"Midnight on the Firing Line" discussion [spoilers]

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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

Re: Observations, Part II

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Well, I could see why Bester went for Garibaldi - because his (Bester's) motivation wasn't to deal a blow to Sheridan & Co. (though that was an okay side effect after Epiphanies), it was to ferret out what Edgars had planned for telepaths. And for this, he needed both a good detective - which he knew Garibaldi was - and someone Edgars would plausibly hire. I can't imagine a scenario where Edgars would hire Ivanova, and remember, Edgards didn't know Garibaldi was brainwashed. To repeat: for Bester, it never was about Babylon 5 or Sheridan, it was about all things telepaths. So from his perspective, the use of Ivanova would not have made sense. Unless JMS had changed Bester's motivation, but I always liked the fact that Bester was an antagonist who wasn't an evil sadist (tm) for the hell of it but saw himself as doing the right thing for "his" people. (That he was deluded there is no question, but it's what makes him an interesting character.)