Battlestar Galactica | Saul Tigh Reveals He's a Cylon 

In the beginning, you think Saul is a jerk off, but the more you see him, you come to really like him. Amazing acting by Michael Hogan.

Feel sorry for the guy honestly. He was so loyal to Adama and the ship. Broke his heart to find out he was a Cylon and even harder to tell his best friend.

Best frakking character in the whole series. The only guy who stayed consistent, even when he found out the truth. Years ago I found the company that made Tigh’s flask and got one personalized-engraved with his “That’s the man I want to be” quote.

The funniest thing is that if Tigh's full memories returned, he is actually a brilliant scientist. lol

Incredible acting by Michael Hogan here. Saul is such a hardass but here he's completely terrified about telling his best friend the truth 💔

Saul's expression when suggesting to flush him out of an airlock. Love. ç_ç

Rarely have two roles been so perfectly cast. Beyond the powerful performances, it's the minutiae of the scene that gets me. Saul is a badass, but he hesitated in coming clean to his best friend. Even though he knows he's a cylon, he's made a choice to remain true to who he has always been. But in the face of a crisis, he chooses to sacrifice himself as a pawn and bargaining chip to avoid the loss of hostages. And look at how Adama reacts throughout the scene. At first he simply dismisses his friend's claims. Then he starts trying to reason with him ("when I first met you, you had hair") Tigh logically argues that he could be a different kind of cylon. Then Adama, worried now, argues the cylons messed with him on New Caprica, but Tigh remains adamant. You can sense Adama's desperation, his desire for this not to be true. Tigh, too doesn't want it to be true, but he knows, and he's playing his final card, coming clean, to give his friend a way out. It's such an amazing scene -- and it gets even more intense in the climax, when he stands in the airlock, telling Apollo to "do it." Saul Tigh is the ultimate, most loyal of badasses.

The bravest thing Saul Tigh ever did. Not volunteering to be flushed out an airlock. Telling his friend, Adama, the truth about himself.

"I should have told you but I didn't have the guts"

Next-level coming out scene.

"When I met you, you had hair." Priceless.

Adama is such a cool customer in this scene. No one else could play that part

If only more people could learn from this show. Especially writers, actors, and all movies and tv shows.

The balls, the engineered balls on Saul. More human than human?

I came out the other side of this series with such a great love of the Saul character. It was 100% because of how good an actor Michael Hogan is.

I LOVE Col Tigh. No other character goes through as many life changing events and yet he's the exact same person at the end. Finds out hes a cylon and it dont change his position one bit.

Needless to say, Adama doesn't take this very well. In a show where people are losing everything, everyone has a breaking point. This becomes one of Adama's, and rightfully so. Who could take this kind of news well?! I felt bad for both characters; they were both put between the rock and a hard place, and both cracked a bit. It was inevitable.

I loved Tigh's character arc so much. At the beginning of the series I couldn't stand that cowardly drunk. By the end he was my favorite character. Michael Hogan was just marvelous. Met him at a con a number of years ago and he was unbelievably nice, fun, and engaging. He took pictures with my wife and I free of charge, sat and talked with us, and cracked jokes. A warm and wonderful human being. Such a shame what happened to him, but I'm still hoping he'll make enough of a recovery to be able to live the rest of his life in some type of comfort.

The only thing he was afraid of was the consequences of telling his best friend the truth and how he would feel. He was never afraid to be sacrificed if need be for everyone. Dude's loyalty was something even the universe' infinite reach couldn't contain

This show is SO. FUCKING. GOOD. There's NEVER been anything like it on TV. NOTHING. No show has scenes that carry this amount of weight.

I'd completely forgotten about this storyline. I'm thinking it is about time I revisited the show from the beginning.

the subtle use of the light over his head. outstanding!

ONE OF THE BEST SCENE OF BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Replay that again and again!

I loved this show. Looked forward to watching every week. What a cast!

"You've got to scrub this mission. I'm a Cylon." "Let me get this straight. You're a member of the species that wiped out my species in a nuclear genocide, and your ability to pass as human was so sophisticated that you fooled me-one of humanity's most formidable Cylon fighters-into making you my right-hand man." "Yes, but..." "You've just admitted to lying to me for a period of time I'm supposed to believe was only a few weeks. And now you're asking me to take your word for it and cancel a mission of existential importance." "I know it sounds suspicious, but-" "And you're not *just* an infiltrator android, you're as close to a physical machine God as these psycho tin cans have, and arguably are responsible for making them in the first place." "Yes." "WELCOME TO THE TEAM, BUDDY."

3:25 Look at this photo. Number six is ​​poorly framed, as if the photographer didn't see it. I love this detail!

I remember, first time I watched this I cried with Adama…one of the best scene ever

This series was freaking awesome.. So much excellent Drama !!! and twists !!!

One of the best scenes of the series!

1) alchoholic 2) simp (to his wife) 3) vengefull 4) sometimes crazy 5) tough as nails when it comes to military issues Same time, as loyal a person can be. This scene is one of those scenes explain why Adama respects him so much.

you get to be a cylon! and you get to be a cylon! and you get to be a cylon!

He hangs on words with all the talent of Matt Berry

yes and he was so loyal to his captain

Admiral Adama is such a cool, unemotional cat that he reminds me of Lieutenant Marty Castillo in the Miami Vice TV show, Crockett and Tubbs boss.

Saul stayed true to himself the entire time.

Saul had some huge balls

“Frickin’ frackin’!” I forgot how mesmerizingly good this show is. Ending’s a bit underwhelming, but the journey is the reward.

The reveal was so heart breaking for adama.

That’s the best example of a good friend and a great soldier.

I felt the pain first time seeing this scene, but I bursted out laughing when Adama brought up Saul's alopecia lol LOSS OF HAIR

Anyone else hold their breath through that whole thing?

putting lead cylons in human strog postions like this is a idea that i have always pondered , yeah thats intellgnet as hell

What's ironic about the "Final Five" is that they were in fact the First Five Cylons, rather than the last. As revealed in the series finale, the Cylon were a race of humans who evolved on nuked Earth 2000 years earlier. They developed two key technologies: AI-based mechanoid servants and human clone resurrection. In the wake of their planet's nuclear destruction, they used the resurrection technology to travel at sub-light speed to the 12 Colonies. By the time these multiply-resurrected clones arrived thousands of years later, the Colonists had reinvented mechanoid Centurion technology. These Colonists were descendents of the original Cylon humans, i.e. ALL humans in the series are Cylons. The difference between the Colonists and the Final Five/12 "models" is that the latter were downloaded and cloned in the Cylon Resurrection Ship. Once that technology was destroyed, the cloned Cylon humans reverted back to their normal human lifespans. That's why they were able to merge back together with the Colonists on verdant Earth to become the ancestors of our human race. After the Final Five arrived in the 12 Colonies, they resurrected additional human clones, starting with Cavil and ending up with 12 cloned "models". Cavil rebelled against the Final Five, wiped their memories, and exiled them across the Colonies. He then concocted "The Plan" - a giant hoax whose intent was to trick everyone into believing the 12 human clones were implacable machines, no different in nature than the robot Centurions. In reality, the Centurions weren't AI "children" who evolved into humanoid robots and murderously turned on their creators, they were sentient automatons commandeered by Cavil and his naive cloned cultists to enact revenge on the Colonists. The Centurions' true allegiances became brutally apparent once they were released from their cybernetic restraints during the Cylon civil war, and they promptly slaughtered Cavil and his allies. Once the human Cylons settled down on verdant Earth, the Centurions departed in their own spacecraft to explore the rest of the universe.

I liked this shows. Perhaps the only time liked a reboot better than the original. But this was a real jump the shark moment for me.

Like finding out you are an alien plant on earth. Would live and die for the earth and its people but you are still an alien creation. Not that I would know of course...

Such amazing casting in the whole series. And Michael Hogan was chief among that.

Loyalty. Honor.

Fraking amazing series.

Is he a Cylon, or is he a Saulon?

Love Saul Tigh's thinking of Deanna will back down if Adama threatens to Flush Saul Tigh out of the airlock. Gotta love Tigh, he atayed loyal even after finding out that he's a cylon.

Saul became one of the best characters

What always bothered me about the drama and weight of this revelation is that none of them are truly Cylons in the sense we traditionally think. They're not the enemy, even slightly, they're just like... ancient humans who literally left their world to warn the other colonies of the danger of... the Cylons. I always felt calling them cylon was a gross mischaracterization. They're no more "Cylon" than the humans running from them.

The writers used a dart board to decide who would be a cylon that week.

Tigh is the perfect soldier. Loyal to his command, ship and people. It doesn't matter your origins. Duty is a personal promise. Tell me I'm wrong

This was where the show lost me... the whole final 5 Fine performances throughout the show and some wonderful episodes but I think the writer's strike hurt the show I can only rewatch up to the escape from New Caprica these days

That's his true from-Saul-to-Paul-moment

Colonel Tigh, it is time. Execute Order 66.

I hate how they keep calling the final 5 Cylons, because they are not Cylons they are survivors of the 13th colony.

Wish I knew what season and episode this is, I'd pull out my DVD's.

I wonder how many people had this show spoiled completely by all these uploads from this channel.

Greatest sci-fi show ever. Yt sux

Alternate title: Battlestar Galactica writers “Jump the Shark”.

Oh cool I love Firefly. The Spice must flow! ENGAGE!

The guy who hated cylons more than anything or anyone else is a cylon, I like how it wasn't a sudden choice either,it was set up since he first "guessed" an incoming missile attack in season 1.

So Saul and Anders created a rebel cell inside the occupation of New Caprica using the occasional colonist as suicide bombers to kill Cylons not knowing at the time them two were Cylons on the first place. Sort of gives the definition of Irony.

That's when Adama went off the rails.

Him being a cylon was the dumbest route the show took

Adama believing Saul was fraking around.

Think finding out Saul Tigh was a Cylon made Bill and Saul friendship even stronger.

So this was a very good Sci Fi but in the end almost half the cast was Cylon, WTH?

And after he lead the crew through the paper shortage :'(

You gotta do what ya gotta do. I'm six the cylon. Miss J

OK !

"Like Boomer" pulls out a pistol

This was the point where things went a bit dumb. The actual logistics of Tigh having always been a cylon makes no sense at all. The story just kept doing things at this stage with no thought about how it would fit together with the story they had already told, and this is where that problem was most evident. Really frustrating for a series that started off so incredibly strong.

Thanks for the spoiler. I mean I know I'm late to the party, but can you not put it in the title of the video? I'm not even looking up Battlestar content and this just popped up on my front page... was just going to finally watch this series with my friend, and this really took the wind out of my sails.

When I met you, you had hair. 🤣

Great spoiler, Great moment. Great show.

So by random chance the 5 hidden cylons the main cylons were after just all happen to wind up in the one fleet that survived a planetary system holocaust? Two of them just happened to marry each other and another just happened to get picked up by Starbuck from an irradiated occupied world? And they all get switched on by a Bob Dylan song? Man, this show went from having such potential to devolving into a soap opera drama with melodramatic surprise reveals and out-of-character actions for the sake of gasps rather than narrative sense.

you can look at feel face what do mean that you are the finally five sail

Voice. Speech. In private. Disclosures.

Man, this whole final 5 thing really fell apart. Apparently the writers just pulled names out of a hat and worked from there, so the final five made no sense thematically or in terms of plot. I think if this had been the plan all along, this would have made more sense. As is, it was the first step toward this show's poor ending.

Y’all just gonna out that right there in the title so I have to see it as I scroll past? 😐

he should have told him when he first found out, but he didnt have the GYUTS

Что Соул Тай Сайлон. Говорит что музыка его сводит. 🎵🔊

As far as I am concerned, I dont see a difference between humans and the cylons from the 13th tribe. Their ancestors might have been created, but Saul and the others were born, they had parents. Thats as human as something can possibly get. I know there are differences, technically, but they are inconsequential to me.

I want a reboot tvshow about Galactica , when started war with Cylions, because Caprica was horrible 😢.

Who wasn't a Cylon on that show?

What I really don't like about the Show's premise is the premise itself. The armistice was signed. The war was over. Than suddenly they went back and created trash synthetic Humans, and the War began anew. And this time it was a one sided genocide. All this senseless murder.

I just hated how this series became "you won't believe who's a cylon!"

Funny thing is, the final 5 are not Cylons at all. They only think so because Cavil number 1 wiped their minds out of anger for his own creation.

The character should of been resurrected, just so he could come back with a functional eyeball. That would completely make the point.

А вдруг ТАЙ сайлон, хочет сказать об этом "Старику". 👁️🔉✔️

Can you not put a major spoiler from the end of the show in the title? Think of people who haven't watched it.

Tigh was at least honorable!

Me during this scene: "Oh look, Adama is pointing out the shitty writing and plot holes!"

Toaster

Um. Spoilers lol.

Never liked, that they made last cylons like that, the last part of SBG gone little overboard with mysticism, and rely less on scifi. It is watchable end, but it could be better with staying more on scifi track... P.S. Yes, Tigh was one of my favourite characters from the start... P.P.S. My favourite cylon was Three!

So ridiculous.