Convictions was a pretty linear story, it was all centred around the one issue. A Day in the Strife is almost it’s polar opposite. The title is meant to refer to a typical day on Babyon 5, makes me wonder how they get through 364 of them. I’m not sure if strife means the same thing in the US as it does in Australia, down here it’s a slang word for ( Read more... )

Convictions or There’s a Mad Bomber Loose on Babylon 5.

First a bomb goes off in the station’s lower regions and no one in the station’s greater population really gives it much mind because it only affects the ‘lurkers’, and they’re considered a criminal underclass. Garibaldi, Sheridan and Ivanova do take it seriously, though. It isn’t until a ( Read more... )

Matters of Honour, the first episode of the 3rd season of Babylon 5 has a few reveals in it.

The opening monologue is different for a start. Season 1 was Sinclair, and season 2 had Sheridan repeating Sinclair’s words. Season 3 it’s Ivanova, which immediately leads me to assume she’ll be playing a more active role in this season. The words have ( Read more... )

I’ve finished watching season 2 of Babylon 5, so that means today is prediction time! I did a list of predictions for the season before I started watching it, so before we see how spectacularly wrong I can get what may happen in season 3, let’s revisit my season 2 predictions and see how I did.

1)     Despite the prophecy Babylon 5 will NOT explode ( Read more... )

The final episode of season 2 of Babylon 5 is called The Fall of Night, although it could have also been titled The One Where Everything Goes to Hell. I suspect I may be titling a few episodes that in the future, judging by the end of The Fall of Night.

After how eventful the final episode of season 1 was I expected something similar for the second ( Read more... )

I have to confess at feeling a little bit ripped off by Comes The Inquisitor. There are two stories in this episode, and I felt the one that isn’t referenced in the title was the more interesting one, but doesn’t get as much coverage.

Delenn has professed a willingness to lead what has become referred to as ‘the army of the light’, a group of people ( Read more... )

Pretty much every episode on this disc has had a rather ominous title and The Long, Twilight Struggle is no different.

The Centauri are really hammering the Narn, and the proud warrior race are trying one last ditch attempt to take out the Centauri communications base. It's a risky plan because it involves leaving their home planet largely ( Read more... )

Well this sucks!

I’m almost tempted to make that my entire review for Divided Loyalties, but I can’t let it go there. I need to explain…no I don’t, I need to vent.

If anyone has read my reviews of Babylon 5 they are aware that I love the character of telepath Talia Winters. Right from the first time I saw her in Midnight on the Firing Line (the first ( Read more... )

Confessions and Lamentations is a pretty heavy episode, and although it has very little to do with the season arc, it’s still an important episode.

In many ways it harked back to Believers in Season 1. Like Believers, Confessions and Lamentations dealt with faith versus science, and like that episode with it’s ultimately tragic ending, it also ( Read more... )

I suppose after the revelations in In The Shadow of Z’Ha’Dum I was expecting another shocking episode, which Knives isn’t really, but then again viewers probably needed something to get their breath back after In The Shadow of Z’Ha’Dum.

There are two distinct parts to Knives, one involving Sheridan and another involving Londo. Now while the Sheridan ( Read more... )