Rewatch for 1 x 18 - A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 1

[alexcat]

I am very sorry it's late... I actually meant to get it posted both days and time slipped away.

Rewatch 1 x 18 – A Voice in the Wilderness, part 1

The DReamwidth Recap and the Livejournal Mirror.

JMS has LOTS to say about this one!.

This one and the next one were a great beginning to something that never happened!

There was a lot of stuff stuffed into this episode and the next one.

Humor – Garibaldi’s tube omniscience concerning Talia! Londo is funny as hell in this one – he sings the Hokey Pokey! (And yes, that really is what it’s all about!) Also his mathematics and Narn thing.

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Then we get suspense – what’s happening on Mars? Is Garibaldi’s ex safe? What’s inside Epsilon III and why is Draal going to the sea like Tolkien’s elves?


Then there is Ivanova’s ‘Ivanova is god’ speech!

And then there’s an old man in the machine!

The thing is we have this wonderful machine and story and they sort of drop it. We see it now and again but nothing as wonderful as it should be!

And then we have ‘to be continued’!

Favorite part? Questions? Anything?

Comments

[isabellerecs]

Oh, Draal. I loved him, he was great. That whole "going to the sea" thing though. It obviously predates spacefaring but it still kind of a weird saying. Is it retirement, is it some sort of self-euthanasia, are they trying to unburden their love ones? "Like Tolkien’s elves" LOL, just like them. XD

Ivanova’s ‘Ivanova is god’ speech is my second favorite speech by her. Come to think of it she had a lot of good speeches. :D

[alexcat]

Ivanova’s ‘Ivanova is god’ speech is my second favorite speech by her. Come to think of it she had a lot of good speeches. :D and she was SO good at them all!

[isabellerecs]

Agreed! ;D

[shipperslist]

Oh, Londo and his mathematics. But even now I see him as a tired man who wishes for something better, something that was lost and what he thinks will never be reached again. I just really love Londo.

I keep wondering how the hell B5 could just send two of her highest ranking officers down to a planet that shot at them. That makes NO sense at all. The cliffhanger was purrrrfect.

(And yes, Ivanova is god.)