And I love Tigh reminding Adama, “no one coerces Starbuck”. He may not like her, but I think he does have a certain amount of respect for her, and he sees her more objectively than Adama does.

Yes. Tigh is an intriguing character in his own right, and I'm fascinated by the prospect of seeing what he'll do in this horrible situation when the spotlight is on him, when the next season begins.

And I think you’re right ... they both work best when they’re balanced against each other. And when something upsets that balance, things tend to go very wrong very quickly.

Which is why I think it's important that both screw up in the final two-parter. If only one of them had, the result, once the dust clears, would have been a permanent alteration of the power balance, but as it is, they both have something they need to make up for, and that the other needs to forgive.