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Joe's excellent explanation reminded me of something I later read in the JMS notes on The Gathering. He said that at some point almost everyone lied. The audience is easily suckered because we don't expect a "good guy" or a "neutral guy" to lie to us. (JMS is sneaky that way.) At this point...

I was watching The Gathering and noticed a couple of things that appear to have been changed as the B5 story developed. One was Lyta's comment that if she broke Psi Corps rules she could be drummed out of the Psi Corps. Later, we learn that the only way to legally leave Psi Corps is in a...

Delenn out of the loop in \'No Compromises\'? In episodes featuring Rangers Delenn was always around the action or involved somehow - when Sinclair notifies Garibaldi of Rangers operating in and out of B5, when Marcus shows up to request help for a Ranger base in Drazi territory, etc. And...

Sheridan's resignation rankles me somewhat, because in the real world the winners make the rules. Sheridan had told his fellow EF captains that once they kicked out Clark they would let the voters decide whether they were right. Instead Sheridan submits to a military tribunal and an acting...

Garibaldi's mention of a date in reference to Carlson was connected with his hiring. He may have been job hunting in "Fall of Night," but relationship problems sidetracked him. Carlson had probably been a wacko for a long time, which his wife finally had enough of. A relationship crisis or...

Recently after watching the episode "Convictions" in the beginning of Season Three I reviewed the Lurker's Guide material. I discovered the answer to a little thing that has niggled at my subconsious concerning the last episode of Season Two. At the beginning of "The Fall of Night" a man and...

Thanks Joe for explaining would could have been in Season 5, because I would have been even more disappointed with that story than what we were given. The change of command actually makes much more sense from a military and political point of view. In the military it would be extremely rare...

Periodically JMS gave hints of what was to come in the B5 story. WWE particularly annoyed some fans because of its (misleading) leaps into the future. Some of the foretelling are very subtle. In the very first episode, Midnight on the Firing Line, Londo tells Sinclair, "in twenty years one of...

Re: Sinclair\'s Pacifist Answer It might help you to know that when I began to research the Internet on the subject I discovered that there are different forms of pacifism, such as utilitarian pacifism, commercial pacifism, religious pacifism, absolute pacifism, etc. It was in that research...

Re: Sinclair\'s Pacifist Answer Thanks, Kalen for your response. I still think that Joe and others missed the sub-text. Since I regard JMS as a genius I believe he is capable of injecting subtlety in an otherwise straightforward comment by a B5 character. The fact that all of the names...

Re: Sinclair\'s Pacifist Answer Thanks, Joe, for your also lengthy, but excellent answer. You are correct re: Monroe's husband's name (I can only plead brain fog). Arthur Miller was a reputed Viet Nam War pacifist (http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/xxvi/11.19.98/ae/miller.html). I disagree...

Sinclair\'s Pacifist Answer This turned out a bit long, but I think you'll find it intellectually engaging. In response to an ISN reporter’s question in the episode Infection about whether space exploration is “worth it,” Sinclair says, “there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees...

Interesting that you should quote the Bible when everything you have advocated contradicts the Bible. The same God who gave the commandment “Thou shall not kill” said, “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He created man” (Genesis 9:6). In law the...

Re: Sleepy Hollow - on Passing through Gethsemene ANS. Your estimation of the fantasy of mindwiping does not accord with the examples given in the Babylon 5 series. A) There is no evidence from the series that a mindwiped offender won’t ever commit any kind of crime again. B) Doctor...

It's been a while since I checked in and am interested in this thread concerning one of my favorite episodes in the whole series. As a student of British mysteries I would be tempted to say that JMS borrowed from Agatha Christi's "Murder on the Orient Express." However, JMS took the revenge...

I've read the interview of Jerry Doyle at IGN Filmforce and his efforts to bring back Babylon 5 and then JMS's response at Usenet and it seems as if they're talking past each other. JMS's main point seems to be "show me [and WB] the money" and Jerry Doyle seems to want credit for what he has...

No inference intended. Cavelos used the word "nitpicking" so I was reacting to her reaction. QMCO5

It's funny how when someone points out a factual error the offender calls it "nit-picking." If they point out errors they're standing up for the truth. The issue is not that Ms. Cavelos includes details of a story that don't occur in the television episode. That's all fine; that's to be...

In general I have to agree. I think the questions about how Sheridan succeeded in his White Star attack can be resolved by information provided in the episode and Galen's intervention was unnecessary. Don't get me wrong. I like the overall story of Galen; it's great on its own. But, I agree...

I just finished reading To Dream in the City of Sorrows and then coincidentally viewed Knives on my DVD. Then a light bulb came on that has to do with the whole traveling back in time problem dealing with Sinclair. All fans have racked their brains over the problem trying to make sense of it...