Plot twist: Adama left Hadrian on the ship in her quarters until it flew into the sun.

Edward James Olmos is one of the few actors who understands that getting quieter makes people pay more attention than getting louder.

"Im a soft touch....." LOL

"This is a witch hunt. I will not have it aboard my ship" I really like that line.

I love that Adama knows how the legal system works because of his fathers job and can see when he is being played and pushed in to answering leading questions! Very clever scene!

As if the marines were going to turn on Papadama.

A whisper from a real leader carries more weight than a scream from a lesser person.

That soldier did a great job acting with his eyes! Great little acting

Adama is like the father figure of the fleet, when he called the soldier "son" it hit home and is the reason why those under his command trust him so much.

Sergeant vs. Commander...That guard choose wisely

The Marines play such a pivotal role in many episodes. It's a shame their were no major characters represented in their ranks. Viper and Raptor pilots, the maintenance crew and Galactica officers all had characters.

It's kind of ironic how even though she was on a wild goose chase, she ended up being right about the Chief and Boomer.

Adama is obviously in good standing with the E4 Mafia

I like how he stated the fact that this was his ship.

Some of the best acting on this show was done by the extras playing Marines.

3:20 the power of the Adama Glare compels you

I love how 2 of the ships captains look at each other in amusement when Adama claims to be a soft touch. They know he isn't, and Hadrian knows he isn't, and it goads her into losing her way.

This was the moment I was sold on Adama. What a leader he was!

"You lost sight of the purpose of the law, to protect it's citizens, not persecute them." -- Absolutely!

"Make your choice son" with that comment Adama shows why he earned the reverence his crew give him. Adama was, nominally, at that marine sergeant's mercy and the mercy of the inquiry, civilian control of government being a VERY important concept to everyone in that room (though muddled at the moment by military emergency). But the marine can see the civvies are terrified and looking for someone to blame, the commander that got them through hell is their target, and that commander TRUSTS him that while issuing contradictory orders to the inquiry, allows the marine the dignity of his initiative and judgement. His decision was likely already made when he looked past Adama, but he took the time Adama gave him to fully let that decision sink in and think twice before committing.

I love how Adama gave the Corporal the time to formulate his choice. And how respectful the Corporal was to Hadrian...he knew she was only doing her duty...as she saw it. _____

Well this is whats called "to overplay your hand"

Reminds me of a comment a friend once made of a lesson he learned during his Navy days; "On ship, the chain of authority is the Captain, his Commander in Chief and God. And the last two are debatable. What is never up for debate is that the Captain's word is law."

I don’t think a lot of people realize that when Adama says what his orders are and then says “make your choice son” falls back to how he moves as an individual and as a commander. It harkens back to him saying he can or can’t “live” with a choice he makes. It’s basically make your choice and consequences come what may. Yes anticipate the consequences and consider if it’s worth it or not. Yes mitigate what you can, but at the end of day, after all that, standing in those consequences when they do come. Recognize your were wrong, mistaken, or misunderstood, but own it.

Commander Adama just used an old Jedi mind trick and reminded the guard who his daddy is. One of my fav BSG moments.

Old Iron Balls: "I'm a soft touch"

The marines respect Adama that they refuse to hear out the Sargent. That's real respect there.

Sometimes, you don't realize how badly you miss good writing on TV shows; until you see something like this..

My father was a Lawyer and My GrandFather was The Boss of The Mafia....I'm going home now....

"Make your choice, son." *boss music starts playing 😎👍🏻

Having finished BSG a couple of months back (after several years of watching season 1-3 and then quitting for half a year lol), seeing this scene REALLY makes me see how much commander Adama has aged in between season 1 and 4. Really shows the detail put into the show.

Seargent Hadrian could have been a Cylon one-off as far as anyone knew.

Love how that stare off shows the utter admiration and respect they have for the old man. So good.

BSG was such an all-time great show.

Illicit relationships? "Im a soft touch" As well as morale is on the gut thanks to the destruction of the 12 colonies. Any small boost, even relationships, must be welcomed aboard, or become like the early-season Pegasus crew. He was being pushed into saying he basically let Cylon infiltrators rampant on purpose and hid their identities, which he clearly didn't but that's the power of leading questions.

Hadrian could of pulled this through if she had asked Adama about what he learned on Ragnar Station, and then pressed that it was at least possible that the chief, and Boomer were Cylons. Instead, she went after the old man which evidenced her own Megalomania.

Great scene, even with her being right on the hunch. At that time was no cause to claim two decorated trusted officers collaborators. That changes Adama's tone.

I re-watched this episode yesterday, and along with the ST:TNG episode "Drumhead" you get a good look at what military inquiries can be, and when they fly off the rails into what they shouldn't be. In Drumhead, the off-the-rails came from an activist judge with a chip on her shoulder trying to live up to the shadow of her better father. In this BSG episode, you see the effects of a poorly structured process (sue to personnel shortages, and/or the desire to bot introduce a new character for the episode) where the investigator (and the Sergeant does a GREAT job at that!) is also expected to be the prosecutor AND determine the scope of the proceedings. A failure of foresight on Adama's part, which is why he saw when it had to end.

Something to think about. Those two guards were standing there thoughout the entire inquest, they watched every person being questioned and the manner in which Hadrian did it. They knew before Adama did that this was a witch hunt, that's why they chose him over Hadrian.

A random Seargent and wannabe prosecutor vs THE legend of the 1st Cylon War and Commander of the BSG. Make your choice, son.

There were only 40k-ish humans in existence, it would be silly to push a rule that prevents possible offspring.

I would say that if you are a highly respected leader, your men would never turn on you. GREAT SCENE!!!

"I will ask the questions, Sir!" Questionable in a fleet of the remains of humanity, to directly oppose the pretty much most powerful individual in such a manner. Gotta admire her tho for taking her role here seriously and not getting intimidated by what's basically the pentagon in one person right now.

"I'm a soft touch." One of the best understated lines in the series.

The difference between power and respect. The Sargent had the power, but Adama had the respect.

Talk about Star Trek Captians all one wants, but EJOs Adama has to be the most badass Comanding Officer ever.

Strong "Drumhead" vibes here. Both Picard and Adama went through the exact same thing

You gotta know that Edward James Olmos %^&$%^& LOVED this role! Man! Talk about having fun! He really got to sink his acting teeth into this role, and that must have felt GOOOOOOD!

I like how the corporal's already made up his mind when you see his eyes leave Adama's after receiving his orders.

That's a level of bad-assery. Old man runs the ship

This is the best series ever! Glad it have all of it!!!!!!!!!!

Picard would be proud

I love this show. Moral ambiguity is so much spicier than obvious heroes and villains.

I have not watched battlestar galactica yet, just a handful of clips and this is one of the most compelling scenes that make me want to watch the whole thing

One doesn't respect Adama because he is a superior officer and is due respect, one respects Adama because he has EARNED respect.

And that's how you deal with a space Karen.

BSG best t.v. series EVER.

Should have had a double bong at end. Sergeant come with us. *Adama walks out like a boss...BONG BONG...LAW AND ORDER

One of the best clips for the entire series.

"You've lost sight of the purpose of the law. To protect its citizens, not persecute them." Probably the defining statement of the summer of 2020.

Its funny because an exact same scene appeared in Star Trek Next generation. There was a witch hunt concerning Romulans agents on the Enterprise and they became suspicious of everyone, even its own captain. Picard did the exact same thing as Adama here, refusing to "play along" and outplaying the court.

Well considering humanity had a finite number..... allow any relation aslong as it doesn't interfere with positions. Gotta pump those numbers up people.

Savage Adama!!!!

this is honestly one of my favorite moments in the series

Adama = Badass

That sigh...Just so full of sadness and exhaustion. and after he gives the marine HIS orders, and the marine complies, he just walks out of the door like a fuckin' badass.

Good Choice Son

Commander vs sergeant . Tough choise to make ...

"This is a witch hunt" goosebumps.

The guy made the right choice that’s what I call loyalty

Still one of the most evocative and incredible series of sci-fi ever made.

1:50 "I'm a soft touch." THE FRAK HE IS!!!! LOL!!

The choice was between a sergeant who was going way outside her purview, vs the guy who physically saved the ship and 40,000+ people in a single day. Didn't require much thinking.

People here are hating the Sergeant because she dared speaking up against Adama. But in truth, most of her points were valid, and in line with orders given by Adama himself: _"to conduct an honest and thorough investigation"._ But in the end, Adama decided to scrap it, because he finally took into consideration their... larger situation, and saw the need to preserve public calmness and cohesion, as opposed to starting panic and witch hunts over revelation that "Cylons now look like us". To be honest, the Sergeant really faced a no-win scenario here: undertaking an unwanted investigation against guilty people, protected by their boss - the very man who gave her the task of doing it. Besides, she was a Master-at-Arms - a ship's cop, not a professional military prosecutor, which is why she acted so aggressively (that's what the cops do) and busted the hearing. You see, MAAs job is to conduct an investigation (evidence collection, interviews and interrogations) and present suspects. Everything that's going next is the job of a JAG, i.e. military prosecutor, who is actually a trained lawyer (unlike MAA). And JAGs behave very differenlty from MAAs, because they have fundamentally different objectives: MAAs work to find the guilty; JAGs present their case to the judge. In this scene, we see a policeman trying to extract damning statements needed to prove guilt - _from a witness on a hearing,_ as if he was a suspect in custody. Sergeant literally tries to do policeman's job instead of prosecutor's job - yes, they are somewhat alike, but require fundamentally different approaches. Of course she failed. Do you know why? Because Sergeant wasn't trained for the job Adama has given her - she wasn't a lawyer, just a cop. And her _predictable_ failure only gave Adama better excuse to interrupt the hearing and scrap it in front of everybody. However you look at it, this entire situation is only Adama's own fault.

I’ve got to rewatch this whole show.

they tried to outsmart a dude who has countless years of experience of not only in combat, but also learning alongside really good commanders like Nash throughout his career. If anything they only made a fool out of themselves

It’s funny now that Sergeant was completely correct. The Chief and Lieutenant were cylons. Lol

Ever person behind that table was outclassed by Adama's knowledge of the law.

One wonders how a scene like this (& many others) would have been performed by the equally great Lorne Green. Both Green & Olmos were interesting casting choices & both had reservations about headlining a sci-fi series. Moments like these make clear why Olmos was the best actor to take on this role.

In normal times maybe that SGT would of gotten her way, but when your the last 20k people alive, and that is the man who may just be needed to save humanity. What would you do? It does show how high rank officers would behave in a real world situation like that love how this show reflected on how things would be in real life if we were in a situation like that.

Adama is the kins of leader you'd follow to hell, and look forward to the trip!

0:37 Objection! Speculation! What they should have asked was "were security procedures created or altered to account for human-like cylons?"

"Quarters" is code for "Airlock"

Only Commander Adama could pull that off

In this scene, I can't help but see Castillo, not Adama.

Considering the situation they were all in, at that moment, she was possibly the most dangerous threat to the everybody's lives; I'm glad the Cpl was able to figure that out.

Adama the BAMF

what I don't get is why they thought it was a good idea to get on the bad side of the commander of the only warship in their fleet of transport ships.

Reminds me of the TNG episode "The Drumhead".

You couldn't have this scene today; it would fly in the face of The Message.

Please turn down the BANG at the end. Some of us are listening on ear buds and when the dialogue is quite we turn up our volume. Please take that into consideration. Thank you.

I have favorited this so many times (and made a meme). Adama tells them how the cow ate the cabbage!

It sucks that the audio on these clips is so low and the thump at the end is set to blow your speakers out.

Headphones at the end, anyone?

1:50 Both background extras are trying not to laugh at Adama's "I'm a soft touch" response

Power resides where men believe it resides.

Lesson here, DO NOT FRAK WITH COMMANDER/ADMIRAL ADAMA.

"I'm a soft touch". Lmao.

What a beast.

Corporal of the Guard: Sgt Hadrian, come with us me: Bye...