"No Surrender, No Retreat" and "Exercise of Vital Powers"
In which Jude refuses to admit that Season 4 Franklin is an OK character. "No Surrender, No Retreat" features some epic bedhead from Vir, G'Kar surfing Reddit while Londo attempts to admit that he's made some bad choices, and speculation on whether they had to use a maintbot with a tattoo gun to put the station logo on the White Stars.
"Rumors, Lies, and Bargains" and "Moments of Transition"
This week, Delenn and John are dealing with their own respective brewing civil wars in their own special ways: self sacrifice and dubious hijinks! In "Rumors, Lies, and Bargains" we discover that John has lost ALL ability to function like a civilized adult without Delenn around, and turns into a chaos goblin to get the League to do what he wants.
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Episodes discussed: Lines of Communication and Conflicts of Interest
In which we discuss missing blood and identify Zathrii. In "Lines of Communication," we talk about playing with your expanding fighting pike, the numbering conventions of the White Stars, and how it took a week for the Minbari to lose every cultural norm. We also love Number One's hair?
Episodes discussed: Atonement and Racing Mars
This week, Jude doesn't want to ask how Justen is doing, we debate whether a propensity to fuck aliens is a feature of human souls, and if alien fucking is the path to ascension.
And also show tunes.
In "Atonement", Delenn contends with Minbari traditionalism and wraps up a number of
Episodes covered: Epiphanies and The Illusion of Truth
In which B5 throws a victory party, but no one is really having a great time, as we discuss "Epiphanies". Then Jude pitches a fit about having to watch another journalism episode in "The Illusion of Truth". Topics (relevant and otherwise) in this episode include: G'kar body cavities, Garibaldi's lack of fashion sense, Sailor Moon Villains, Franklin Sucks
Episode covered: Into the Fire
In which Justen valiantly attempts to get through summarizing the end of the Shadow War in "Into The Fire" with a minimum of interruptions from Jude about Sheridan's love of war crimes, theories about Morden's origins, and how John and Delenn christen the White Stars. We also complain about depictions of telepathy and compliment B5's prop department.
Episode discussed: The Long Night
Content Warning: discussion of suicide and parental death
In which Ana gets momentarily too real for Jude and Justen as we cover "The Long Night". This episode includes: the impending apocalyptic battle, a baby Bryan Cranston, and of course, regicide.
Episode(s) Discussed: “The Summoning” and “Falling Towards Apotheosis
In which we cover "The Summoning," where we discuss Ivanova's Duolinguo courses, Jude and Justen argue about Top Gun, and JMS makes two Jesus stories in the same episode. In "Falling Towards Apotheosis," we discuss the architectural need for a murder hall, talk about the most awkward marriage proposal, and Londo makes an offhand comment that leads to
The Hour of the Wolf and Whatever Happened to Mr Garibaldi?
In which we begin season 4 with “The Hour of the Wolf". Everything is falling apart except Ivanova’s late night fashion sense and Ana’s Lytvanova ship. In “Whatever happened to Mr. Garibaldi” we talk human political philosophy, Narn haberdashery, and discuss what's less erotic, an 8 foot portrait of Daffy Duck-- or Michael Garibaldi.