deborah_judge once said if you put off the sound of this episode during the Delenn and Lennier scene, then ask a new watcher who of these is in unrequited love with whom, they'd say Delenn with Lennier. While I wouldn't go that far, I do notice that since committing herself to Sheridan for good, Delenn has increased the physical affection with Lennier; all that cheek stroking isn't something she did in earlier seasons. (I still wonder at times whether JMS hadn't planned on a complete Arthur-Guinevere-Lancelot triangle, since in the Arthurian demoninations of the relevant s3 episode Delenn is Lancelot. Who thinks he's the purest but really falls for love, and betrays the Rangers, err, the Round Table.) Given that "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari" makes it clear she's aware of his feelings for her, it's not a kind thing to do.
Still Delenn-related: I love her facing off the jerk in the bar, but as with Marcus' sudden penchant for meeting Delenn and Lennier in bars just to make it complicated, I have to ask: really? Delenn couldn't have met Lennier anywhere else on the station? Ah well. It's an entertaining scene.
Poor Londo has possibly his last relaxed day in the universe and doesn't know it. His response to discovering his quarters were bugged by the Drazi is classic Londo, and I love him to bits. Also his watching Vir with the eyes of a proud father is heartbreaking because soon, he won't have that chance again. Meanwhile, G'Kar discovers more and more of the downside of being a religious icon; people love the cryptic, they love less a JMS variation of Plato's shadow-and-light simile. Franklin's interest is neat continuity of his Foundationist background.
Lastly: "what if Sheridan, Delenn & Co. had confided in Londo"? is one of the unanswerable ones. Because you understand why they don't, given Centauri policies (and Londo's own policies) until rather recently. And yet, if they had made that leap of faith - which would have been less of one than G'Kar trusting Londo's word in s4...
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Still Delenn-related: I love her facing off the jerk in the bar, but as with Marcus' sudden penchant for meeting Delenn and Lennier in bars just to make it complicated, I have to ask: really? Delenn couldn't have met Lennier anywhere else on the station? Ah well. It's an entertaining scene.
Poor Londo has possibly his last relaxed day in the universe and doesn't know it. His response to discovering his quarters were bugged by the Drazi is classic Londo, and I love him to bits. Also his watching Vir with the eyes of a proud father is heartbreaking because soon, he won't have that chance again. Meanwhile, G'Kar discovers more and more of the downside of being a religious icon; people love the cryptic, they love less a JMS variation of Plato's shadow-and-light simile. Franklin's interest is neat continuity of his Foundationist background.
Lastly: "what if Sheridan, Delenn & Co. had confided in Londo"? is one of the unanswerable ones. Because you understand why they don't, given Centauri policies (and Londo's own policies) until rather recently. And yet, if they had made that leap of faith - which would have been less of one than G'Kar trusting Londo's word in s4...