BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Entertainment Weekly on the Chief for 10 Year Anniversary

Here’s an Entertainment Weekly article about the 10 year anniversary of the BSG finale airing and it’s all about the Chief.

“I want to talk about the Chief. I want to talk about what happens to him in the finale — what he does, what’s done to him — and why his final scenes have haunted me for a decade” – Darren Franich

The Battlestar Galactica finale is 10 years old, and this one part is unforgettable
https://ew.com/tv-reviews/2019/03/20/battlestar-galactica-finale-tenth-anniversary/

https://www.facebook.com/AaronDouglasFans/posts/10156730625816549

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: 10 Year Anniversary of final episode airing

Today is the 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the final episode of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA airing on March 20, 2009. Here is a video of the Chief’s final scene (which you would never have seen if you only watched the Netflix version). I hope he’s enjoying life in Scotland. Please feel free to share your story on how you became a fan of BSG. I’ll add mine in the comments.

 

UPDATE: Awwww. Aaron’s tweet about the Chief ❤️

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=552620955243828

Awwww. Aaron's tweet about the Chief ❤️ ~ michelle (admin) https://twitter.com/theaarondouglas/status/1108405985389875201

Posted by Aaron Douglas on Wednesday, March 20, 2019

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: The Chief’s final scene is not on Netflix

This is a clip of the Chief’s final scene from the BSG episode 4×20: DAYBREAK. This is what aired on tv on the Sci-Fi channel.

 

THE CHIEF’S FINAL SCENE

 

Every so often someone will mention to Aaron that the Chief’s final scene is missing from the episode on NETFLIX so I decided to take a look at it.
The scenes right before and after the Chief’s final scene (as it aired on television) are ….

– Adama flying his Husker Viper
– Anders/hybrid rambling in the tub in the CIC
– Galactica and fleet flying towards the sun
Chief, Tigh and Ellen walking together on “earth”. He tells them he’s going to Scotland
Chief walks off, Ellen and Tigh embrace, flashback of them at a strip club
– Adama and Roslin on “earth”. Roslin looking through binoculars at gazelles

In the Netflix version the scenes highlighted above in red are missing.
If I edit the start and end of the clips to the exact same place (Adama in Viper/Roslin looking through binoculars) then the length of the clips are …

3:53 – TV version (Sci-Fi Channel)
3:45 – DVD Version
1:20 – Netflix

The TV version is 8 seconds longer than the dvd version but all the same dialogue is there. There’s just extra screen time on Anders in the CIC, the fleet, etc. The Netflix version is missing the whole Chief, Ellen and Tigh scene and the strip club scene.

Below is a video clip of the TV version (3:53) and the Netflix version (1:20) so you can see what’s been cut out.

 

SCI-FI CHANNEL VERSION (3 minutes & 53 seconds)

 

NETFLIX VERSION (1 minute and 20 seconds)

#TBT (Throwback Thursday) #05 – March 20, 2014

#TBT. Aaron signing director Michael Rymer and photographer Dennys Ilic’s BSG yearbooks out the back on the set of the very last BSG episode (4×20: DAYBREAK). That episode aired 5 years ago today (March 20, 2009). Photo © Dennys Ilic Photography.

BSG EPISODE REVIEW – 4×20: Daybreak (Parts 2 & 3) (March 20, 2009)

VIDEO: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 4×20: Daybreak (Parts 2 & 3) (March 20, 2009)

TV SHOW: Battlestar Galactica
EPISODE: 4×20: Daybreak (Parts 2 & 3) (Extended Version)
AIR DATE: March 20, 2009 on Sci Fi Channel (USA)
AARON’S CHARACTER: Chief Galen Tyrol
WRITTEN BY: Ronald D. Moore
DIRECTED BY: Michael Rymer
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993922/

NOTE: The video will wait until it is fully buffered before playing

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 4×20: Daybreak (Parts 2 & 3) (March 20, 2009)

TRANSCRIPT: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 4×20: Daybreak (Parts 2 & 3) (March 20, 2009)

(1) INT. GALACTICA – HYBRID ANDERS

Tyrol: They’re gonna have every gun trained directly on us as soon as we jump in. If we have any shot at this, we’re gonna have to interrupt their fire control systems.
Starbuck: And just how the hell is Sam supposed to help with that?
Ellen: If we can plug him into Galactica’s dradis, FTL and C3 systems, his mind should then be able to directly communicate with the colony’s Hybrids once we jump in.
Caprica Six: Theoretically, his mind should still be able to control their commands and slow down their response time.
Starbuck: Okay. Let’s do it, I guess.
Tyrol: There’s a catch. Routing hardware connections from all those systems all over the ship into this room is gonna take weeks. It’s a lot easier, faster if we just move him to the existing lines.
Starbuck: Okay, where’s that?
Tyrol: Well, the best place is the CIC.


(2) INT. GALACTICA – ADAMA’S QUARTERS

Adama: You’re out of your frakking minds.
Tyrol: It’s the best and fastest way to hook him up.
Adama: I’m not gonna hook up a Cylon into the CIC.
Starbuck: Admiral, it is the only way.
Adama: No. And that means no. I’m not crossing that line.
Starbuck: You had us all cross a line. Me, Sam, Lee, the President, everyone. We are out here on this crazy-ass mission because you couldn’t leave that little girl behind. It is time for you to cross that line. This ship, this precious hunk of metal, hooked up to a Cylon, that hits you where it hurts? It’s always everyone else sacrificing our blood, our lives, our honor, while you stand there on your high horse and we bleed around you. For you.
Tyrol: I’ll come back in a bit.
Adama: Chief. Hook Anders up to CIC.


(3) CIC

Adama: Let’s go around the horn.
(PA SOUNDING)
Tigh: This is the XO. All combat stations prepare to report. FTL.
Tyrol: Go.


(4) CIC

Adama: Action stations!
[ALARM BLARING]
Adama: Start the clock.
Tigh: Start the clock.
Tyrol: Jump on my mark. Five, four, three, two, one. Mark.


(5) CIC
***** TYROL IS IN THIS SCENE. NO DIALOGUE *****

Adama: All ahead, flank speed.
[Tyrol at console]
Adama: Three, two, one. Hit it!
Tigh: All hands brace for impact.


(6) CIC – Anders Goo bath

Tyrol: Sam. Sam, listen to me. You’re pushing too much energy through the ACS. You gotta back off, or you’re gonna blow the main bus, you hear me? Sam!
Anders: There are secrets within lies, answers within riddles. Lay off the ACS, you betcha, Galen. Open your mind and hear what your heart wants to deny. End of line.


(7) CIC – Anders Goo bath
***** TYROL IS IN THIS SCENE. NO DIALOGUE *****

[EXPLOSION]
Tory: Fire! We got a fire up here!
[Tyrol with fire extinguisher]


(8) CIC – Anders Goo bath


(9) CIC – Anders Goo bath


(10) CIC – Anders Goo bath
***** TYROL IS IN THIS SCENE. NO DIALOGUE *****

Roslin: What are they doing?
Adama: Each of them knows part of the secret to resurrection, and they’re gonna interact with the data flow in the water and… I don’t know. It’s a lot of complicated technical talk about sharing the information among the five of them and then transferring it over to the colonies somehow.
Ellen: Now, for a moment, we’re going to know everything there is to know about one another.
Tigh: I’m looking forward to that.
Tory: There are certain things that… That we’ve all done, certain things that people would be shocked to learn about.
Cavil: (shouting) Hey, I don’t mean to rush you, but you are keeping two civilizations waiting!
Tory: Let’s just all agree that no matter what we learn about each other, we’re all Cylons, and we’re all capable of making mistakes.
Tigh: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you’re forgiven for all your dark secrets. Let’s do this.
[The each put a hand in Anders goo bath]
Cavil: Any word?
Simon: We’re getting the data now. It looks right. They’re downloading the resurrection designs now.
[Anders has flashbacks]
[Ellen has flashbacks]
[Tigh has flashbacks]
[Tory has flashbacks. They show that she airlocked Cally]
[Tyrol removes his hand from the goo bath]
[Anders & the Hybrid scream]
[Tyrol strangles Tory]
Simon: They’ve broken off the download!
Doral: It’s a trick! Open fire!
[GUNFIRE]
[Tyrol is still strangling Tory. Her neck snaps. He throws her to the floor]
[GUNFIRE]
Cavil: Frak! (puts his gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger]


(11) CIC – Anders Goo bath
***** TYROL IS IN THIS SCENE. NO DIALOGUE *****

[Amongst all the commotion. Tyrol is sitting on the floor]


(12) Earth

Ellen: You’re sure this is what you want, Galen?
Tyrol: Yeah, I’m sure. I’m just tired of people, humans, Cylons, whatever. Last Raptor out tomorrow is gonna drop me off on this island that I found off one of the northern continents. It’s cold. It’s up in the highlands. There’s no people.
[Ellen hugs him. Tigh shakes his hand]
Tigh: Good luck. For what it’s worth, if what happened to Cally had happened to Ellen, then I’d have done the same frakking thing.
[The two men hug. Tyrol walks away]


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