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Scott Ian: Drop your dicks and grab your sticks!! (4×01) (April 5, 2008)
Drop your dicks and grab your sticks!! (4×01: He That Believeth In Me)
By: Scott Ian
Date: April 5th, 2008
Source: Scott Ian’s Battlestar Blog
Note: The following is a blog entry by SCOTT IAN (from the band ANTHRAX) that was published on the Official Battlestar Galactica website. Scott shares a conversation he had with Aaron that includes the “Drop your dicks and grab your sticks” line that Aaron mentioned in our Ask the Chief Q&A in January :)
SPOILER WARNING: This blog entry is about Friday’s episode (4×01: He That Believeth In Me) so there’s some very mild spoilers in there if you haven’t seen the episode yet.
Unless you live abroad or you’re an idiot you’ve seen the premier of season four. And what a premier it was. Starting right from the end of season 3 where Starbuck came back from the dead (she wasn’t looking to eat Anders so at least we know she’s not a zombie) the episode didn’t answer any questions. What it did do was start the clock on what is going to be an incredible endgame. Every characters plot line (except Tom Zarek!!) has been set on his or her path and over the next 19 episodes, we’ll get the answers we’ve been so patiently waiting for.
Of all the stories being weaved I think Starbuck’s is the most compelling. She’s already been accused of being the one to lead humanity to it’s end and now she’s been dead/gone for 2 months and she miraculously returns in a freshly detailed Viper. Cylon? I don’t think so, too obvious unless that’s what they want us to think. I think Starbuck did see Earth and is telling the truth about her experience. Wormholes people. It’s a Hollywood fact that time and space mean nothing in the face of a wormhole. I believe her, and not because she could kick my ass, because I think she’s the key to the whole thing. Screw the Gods, or Six’s one God, Starbuck is Jesus and she will put a bullet between your eyes if you disagree. If I’m wrong, hire Apollo to sue me.
The 4 newbie Cylons are as you would expect, confused and trying extra hard to be human. Michael Hogan really stands out by making Tigh even more intense with only one eye to emote with. Seriously, his one-eyed stare makes my balls nervous. When he puts his gun on the table was that to consummate a suicide pact between the 4 of them (before they would harm someone else) or was it just him getting rid of his gun so if he wakes up and wants to shoot the old man (nice trick with the assassination before the credits) he won’t have the iron to do it.
Anders eye-dentification with the Raider was killer!!! Can’t wait til he finally gets to let loose.
Chief is business as usual so far. Cylon Shmylon, he’s got shit to do. I texted with Aaron Douglas after the show and asked him about the gun scene with Tigh and he told me that he had the same questions as I did and no one would explain the scene to him. Aaron was kind enough to share this with me and I will share with you…
“I had the best adlib ever in the scene where Chief walks onto the hangar deck yelling for the Nuggets. It didn’t make it into the show. What did make it was something like “lets go nuggets! your momma’s aren’t going to save ya today” it is all adlib’d but one take I said, & this is pure gold, “drop your dicks and grab your sticks!” 5 seconds later Harvey (producer) says from video village, “you can’t say dicks on TV”. We had to do it again. Ha. Being a Cylon is great. Someone else does my laundry. Started back shooting last week. Its great to be back but its sad to see it go.”
Thanks Aaron,
Chief will save the day. Anders and Foster, expendable. Just my opinion.
Adama was in the background this episode. I think he believes Starbuck is who she says she is. Is he the 5th? I don’t think so. Or is it so obvious that he actually is?
And finally my favorite Galactian; Baltar. Of all the sub-plots, this Manson family-esque cult leader deal is not my favorite. Yes, I love that he’ll say anything to get laid, ridicule the situation and then even start to believe his own bullshit but where is this going? Unless his harem start killing in his name with his semi-approval, I’m not interested. And how do they have this Baltar orgy den complete with shrine on Galactica? Really? No one knows this is going on on a Battlestar? Hopefully inviso-Six will get jealous and put an end to this quick.
I think I can safely say Starbuck won’t be shooting Roslin.
Fight’em til you can’t, Scott
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 4×01: He That Believeth In Me (April 4, 2008)
NOTE: These screen caps were made from the televised episode. I will redo them once the episodes are released on DVD.
VIDEO: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 4×01: He That Believeth In Me (April 4, 2008)
TV SHOW: Battlestar Galactica
EPISODE: 4×01: He That Believeth In Me
AIR DATE: April 4, 2008 on Sci Fi Channel (USA)
AARON’S CHARACTER: Chief Galen Tyrol
WRITTEN BY: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson
DIRECTED BY: Michael Rymer
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993910/
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TRANSCRIPT: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 4×01: He That Believeth In Me (April 4, 2008)
(1) INT. GALACTICA – HANGAR DECK
Tyrol: …Ready, let’s go. Get that bird in the tube. Get that solo bird in the tube. Where the frak are these nuggets? Come on, Mama’s not gonna save you today! Let’s go! You wanna fly or not?
Seelix: (to Anders) Come on, ready or not, let’s go.
Anders: (approaching Chief) Hey. Hey, this is crazy. What if I get up there and another switch flips in my head and turns me against my own?
Tyrol: What the frak is wrong with you? Shut the frak up. It’s like the Colonel said, okay? Just think of that. Be the man you want to be. ‘Til the day you die.
Anders: That’s all easier said than done, because I don’t know what the frak I am right now.
Tyrol: You’re Samuel T. Anders. That’s all you gotta remember. Samuel T. Anders. Now get the frak in your ship.
Athena: (walking up) Who else would he be? Hey, rook, stay cool out there, all right?
Anders: Yeah.
Athena: You’ll lock in and do what you’ve been trained to do.
Anders: Guess it’s just like suiting up for a championship game, right?
Athena: Yeah, that’s right. Good hunting.
Anders: Well, if she didn’t notice anything, maybe the other Cylons won’t either.
Tyrol: Yeah, well, don’t wait to find out. Shoot first. Get the frak in there, go kill something. Let’s go! Let’s load these birds! Anders, get the frak in your Viper!
Anders: Yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah!
(2) INT. GALACTICA – HANGAR DECK
Starbuck: (getting out of her Viper) Chief, I’m gonna need you to develop my gun camera footage ASAP. I’ve got a hell of a set of vacation pictures.
[She approaches him; nobody moves or speaks]
Starbuck: I’ll need my post-flight checklist. I want to sign out so I can get in the showers.
Tyrol: I don’t have one for you.
[Helo, Racetrack and Athena stare]
Starbuck: What’s up?
[People whispering. Helo, Racetrack and Athena continue to stare
Starbuck: (chuckles)
[Apollo runs up and grabs her tightly]
Starbuck: Okay. Okay, me too. It’s okay, it’s okay.
[Adama watches with Tigh from Hangar Balcony]
Tigh: Do you believe in miracles?
Adama: No.
[Anders runs up to her and hugs her too; Apollo steps out of his way]
Anders: I told everyone that you were too frakkin’ mean to kill!
Starbuck: Okay, I’m okay, I’m okay. I’m okay. (She does a double take) What the hell are you doing in a jock smock?
Anders: I just finished Viper transition a week ago, and I started ACM…
Starbuck: (confused) How the…
[Anders smiles and touches her face]
Adama: (from above) Starbuck!
Starbuck: (grinning up) I did it, Boss. I found Earth!
[She chuckles, and Anders smiles behind her]
Adama: Everybody move back.
Marines: (cocking their guns) Detail post. Move in. Step away!
Adama: I need you in Sickbay. Cottle’s gonna give you a complete physical examination.
Starbuck: Okay, what the hell’s going on? I’m off the ship for a few hours and everybody’s acting…
Anders: — A few hours? Kara, you were gone for over two months.
Starbuck: (getting angry) That’s impossible. My ship’s clock reads six hours and change.
Apollo: (softer) Then your clock’s wrong, Kara. Sam’s telling you the truth. We thought you were dead.
Starbuck: What?
(3) INT. GALACTICA – HANGAR DECK
[Investigating Starbuck’s Viper, which looks brand new]
Tyrol: (to Adama) I had my crew clean it up. There’s not a ding or a scratch on it. It’s got the same tail number as the one she flew out on. But I’ve been fixing up that old bird since day one, and this thing looks like it’s been rolled off the showroom floor.
Roslin: So it’s not the same ship.
Tyrol: Unless she found a hell of a body shop out there, no, ma’am, it’s not.
[Tory and Tigh stare]
Tyrol: Admiral, it’s just not the outside either. This is the data from the nav computer… There isn’t any. It’s blank. There’s no record of where this ship has been.
Roslin: Okay. Put her in the brig.
Apollo: What? So some things don’t add up, and we’re back to thinking she’s a Cylon? What about Cottle’s test?
Tigh: Cottle’s test doesn’t prove anything.
Tory: Even if her DNA’s the same, she could still be a Cylon.
Roslin: She could’ve been one from the beginning.
Tigh: Baltar’s Cylon detector was a crock. It failed to ID Boomer.
Roslin: I know how you feel about her, Bill, but that is exactly what the Cylons could be counting on here.
Adama: We’re back where we started from. There could be Cylons right here, and we wouldn’t know it till they put a bullet in our heads.
[Tyrol, Tory and Tigh stare guiltily]
Roslin: Or lead us into an ambush. That Cylon Fleet had enough firepower to blow us out of the sky, but instead they ran and jumped. And there’s Kara Thrace, suddenly back from the dead, having found Earth. If Kara Thrace can lead us off our course…
Apollo: Course? What course? The nebula was supposed to be another clue on the way to Earth, but it…
Roslin: The Nebula is only a road sign along the way to Earth. And we need to continue to follow its path.
Apollo: Well, what if Kara is the clue that we were supposed to find?
Roslin: And what if she’s playing you? (She turns to Adama) And what if she’s playing you? And all of us?
[Tigh and Chief lock eyes; act out on poor Adama]
(4) INT. GALACTICA – TIGH’S QUARTERS
Tigh: Anybody still hearing that frakkin’ song?
Tory: Nope.
Tyrol: Maybe it stopped when we figured out who… What we are.
Tory: Could have been some kind of trigger? To switch us on?
Anders: You know, after that Raider scanned me with that red light, damn thing just cut and ran.
Tigh: They all did.
Tyrol: You think it recognized you as a Cylon?
Anders: I don’t know. Maybe that’s why it didn’t shoot me. More important, why didn’t I shoot him?
Tigh: Racetrack was right. You just made a dumb nugget mistake.
Anders: Did I? Maybe I was programmed to leave my gun safeties on.
Tigh: No, those bastards can’t program me to help them. No way.
Tyrol: Boomer thought the same thing. And then she shot the old man.
Tigh: Boomer didn’t know what she was. We do. That is not gonna happen.
[Tigh pulls a gun out of his locker, cocks it, and sets it on the table next to the liquor bottle they’re all drinking from]
Tigh: Agreed?
[They nod, sadly, one by one]
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