Galactica 1980 (TV Series)

The Return of Starbuck (1980)

Dirk Benedict: Lieutenant Starbuck

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• Lt. Starbuck : So, uh, what happened during the landing?

  Cy : The situation did not compute.

  Lt. Starbuck : So you didn't know what to do. What happened next? Someone whip out the manual?

  Cy : Yes. The manual did not help.

  Lt. Starbuck : What did you do when it came time for a little, uh, personal initiative?

  Cy : We were taking a vote when the ground came up and hit us.

• [Cy returns, carrying a pregnant woman in his arms] 

  Lt. Starbuck : She's alive!

  Cy : I presumed you'd prefer her that way.

  Lt. Starbuck : Cy, this isn't funny. This is a living, breathing human being.

  Cy : Yes, I feel I have already compromised everything I believe in. What's helping one more human going to matter more or less?

  Lt. Starbuck : Cy, this is more than a woman.

  Cy : I'm sorry if you are displeased, there wasn't much of a selection.

  Lt. Starbuck : Cy, this woman is with child.

  Cy : Child?

  Lt. Starbuck : Small human. She's going to bear another human life.

  Cy : I am rapidly being surrounded.

• Cy : I may not find your incessant talk fascinating, but at least I don't walk off.

  Lt. Starbuck : Did you say something, Cy?

  Cy : [sarcastically]  No, of course not. What could I possibly say to you? I'm nothing but a machine.

• [Discussing the pregnant woman that Cy just brought Starbuck] 

  Lt. Starbuck : She is going to bear another human life.

  Cy : I am rapidly being surrounded.

• Lt. Starbuck : Aren't you even interested in what a human is? Don't you care what it is you've been trying to destroy for a thousand years?

  Cy : You are our enemy.

  Lt. Starbuck : [nodding sarcastically]  Yes, so you keep telling me. But why are we the enemy?

  Cy : Because you are.

  Lt. Starbuck : [in disgust]  Oh, Cy.

  [pause] 

  Lt. Starbuck : You mind if I call you Cy?

  [the centurion shifts on his feet] 

  Lt. Starbuck : Cy, you have the mentality of a two-year-old.

  Cy : A two-year-old what?

  Lt. Starbuck : Hopeless. Absolutely hopeless.

• Lt. Starbuck : [running toward Cy before the centurion falls to the ground]  Cy! Cy, you saved our lives! Cy, are you all right?

  Cy : [now cradled in Starbuck's arms]  I don't think so. My circuits are fading.

  Lt. Starbuck : [desperately]  No Cy, no. It's just you and me now. One human, and one Cylon.

  Cy : [the human inflection in his synthesized voice now noticably weaker]  No, Starbuck. Not human, not Cylon. Friends.

  [Cy's power shuts off, and Starbuck, almost in tears, can only hold the slain centurion, fully realizing Cy's final words were indeed correct] 

• Lt. Starbuck : Angela, what did you mean by "Judgement Day"? Who is going to be judging me?

  Angela : We all judge ourselves, Starbuck.

  Lt. Starbuck : I hope so, because I plan on being very easy on myself in certain categories.

• [Starbuck has reactivated a Cylon centurion, who upon awakening unholsters his laser sidearm] 

  Lt. Starbuck : I've been in charge of this planet for three days and already I've doubled the population. I hereby declare myself president-elect, if that's all right with you.

  Cy : [his voice a mixture of standard Cylon synthesized monotone with an almost human inflection]  Die, human.

  Lt. Starbuck : [taking the Centurion's weapon away]  Don't be ridiculous. You'd think I'd save you and then let you shoot me? Besides, it doesn't work.

  [Starbuck squeezes the trigger on the Cylon weapon, which does not fire] 

  Lt. Starbuck : Here, try it.

  [Starbuck hands the weapon back to the Centurion, who squeezes the trigger at Starbuck, who is surprised and hastily yanks the weapon out of the Centurion's hand] 

  Lt. Starbuck : You really did! Well, how'd you like to end up like those two?

  [Starbuck gestures to the two other crippled Cylons from the wreckage of a Cylon raider as the Centurion stands up and stalks menacingly toward Starbuck] 

  Cy : Human evil.

  Lt. Starbuck : [backing away from the Centurion]  Now, now, let's not get hostile.

  [Starbuck grabs the control for the Centurion and deactivates him. He then reactivates him. The Centurion lunges toward him again, Starbuck deactivates him, then reactivates him] 

  Lt. Starbuck : See? I can turn you off or on, but I don't intend to keep on doing that, not unless you're willing to listen to reason. Is any of this making any sense?

  Cy : Turn off, and turn on.

  Lt. Starbuck : Exactly.

• Cy : You repaired me, you did not create me. I am a Cylon.

  Lt. Starbuck : So you have no sense of loyalty to me for saving you?

  Cy : I would have to think about that.

• [Lt. Starbuck is teaching a Cylon he reactivated dubbed "Cy" a card game called pyramid and Cy points out something wrong] 

  Lt. Starbuck : Are you accusing me of cheating?

  [Cy's "eye" stops, glows brighter, resumes its course] 

• Starbuck : Starbuck, you're a genius. No wonder they named this planet after you. A wizard before his time!

• Starbuck : [narrating]  Now, was time to set out and explore the planet. Who knows, I might discover an oasis, a citadel of civilization, thousands of primitive people who would worship me as some kind of... winged God, who'd dropped in on them out of the heavens. Yes, sir, no question about it, this could be the best thing that ever happened to me.

• Boomer : Starbuck...

  Starbuck : Yeah.

  Boomer : Take care of yourself.

  Starbuck : Hey, you know me, pal, I always look out for number one.

  [Boomer starts to tear up] 

  Starbuck : Give Cassiopeia my love, and, eh, Athena and... eh... well, tell them not to sit around waiting. I... might like it where I'm going.

  [part of Starbuck's Viper explodes] 

  Starbuck : I got to go now, Boomer. My, eh... support vapors are running low. Look, eh, I'll be seeing you.

  [gives Boomer a thumbs up, which Boomer returns. Starbuck's Viper veers away] 

  Boomer : My friend... my dear, dear friend... believe me, if I could change places with you, I would.