15 years ago today, the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA episode 2×03: Fragged aired on July 29, 2005 on the Sci Fi Channel in the USA.
This episode was written by Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin and directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan. #BSG15Years.
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Aaron Douglas (@theaarondouglas) July 29, 2020
Filming was so fun. Dir. Sergio worked on Saving Private Ryan and wanted to give Chief that hero moment. I hit the target, left handed, on take 1. Very proud of myself, Ha. After it aired Mary told me she jumped and clapped at the end of the scene. “Yes! Chief!” #BSG15Years
Bear McCreary (@bearmccreary) July 29, 2020
Dude I can’t believe how fast time is flying.
Aaron Douglas (@theaarondouglas) July 30, 2020
Right? Every time I see one of these clips for #BSG15Years I think, “You know, my thinner younger brother is a pretty good actor.” Ha! It feels like a lifetime ago.
BONUS #BSG15Years video clips from FRAGGED
Aaron chooses the video clips for these #BSG15Years posts. And I would have picked the same one he did because I *LOVE* that Chief ‘hero moment’ scene. But because ‘Fragged’ is one of my favourite Chief episodes I’m including some other clips from the episode.
(1) In the #BattlestarGalacticast for Fragged @trutriciahelfer wondered if the last line in this scene was an ad-lib by Aaron. I’m 99.9% sure it was because I asked him the same thing years ago. But let’s have @theaarondouglas confirm/deny it. @jamescallis #BSG15Years
Aaron Douglas (@theaarondouglas) July 29, 2020
I CAN confirm it is a great line and I CAN confirm I’m 99.9% sure it’s an ad-lib. Leaving just a little wiggle room in case I’m wrong. 😉 @trutriciahelfer @jamescallis #BSG15Years
James Callis (@james_callis) July 30, 2020
The weight’s off my shoulders now! I mean the load! X
(2) I *LOVE* this scene. The Chief’s facial expressions just screams “Crashdown is an incompetent dumbass”. I wish they had left in the (as Ron Moore called it) ‘f-ck you salute’ part of the scene. “You’re out in the middle of everything, and the bad guys are watching. Whoever gets saluted is the highest-ranking guy. You don’t want to be saluted when they are trying to pick out who’s the guy they need to take down”.
(3) Another great scene. “Look, no disrespect, but like why are we always going uphill?” (lol). And I love that even though the Chief thinks that Crashdown is ‘insane in the membrane’ he is respecting his decision as the commanding officer.
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