Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Every Deleted Scene Ranked From Worst To Best
7. It's Kind Of Weird That You Recorded That
This scene essentially shows why Finn is so determined to leave the Resistance fleet and get the beacon as far away as he can; he wants to save Rey, whom he cares about deeply.
The thing is, we already know that he cares about Rey deeply. One of the first things he says when he wakes up in the bacta suit is "Where's Rey?" so it's obvious from the get-go that he wants to reunite with her and help her.
Slowing the movie down to repeat that information wouldn't have helped anything, so as great as the interaction between Finn and BB-8 is (and more BB-8 is always good), this was rightfully left out.