2x08 Final Cut - Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide

Battlestar Galactica

- Episode 02x08

Episode: 02x08
Title: Final Cut
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 208
First Aired: Sep. 09, 2005

Season 2 » Episode #08 - Final Cut

Summary: The actions of Tigh's temporary command has resulted in much negative perception of the military. In order to alleviate this contempt, reporter D'anna Biers is allowed full access to Galactica and its people to allow the fleet to see the human face of those who protect it.

Who appeared in this episode?

Commander William Adama	played by Edward James Olmos
Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace	played by Katee Sackhoff
Chief Galen Tyrol	played by Aaron Douglas
Billy Keikeya	played by Paul Campbell (VIII)
Officer Anastasia Dualla	played by Kandyse McClure
Dr. Cottle	played by Donnelly Rhodes
Lt. Louanne 'Kat' Katraine	played by Luciana Carro
Brendan 'Hot Dog' Costanza	played by Bodie Olmos
Bell	played by Patrick Harrison (II)

Season 2 / Episode 8: - Final Cut

D'anna Biers: Are you afraid when you go into combat?
Racetrack: First thing they tell you is to assume you're already dead.
D'anna Biers: Well, that sounds ghoulish.
Racetrack: Yeah, maybe. But dead men don't get scared and freeze up under fire. Me, I'm just worried that hell's gonna be a lonely place, and I'm gonna fill it up with every Toaster son of a bitch I find.

Season 2 / Episode 8: - Final Cut

Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama: What the hell happened? Kat's made the trap a hundred times.
Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: Yeah, I guess 1-0-1's a real bitch, huh?

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TRIVIA

The documentary crew's camera is actually a cosmetically altered Panasonic DVX-100 (or possibly the 100A). Also, the video tape that Biers conceals is a regular MiniDV cassette.
The music accompanying the end of D'anna Biers documentary video on the Galactica in episode #2.8 "Final Cut", which starts with a janitor whistling the tune and ends in a triumphant fanfare, is the theme song from the original "Battlestar Galactica" (1978). It was last heard during a Viper air show ...
Opening credits say there are 47,853 human survivors.