It may be inappropriate to mention a work of fiction in this forum, but did anyone else watching the series finale of "Battlestar Galactica" last night notice the scene in which Admiral Adama angrily halted a polygraph exam?

In a previous scene, a friend had persuaded Adama to retire and undergo a pre-employment polygraph to transition from being an officer of the Colonial fleet into a civilian job.  Later, we see him in the "hot seat" with the electrodes and breathing monitors attached, being interrogated by a polygrapher.  But upon being asked "are you a Cylon," he becomes disgusted with having his integrity questioned after his decades of loyal military service, and so he pulls off the probes and ends the exam.  Way to go Admiral!

It was an unexpected scene, and was surprising because of the decidedly negative portrayal that polygraphy received in a "mainstream" television show.  Makes me wonder if any of the writers of that show had themselves experienced similar feelings toward the polygraph exam.

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Sound like what happened to me (including ripping off the straps).  Except I wasn't anywhere near an admiral!

TC