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So perhaps you’d like to know what a good chunk of this TV series is all about.
RELEASE THE FLOODGATES.
(Apologies for a few audio glitches in Shannon’s track.)
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Episode 38: “Knives”
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Well, we didn’t hate it.
“Knives” is a return to the A-plot/B-plot style of which we saw so much in Season 1. Could either plot have carried an episode on its own? How stunningly effective was the Prime Time Entertainment Network’s trailer? How do you pronounce “Knives”? And what element led Chip to splutter, “It’s not even cheesetastic. There is no ‘tastic’ to this cheese”?
Zocalo: Spoiler-free Discussion of “Knives”
Who would have thought that Londo Mollari was a credible duellist? Did you forget about Sector 14? What did you like about “Knives”? Please leave your spoilers for beyond the jumpgate.
Earhart’s: “Knives” Spoiler Space
Londo’s slide continues and Sheridan picks up a hitchhiker. Where is this going and what does it all mean? Spoil away!
Episode 37: “And Now for a Word”
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We interrupt this program to bring you a show within a show! How novel! But does “And Now for a Word” hold up as a projection of future journalism? Does it advance the story arc? Is it a good introduction to B5 itself? And how about that lovely video transfer?
Earhart’s: “And Now for a Word” Spoiler Space
Talk about the spoilers, from the sponsors to the security cameras…
Zocalo: Spoiler-free Discussion of “And Now for a Word”
Here’s a poser for those of you who have never seen Babylon 5 before, and those of you who can put yourselves in that frame of mind: would you show “And Now for a Word” to someone who’d never seen B5 before? Could it stand on its own? Is it an effective introduction to the show?
And what else did you think of it? (No spoilers, thankyouverymuch.)
Episode 36: “There All the Honor Lies”
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Sheridan’s framed for murder, Londo’s symbolically cast…in a bad light, Vir’s about to be cast from the station, a new Deep Space Franchise is born, and Lennier’s got family trouble. Just another typical day on Babylon 5!
Zocalo: Spoiler-free Discussion of “There All the Honor Lies”
The Minbari plot threads come back in a big way, Lennier is kung fu fighting, and what sort of monster would space a teddy bear? Let us know what you thought of Peter David’s second B5 episode. Spoilers go thataway.
Earhart’s: “There All the Honor Lies” Spoiler Space
Nerdy trivia note: “Death first!” was a battlecry cropping up in a lot of Peter David fiction around the time “There All the Honor Lies” aired.
Spoiler comments ahoy!