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RDM: Now this, I have to say… (Chuckles.) This is a lo- this is an amazing moment in the series. And this is… Eddie, or Adama smashing his model ship that he- we’ve seen for all this time. And the way he just, like, completely explodes upon this moment.
Terry: I couldn’t remember if this was the episode or not.
RDM: This is both one of the most powerful moments in the show, and also one of the most surprising-
Terry: Expensive!
RDM: -because this was not planned. I have to tell you. This was not planned or scripted.
Terry: And one of the most expensive.
RDM: I’m getting there.
Terry: Oh.
RDM: This was not a planned moment. This is- Eddie being in the moment. Eddie BEING IN THE MOMENT. This is all genuine emotion.
Terry: Beautiful.
RDM: He is so upset, and he reacts, and lashes out, and destroys this ship. And you know what? This is a genuine museum-quality ship that we were renting! This isn’t a prop! This was hundreds of dollars!
Terry: Man…
RDM: Oh, but thank God it was insured. But this was like a museum-quality…
Terry: What did he say?
RDM: I don’t know. He was surprised when they told him, because he just did it. He was like, he just felt it, in the moment, on camera, and he just lashed out.
Terry: And it’s fantastic- it’s-
RDM: It’s perfect.
Terry: Especially since you’ve seen him working on this ship for so long.
RDM: For forever. And he- and then he just destroys it, and it’s shocking. It’s the perfect ending to the show. A perfect dramatic end-
Terry: You know the set- dresser was over on the side-
RDM: Oh my God. They were sh-
Terry: -of the set, having heart attacks.
RDM: They di- the blood drained from their faces. They were like, “Oh my fucking God. If we had known we would’ve give- made one for-”
Terry: -they made it, make it.
RDM: They would have made one.
