"A Voice in the Wilderness" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episodes 1X18 and 1x19, "A Voice in the Wilderness", Part 1 and Part 2. Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Summary:

Delenn has a visit from an old friend, Garibaldi is troubled by the news from Mars, and there is mysterious seismic activity on Epsilon 3.

Extra reading:

The article for "A Voice in the Wilderness". Part 1 and Part 2 at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[beatrice_otter]

It's the Great Machine that handles the rift in spacetime that lets them go get Babylon 4 and go back to the last Shadow War, which altered the balance of power. If that had not happened, the Shadow War B5 faced would have been a lot nastier. And shorter, in the bad way.

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

I guess I wasn't thinking about something that...detached? abstract? Sorry, the words are not coming out right this morning!

So do you think Draal knew that would be the Machine's role when he gave the warning at the end of this episode? Or was he just aware that there would be something coming up that the Machine would do?

I love all the 'who knew what when' components of this story. Throw in the time travel storylines and I'm a happy girl.

[beatrice_otter]

I have no idea when Draal would have known. He very well may have.