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alexcatRewatch for Season 2, Episode 19 – Divided Loyalties
Here are your recaps:
Dreamwidth
Livejournal
And a very long detailed analysis at The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5.
They should have called it Trapdoor!
And this is THE famous episode in so many ways. There was much made over Talia and Ivanova. There are several huge revelations in this episode as well.
1. Susan and Talia are a thing.
2. Susan is a latent telepath.
3. Talia is a sleeper agent – Control.
JMS said, at the time, that he needed to throw in a surprise, when in truth, he mostly wanted to be rid of Andrea Thompson. Andrea had been making noises about wanting Talia to have a greater role in the series. She evidently pissed him off. Her departure was sloppy and left lots of plot holes that were never fixed – for example, the whole Jason Ironheart bit. Why didn’t he find the other person inside her? Or, why didn’t the VCR find Control?
Susan has to tell them why she doesn’t want to be scanned. She is a telepath. But not much of one, according to her.
Lyta’s scene with Kosh was much more shippy than I realized. She’s practically drooling when she asks to see him again. I always wondered why I saw Lyta/Kosh fics… this scene is it! I love the sound of his wings… I’d never noticed it until this rewatch (not sure how many times I’ve seen it!).
OH and the attempt on Lyta’s life – was it Talia? Are we sure? How did she just happen to be there when they were taking Lyta to her cell. I still wonder if there weren’t more people involved – maybe some of Night Watch and I don’t remember if we ever find out.
1. Did this shock you when you saw it the first time?
2. Did it have the feeling of a last moment script change?
3. Do you think Talia leaving left a hole in the ARC?
4. Did Susan and Talia shock you or had they given enough hints?
5. Did you trust Lyta?
Here are your recaps:
Dreamwidth
Livejournal
And a very long detailed analysis at The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5.
They should have called it Trapdoor!
And this is THE famous episode in so many ways. There was much made over Talia and Ivanova. There are several huge revelations in this episode as well.
1. Susan and Talia are a thing.
2. Susan is a latent telepath.
3. Talia is a sleeper agent – Control.
JMS said, at the time, that he needed to throw in a surprise, when in truth, he mostly wanted to be rid of Andrea Thompson. Andrea had been making noises about wanting Talia to have a greater role in the series. She evidently pissed him off. Her departure was sloppy and left lots of plot holes that were never fixed – for example, the whole Jason Ironheart bit. Why didn’t he find the other person inside her? Or, why didn’t the VCR find Control?
Susan has to tell them why she doesn’t want to be scanned. She is a telepath. But not much of one, according to her.
Lyta’s scene with Kosh was much more shippy than I realized. She’s practically drooling when she asks to see him again. I always wondered why I saw Lyta/Kosh fics… this scene is it! I love the sound of his wings… I’d never noticed it until this rewatch (not sure how many times I’ve seen it!).
OH and the attempt on Lyta’s life – was it Talia? Are we sure? How did she just happen to be there when they were taking Lyta to her cell. I still wonder if there weren’t more people involved – maybe some of Night Watch and I don’t remember if we ever find out.
1. Did this shock you when you saw it the first time?
2. Did it have the feeling of a last moment script change?
3. Do you think Talia leaving left a hole in the ARC?
4. Did Susan and Talia shock you or had they given enough hints?
5. Did you trust Lyta?
