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Somehow we made it through the whole episode without a John Barrowman reference. Chip considers this a personal failing. But, hey, let’s advance the Earth plot line a bit, spend significant time on another planet, and continue the buddy-movie adventures of Marcus and Steven. Plus, the Sheribaldi shippers take another gut punch…
(Is “Sheribaldi” a thing? Some of us are curious, and some of us are afraid.)
Things are finally heating up on the Earth front. Stephen and Marcus have made it to Mars and are bickering like the married couple they’re impersonating. Ivanova is giving Sheridan some much-needed time off so she can make things happen. Given free time, Sheridan gets into trouble with Garibaldi…and Delenn.
Woo hoo.
Talk about everything leading up to this episode here.
Mars is bright tonight, which foretells…something.
(Sorry, wrong franchise. No centaurs in the B5 universe.)
Talk about what “Racing Mars” starts and continues here.
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OK, did this episode have the best guest casting find ever in B5 history, with Reiner Schone, or did it have the best guest casting find ever? Yeah, the three of us are big fans of Dukhat. Plus, this episode was directed by Wally Cleaver! And Lennier was such a nice guy in this one! All this, and revelations about Delenn on screen and Valen in spoiler space…
We learn quite a chunk of information in this episode regarding the Earth-Minbari War and other Minbari history. Look back at this episode and previous episodes in the discussion here.
So, Delenn’s clan decided she can essentially be a war bride, Wedding plans and other future events can be hashed out here.
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It’s the B5 directorial debut of one Vir Cotto (not appearing on your screen this time) and the flip side to Season 2’s “And Now for a Word.” Call them Alternative Facts, call it Fake News, call it what you like: Sheridan and Delenn discover the limits of truth-telling before Interstellar Network News in a 1997 episode that feels really darn uncomfortable 20 years later.
Gee, things are sure in a mess back home, aren’t they? How the heck did we get here? Talk about the series up to this point but no spoilers!
This would appear to be the Clark regime tricking our beloved B5 command staff and then throwing down a gauntlet. How do they respond? Talk about it here with all the spoilers you want.
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It feels like the first time, only different! Londo’s happily haggling on the Zocalo. Sheridan’s matching wits with Bester. But Garibaldi’s quit his job, and the certainty of the Shadow War’s endgame has vanished. Welcome to Babylon 5 as it was earlier in the series: unpredictable.
