"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

[lordbleys.livejournal.com]

"- It always vaguely bugs me when a major character in an episode is a one-off alien species. B5 doesn’t have a lot of aliens of the week, so it stands out far more when one appears – they don’t feel like they belong. It doesn’t ruin the episode, but I’d really have preferred it if Trakis had been a Drazi or a Markab or something – or if his species had appeared in the background in other episodes."


Since he's a one off "not as important race" political dealings with the Centari won't factor in. If he was drazzi, I'm sure he'd be connected to Something, Somehow that could factor in another political dealing. This way, he's just a jackass who owns a slave and can be a mean SOB and not cause "an incident".