Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down

Season 1, Episode 9, Aired

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Roslin's suspicions regarding Commander Adama increase when he can't be located during a military operation. Col. Tigh defends his friend despite being mad that he also didn't know where Adama was. But everything is explained when the commander returns to Galactica with Ellen Tigh. It seems that the colonel's estranged wife had been unconscious since the Cylon attack and is now awake and ready to reconcile. Tigh is thrilled to have his wife alive and back in his life; everyone else now turns their suspicions towards her.moreless
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  • Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down

    10
    "Perfect"
    By TrueTvWatcher, Jan 12, 2012
    Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down was an awesome and perfect episode of Battlestar Galactica and I really enjoyed watching because there was humor, drama, and intrigue with lots of character and plot development. It was funny to see how the characters looked at each other when Tigh, his wife, Commander Adama, Apollo, and the President were having dinner and Adama said "Anyone of us could be a Cylon". There was drama as the President thought Adama was a Cylon, and it was intriguing to see how on Caprica Sharon was still going strong as Helo was worn out from running and Six may be developing jealousy towards Sharon for feeling so strongly. It was great to see so much development for the characters in their scenes. The ending was great and leaves a question, what did the test really say? I certainly look forward to watching the next episode!!!!!!!!!moreless

  • The one where: Tigh's other half joins the fleet.

    4.0
    "Poor"
    By MovieMark, Sep 22, 2011
    A slight reprieve from the recent batch of drama-heavy event episodes, the hour's frilly-nillyness is ultimately its own undoing. Bill Adama is acting slightly off, and given Leoben's startling claim during the last episode (that the old man is a toaster), it's only adding fuel to Roslin's fire. It turns out that Adama is off his game because he had received Intel that Tigh's wife, Ellen, was found on The Rising Star ship. Could she be a cylon?
    Any attempt to ring drama from Roslin doubting Bill, and Bill's suspicions that Ellen is a cylon herself, are completely mute by a meandering script and some very forced slapstick comedy. Let this be a lesson for future episodes: BSG is not a comedy, nor should it ever try to purposely be funny. When the humour is subtle, and within the context of a humorous/mad character (ala Baltar), it's fine. But here, the ''funny'' moments gravitate around emotional heavy-weights, Roslin, Tigh, Lee and Adama. Watching Tigh chuckle like a little school kid was bizarre, sure, but there's only so much mileage you can get from two relatively old people acting like teens.
    The ending is also purposely vague. We never find out if Ellen is a cylon or not. For another time, I suppose.
    Spoilerish Title Sequence: 7 mins and 19 secs into the episode.
    Frak-O-Meter: 3 fraks. Ellen and Bill both warn each other with ''Don't frak with me''.
    Cylon Sex: Gaius lets off some steam with a fairly racy sequence that doesn't show any activity whatsoever, but the implications are more than enough, especially the way Six was leaning once Starbuck interrupted his little romp.Spot the six: Head-Six shows up, as well as Cap-Six. The former suspects something is amiss with both Starbuck and Ellen. She's been right about pretty much everything else so far. The latter fights back a few tears of jealousy over Boomer's budding romance with Helo.
    Death/Injuries: Everyone gets to keep their limbs.Boomer or Sharon?: Sharon wins here, for no reason other than Boomer doesn't feature.
    Ships Lost: A raider almost crashes into Galactica. Almost.
    Battlestar Bleakness: We briefly deal with more suicide bombers. And it was kinda icky listening to Ellen mourn the loss of Zack while simultaneously groping Lee.The hour slows the entire season down a notch or two. It's mostly forgettable stuff.moreless

  • Funny episode!!

    8.9
    "Great"
    By Dante_Edy, Jun 11, 2011
    ***This review details this is a "I" perspective, based in what I like and recognize to be good or interesting, this is not a "god" where the guy thinks what he thinks is the true or the "you" perspective where I know what you will like and what you dont.***

    This time the plot main focus would be the old man Adama. This strange accusation that he would be a Cylon, I couldnt buy it, but if some Cylon replaced him? This could be interesting, right? But then, a new character appears and things turned to be interesting.

    There is a funny scene with Gaius and Starbuck. Ellen brought some funnier scenes, all the acting was funny, entertaining and great, a nice and simple story.

    Presentation Phase - (7/10) interesting, Adama as suppose Cylon,
    Complication Phase - (9/10) discovering who is a Cylon and pursuing a raider, thanks to Ellen presence we had entertaining moments,
    Climax Phase - (9/10) rare and entertaining,
    Ending - (10/10) excellent way of ending the episode,

    Details/Progress (To point A to B) - (9/10) it seems that we have progression,
    Time and Scene Management - (9/10) Hard to notice filler, the raider was,
    Plot Details/Holes- (10/10) fine,
    Storyline - (9/10) Ellen gave life to a amazing and entertaining dialogues at the dinner,

    Drama - (8/10) More funny than dramatic,
    Surprises/Shocks/Twists - (9/10) Didnt expected Ellen, the ending was nice too

    Funny episode!!moreless

  • "I don't mind the small moments of humor, but putting an entire episode based on situational humor was an odd move and I felt uncomfortable the entire episode." SPOILERS

    5.0
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    By tiewashere, Mar 21, 2011
    I'm sorry, but this was a bad episode. I didn't like the satirical format of the episode considering it is such a serious show. I don't mind the small moments of humor, but putting an entire episode based on situational humor was an odd move and I felt uncomfortable the entire episode. On a show with much less seriousness this would have worked. When you're dealing with the extinction of the human race, I really don't think there is a need for an entire episode dedicated solely to humor and funny situations. On the bright side, it was nice to finally meet Tigh's wife and I wish I hadn't. I was begging this entire time (and in previous episode reviews) to see more of Tigh's life and I wish I hadn't now. The only scene that I really, really enjoyed out of an overall bad episode was the scene where Six showed some emotion about never feeling love. She is a good character. It seems I have figured out where she was going with the entire "helping Baltar" thing. By making him trust her, she made it so the humans think they are safe with a cylon detector...but the person doing the detection is going to say everyone is human. Interesting and well planned out. Apollo is hot. 5/10moreless

  • Crap. Complete crap. This episode doesn't deserve a proper summary, so the summary for this episode is crap. That is all.

    2.0
    "Terrible"
    By benboy606, Mar 21, 2011
    Probably the worst episode of the series. This is literally the bottom of the barrel as Ellen comes back and proves that when Galactica tries to be funny, they fall on their asses. They did funny in 1.07, why can't they do it here!? Ellen is a horrible character that I couldn't care less about at this moment. I like her later on, but now, she's a drunken mess. I liked the ambiguity of, "is Ellen a Cylon?" at the end. The very end was great, but the rest!? Come ON! Everyone was a drunken mess, and just random OOC crap flying everywhere. I know they created this episode to please the Sci-Fi network, and for that, I damn the Sci-Fi network lol! I can't talk more about this episode. I wasn't bored; I was just appalled.

    How could my favorite show produce an episode like this? Oh, yes, because of the network it's on. This episode failed in every aspect of the word. Thank god that this is the last dud of the season. A 2/10, which is generous. I don't think I even have to say what grade this episode gets, but I'll say it anyways. My first F!moreless
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    • The fleet has lost 68 people since "33," and according to Baltar its population is now 47,905.

    • During the scene where Baltar looks at the hundreds of vials and talks to Number Six about how hopeless it is, the music playing in the background is "Battlestar Operatica," which was written for the episode by Bear McCreary rather than using Mozart. The lyrics are in Italian and mean the following: Woe upon your Cylon heart There's a toaster in your head And it wears high heels Number Six calls to you The Cylon Detector beckons Your girlfriend is a toaster Woe upon your Cylon heart Alas, disgrace! Alas, sadness and misery! The toaster has a pretty red dress Red like its glowing spine Number Six whispers By Your Command

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    • Roslin: If you're a Cylon, I'd like to know. Adama: If I'm a Cylon, you're really screwed.

    • Apollo: Why did you bring her here? Adama: Because she's his wife! I couldn't deny her access to her own husband without causing suspicion. Besides, I wanted her close to me. Ellen Tigh: (walks in with Col. Tigh) I told you! I told you he wanted me! Baltar: Oh lovely.

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    • This is the first episode of the series to be directed by Edward James Olmos. It is also the first episode to be directed by a member of the cast.

    • The title of this episode refers to the 1990 Pedro Almodovar movie ¡Átame!. It was released in the U.S. under the title "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!" It helped spur the MPAA to create the NC-17 rating because of its extensive nudity and graphic sex scenes. The plot of the BSG episode does not follow that of the movie, which involved a kidnapping.

    • This episode first aired in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2004, on Sky One. Sky One co-financed the first season of the show.

    • The UK TiVo EPG has it listed as Secrets and Lies

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    • "Delphi" was home to the Delphic Oracle of Apollo in ancient Greece. Helo discovers that the Cylons have been using the city of Delphi as the base of their operations on Caprica.

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