Started what ? 364 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,544 The attacks on the colonies. 365 00:27:23,128 --> 00:27:25,057 By crossing the line, 366 00:27:25,327 --> 00:27:26,939 I showed them that... 367 00:27:27,179 --> 00:27:29,380 we were the warmongers 368 00:27:29,611 --> 00:27:31,399 they figured us to be. 369 00:27:36,415 --> 00:27:37,598 And I... 370 00:27:40,142 --> 00:27:41,942 I left them but one choice. 371 00:27:44,077 --> 00:27:45,582 To attack us 372 00:27:46,302 --> 00:27:48,000 before we attacked them. 373 00:27:48,497 --> 00:27:49,413 No. 374 00:27:49,603 --> 00:27:50,672 No. 375 00:27:51,545 --> 00:27:53,379 Because it wasn't just you. 376 00:27:54,586 --> 00:27:55,823 They put you there. 377 00:27:55,875 --> 00:27:59,288 They put you there, across the line. You had no choice. 378 00:27:59,458 --> 00:28:02,977 That was the admiralty. That was the... that was the military. 379 00:28:03,123 --> 00:28:04,770 You were one mission. 380 00:28:05,220 --> 00:28:06,383 You were one man. 381 00:28:07,355 --> 00:28:08,590 One man. 382 00:28:10,873 --> 00:28:12,557 It only takes one. 383 00:28:29,104 --> 00:28:30,288 You're all right ? 384 00:28:30,589 --> 00:28:31,983 Yeah, of course. 385 00:28:33,065 --> 00:28:34,484 More nightmares ? 386 00:28:35,063 --> 00:28:36,349 Dreams. 387 00:28:38,227 --> 00:28:40,512 Something different this time, though. 388 00:28:43,168 --> 00:28:45,172 I think God's trying to tell me something. 389 00:28:45,298 --> 00:28:47,760 - It's about Gaius, isn't it...? - No. 390 00:28:48,467 --> 00:28:49,779 It's not. 391 00:28:51,903 --> 00:28:54,607 It's about something much bigger than that. 392 00:29:00,024 --> 00:29:02,191 After you execute this command... 393 00:29:03,536 --> 00:29:06,280 you'll delete the order from your logs... 394 00:29:07,706 --> 00:29:10,662 then overwrite the corresponding memory locations. 395 00:29:19,542 --> 00:29:20,584 Execute. 396 00:29:47,126 --> 00:29:48,811 It's okay. It's okay. 397 00:29:49,338 --> 00:29:51,714 Relax, try to breathe through it... 398 00:29:52,679 --> 00:29:53,738 Breathe. 399 00:29:59,328 --> 00:30:02,068 Oh, there's something beautiful... 400 00:30:03,714 --> 00:30:06,443 miraculous between life and death. 401 00:30:31,334 --> 00:30:32,723 That's weird. 402 00:30:39,622 --> 00:30:42,021 Why the hell do they keep missing ? 403 00:30:53,427 --> 00:30:54,546 Frak. 404 00:31:21,248 --> 00:31:22,276 Adama. 405 00:31:22,341 --> 00:31:24,303 Admiral, you have a call from Lt Novacek. 406 00:31:24,345 --> 00:31:25,996 - Put him through. - Bill ? 407 00:31:26,101 --> 00:31:27,982 - Yes ? - This is Danny. 408 00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:29,536 - We need to talk. - Hold on. 409 00:31:29,620 --> 00:31:33,331 - I need to see you right now. - Hold on. I'll be right there. 410 00:31:36,459 --> 00:31:38,499 The Cylons are saddled up on him. 411 00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:41,926 They've got a perfect point-blank, no-deflection shot. 412 00:31:42,397 --> 00:31:45,226 - They had him dead to rights. - I'd say so. 413 00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:49,271 Look, Novacek was hit and smoking, flying straight and level. 414 00:31:49,380 --> 00:31:51,129 Any nugget could make that kill. 415 00:31:51,207 --> 00:31:54,960 The Cylons could've wasted him any number of times, and they didn't. 416 00:31:55,978 --> 00:31:58,165 They didn't. They let him escape. 417 00:32:02,964 --> 00:32:05,690 The Cylons don't do anything by accident. 418 00:32:06,513 --> 00:32:08,923 Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. 419 00:32:12,348 --> 00:32:13,930 Did Novacek say 420 00:32:13,969 --> 00:32:17,561 how he was able to overcome the Cylons that were holding him prisoner ? 421 00:32:17,711 --> 00:32:20,302 They were sick ? Had a virus ? 422 00:32:21,721 --> 00:32:23,908 I mean, how many viruses do the cylons have, Sir ? 423 00:32:23,959 --> 00:32:26,257 Who knows ? Maybe it was the same virus 424 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,258 those Cylons we found were suffering from. 425 00:32:28,300 --> 00:32:30,755 Yeah, or maybe they just told us a story that we'd buy, 426 00:32:31,136 --> 00:32:33,594 Something that was credible, familiar. 427 00:32:35,544 --> 00:32:39,016 Novacek was held prisonner on a baseship for three years, 428 00:32:39,081 --> 00:32:41,636 escapes, and then conveniently finds our fleet 429 00:32:41,752 --> 00:32:44,792 with no agenda and no reason to be here. 430 00:32:45,704 --> 00:32:46,752 Hey, Dan. 431 00:32:56,714 --> 00:32:59,450 It's funny how all the training comes back, 432 00:33:08,331 --> 00:33:10,350 Why did you lie to me, Bill ? 433 00:33:22,919 --> 00:33:24,205 All those years... 434 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:28,569 you know what I kept telling myself ? 435 00:33:28,797 --> 00:33:31,935 What stupid, frakked-up dream I held onto ? 436 00:33:32,231 --> 00:33:33,848 I kept thinking, 437 00:33:33,963 --> 00:33:36,291 "Just hang in there, Bulldog." 438 00:33:36,677 --> 00:33:38,333 "Bill Adama's coming." 439 00:33:38,941 --> 00:33:42,645 "He won't leave you to rot in here, not him. He won't leave a man behind." 440 00:33:42,794 --> 00:33:45,173 "Just hold on." But you weren't coming. 441 00:33:46,036 --> 00:33:48,803 You didn't think I was alive. You weren't even hoping I was alive ! 442 00:33:51,567 --> 00:33:54,104 And if I hadn't figured a way to escape, 443 00:33:54,157 --> 00:33:58,976 if I didn't make my move when I saw they left that door wide open for me, 444 00:33:59,007 --> 00:34:01,042 I'd be as good as dead right now ! 445 00:34:05,408 --> 00:34:07,445 Is that what they did ? 446 00:34:07,652 --> 00:34:10,572 Did they leave the door standing open ? Did they let you escape ? 447 00:34:10,891 --> 00:34:12,545 That's not what I meant. 448 00:34:13,064 --> 00:34:15,135 I know the truth. 449 00:34:15,431 --> 00:34:18,150 I beat them. Do you understand ? 450 00:34:18,298 --> 00:34:21,071 I beat them at their own game. 451 00:34:21,164 --> 00:34:24,400 I frakking killed her, and I escaped. 452 00:34:24,549 --> 00:34:26,915 You trying to take that away from me ? 453 00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:28,192 Bulldog ! 454 00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:39,361 Stay down ! 455 00:34:41,319 --> 00:34:42,931 Are you all right, Bill ? 456 00:34:43,939 --> 00:34:45,497 Yeah, I'm okay. 457 00:34:46,727 --> 00:34:49,020 You don't wanna believe it, do you ? I know. 458 00:34:49,348 --> 00:34:51,001 The truth hurts, Bulldog, 459 00:34:51,076 --> 00:34:53,714 but it's better to know the truth than to live a lie. 460 00:34:54,221 --> 00:34:55,865 We're all soldiers, Danny. 461 00:34:55,921 --> 00:34:57,282 We're all expendable. 462 00:34:57,418 --> 00:34:59,941 And we did what we had to do to protect the mission. 463 00:35:00,319 --> 00:35:03,963 It's ugly, but there it is. The cylons let you go. 464 00:35:04,019 --> 00:35:07,493 The question is why ? Ask yourself that, Danny. 465 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:09,196 Because up until a minute ago, 466 00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:11,766 you were doing exactly what they wanted you to do. 467 00:35:11,906 --> 00:35:14,826 Come here and learn the truth and seek revenge. 468 00:35:14,986 --> 00:35:17,118 And that's exactly what you did. 469 00:35:17,287 --> 00:35:19,625 You almost gave them what they wanted. 470 00:35:27,128 --> 00:35:28,913 Tell you a dirty little secret : 471 00:35:28,972 --> 00:35:31,459 The toughest part of getting played, 472 00:35:31,529 --> 00:35:33,438 is losing your dignity. 473 00:35:35,536 --> 00:35:39,489 Feeling like you are not worth the oxygen you are sucking down. 474 00:35:41,302 --> 00:35:43,348 You get used to it. 475 00:35:43,874 --> 00:35:45,705 You start to believe it. 476 00:35:46,772 --> 00:35:48,330 You start to love it. 477 00:35:48,405 --> 00:35:50,612 It's like a bottle that never runs dry. 478 00:35:50,668 --> 00:35:54,884 You can keep reaching for it over and over and over again. 479 00:35:56,266 --> 00:35:59,064 So how do you put that bottle away, Saul ? 480 00:36:04,182 --> 00:36:05,553 I don't know. 481 00:36:07,512 --> 00:36:10,658 One day you just decide to... 482 00:36:12,254 --> 00:36:14,254 get up and walk out of your room. 483 00:36:24,896 --> 00:36:26,464 What is this ? 484 00:36:31,503 --> 00:36:34,592 Your resignation. You have gotta be kidding me. 485 00:36:36,977 --> 00:36:38,752 I said before... 486 00:36:39,455 --> 00:36:41,915 we can't hide from the things we've done. 487 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:45,033 I see no other way around this situation. 488 00:36:45,493 --> 00:36:47,333 Maybe it's time, Laura. 489 00:36:47,615 --> 00:36:49,108 Sit down, Bill. 490 00:36:58,121 --> 00:37:00,140 I think you're being naive. 491 00:37:01,055 --> 00:37:02,501 Naive ? 492 00:37:02,698 --> 00:37:04,786 Did it ever occur to you that the admiralty 493 00:37:04,844 --> 00:37:08,109 may have set you up to provoke a war they wanted ? 494 00:37:10,473 --> 00:37:13,771 It's naive to think that horrible things that we can't understand 495 00:37:13,836 --> 00:37:15,677 have simple explanations. 496 00:37:16,118 --> 00:37:20,236 Because simple explanations make us feel like we have control when we don't. 497 00:37:21,591 --> 00:37:27,281 We know why the cylons attacked us and it wasn't any one thing, my Gods. 498 00:37:28,670 --> 00:37:30,567 We did a thousand things, 499 00:37:30,661 --> 00:37:32,528 good and bad, 500 00:37:32,622 --> 00:37:36,631 every day for 40 years, to pave the way for those attacks. 501 00:37:39,025 --> 00:37:40,978 Something has to be done. 502 00:37:48,419 --> 00:37:50,015 You know what that is ? 503 00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:01,502 Medal of distinction. 504 00:38:04,426 --> 00:38:07,412 This was before I heard about this resignation of yours. 505 00:38:07,497 --> 00:38:08,924 So... 506 00:38:11,938 --> 00:38:13,854 I'd like to propose this. 507 00:38:14,229 --> 00:38:17,066 You seem hell-bent on paying some kind of penance 508 00:38:17,132 --> 00:38:19,620 for whatever it is you think you've done. 509 00:38:20,687 --> 00:38:23,701 So instead of resigning, why don't you get up and walk out of here, 510 00:38:23,930 --> 00:38:27,046 meet me on the port hangar deck tomorrow evening for this ceremony, 511 00:38:27,140 --> 00:38:29,760 and let me pin a frakkin' medal to your chest ? 512 00:38:31,704 --> 00:38:32,971 I can't. 513 00:38:33,168 --> 00:38:34,821 It's not for you. 514 00:38:34,962 --> 00:38:36,577 It's for them. 515 00:38:37,978 --> 00:38:40,344 Stand up there, acknowledge your fleet, 516 00:38:40,504 --> 00:38:42,823 and give them what they need : 517 00:38:42,908 --> 00:38:44,485 a hero. 518 00:38:45,283 --> 00:38:47,255 And that'll be your penance, 519 00:38:47,750 --> 00:38:49,750 even if it kills you. 520 00:38:58,811 --> 00:39:02,191 On behalf of everyone in this room, it is my pleasure to present you, 521 00:39:02,294 --> 00:39:03,956 Admiral Adama, 522 00:39:04,060 --> 00:39:05,425 with the medal of distinction 523 00:39:05,484 --> 00:39:09,241 for your 40 years of courageous service to the colonial fleet. 524 00:39:10,039 --> 00:39:11,365 Congratulations. 525 00:39:50,819 --> 00:39:53,883 Have dr. Stoffa call me as soon as you arrive. 526 00:39:53,995 --> 00:39:56,587 And, Bulldog, you're gonna be fine. 527 00:39:56,653 --> 00:39:59,306 - Just remember it'll take some time. - All right. 528 00:40:00,944 --> 00:40:02,211 Lieutenant... 529 00:40:05,323 --> 00:40:06,957 you forgot something. 530 00:40:09,323 --> 00:40:12,178 - I can't. Bill, I... - Take it. 531 00:40:12,688 --> 00:40:14,494 You're not gettin' off that easy. 532 00:40:19,176 --> 00:40:21,937 Once a pilot, always a pilot, Bulldog. 533 00:40:25,746 --> 00:40:27,145 Yes, sir. 534 00:41:01,541 --> 00:41:03,166 Come in. 535 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:19,494 I heard you won a medal. 536 00:41:21,333 --> 00:41:22,582 Yeah. 537 00:41:23,643 --> 00:41:26,187 They give 'em out for anything these days. 538 00:41:28,159 --> 00:41:30,281 Good behavior... 539 00:41:31,595 --> 00:41:34,376 attendance, playing well with others. 540 00:41:39,764 --> 00:41:42,365 I need you back in the CIC. 541 00:41:42,688 --> 00:41:46,083 It just ain't the same without you in there intimidating the inmates. 542 00:41:46,165 --> 00:41:47,491 No. 543 00:41:50,847 --> 00:41:53,424 That's not what I came here to talk to you about. 544 00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:55,224 Okay. 545 00:41:56,707 --> 00:41:58,444 So why are you here ? 546 00:41:58,576 --> 00:42:01,083 I don't know. Nothing. 547 00:42:04,493 --> 00:42:07,131 You wanna tell me what happened to Ellen ? 548 00:42:14,152 --> 00:42:16,298 I could use a drink. 549 00:42:19,237 --> 00:42:20,449 Me too. 550 00:42:46,566 --> 00:42:48,763 - =( Team Lords of Kobol )= - We thank you 551 00:42:48,838 --> 00:42:50,688 to watch Battlestar Galactica with our subs.