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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”
This episode is something of a guilty pleasure of mine. In story terms it has very little to do with any ongoing arcs. Nothing here is going to be referenced again. It does get into a little more of the … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Soul Mates”
It can’t be a mid-90’s TV show without some good old fashioned government conspiracy storylines. This one dolls it up with Mars, and semi-undead cyborgs. But at it’s heart is big businesses colluding with the government to crush a peaceful … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“A Spider in the Web”
If Babylon 5 could be said to have a Halloween episode it would be this one. A mysterious derelict ship, an ancient enemy, and a red herring survivor all combine for a decently spooky episode that is let down somewhat … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Long Dark”
A Distant Star is the first weak episode of Season 2 in my opinion. Though not as bad as the worst of Season 1 (looking at you Infection). It represents the last of the “Sheridan settling in arc” and expands … Continue reading The Last Best Hope… “A Distant Star”
After the high stakes of a brand new captain, and a mysterious ancient enemy, episode three is a bit more light hearted(aside from one character seemingly idly contemplating suicide). None of the plot points here are going to reverberate throughout … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Geometry of Shadows”
