I love this episode because it finally begins to get into the meat of the show.
Morden doesn't seem so dark and harmful at first, but as is mentioned in the Lurker's Guide, he surely reminded me of Rod Serling! He began to give me the creeps even before I knew what he was doing though. One of my favorite parts was the bit where the light goes out when Morden is talking to Kosh and he stands completely in shadow for a moment...a not so subtle sign of things to come.
The raiders did seem a plot device to get us to this point. Or were they and Lord Kiro already being mmoved by the shadows? Since the raider ship was blown up, was that all of them? I don't think we see them again, do we? A need for revenge from them might have made a nice subplot too.
For us watching, Delenn certainly seemed to over react to Morden though honestly, we have not seen alot of her yet and do not know her as well as we will. She reminded me of a cat hissing actually.
Bringing Garibaldi in to investigate Sinclair's past is interesting too... it is a chance to let us, the audience, in on what happened after the war and to answer our question as to why such a low ranking officer who is still a bit under suspicion gets what I would think would be a plum of an assignment. Evidently it answers the question for Sinclair too.
On a lighter note, Lord Kiro's hair was wonderful! It stuck up in such an extreme manner, making Londo's look dignified in comparison. I always thought the Centauri looked liked Napoleonic vampires with bad hair anyway. Londo's clothing even looks like Napoleon's.
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Date: 2009-04-20 01:34 pm (UTC)Morden doesn't seem so dark and harmful at first, but as is mentioned in the Lurker's Guide, he surely reminded me of Rod Serling! He began to give me the creeps even before I knew what he was doing though. One of my favorite parts was the bit where the light goes out when Morden is talking to Kosh and he stands completely in shadow for a moment...a not so subtle sign of things to come.
The raiders did seem a plot device to get us to this point. Or were they and Lord Kiro already being mmoved by the shadows? Since the raider ship was blown up, was that all of them? I don't think we see them again, do we? A need for revenge from them might have made a nice subplot too.
For us watching, Delenn certainly seemed to over react to Morden though honestly, we have not seen alot of her yet and do not know her as well as we will. She reminded me of a cat hissing actually.
Bringing Garibaldi in to investigate Sinclair's past is interesting too... it is a chance to let us, the audience, in on what happened after the war and to answer our question as to why such a low ranking officer who is still a bit under suspicion gets what I would think would be a plum of an assignment. Evidently it answers the question for Sinclair too.
On a lighter note, Lord Kiro's hair was wonderful! It stuck up in such an extreme manner, making Londo's look dignified in comparison. I always thought the Centauri looked liked Napoleonic vampires with bad hair anyway. Londo's clothing even looks like Napoleon's.