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"Born to the Purple" discussion [spoilers]
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.
Extra reading:
The article for "Born to the Purple" at Lurker's Guide.
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But, of course, this one's really all about Londo. It's an amazing set-up for what comes later - and I love his relationship with Adira. He's such a fascinatingly complex character, and I love that his weaknesses and the things that make him likeable are so close together - his romantic streak being, as
What I really didn't remember was how cracked-out the bad guys were in this! First the bar guy who doesn't recognise either the station commander *or* the ambassador who'd been hanging out in his bar all the time? What? And then n'grath apparently quite happy to go along with Trakis' insane LET'S KILL ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY LONG-TERM REPERCUSSIONS strategy... really, what? Mostly I don't care, though, because the rest of the plot is so good. This is the show up and running, right here.
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Ivanova's subplot: also reminds me that this is when she loses the last of her biological family, with her brother gone since the Earth/Minbari war, and we know about her mother. And how fiercely private she is; later in the show she might have shared her father's illness with someone - Garibaldi, Franklin, Talia (if we're talking late s2 before Divided Loyalties), or even Delenn. But not at this point.
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Slightly more! But we know he was in there with G'Kar and Londo only, what, two days earlier? And Londo must have been in there all the time. Craziness, anyway. *g*
That's very true about Ivanova - she's very alone here, more so than even after Marcus' death. It's funny - she's never terribly open to people, but in comparison with how she is a couple of years later, she seems desperately closed in on herself. (Though the speech from her father was hilariously As-You-Know-Bob... exposition is hard!)
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...and then we have Lorien in season 4. Who could be called Walking Exposition. *cringes*
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And I'm standing by my theory that n'grath is the ambassador for his people - the guy has to have diplomatic immunity or something to think he can get away with the stuff he pulls...
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And well, maybe JMS had to get some cliches out of his keyboard before he could get the real Meaty stories out.