"The Geometry of Shadows" Discussion

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This is the discussion post for the episodes 2X03, "The Geometry of Shadows". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Summary:
Babylon 5 is visited by the Techno-Mages, a mysterious group of people with strange powers and unknown ambitions. Ivanova is given a promotion and has to deal with a thorny diplomatic problem.

Extra reading:

The article for "The Geometry of Shadows" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[ladylavinia.livejournal.com]

"Garibaldi – There’s some interesting stuff here. Garibaldi starts off saying he’s not sure if he’s qualified to go back to work, but in the end his knowledge helps save the day and convinces him that he brings something useful to the job. But he also starts off saying he’s not sure if he trusts Sheridan, and by the end of the episode, he’s still saying he doesn’t trust anyone. And it’s nice that that never gets wrapped up nicely – even before s4, Garibaldi and Sheridan never have the easy trust he had with Sinclair, and it does make it more believable in s4 that Bester just increased his natural paranoia, rather than completely altering his personality…"


I find it interesting that both Sheridan and Sinclair developed close relationship with different regular characters. Whereas Sinclair had closer relationships with Garibaldi and Londo; Sheridan's relationships with Ivanova, G'Kar and even Franklin were a lot closer.