Rewatch for 1 x 15 - Grail

[alexcat]

Rewatch for 1 x 15 – Grail

We meet a very icky species in this episode – a true non humanoid alien – the Na’ka’leen feeder. It’s a very nasty piece of work.


The recap can be found Here (Mirrored on Livejournal.

JMS has a lot to say about this one, too, at the Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5. He loves the little bit about the human suing the alien for his grandfather being abducted from earth many years ago. The Vree, of course, is the alien he’s suing.

Aldus Gajic comes aboard the station – and is met with reverence by Delenn and Lennier. They consider the fact that he is a seeker much more important than what he is seeking. Delenn does tell Sinclair he is also a Seeker though he pays her little attention.


Jinxo believes he can’t leave the station because he is cursed and the station will blow up if he leaves. That is also interesting (considering the awful trick the writer’s play on him in the end).

We get Ivanova’s BOOM speech, too, at the end!

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Questions? Comments? Wasn’t the alien thingy gross?

Comments

[shipperslist]

I loved the judge but that's pretty much the only thing I loved about this episode. I feel like David Warner saved the episode. I've always loved his work. His Aldous was perhaps a loonie but he was noble and had heart. But Jinxo... I dunno. He seemed like an idiot. I'm not sure if it was intentional to paint him as a fool on a religious mission.

And Ivanova's right. Sooner or later, there's always a boom.

[alexcat]

One can only hope over MANY years, perhaps Jinxo gains wisdom. But the name of the ship WAS the Mary Celeste...

[shipperslist]

Shit, I didn’t even realize that! 😯

[alexcat]

Hehe... Me either but JMS pointd it out in his comments at Lurker's Guide.