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EpDis: A Spider In The Web

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I gave this one a B. Good setup for a another avenue of the B5 universe would have been/might have been a good storyline had AT not left and JMS not knowing about the game with the same name
 
Yeah, the execution was a little off, but I liked a lot of what was in this episode: Project Lazarus, Control, Free Mars, not to mention Bureau 13 and the San Diego Badlands.
 
Is the shot of the San Diego Badlands the only non-CG location shot in the whole series? It doesn't look CG to me..
 
So here's a question: does anyone think that it was Bureau 13, unspokenly as it was, that modified Garibaldi between seasons 3 and 4? I know it was done under the instruction of Bester, but I doubt Bester did the modification directly on his own. I've wondered if it was B13 under the order of Bester who did the direct modification of Garibaldi's mind.

Granted, I can't remember the specifics of "A Spider In The Web" as well as other episodes, so I can't remember: Bureau 13 was in charge of/responsible for both Control and the "dead" assassign guy, right?
 
Is the shot of the San Diego Badlands the only non-CG location shot in the whole series? It doesn't look CG to me..
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I think it was actually a special effect that was taken from Captain Power. I remember spotting it in an episode once, and thinking it was funny that it had been in B5. Then I remembered JMS was involved in both.

As for this episode, I'd give it a C+, mainly because it was a plot thread that was left hanging, and never went anywhere. One of DiTillio's better epsiodes though.
 
I give it an A-. I do believe that it was Bester himself that "modified" Garibaldi. I don't see him intrusting it to anyone else. Besides, only a P12 could implant those suggestions so deeply that no once (except Lyta) could remove them. Also the inability to harm him is such a personal thing that it also makes me think he did it himself.
 
I suspect that Bester did not do the modifications himself but specified the changes. He took Garibaldi to Mars because he needed the help of a specialist.
 
I'm not challenging you or anything but tell me, WHY do you think Bester didn't do it himself? He did so many terrible things to so many people I just can't imagine that he'd leave one of his arch enemies to someone else's devices.
 
I would imagine the process of implanting a subpersonality into a person would require a lot more work than just a single person could put out.
 
I'm not challenging you or anything but tell me, WHY do you think Bester didn't do it himself? He did so many terrible things to so many people I just can't imagine that he'd leave one of his arch enemies to someone else's devices.
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Isn't there a B&W flashback in an episode somewhere (maybe its Exercise of Vital Powers) where Bester is seen telling Harlan Ellison what he needs done to Garibaldi, a-la-carte fashion?
 
I was of the impression that we had been told Bester had most of the stuff done to Garibaldi by others through his orders, and then he threw in the Asimov himself after the grunts were done with him?
 
Not-so-great episode mostly serving to set up a conspiracy we never hear more about .. not my favorite.
 
Having just seen it again yesterday .. STILL not my favourite. When I first saw it, 11 years ago when I was 11 (EGADS!), I was completely "WOW"-ed. Now I just notice how .. very 11 I was at the time.

B5 for me is unique not only in the fact that it's simply the most awesome TV show ever made, but in that it's a show I always trusted. I always knew there was a payoff coming.

Except for here. Yeah, payoff comes if one sees Bureau 13 as just another facette of Psi Corps. Nevertheless, Sheridan's "There is a spider in its web .. and I will find it, and kill it" is a very big promise that is never built on.

And mystery woman in San Diego. That she is never seen again actually makes sense - she'd be quite a rubbish secret operative if we kept seeing her. Still .. Talia's SHOCK! moment came off as extremely lame considering this - and considering that Talia only saw her in a year-old memory, where's the shock in her being dead?
 
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