Rewatch for Season 4, Episode 21 - Rising Star

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Sorry these are so late but I was in the hospital several days with a very serious surgery and am just now feeling able to post them. Thanks for your patience. I'll be posting a schedule for Season 5 soon!

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Rewatch for Season 4, episode 21 – Rising Star

Recaps:
Dreamwidth
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And more at The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5

The acting Earth President tells Sheridan that fi he resigns Earthforce, he and his crew will not be further punished. He takes her up on it. Delenn and the others arrive and she speaks to Earth about the new Alliance that they have built out of the League of Non-aligned worlds and she asks Earth to join in. My favorite part of this on, by far, is the White Star flyover. I love it when the Earth sky is filled with White Stars flying in formation.

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We also get Susan and her unrequited love speech. She’s sorry she was an ass to Marcus. We get it. Lennier mentions it to Delenn and she says not all love IS unrequited – probably not a good thing to say.

Sheridan’s dad comes by, Earth joins the Alliance and John and Delenn get married – with G’kar’s eye watching their wedding night.

Oh yeah. Bester comes to see Sheridan and they didn’t use Carolyn in the war.

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1. What was your favorite part of this episode?
2. Were you surprised at the Alliance idea?
3. Did it look bad, after all the claims Clark made, to see Sheridan marry a Minbari? Can you imagine the spins on that one?

Rewatch for Season 4, Episode 22 - The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

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Rewatch for Season 4, Episode 22 – The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Recaps:
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And more at The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5

And away we go.

I really liked this episode a lot. It looks at B5 through the lens of history from 100, 500, 1000, and 1,000,000 years in the future.

My favorite part is the one from 1000 years on, after the burn with the little monkish man, Brother Owen and his cult of the Alliance (and him being a Ranger). He explains faith to a young man who doubts:

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This episode, more than anything else, can show us that history often did not happen as the news and historians would have us think. it was far more complex than that and I expect that is true in the real world as well.

1. What did you think of the Kosh-like man at the ending after 1 million years?
2. Which bit was your favorite?
3. Do John and Delenn really think they’ll be forgotten in 100 years?
4. Did Garibaldi cause the burn?