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With a title like “Interludes and Examinations” you would think that this would be a breather episode, or maybe a quieter one that sits with our characters. Instead we get a major character death, a major development in the war … Continue reading The Last Best Hope… – “Interludes and Examinations”
Now that Season 3 has provided some breathing room, it is back to the races with an arc heavy episode with everyone’s favorite recurring antagonist, Bester. I can see why they brought him back since Babylon 5 oddly enough does … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “Ship of Tears”
If “Sic Transit Vir” was a bit of a light episode to come down from the previous ones, “A Late Delivery From Avalon” continues that trend. In addition to the main plot, we have antics concerning the Post Office, as … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“A Late Delivery From Avalon”
Since episode eight we have been primarily dealing with Earth and it’s civil war. The human characters have been taking center stage, though there have been some great sub plots involving Delenn and Londo. “Sic Transit Vir” then comes along … Continue reading The Last Best Hope… “Sic Transit Vir”
We come down from the delirious highs of “Severed Dreams” with a quieter episode that is all about immediate consequences, and how we move on while dealing with them. It makes sense that you cant do something as crazy as … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “Ceremonies of Light and Dark”
While Point of No Return shares its name with the whole season, and represents the increasingly desperate measures the main crew are taking to keep the conflict from erupting, Severed Dreams is all about not shying from that fight once … Continue reading The Last Best Hope… – “Severed Dreams”
Last week’s episode ratcheted up the tensions among the Earth based characters, and delivered a bomb shell ending of the president declaring martial law. This week is a great episode that shows off how big momentous things happening at the … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Point of No Return”
Now that we have done some character work, checked in on many of our ongoing plots, and introduced our newcomers, it is off to the Season 3 races. “Messages From Earth” and the next two episodes run straight into each … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Messages From Earth”
Season 3 as the strongest of the Babylon 5 seasons has a few episodes in contention for the worst one. “Exogenesis” is up there, though I actually kind of like it. Some see it as an interruption before we get … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Exogenesis”
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”
