A Late Delivery from Avalon is, in my opinion, a slight drop in quality from recent episodes of Babylon 5. The Arthurian subplot does give plenty of time to Marcus and G’Kar, so that’s great, and Michael York as Arthur is excellent casting, plus a chance to see a quality actor with a high profile in the show, but it doesn’t have the impact of ( Read more... )

That Sic Transit Vir is a lighter episode (for the most part) after all the dark/heavy episodes recently, is set by two things right from the start. One, the title seems to reference Vir, and although he’s had some serious storylines, overall the character is comedy relief, then the beginning sequence features Ivanova walking into the command ( Read more... )

I thought I'd do another stream of consciousness thing with Ceremonies of Light and Dark

It begins with the Nightwatch are sent from Babylon 5.

Garibaldi got injured ejecting people that weren’t happy about leaving.

They’ve had to shut communications down to prevent Earthforce from overwhelming or forcing the station to do what it wants.

Sheridan still ( Read more... )

Severed Dreams is the best episode I’ve seen of Babylon 5, I’d go so far as to say it’s one of the best episodes I’ve seen of any SF show I’ve watched. It’s no surprise that it took out the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1997. If they gave out Emmy’s for SF shows it probably would have picked up one of them, too. Severed Dreams has it all: ( Read more... )

In my review of Messages from Earth I neglected to mention something that took place at the end of the episode, this was a major oversight on my part, because it is the most important part of the episode and possibly the most important thing that has happened in the series to date. It also influences nearly everything in Point of No Return.

At the ( Read more... )

Messages from Earth has made me board the Marcus Cole is an absolute legend train.

This happened early in the episode. The opening scene recalls something very similar from season 1. Sheridan, Garibaldi and Ivanova are seen having breakfast, and it’s in the same sort of military canteen setting as in the season 1 episode where Garibaldi and Sinclair ( Read more... )

After the multi strand stories in Voices of Authority and Dust To Dust, Exogenesis is a bit of a break. It really only has two stories going on, and only the more light hearted one is related to the overarching story.

The more serious story in Exogenesis concerns alien beings known as Vindrizi, bonding with humans in an attempt to prolong their ( Read more... )

It’s getting harder and harder to review the episodes of Babylon 5. Not because they’re not good, they are, they’re fantastic really, but because so much STUFF happens in each one that’s becoming harder to fit it all in and not miss something. For that reason I thought I’d do something a little different for Dust To Dust (is it just me or do the ( Read more... )

Voices of Authority takes Babylon 5 into territory I can’t really remember seeing any other genre show go.

A lot of this episode concerns the Ministry of Peace, the hold it has on Earth, the lies it spreads to hold onto that control and the fear it instills for the same purpose and it’s obvious attempts to suppress free speech even as far afield as ( Read more... )

Season 3 of Babylon 5 hadn’t given us much telepath action, Passing Through Gethsemane changed that.

A Vorlon ship arrives at the station containing Kosh. I actually wondered during A Day In The Strife why Kosh wasn’t consulted about the probe, and why the Vorlon’s wouldn’t have taken action if they thought one of their own was threatened. It’s ( Read more... )