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b5_revisitedRecap and discussion for 5 x 21 – Objects at Rest
Sheridan is in the C&C. So is Lochley. It seems neither of them can sleep. He thanks her for the job she has done in the year she has been at B5 and she tells him that the place grows on a person.
Ta’lon is standing outside G’kar’s quarters and Vir tells him that G’kar is gone and will not be coming back. Ta’lon says G’kar sent for him. He jimmies the door and goes in. There is a message from G’kar waiting for him. G’kar wishes him to be the new Narn Ambassador.
"You may believe you are not ready, but you are as ready as I was when I first came to Babylon 5. Check the records, I think you'll be amused. Good luck, Ta'lon. Serve our people reasonably, fairly, and with honor. The rest will attend to itself.”
He says a good ambassador must be warrior and priest in equal measure and G’kar says he has become more priest. He tell Ta’lon that he will do well.
Franklin is telling Dr. Hobbs that he is naming her Chief of Staff for Babylon 5’s Medlab because she has varied experience and he knows she will fight for what is right. He tells her he is leaving tonight. He wants to tell Sheridan goodbye.
Delenn is packing and I notice that her clothing is a stack of identical purple robes. Lennier comes in and tells her that he will be accompanying her and Sheridan to Minbar, that he is taking a ‘working vacation’ from his Ranger training.
Tessa Halloran is giving her report to John, Zack and Lochley. She will stay on B5 as it is a better place to gather info than moving to Minbar.
Garibaldi comes into what looks to be a boardroom. He is dressed in business attire thought not formal… there are people sitting around the table. He introduces himself and tells them that he will be taking over day to day operations of Edgars Industries. He tells them they are there because they are the troublemakers in each department and one man asks if they are to be fired. Garibaldi tells them they are the new Board and they are to tell him when things are wrong, when things need improvement and they are getting a 100% salary increase and other benefits + bonuses, but they must do their jobs.
Stephen leaves.
Sheridan comes in and he and Lennier have an odd exchange.
ISN shows a White Star arriving at B5 and says that Sheridan and Delenn will be leaving soon for Minbar. Sheridan tells Lochley they want a quiet departure but everyone has seen the ISN story so there is a crowd waiting to tell them good bye. Delenn speaks and tells them there is no word in Minbar for good bye so she will see them again.
Zack meets them before they leave and tells them he thinks he’ll still be on B5 until the last time they turn out the lights.
They board the white Star and Lennier tell them they will captain the ship…
And here is where I teared up.
They bring the ship so they can see into the C&C and there stand the command staff and the ambassadors. Lochley salutes as does Sheridan.
Delenn is working on the ship and John is pacing. She sends him for a walk.
Meanwhile a Ranger notices a leak in the weapons system and he calls it in. John happens by and sees he needs help. The automatic doors lock just as Lennier comes by and Lennier just stares at John and doesn’t open the door for them. John grabs the Ranger’s Denbok and breaks the door. Lennier has changed his mind apparently and is heading back. Delenn sees him on her way to the emergency. John comes out of the room with the ranger, who is coughing but okay.
Lennier runs away on a small fighter.
Delenn tells John his commander read his diary and he was unhappy that she had married John and he was still in love with her. They talk about it and John says they will say nothing about it on Minbar.
As they arrive and are walking around, Londo says hello. He eats dinner with them and gives them an urn for their child. Delenn knows there is something wrong with it but not what. It, of course, has a keeper in it. Londo tells them that no matter what happens, he considers them his friends.
Lennier calls Delenn in the middle of dinner and tells her he is sorry and that he is going away.
When he leaves, the Drakh tells him he has done well and can have an hour free.
We see the keeper…
John is awake and making a tape for his child… he knows he will not be there for his 21st birthday. He gives him some fatherly advice and as he starts to give him his own father’s advice, Delenn comes in and finishes it – “Never start a fight but always finish one.”
They hug and it ends…
*
Quotes:
Delenn about Lennier: There are moments when we all become someone else, something other than what we are. It takes only a moment. But we spend the rest of our lives looking back at that moment in shame.
John to his child: You may not be sure where you belong anymore, but home is always there. Because home is not a place. It's wherever your passion takes you.
Delenn: When I had to learn English, one of the most difficult words for me was "goodbye." There is no corresponding word for "goodbye" in Minbari. All our partings contain within them the possibility of meeting again: in other places, in other times, in other lives. So you will excuse me if I do not say "goodbye."
*
Questions:
1. Did this episode make you cry? It did me!
2. Was the incident with Lennier as Delenn said, one of those spur of the moment bad decisions or did he come to escort them to Minbar with an intended malice toward John?
3. Even though we know he came on an errand for the Drakh, do you believe the words Londo said?
4. I wondered if the ‘water’ at the bottom was a nutrition supply for the Keeper… what do you think? Was this really a Centauri tradition that the Drakh hijacked? Or was it a Drakh fabrication?
5. What was your favorite scene?
*
Sources:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517675/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu
Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/109.html
Sadgeezers Cult Scifi Portal: http://sadgeezer.com/Babylon-5-Season-5-21-Objects-Rest.htm
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objects_at_Rest
Project Babylon: http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Objects_at_Rest
Wikiquote: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Babylon_5#Objects_at_Rest
Cap-that.com: http://www.cap-that.com/b5/521/
Sheridan is in the C&C. So is Lochley. It seems neither of them can sleep. He thanks her for the job she has done in the year she has been at B5 and she tells him that the place grows on a person.
Ta’lon is standing outside G’kar’s quarters and Vir tells him that G’kar is gone and will not be coming back. Ta’lon says G’kar sent for him. He jimmies the door and goes in. There is a message from G’kar waiting for him. G’kar wishes him to be the new Narn Ambassador.
"You may believe you are not ready, but you are as ready as I was when I first came to Babylon 5. Check the records, I think you'll be amused. Good luck, Ta'lon. Serve our people reasonably, fairly, and with honor. The rest will attend to itself.”
He says a good ambassador must be warrior and priest in equal measure and G’kar says he has become more priest. He tell Ta’lon that he will do well.
Franklin is telling Dr. Hobbs that he is naming her Chief of Staff for Babylon 5’s Medlab because she has varied experience and he knows she will fight for what is right. He tells her he is leaving tonight. He wants to tell Sheridan goodbye.
Delenn is packing and I notice that her clothing is a stack of identical purple robes. Lennier comes in and tells her that he will be accompanying her and Sheridan to Minbar, that he is taking a ‘working vacation’ from his Ranger training.
Tessa Halloran is giving her report to John, Zack and Lochley. She will stay on B5 as it is a better place to gather info than moving to Minbar.
Garibaldi comes into what looks to be a boardroom. He is dressed in business attire thought not formal… there are people sitting around the table. He introduces himself and tells them that he will be taking over day to day operations of Edgars Industries. He tells them they are there because they are the troublemakers in each department and one man asks if they are to be fired. Garibaldi tells them they are the new Board and they are to tell him when things are wrong, when things need improvement and they are getting a 100% salary increase and other benefits + bonuses, but they must do their jobs.
Stephen leaves.
Sheridan comes in and he and Lennier have an odd exchange.
ISN shows a White Star arriving at B5 and says that Sheridan and Delenn will be leaving soon for Minbar. Sheridan tells Lochley they want a quiet departure but everyone has seen the ISN story so there is a crowd waiting to tell them good bye. Delenn speaks and tells them there is no word in Minbar for good bye so she will see them again.
Zack meets them before they leave and tells them he thinks he’ll still be on B5 until the last time they turn out the lights.
They board the white Star and Lennier tell them they will captain the ship…
And here is where I teared up.
They bring the ship so they can see into the C&C and there stand the command staff and the ambassadors. Lochley salutes as does Sheridan.
Delenn is working on the ship and John is pacing. She sends him for a walk.
Meanwhile a Ranger notices a leak in the weapons system and he calls it in. John happens by and sees he needs help. The automatic doors lock just as Lennier comes by and Lennier just stares at John and doesn’t open the door for them. John grabs the Ranger’s Denbok and breaks the door. Lennier has changed his mind apparently and is heading back. Delenn sees him on her way to the emergency. John comes out of the room with the ranger, who is coughing but okay.
Lennier runs away on a small fighter.
Delenn tells John his commander read his diary and he was unhappy that she had married John and he was still in love with her. They talk about it and John says they will say nothing about it on Minbar.
As they arrive and are walking around, Londo says hello. He eats dinner with them and gives them an urn for their child. Delenn knows there is something wrong with it but not what. It, of course, has a keeper in it. Londo tells them that no matter what happens, he considers them his friends.
Lennier calls Delenn in the middle of dinner and tells her he is sorry and that he is going away.
When he leaves, the Drakh tells him he has done well and can have an hour free.
We see the keeper…
John is awake and making a tape for his child… he knows he will not be there for his 21st birthday. He gives him some fatherly advice and as he starts to give him his own father’s advice, Delenn comes in and finishes it – “Never start a fight but always finish one.”
They hug and it ends…
*
Quotes:
Delenn about Lennier: There are moments when we all become someone else, something other than what we are. It takes only a moment. But we spend the rest of our lives looking back at that moment in shame.
John to his child: You may not be sure where you belong anymore, but home is always there. Because home is not a place. It's wherever your passion takes you.
Delenn: When I had to learn English, one of the most difficult words for me was "goodbye." There is no corresponding word for "goodbye" in Minbari. All our partings contain within them the possibility of meeting again: in other places, in other times, in other lives. So you will excuse me if I do not say "goodbye."
*
Questions:
1. Did this episode make you cry? It did me!
2. Was the incident with Lennier as Delenn said, one of those spur of the moment bad decisions or did he come to escort them to Minbar with an intended malice toward John?
3. Even though we know he came on an errand for the Drakh, do you believe the words Londo said?
4. I wondered if the ‘water’ at the bottom was a nutrition supply for the Keeper… what do you think? Was this really a Centauri tradition that the Drakh hijacked? Or was it a Drakh fabrication?
5. What was your favorite scene?
*
Sources:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517675/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu
Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/109.html
Sadgeezers Cult Scifi Portal: http://sadgeezer.com/Babylon-5-Season-5-21-Objects-Rest.htm
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objects_at_Rest
Project Babylon: http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Objects_at_Rest
Wikiquote: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Babylon_5#Objects_at_Rest
Cap-that.com: http://www.cap-that.com/b5/521/
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Date: 2018-03-06 06:32 am (UTC)The only part of the episode that didn't work for me was Lennier - this happening right at the end, and we never got to see him dealing with it, or the resolution...I don't know. I wish we'd had more there.
But overall, I loved this episode and it made me cry. But not as much as the next one!
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Date: 2018-03-06 01:15 pm (UTC)I think the Lennier bit is out of character for him... but then Delenn explains that with people doing that one bad thing on an impulse that they can never take back.