Category Archives: Discussion Threads

Earhart’s: Spoiler Space for “A Distant Star”

We have two comparably sized pinnacles of Earthforce technology: the immobile space station Babylon 5 and the star-spanning EAS Cortez. We have a captain-turned-military governor going ever so slightly stir crazy when the latter’s captain visits him at the former. We have mysteries in hyperspace.

We have a spoiler section.

So, this is where you talk about the implications of Dr. Franklin’s food plans on the five-year arc.

Zocalo: Spoiler-free Discussion of “Points of Departure”

At this point I am desperately hoping that there are at least a few of you who have never seen Babylon 5 before, are watching it for the first time, are stepping off at the spoiler jumpgate during the podcast, and had no idea what’s coming in this episode.

This thread is for you, as well as those who want to just talk about “Points of Departure” while smugly refusing to reveal the future.

Earhart’s: “Points of Departure” Spoiler Space

“Please hold, a commanding officer will be able to assist you in a moment.” But it’s probably not the commanding officer you were expecting, if you were watching B5 without the benefit of the internet community that was anxiously awaiting/dreading this episode. A new season and a turning point begin in “Points of Departure.” If you’re reading this thread, you know where it led–so what do you think about how well this episode set up the future of Babylon 5?