Season 3, and most Babylon 5 seasons, has to delicately balance the different plots. Sure some will get a few episodes in a row, but they always need to pull back and address the others at some point. We have … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Dust to Dust”
After a series of episodes that needed to introduce new characters, and new sets, we finally get to an episode that is dedicated to moving the arc of some of the main plotlines along. We get some movement on the … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…”Voices of Authority”
We are finally at the end of the table setting episodes, and what an episode to end the streak on. This is by far my favorite of the four, though full disclosure after being with my father when he was … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Passing Through Gethsemane”
This to me is probably the weakest episode of Season 3, but only because I have seen the entire show dozens and dozens of times. We already had two tablesetting episodes, and now instead of getting to the fireworks factory … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “A Day in the Strife”
“Convictions” is more of a procedural style episode, with one mystery that does not really impact the overall story lines, and most everything gets wrapped up by the end. It does however introduce some new characters, and continues the first … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Convictions”
We have hit Season 3, widely regarded as the best season of the whole show! I am also among those who consider it Babylon 5 at it’s height. If you think of Babylon 5 as one long story from Season … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Matters of Honor”
Even though my recaps are only dropping now in late October, it is time for Babylon 5’s Christmas episode! It is really the only one that counts, and I count it as such because Christmas is mentioned and someone gets … Continue reading The Last Best Hope… – “The Fall of Night”
This episode is a rough one to watch and honestly not one that I tend to revisit. I have never been a fan of torture episodes like this, and mostly for very simplistic reasons. I like these characters! Why would … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Comes the Inquisitor”
After the absolute emotional body blows of “Confessions and Lamentations” and “The Long Twilight Struggle” you would think we would be in for a bit of a break, but “Divided Loyalties” piles on. The stakes are lowered somewhat from entire … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Divided Loyalties”
This is probably the episode I revisit most often from Season 2. Peter Jurasik and Andreas Katsulas are absolutely amazing in every scene, two legendary scifi guest actors nail their scenes, several huge pieces of plot get resolved or moved … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Long Twilight Struggle”
This one is a bit of a gut punch of an episode, and one that JMS was proud of mostly for subverting convention. I think it hits harder these days, because when I first watched the AIDS epidemic, which it … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Confessions and Lamentations”
Babylon 5 may be the show I have watched the most in my life. I have seen it all the way through at least ten times over the years. Because of that, these days I tend to jump around a … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum”
This episode has a middling reputation among fans, at least when compared to the rest of the really great episodes of the back half of Season 2. I have always liked it myself. I like that the nuts and bolts … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Knives”
This is another more procedural episode, nothing too earth shattering from a story arc perspective, but it does rely on previous episodes which I like. Also it deals with essentially an officer involved shooting and it deals with it more … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“There All the Honor Lies”
Babylon 5 was a show that was determined to show that long form television was viable for all kinds of shows, not just soap operas. This was a decently bold vision for the time, and something of an experiment for … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“And Now for a Word”
I consider this episode another in the “its the 90’s” category. We get a look into the case being built against President Clark, and we get some scenes that are very X-Files-ish. Also there are echoes of the present day … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “Hunter, Prey”
This episode is a tremendous downer that advances the Narn-Centauri War arc, paired with by far one of the most cringe-inducing plots and scenes in the show, at least for me. We begin to see the Narns in a more … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Acts of Sacrifice”
All Alone in the Night is a good arc heavy episode, concerned with moving some pieces around to support further story lines, but also giving us a good old fashioned alien abduction story at it’s center. It is part of … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“All Alone in the Night”
After the excitement and drama of The Coming of Shadows, it is somewhat inevitable that we would have a bit of a comedown with the next episode. Episode 10 pushes us firmly back into the troubles with Earth category of … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“GROPOS”
In some ways this episode is a bit of a rehash. The battle scene is kind of a repeat of the end of season 1, and the whole thing is intended as a mirror to the first episode of the … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Coming of Shadows”
This episode is another one that I dont revisit often, but I would not go as far as saying it is a bad episode. It is held back by laying track for a train that never comes along, but inside … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“A Race Through Dark Places”
