Hahahahaha, I tried to do a rewatch like 5 or 6 years ago and wrote notes for myself on it. They are way, way, way more cracked out than your notes. Your recapping inspired me to go find my recap document in my old nostalgia files, and I was SERIOUSLY MANIC when I wrote it, and it's nonsensical and ridiculous and totally Talia-centric and I will now share the crack: (sadly, my opinion on early Ivanova apparently differed rather solidly from yours)
"Midnight on the Firing Line": HOLY CRAP do they ever pack a lot of stuff into Babylon 5 episodes. Raiders and Centauri and Narn and CARTOONS with Delenn and a lot of stuff I somehow thought happened later, so much so that I was afraid mid-episode that Morden and the Shadows would suddenly show up. ("Morden and the Shadows" = good doo-wop group name y/n?)
We get Talia/Garibaldi 'lift scene the first, we get Talia all "I don't feel like a victim" which is awesome, and we have my brain trying to bleed out from my skull at whatever terrible combination of dialogue and acting happening with Ivanova. I'm sure it is something misguided about her being Russian, and therefore being unable to use contractions (instead of being unable to use articles, which would be more accurate, and also, would be kind of irritating after a while). Russians = ALIENS, omg! Man, this recap is stupid, because I totally forget it all.
ANYWAY. Santiago is reelected, tons of shit happens, we get the Ivanova's mother story, and Talia comes on strong in Susan's direction. Also: CUTE CUTE CUTE grin when Michael hits on her in the lift, omg. *squeee!* But let's talk about Talia's behavior toward Susan here, and some of her behavior throughout the (especially early) series. She flirts with everyone, but not in a come-on flirt as much as a... come-hither sultry yet distant flirt. It's almost like part of her job is to get people to like her, and she's using all the charms and skills at her disposal. It's quite, quite interesting from the Control idea, actually, even though I suspect that wasn't a glimmer in anyone's eye yet. It's also interesting from the perspective of an oddly sheltered registered telepath who really doesn't seem to *get* at this point that people fear her for her teep-ness (even though she freaks out about being tired of that in season 2). Possibly she's just determined to charm herself out of her second-class citizen status -- and it does seem to work.
She also starts her long career of being weak and overwhelmed in the face of danger and/or telepathic onslaught when she accidentally intercepts Londo. And she runs to Garibaldi. Again, squeee. Note: she's only been on the station for a few weeks and they're already in a bantery pattern of friendship and flirtation.
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Date: 2010-06-06 08:59 pm (UTC)"Midnight on the Firing Line": HOLY CRAP do they ever pack a lot of stuff into Babylon 5 episodes. Raiders and Centauri and Narn and CARTOONS with Delenn and a lot of stuff I somehow thought happened later, so much so that I was afraid mid-episode that Morden and the Shadows would suddenly show up. ("Morden and the Shadows" = good doo-wop group name y/n?)
We get Talia/Garibaldi 'lift scene the first, we get Talia all "I don't feel like a victim" which is awesome, and we have my brain trying to bleed out from my skull at whatever terrible combination of dialogue and acting happening with Ivanova. I'm sure it is something misguided about her being Russian, and therefore being unable to use contractions (instead of being unable to use articles, which would be more accurate, and also, would be kind of irritating after a while). Russians = ALIENS, omg! Man, this recap is stupid, because I totally forget it all.
ANYWAY. Santiago is reelected, tons of shit happens, we get the Ivanova's mother story, and Talia comes on strong in Susan's direction. Also: CUTE CUTE CUTE grin when Michael hits on her in the lift, omg. *squeee!* But let's talk about Talia's behavior toward Susan here, and some of her behavior throughout the (especially early) series. She flirts with everyone, but not in a come-on flirt as much as a... come-hither sultry yet distant flirt. It's almost like part of her job is to get people to like her, and she's using all the charms and skills at her disposal. It's quite, quite interesting from the Control idea, actually, even though I suspect that wasn't a glimmer in anyone's eye yet. It's also interesting from the perspective of an oddly sheltered registered telepath who really doesn't seem to *get* at this point that people fear her for her teep-ness (even though she freaks out about being tired of that in season 2). Possibly she's just determined to charm herself out of her second-class citizen status -- and it does seem to work.
She also starts her long career of being weak and overwhelmed in the face of danger and/or telepathic onslaught when she accidentally intercepts Londo. And she runs to Garibaldi. Again, squeee. Note: she's only been on the station for a few weeks and they're already in a bantery pattern of friendship and flirtation.