B5: Season 3, Episodes 18-20
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icepixieI got a little capslocky in a couple places. Sorry.
Walkabout
- Heh. Ivanova and Garibaldi read each other so well. She could tell he was hiding something instantly.
- I love the UFO-looking ships we often see patroling the station. They don't belong to the Strieb, do they? I feel like I read they belong to someone else. Anyway, they make me giggle every time I see one.
- Every sentient race has swedish meatballs. Oh, my. Couldn't every sentient race have something better than that? Spaghetti, maybe?
- "If Babylon 5 falls, we all fall with it." CUE THE OMINOUS MUSIC OF FORESHADOWING.
- So if they're aiming to keep Kosh's death a secret, shouldn't the new Vorlon be wearing the same color suit? Although I suppose if they did, then you couldn't have the ominous red eyeball-thingy. (That is ominous, right? It must be.)
- The Vorlons are the Borg? Immortal Borg?
- I like the new religion Franklin adheres to. Of course there would be a new one by this time.
- Garibaldi: "You're a doctor, a scientist."
Franklin: "And?"
G: "And what?"
F: "Exactly."
Nicely played, JMS.
- Oh, dear. This Kosh is kind of mean. Poor Lyta.
- Are the places everyone's in on the round table significant? I feel like probably not, but you never know.
- Delenn's new red robe is pretty.
- Wait a minute, since when is the war council a democracy? Seriously? Okay, I can grok each alien race getting a vote, but shouldn't Ivanova and Garibaldi have to fall in line behind Sheridan? Argh, I'm confused.
- I knew pretty much from the moment Franklin laid eyes on her that this woman would break his heart. Look at that, I was right. Is the poor man ever going to have a relationship that lasts longer than one episode?
- Has there been one episode with either Lyta or Talia where one of them hasn't fainted at some point over the course of the hour? Really, I don't think there has. Come on, JMS. We don't see Bester running around getting the vapors every twenty minutes, do we?
- Someone somewhere has a piece of Kosh. Intriguing...
Gray 17 Is Missing
I'd heard horrible things about this episode, but was pleasantly surprised. (Um, except for the GROSS VIOLATION OF PHYSICS, anyway, but more on that later.) Definitely not the greatest episode they've ever done, and possibly even the low point of the season, but very watchable nevertheless.
- I loved the guy who said he could learn telepathy. "I can intern!" *snerk*
- Er, question. Don't Delenn and Sheridan already run the Rangers? Or do they merely command those assigned to B5?
- Heh, Garibaldi's grandmother was a Boston cop. And he has her gun, and pockets the bullets. GEE, I WONDER IF THAT WILL BE USEFUL LATER IN THE EPISODE.
- Franklin in withdrawal is a bit scary, yes.
- Any thoughts on why Sinclair/Valen set up the three castes, anyway? Was it purely because they existed in the present, and thus he had to set them up so they would exist in the present so he had to set them up ad infinitum? (DAMMIT, I hate time travel stories.)
- ...I just realized exactly how Valen/Sinclair was able to prophecy all that he prophecied. I R Slow.
- No Minbari has murdered another Minbari for a thousand years? Really? I don't believe this. Not when they simultaneously have a fight-to-the-death ritual.
- So we've found B5's attic and/or basement? Reminded me a bit of Sharmanka.
- ...And then there was a ventriloquist's dummy that shoots tranquilizers, and I realized exactly why people don't like this episode. Wow.
- Is Marcus using that altar in his room for some kind of Minbari religious ritual?
- I loved Garibaldi's little eye-roll at "Jeremiah" welcoming him to "the end of the world."
- Aw, Delenn lost her mommy. Does no one get to have a happy childhood around here except Sheridan?
- Bwahahaha! Death is a design flaw of the universe!
- The Rangers are not only Rangers, but Gandalf as well? Is there going to be a Balrog and a bridge sometime soon? *g*
- ...And here was where my brain broke. YOU CANNOT MAKE A WORKING GUN OUT OF A LENGTH OF PIPE, SOME BULLETS, AND SOME STEAM. THE LAWS OF PHYSICS DO NOT ALLOW THIS.
- Marcus, you wiseass. (B5/Castle crossover FTW?)
And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
I need to get this out of the way first. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN MORE DISTURBED BY A TV SHOW THAN I HAVE BY THAT MOMENT NEAR THE END. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I just finished the Circe episode of Ulysses last night, and IT WASN'T AS DISTURBING AS THAT WAS. I mean, that song is unsettling enough as it is, with those creepy lyrics set to that bouncy gospel tune*, and then they overlaid it on Refa being killed by a mob of Narn, and I almost had to stop the DVD. AAAAAHHHHHHHH.
Anyway. From the beginning:
- Delenn was certainly...giddy in that scene in the war room, where she's teasing Sheridan about his grouchiness. It was weird, but also...kind of cute? Also, they're totally married now.
- Vir has claw marks from Na'Toth? ...My brain just went to a very bad place. Very bad, but very funny. Was there an incident in S1 between them that I missed? Because I like my explanation for those claw marks better than anything reality-based.
- Don't do it, Vir!
- Londo, you suck. A lot. A whole, whole lot. (Although, um, he kind of redeems himself at the end a bit maybe?)
- I was totally thinking Vir had managed to subvert Londo's orders, and was eagerly looking forward to seeing the results of the subversion I knew had to have happened, but of course we find that Londo was just playing Vir for a fool. Oh, Vir. You're just now figuring out that Londo is not the person you thought he was?
- There's a resistance movement on Earth? Nice.
- I sense that the minister's "she loves you" was not particularly a surprise to Sheridan.
- Uh, Delenn? It's probably a good thing that Sheridan can think like the Shadows. Don't you want to predict their movements and head them off at the pass?
- WHOA! That's a lot of White Stars! (And man, it takes that many to get a kiss from Sheridan? Poor Delenn. What will more than a kiss take? I kid, I kid. :D)
- Oh. I just realized that the countdown continues for more than just this episode. That's ominous. Big fat space battle ahoy!
* I have some issues with that whole subgenre of gospel music anyway--the "Big Brother God is watching you, so you'd better behave OR ELSE" subgenre. I would like to think most people are moral without the threat of postmortem consequences.
Walkabout
- Heh. Ivanova and Garibaldi read each other so well. She could tell he was hiding something instantly.
- I love the UFO-looking ships we often see patroling the station. They don't belong to the Strieb, do they? I feel like I read they belong to someone else. Anyway, they make me giggle every time I see one.
- Every sentient race has swedish meatballs. Oh, my. Couldn't every sentient race have something better than that? Spaghetti, maybe?
- "If Babylon 5 falls, we all fall with it." CUE THE OMINOUS MUSIC OF FORESHADOWING.
- So if they're aiming to keep Kosh's death a secret, shouldn't the new Vorlon be wearing the same color suit? Although I suppose if they did, then you couldn't have the ominous red eyeball-thingy. (That is ominous, right? It must be.)
- The Vorlons are the Borg? Immortal Borg?
- I like the new religion Franklin adheres to. Of course there would be a new one by this time.
- Garibaldi: "You're a doctor, a scientist."
Franklin: "And?"
G: "And what?"
F: "Exactly."
Nicely played, JMS.
- Oh, dear. This Kosh is kind of mean. Poor Lyta.
- Are the places everyone's in on the round table significant? I feel like probably not, but you never know.
- Delenn's new red robe is pretty.
- Wait a minute, since when is the war council a democracy? Seriously? Okay, I can grok each alien race getting a vote, but shouldn't Ivanova and Garibaldi have to fall in line behind Sheridan? Argh, I'm confused.
- I knew pretty much from the moment Franklin laid eyes on her that this woman would break his heart. Look at that, I was right. Is the poor man ever going to have a relationship that lasts longer than one episode?
- Has there been one episode with either Lyta or Talia where one of them hasn't fainted at some point over the course of the hour? Really, I don't think there has. Come on, JMS. We don't see Bester running around getting the vapors every twenty minutes, do we?
- Someone somewhere has a piece of Kosh. Intriguing...
Gray 17 Is Missing
I'd heard horrible things about this episode, but was pleasantly surprised. (Um, except for the GROSS VIOLATION OF PHYSICS, anyway, but more on that later.) Definitely not the greatest episode they've ever done, and possibly even the low point of the season, but very watchable nevertheless.
- I loved the guy who said he could learn telepathy. "I can intern!" *snerk*
- Er, question. Don't Delenn and Sheridan already run the Rangers? Or do they merely command those assigned to B5?
- Heh, Garibaldi's grandmother was a Boston cop. And he has her gun, and pockets the bullets. GEE, I WONDER IF THAT WILL BE USEFUL LATER IN THE EPISODE.
- Franklin in withdrawal is a bit scary, yes.
- Any thoughts on why Sinclair/Valen set up the three castes, anyway? Was it purely because they existed in the present, and thus he had to set them up so they would exist in the present so he had to set them up ad infinitum? (DAMMIT, I hate time travel stories.)
- ...I just realized exactly how Valen/Sinclair was able to prophecy all that he prophecied. I R Slow.
- No Minbari has murdered another Minbari for a thousand years? Really? I don't believe this. Not when they simultaneously have a fight-to-the-death ritual.
- So we've found B5's attic and/or basement? Reminded me a bit of Sharmanka.
- ...And then there was a ventriloquist's dummy that shoots tranquilizers, and I realized exactly why people don't like this episode. Wow.
- Is Marcus using that altar in his room for some kind of Minbari religious ritual?
- I loved Garibaldi's little eye-roll at "Jeremiah" welcoming him to "the end of the world."
- Aw, Delenn lost her mommy. Does no one get to have a happy childhood around here except Sheridan?
- Bwahahaha! Death is a design flaw of the universe!
- The Rangers are not only Rangers, but Gandalf as well? Is there going to be a Balrog and a bridge sometime soon? *g*
- ...And here was where my brain broke. YOU CANNOT MAKE A WORKING GUN OUT OF A LENGTH OF PIPE, SOME BULLETS, AND SOME STEAM. THE LAWS OF PHYSICS DO NOT ALLOW THIS.
- Marcus, you wiseass. (B5/Castle crossover FTW?)
And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
I need to get this out of the way first. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN MORE DISTURBED BY A TV SHOW THAN I HAVE BY THAT MOMENT NEAR THE END. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I just finished the Circe episode of Ulysses last night, and IT WASN'T AS DISTURBING AS THAT WAS. I mean, that song is unsettling enough as it is, with those creepy lyrics set to that bouncy gospel tune*, and then they overlaid it on Refa being killed by a mob of Narn, and I almost had to stop the DVD. AAAAAHHHHHHHH.
Anyway. From the beginning:
- Delenn was certainly...giddy in that scene in the war room, where she's teasing Sheridan about his grouchiness. It was weird, but also...kind of cute? Also, they're totally married now.
- Vir has claw marks from Na'Toth? ...My brain just went to a very bad place. Very bad, but very funny. Was there an incident in S1 between them that I missed? Because I like my explanation for those claw marks better than anything reality-based.
- Don't do it, Vir!
- Londo, you suck. A lot. A whole, whole lot. (Although, um, he kind of redeems himself at the end a bit maybe?)
- I was totally thinking Vir had managed to subvert Londo's orders, and was eagerly looking forward to seeing the results of the subversion I knew had to have happened, but of course we find that Londo was just playing Vir for a fool. Oh, Vir. You're just now figuring out that Londo is not the person you thought he was?
- There's a resistance movement on Earth? Nice.
- I sense that the minister's "she loves you" was not particularly a surprise to Sheridan.
- Uh, Delenn? It's probably a good thing that Sheridan can think like the Shadows. Don't you want to predict their movements and head them off at the pass?
- WHOA! That's a lot of White Stars! (And man, it takes that many to get a kiss from Sheridan? Poor Delenn. What will more than a kiss take? I kid, I kid. :D)
- Oh. I just realized that the countdown continues for more than just this episode. That's ominous. Big fat space battle ahoy!
* I have some issues with that whole subgenre of gospel music anyway--the "
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Date: 2009-04-09 09:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-09 10:38 pm (UTC)"Jeez, I had to give you a fleet of shiny things to get a kiss off you? Bloody hell"
She must really like him, that's all I can say.
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Date: 2009-04-10 04:11 am (UTC)