KoshFan
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I've been watching some older episodes of B5 today -- "Sky Full of Stars," "Signs and Portents," "Chyrsalis," and finally "Points of Departure." I noticed a few things that I hadn't picked out before.
In "Signs and Portents" Morden leaves as soon as G'Kar and Delenn ask him to, doesn't talk to Sinclair, and for obvious reasons tries to avoid Kosh... but with Londo he's far more persistent. Londo expressly tells him to leave, and instead Morden follows him, and asks him more explicitly than the others "Is that really all?" A pretty strong hint that Morden and the Shadows had tapped Londo from the start.
Perhaps less importantly, Morden isn't in the main guest credits at the beginning. In fact, he's second or third to last in the credits at the end. An attempt, perhaps, to downplay his importance? Or just some arcane contract rule?
In "Chrysalis," you can practically see G'Kar the Political Troublemaker change to G'Kar the Prophet before your eyes as he realizes the Shadows are on the move again. When he says, "There's someone else out there," and later mentions that he has "certain suspicions" about who wiped out Quadrant 37, he's thinking of those pictures in the Book of G'Quan....
Also, when Londo tells Vir to send the message about taking care of Quadrant 37 personally, he starts to pour himself a drink -- then pours it back. Interesting.
The general "feel" of Chrysalis was strange; I thought to myself, "There's a lot going on in this episode, yet it's easily forgotten and overshadowed by, say, "Severed Dreams" or "Into the Fire." Yet when it was first shown, this was the biggest thing we'd had yet." Like looking back down a mountain you've climbed to see the lower slopes, and thinking, "I thought that was hard?"
In "Points of Departure," we first see Sheridan helping out some randon transport that had been hijacked. Establishing his personality as a plain ol' hero and a righter of wrongs from the very first second. Also, he's far more knowledgeable about the Minbari than you might expect. He spots Hedronn as Grey Council right away. When Lennier tells them about the Minbari soul trick, he nods, recognizing some of the background information. Finally, he quotes a speech made by Abraham Lincoln -- whom he later becomes, after a fashion, as Abrahamo Lincolni -- during the American Civil War, a nice setup for his role in the Earth Civil War a little later; moreover, the speech makes an important reference to honor, which is what the Trigati's crew were so obsessed with.
And, just as a total visual tidbit, when the Trigati blows itself up, you can see a few smaller explosions around it as the fighters it launched self-destruct as well.
Nothing deep, nothing earth-shattering, probably nothing new... but still interesting.
In "Signs and Portents" Morden leaves as soon as G'Kar and Delenn ask him to, doesn't talk to Sinclair, and for obvious reasons tries to avoid Kosh... but with Londo he's far more persistent. Londo expressly tells him to leave, and instead Morden follows him, and asks him more explicitly than the others "Is that really all?" A pretty strong hint that Morden and the Shadows had tapped Londo from the start.
Perhaps less importantly, Morden isn't in the main guest credits at the beginning. In fact, he's second or third to last in the credits at the end. An attempt, perhaps, to downplay his importance? Or just some arcane contract rule?
In "Chrysalis," you can practically see G'Kar the Political Troublemaker change to G'Kar the Prophet before your eyes as he realizes the Shadows are on the move again. When he says, "There's someone else out there," and later mentions that he has "certain suspicions" about who wiped out Quadrant 37, he's thinking of those pictures in the Book of G'Quan....
Also, when Londo tells Vir to send the message about taking care of Quadrant 37 personally, he starts to pour himself a drink -- then pours it back. Interesting.
The general "feel" of Chrysalis was strange; I thought to myself, "There's a lot going on in this episode, yet it's easily forgotten and overshadowed by, say, "Severed Dreams" or "Into the Fire." Yet when it was first shown, this was the biggest thing we'd had yet." Like looking back down a mountain you've climbed to see the lower slopes, and thinking, "I thought that was hard?"
In "Points of Departure," we first see Sheridan helping out some randon transport that had been hijacked. Establishing his personality as a plain ol' hero and a righter of wrongs from the very first second. Also, he's far more knowledgeable about the Minbari than you might expect. He spots Hedronn as Grey Council right away. When Lennier tells them about the Minbari soul trick, he nods, recognizing some of the background information. Finally, he quotes a speech made by Abraham Lincoln -- whom he later becomes, after a fashion, as Abrahamo Lincolni -- during the American Civil War, a nice setup for his role in the Earth Civil War a little later; moreover, the speech makes an important reference to honor, which is what the Trigati's crew were so obsessed with.
And, just as a total visual tidbit, when the Trigati blows itself up, you can see a few smaller explosions around it as the fighters it launched self-destruct as well.
Nothing deep, nothing earth-shattering, probably nothing new... but still interesting.
Santiago??? Don't you mean VP Clark or Psi Corps? I don't remember anything about Santiago being in league with the Shadows.
