"TKO" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X14, "TKO". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Extra reading:

The article for "TKO" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

Where is everybody?

The two plots in this one are so diverse...yet they give us some insight into two of the main characters, Garibaldi and Ivanova. We see another one of Garibaldi's friends though this time there doesn't seem to be any bad blood between these two. Susan has refused to sit shiva for her father not out of any rejection of being Jewish but she is still angry with him for denying here the love she needed when her mother died.

It also shows how the rest of the non aligned worlds look at humans. They have NO respect for the humans as warriors at all, warning Walker Smith that he had no place here. I thiunk perhaps they *do* think of humans as Minbari pets.

Anyone else???

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

"Where is everybody?"

Blame a beautiful weekend, and loss of internet access. I'll try to comment more later.

But I wanted to say that's an interesting perspective about the lack of respect for humans as warriors and as Minbari 'pets'. I actually used that concept once as other Minbari referring to Delenn keeping John as a 'pet', meant, of course, as a gross insult.

However, the takeaway I got from the alien reaction to human intrusion into the ring was that they thought the humans were brash upstarts who didn't respect others' traditions. Possibly that as we arrived on the interstellar stage abruptly, first riding into the Dilgar War saving everyone; then fighting the older and more powerful Minbari, and seemingly 'winning'; then putting together the station with our new allies, with a human commander and only our Security forces allowed to be armed. Resentment was the attitude I saw.

More later on Susan's story, which I thought was much more interesting.