"And Now for a Word" discussion

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 2X15, "And Now for a Word". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Summary:
ISN Special Report about a regular day on Babylon 5.

Extra reading:
The article for "And Now for a Word" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[traviswells.livejournal.com]

I guess the reaction in In The Beginning makes sense if you assume that for every output the Minbari were attacking, the civilians were being evacuated, leaving just the military there to take on the Minbari.

And if all of those were getting slaughtered, you can see how freaked out Earth would be as refugees keep coming in and no warships are coming back. And when all your colonies are gone, the Minbari are on the way to Earth.

Even if a relatively small number of people have died, if that composes 90% of your military and all your civilians are at the next target, that'd explain a lot of the reaction.