Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)

The Road Less Traveled (2008)

Callum Keith Rennie: Leoben Conoy

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• Leoben Conoy : [Starbuck storms into the storage hold after Leoben's ship springs a leak and explodes. She locks the door]  I heard and explosion. Are you all right?

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : [She backhands him knocking him to the floor]  What'd you do? Blow the tylium stores?

  Leoben Conoy : That's the Kara I used to know.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : The Raider's in pieces, you mother-fracker!

  [She kicks him savagely. Then throws him back into a sitting position] 

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : Sgt. Mathias is dead. Not that you give a damn!

  [She punches him as hard as she can in the face] 

  Leoben Conoy : You can't think that I had anything to do with that.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : I wasn't even on the deck. I was too busy believing you instead of watching out for my crew.

  Leoben Conoy : My ship was under fire.

  [Pants] 

  Leoben Conoy : The reactor could've been damaged.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : [Grabbing him by the shirt,screaming]  It was a setup.

  [Shakes him] 

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : Say it!

  Leoben Conoy : [Turns his head and spits blood]  Hit me. Hit me again.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : You used me to get close to the ship.

  Leoben Conoy : How many times did you kill me on New Caprica? Don't stop now.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : Frak you.

  [Pulls back her fist to strike him again] 

  Leoben Conoy : Go on, do it.

  [Her fist is drawn back, shaking] 

  Leoben Conoy : I won't comeback this time, I promise. Resurrection ship's well out of range. Go on, do it. DO IT!

  [Starbuck grunts in frustration and pushes him back against the bulkhead. She stands there and looks at him] 

  Leoben Conoy : It doesn't help, does it?

  [She slowly collapses and sits on the floor] 

  Leoben Conoy : Nothing feels quite like it did before. Does it?

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : [Holding her temples]  What are you doing to me?

  Leoben Conoy : All of your life, you forced back the truth by lashing out at everyone around you. Anesthetizing yourself with ambrosia and empty affairs. But you've lost the taste for those petty things.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : I'm the same person.

  Leoben Conoy : No. There's a void, an emptiness that can only be filled by taking the next step on your journey.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : What happened to me the two months I was missing?

  Leoben Conoy : I don't know.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : The mandala, the paintings, my mother. It had to mean something.

  Leoben Conoy : You have to make peace with your past.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : Why?

  Leoben Conoy : Because that part of you is gone. I told you when I first came aboard this ship that you had changed. I look at you now. I don't see Kara Thrace. I see an angel blazing with the light of God, an angel eager to lead her people home.

• Leoben Conoy : [Starbuck is in her Viper, staring at an out-of-commission, extremely damaged Heavy Raider]  Kara. I'm alone. It's not an attack. I knew I'd find you. Knew you'd be out here searching.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : Leoben?

  Leoben Conoy : I'm here for you, to offer a truce between Cylon and human. And a chance to complete your journey.

• Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : [Leoben on board the Demetrius, handcuffed and grinning knowingly at Starbuck]  Don't look at me like that.

  Leoben Conoy : I'm sorry, but the difference between the way you were on New Caprica and now...

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : I'm the same person.

  Leoben Conoy : I have eyes. I can see. God has taken your hand and purged you of the questions, the doubt. Your journey can finally begin, but there isn't much time. The others, the ones I left behind, they need your help. But not as much as you need theirs.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : Why?

  Leoben Conoy : [Leans close and speaks softly into her ear]  Your crew, they don't trust you.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : I need you to tell me why I'm here.

  Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon : [He pushes Leoben back into the hands of the guards and tries to get Starbuck's attention]  Captain, we should move the prisoner.

  Leoben Conoy : [Struggling with the guards who are dragging him away]  A blue planet surrounded by clouds.

  Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon : [Trying to look her to look at him and not Leoben]  You okay?

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : [to the guards]  Stop!

  Leoben Conoy : [Guards stop. Kara and Leoben look at each other. Leoben breaks free and stands on his own two feet]  The Hybrid. When she first described it to me... how beautiful it was, I cried. You need to go to her, Kara. The Hybrid, she'll tell you things, amazing things.

  Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon : [completely fed up]  We're done here. Get him out of here.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : [as guards are starting to pull Leoben away]  Wait! Take him to my quarters.

  Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace : [noticing the complete incredulity on the faces of her crew, especially Helo who simply can't believe what he's hearing]  Just do it!

• Leoben Conoy : [the guards throw Leoben to the floor and leave him alone in the storage hold with Anders]  I'm glad you're here. You and Kara, did you get things worked out? Because you should. You weren't meant to be enemies.

  Ensign Samuel Anders : No. That'd be you and me.

  [kicks Leoben down onto his back] 

  Ensign Samuel Anders : What do you want from Kara?

  Leoben Conoy : [Panting]  The same thing I've always wanted. For her to understand her destiny.

  Ensign Samuel Anders : That's not good enough.

  Leoben Conoy : It's good enough for her.

  [with his hands cuffed behind his back, Leoben struggles off his back and onto his knees] 

  Leoben Conoy : What is the most basic article of faith? *That this is not all that we are.*

  Leoben Conoy : [Sam looks at him with a mix of incredulity, immense fear and loathing. Leoben chuckles]  C-Bucks rule.

  Ensign Samuel Anders : What did you just say?

  Leoben Conoy : Forward guard, right? I saw a couple of games. You were good. Yet after all the celebrity and acclaim, what were you? Just another face selling magazines, another piece of scoreboard trivia. You always knew you were destined for more. You were just waiting for your singular moment of clarity.

  Ensign Samuel Anders : [immediately pulling, cocking and pointing his pistol right in Leoben's face]  Well, maybe I just found it.

  Leoben Conoy : You kill me, Kara's dream dies with me.

  Ensign Samuel Anders : I don't think so. I think you download into another Leoben body and you spew more lies.

  Leoben Conoy : [slowly shaking his head]  No one's coming back.

  [swallows] 

  Leoben Conoy : We were lured out of resurrection range. Ship was attacked. We survived. The Baseship was damaged. We were set adrift.

  Ensign Samuel Anders : [lowers his pistol, starts to raise it back up and then lowers it again]  What are you talking about? Who attacked you?

  Leoben Conoy : War has broken out between the Cylon. Battle lines have been drawn between those who embrace their nature and those who fear it.

  Ensign Samuel Anders : [taken aback and deeply thinking but trying not to show it]  Good.

  [starts walking out of the room] 

  Ensign Samuel Anders : You can blow yourselves to hell for all I care.

  Leoben Conoy : That's one way, that's one way. There's another. An alliance.

  [Anders stops, looks unbelievingly, but listens] 

  Leoben Conoy : Allow our paths to converge. You save us from our savage brothers, and our old one, the Hybrid, will show Kara the righteous path. And together, they'll lead us to the promised land. Together, we will find Earth.