"Infection" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X04, "Infection". 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 "Infection" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[aris-tgd.livejournal.com]

Re: media, I think it's interesting that one of the things JMS wanted to do in later Season 1 and Season 2 was to actually have an embedded reporter from ISN on the station. We get the reporter from Infection back later (I think in By Any Means Necessary) and we have Jane the news anchor, but if we'd actually had a real recurring reporter character we might have had a more balanced view. But yeah, I definitely agree on the point about JMS' bugaboo for reporters. The cumulative effect is either "twits" or "evil twits", and that's really annoying.