“A (Centauri) Republic, if you can keep(er) it.” — Benjamin Franklin
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Earhart’s: “The Fall of Centauri Prime” Spoiler Space
Once upon a time, Londo Mollari answered a question exactly the wrong way. Talk about his future here.
Episode 106: “Movements of Fire and Shadow”
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All year long, Sheridan and Delenn have been trying to pull together a historic political alliance. They’ve been contending with not only the forces of history, but the fundamental forces of people. In “Movements of Fire and Shadow” it all comes to a head. Boom today, and the promise of more booms tomorrow….
Episode 105: “And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder”
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Reckoning. War. One of the most powerful episodes of Babylon 5 ever, during the underrated Season 5. So powerful, in fact, that our Control Group, one Steven Schapansky, demanded to be let on the podcast…
Episode 104: “Darkness Ascending”
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Things are ramping up: Lennier, the hero. Lyta, the opportunist. Garibaldi, the watched. Londo, the lonely. The threads are all coming together as we approach the end of Babylon 5….
Episode 103: “Meditations on the Abyss”
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Almost the full ensemble gets together for what might be the calm before the storm, with lots of character beats in an episode that–spoiler alert–we all pretty much believe is FABOO.
Zocalo: Spoiler-free Discussion of “Meditations on the Abyss”
See, this episode title is almost a pun, because Lennier and Findell were meditating on the brink of asphyxiation, and, and, and…
…listen, you have to like this episode because Chip likes puns.
Earhart’s: “Meditations on the Abyss” Spoiler Space
When this episode first appeared, some fans decried it for not being “part of the arc,” or just a “slice of life.” Use the full power of your hindsight and let us know if they were right.
Episode 102: “The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father”
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“I want to see the TV series set in the HR department at Psi Corps.” –James Thomson
Episode 101: “Day of the Dead”
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The legendary Neil Gaiman made his American television debut writing the only episode of B5 not authored by Joe Straczynski since late Season 2. Was this mystical character piece too much of a departure from the “house style”? What the heck was Morden doing in Lennier’s quarters? We bring back the Space Mob’s biggest fan, first-time B5 watcher Steven Schapansky, for a fresh look at a story by a pre-American Gods and Coraline storyteller.