"Born to the Purple" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X03, "Born to the Purple". 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 "Born to the Purple" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[lazulidragon.livejournal.com]

I just finished watching the last few episodes of S5 with my dad in December, so it's really nice to see happy Londo and happy Vir and happy, in-control Garibaldi again! Not to mention all the little things.

I must admit, I get insanely happy whenever Londo and Vir touch. The chin thing in this episode, the hand-on-shoulder thing that hapens a lot, hugging, whatever, it doesn't matter, it always reduces me to squealy little puddle of fangirl goo. I love me my moon-faced assassin of joy!

I never noticed this before, but when Sinclair and G'Kar first confront Londo, G'Kar keep looking over his shoulder to oggle the chick on stage! Hah!

I always wonder about the alien races who don't have representation in the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, like Trakis himself, and several of the background aliens. Do they have names/cultures? Where do they fit in? Some of them just feel like excuses for big ugly thugs, but I'm still curious about the rest.

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

Hehe. G'Kar always had an eye for the ladies too!

I wonder if in the Role Playing Games, they gave names to more of the aliens as they did in the Star Wars Universe.

[kathrid.livejournal.com]

I wonder if in the Role Playing Games, they gave names to more of the aliens as they did in the Star Wars Universe.

There are certainly more on the map. I'd guess Trakis comes from one of the races on the far side of Centuari space, who probably regard the humans as being too far away and primitive compared with the Centauri to be worth coming to B5 for. The Lumati also fall into this
category, so this may be starting to change during the series.