"Midnight on the Firing Line" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X01 "Midnight on the Firing Line". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Extra reading:

The article for "Midnight on the Firing Line" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

I heartily agree with you here. The first time I saw season 1 was after season 4 (when the reruns began on TNT) and I didn't care for Sinclair at all. Even now, I still find myself flinching through some of his scenes early on in the series. It's such a contrasting dynamic to when Sheridan arrives and comes onto the station like a hurricane hitting the Bahamas.

[antennapedia.livejournal.com]

Boxleitner has star quality. He's a presence. Like you said, he hit his first scene boom!

Sinclair started clicking as a character for me later on. I'm looking forward to "And the Sky Full of Stars" (if I'm remembering the name of the Minbari war flashback one right).

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

That and "Parliament of Dreams" is when Sinclair really began clicking for me as a character, though I had a really hard time understanding any lasting chemistry between him and Catherine Sakai. It actually took the novel "To Dream in the City of Sorrows" for me to really appreciate that relationship and Sinclair as a character.

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

Originally watching things in an odd, I first came across Sinclair in "War without End", so whenever I see his earlier character, that is still present in the back of my mind.