"The Quality of Mercy" discussion

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episodes 1X21, "The Quality of Mercy". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Summary:

Talia is helping with the trial of a murderer, while Franklin investigates a healer working in DownBelow.

Extra reading:

The article for "The Quality of Mercy" at Lurker's Guide.

Note! Based on the results of the poll earlier this week, I'm no longer making a 'no spoilers' posts for the episodes as no-one was using them.

Comments

[4thofeleven.livejournal.com]

I wasn't really a fan of Franklin's character at that time...

Franklin's really the only character I never entirely warmed to. I don't know if it was intentional - there is the whole bit with him going walkabout and meeting himself, and himself basically saying "You're a dick and I don't like you" - but even knowing he's meant to be kind of unsympathetic, I still don't find myself particularly interested in him...

And B5's generally very good about not having characters having one-off romances that are never mentioned again, so it just seems to stick out even more when Franklin has so many.

That it's not that they're all fat, just that they're all really... virile?

Yeah, that makes sense to me - I mean, six several meter long appendages have to go *somewhere* when not in use!