Battlestar Galactica (2003) Quote
[Tigh has just managed to talk Adama down from suicide]
Adama: I ever tell you about my summers with my uncle, when I was a kid? Foxes would attack his henhouse all the time. Really pissed him off. He would wake me up, we'd go with his hounds at night, up into the hills, looking for the fox. And the dogs could smell his scent. They'd go crazy. The pack would become a team, force the fox toward the river.
Tigh: So what would the foxes do?
Adama: Half would turn and fight. The other half would try to swim across. But my uncle told me about a few that... they'd swim halfway out, turn with the current, and ride it all the way out to sea. Fisherman would find them a mile offshore, swimming.
Tigh: Because they wanted to drown.
Adama: Maybe. Or maybe they were just... tired.
Tigh: Well, gods-dammit, Bill. We can't swim out to sea. I am the XO of this ship, you are the commanding officer. How is putting a bullet in your head gonna help Dee? It sure as frak isn't gonna help all the others who are thinking about doing the same godsdaman thing. What are they gonna do without the Old Man here to lead them?
Adama: Lead them where, Saul?
Adama: I ever tell you about my summers with my uncle, when I was a kid? Foxes would attack his henhouse all the time. Really pissed him off. He would wake me up, we'd go with his hounds at night, up into the hills, looking for the fox. And the dogs could smell his scent. They'd go crazy. The pack would become a team, force the fox toward the river.
Tigh: So what would the foxes do?
Adama: Half would turn and fight. The other half would try to swim across. But my uncle told me about a few that... they'd swim halfway out, turn with the current, and ride it all the way out to sea. Fisherman would find them a mile offshore, swimming.
Tigh: Because they wanted to drown.
Adama: Maybe. Or maybe they were just... tired.
Tigh: Well, gods-dammit, Bill. We can't swim out to sea. I am the XO of this ship, you are the commanding officer. How is putting a bullet in your head gonna help Dee? It sure as frak isn't gonna help all the others who are thinking about doing the same godsdaman thing. What are they gonna do without the Old Man here to lead them?
Adama: Lead them where, Saul?
TV Show: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
