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.)
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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!
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.
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!
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Hunter, comma, Prey.
Your humble hosts pretty much agree that this is not only a good episode, it’s the first episode of Babylon 5 that is purely arc-driven: it’s all about what came before and sets up what is to come. Let’s talk about conspiracies, singing ships and hapless doctors!
Here you may discuss everything about “Hunter, Prey” that does not spoil future episodes, including Dr. Everett Jacobs’s magnificent mustache.
The Prime Time Entertainment Network reran “Hunter, Prey” approximately 597 times.
So you can probably discuss this episode and its future implications from memory.
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The long-awaited Ivanova Dance edition of B5AG is here! Did anything else happen in this episode? As a matter of fact, quite a lot. Weep for G’Kar. Curse Londo. Snicker with Taq. Boom. Shubba-lubba.
And, as always, don’t miss our spoiler and non-spoiler discussion threads!
If you have never seen Babylon 5 before, you may be wondering what the heck was up with the Ivanova Dance. Rest assured, people who haven’t seen “Acts of Sacrifice” in years may be wondering that as well. But, hey! How about that G’Kar guy, huh? No spoilers for future episodes, please.
Your humble podcast hosts decided as they recorded the episode that this wasn’t so much a setup episode as a payoff episode, so not a lot of spoilery stuff this time around. Were we right? Talk about “Acts of Sacrifice” in the context of future episodes here!
