Babylon 5, "And All My Dreams Torn Asunder", S05E16, OAD 6/10/98 *spoilers*

[gchance]

Guide page: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/104.html

This is one of those I really don't remember much of. I know I saw it in the original run, and I do remember bits and pieces. It's strange, too, because it was so over the top with the acting, especially Sheridan. The mind does strange things. :)

- Sheridan dropping his slipper doesn't have the oomph that Delenn dropping the snowglobe had
- Oh look, it was directed by Mr. Delenn
- G'Kar is returning to Centauri Prime with Londo
- Zack throw orange! Psych!
- Great going, Michael, you picked the right time to drink. D'oh!
- Helllooooooo, Delenn!
- Vir's not being allowed to speak to Londo
- That Brakiri's voice sounds familiar, but I can't seem to place it!
- Aww, Franklin punched the prosthetic off his face!
- Zack say BACK OFF!
- "You want a war? Well you GOT a war!" Delenn better not piss off Sheridan, man.
- The Centauri are now at war with the Alliance
- The Regent wants G'Kar imprisoned, but Londo isn't complying with it.
- Whoops, Londo's jailed, too. Crap. ;)

At least I'm having fun.

Greg

[aintnosin]

Trivia: This ep was directed by Goran Gajic, aka Mr. Mira Murlan, a fairly well-known Serb filmmaker.

David Warner's character back in "Grail" was also named after Mr. Mira Furlan.

[gchance]

Trivia: This ep was directed by Goran Gajic, aka Mr. Mira Murlan, a fairly well-known Serb filmmaker.

David Warner's character back in "Grail" was also named after Mr. Mira Furlan.

I *did* call him Mr. Delenn. :)

Greg

[Hunter Green]

The slow buildup of evidence seemed important and I'm glad it was put into the show and played out in front of us, but it still felt flat. Centauri's denials seem bogus to us, but really, how many similar things have happened in the last few years? I think in that context from someone who didn't have any inside information the denial would be a lot more plausible than the show makes it out to be. But the Alliance wants to hang someone, they don't care if the evidence is not entirely compelling. Good thing for them that this time they happen to be right.

G'Kar and Londo still have an amazing chemistry and you can't help ache for how much they've changed, and how much our expectations of their storyline back at the start were wrong. We've said that a hundred times in this thread but it's still astonishing every few episodes.

[BitbyBlit]

The slow buildup of evidence seemed important and I'm glad it was put into the show and played out in front of us, but it still felt flat. Centauri's denials seem bogus to us, but really, how many similar things have happened in the last few years? I think in that context from someone who didn't have any inside information the denial would be a lot more plausible than the show makes it out to be. But the Alliance wants to hang someone, they don't care if the evidence is not entirely compelling. Good thing for them that this time they happen to be right.

Given the information leaks and the amount of Centauri resources being used, I don't think it was unreasonable for them to think that at least some people in the Centauri government were involved. Plus, G'Kar knew about Londo being prevented from getting information that he would normally have access to.

There certainly wasn't enough evidence to justify starting a war, and Sheridan was hoping to avoid it, but if it turned out to be just a few members of the government behind the whole thing, the embargo might have motivated the rest of the leaders to take a stronger look at what was going on internally, and perhaps take a stand if they knew something, but had been too afraid to speak up before.