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We have arrived at the end of season 3 and it has been a doozy. Major story arcs got activated after operating in the background, a major character was killed off, status quos were upended and everyone even got new … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…”Z’Ha’Dum”
“Shadow Dancing” is the great big battle climax to the slowly building tension with the Shadows. A force that has been moving against the heroes since the middle of the first season finally gets confronted. The battle itself is a … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “Shadow Dancing”
Walkabout and Grey 17 were about shuffling things around and getting back on track, whereas “And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place” is about moving us forward again. I really like this one, not only for the sense of … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place”
This episode deals with some of the lingering plots that Sinclair’s exit left behind, and it brings back one of my favorite recurring antagonists in Neroon of the Warrior Caste. It is a pretty good showcase for Marcus, Delenn and … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “Grey 17 is Missing”
We jump right back into the action in this episode, with Londo showing Sheridan the destroyed Centauri capitol city. He goes on a minor rant, and then has Sheridan sent away, promising to execute him the next time he summons … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“War Without End Part 2”
Two parters in such a serialized series seem like they dont make sense, but I kind of view this one as a TV movie that got broken into two episodes. There were some dangling plot threads, and this episode comes … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “War Without End Part 1”
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”
