Aside from the plot holes that you could fly a StarFury through, I always liked this episode.
Franklin and Garibaldi's scenes were good, and I think here's where I started to think that doctor fellow wasn't so bad. I particularly liked his 'the mystery is gone' speech. It is echoed and refuted later in Delenn's 'we make our own magic' speech.
I think the doctor is one of the good accessory characters in that I always wondered what happened to him. As for the worth of his information, it would have been nice to have someone comment that Clarke's indisposition had been widely discussed and doubted; that might have made the importance of Everett's data more obvious. Other than that, I chalked it up to Clarke's incipient/chronic paranoia.
Sheridan's 'contact' I thought was just in civvies for her underground work? Sheridan's reaction to her, especially at the end, is a little off. He seems resentful she's involving him in the conspiracy he just joined. I mean, what did he think being in a conspiracy meant? It's not all secret passwords and codebooks!
And one of my favorite scenes of all time happens in this episode! When Sheridan and Garibaldi are on the stairs (why are they on the stairs anyway? To show us there are stairs, for There All Honor Lies?) and Sheridan sees his ribbon (he must use those stairs all the damn time, right? Must be the shortcut to the little Captain's room) and at the same time Garibaldi is tipped by the Ranger walking by. And then it's all 'Uh, gotta go' and they scurry off to their respective conspiracies. I love that.
I like that idea for the Streib too!
Oh, and the first time I saw the end, I got a real thrill from the shout-out to Helva, the original ship who sang.
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Franklin and Garibaldi's scenes were good, and I think here's where I started to think that doctor fellow wasn't so bad. I particularly liked his 'the mystery is gone' speech. It is echoed and refuted later in Delenn's 'we make our own magic' speech.
I think the doctor is one of the good accessory characters in that I always wondered what happened to him. As for the worth of his information, it would have been nice to have someone comment that Clarke's indisposition had been widely discussed and doubted; that might have made the importance of Everett's data more obvious. Other than that, I chalked it up to Clarke's incipient/chronic paranoia.
Sheridan's 'contact' I thought was just in civvies for her underground work? Sheridan's reaction to her, especially at the end, is a little off. He seems resentful she's involving him in the conspiracy he just joined. I mean, what did he think being in a conspiracy meant? It's not all secret passwords and codebooks!
And one of my favorite scenes of all time happens in this episode! When Sheridan and Garibaldi are on the stairs (why are they on the stairs anyway? To show us there are stairs, for There All Honor Lies?) and Sheridan sees his ribbon (he must use those stairs all the damn time, right? Must be the shortcut to the little Captain's room) and at the same time Garibaldi is tipped by the Ranger walking by. And then it's all 'Uh, gotta go' and they scurry off to their respective conspiracies. I love that.
I like that idea for the Streib too!
Oh, and the first time I saw the end, I got a real thrill from the shout-out to Helva, the original ship who sang.