Battlestar Galactica, Season 1

Adama:
He said something else. That you might have been feeling guilty about something you did for Zak. What did you do for him?

Starbuck:
I don't know. You'd have to ask Lee.

Adama:
I'm asking you.

Starbuck:
Well I don't kn-I, ah...I don't really know what he was talking about, so-

Adama:
Don't fence with me, Kara. I love you like a daughter. I don't deserve that.

Starbuck:
Ummm...Zak...failed...basic flight. He wasn't a bad pilot, he just had no feel for flying...and, um, when it came to his final check ride he...busted...three of the test maneuvers, and I should have flunked him, but I didn't. The bottom line is your...son...didn't have the chops to fly a Viper...and it killed him.

Adama:
[following a flashback] You did it because you were engaged.

Starbuck:
[breaking down] Because I made a mistake...because I was just...I was so in love with him...and I let that get in the way of doing my job...and um, and he um, he just wanted it so much, and I...I didn't want to be the one who crushed him...

Adama:
Reinstate the trainees to flight status.

Starbuck:
I will...but I just want you to understand...that I-

Adama:
Do your job.

Starbuck:
Yes sir-

Adama:
And walk out of this cabin...while you still can.