Alright, I forced myself to watch this one. I think I’m going to have to go rewatch “Parliament of Dreams” or something to cheer me up again now…
Commenting on things nobody else has mentioned: It feels slightly odd to have Sheridan on Centauri Prime to me – we’ve discussed many times how the Centauri plots don’t really interact with the Sheridan plot during the Shadow War; the Centauri Court always feels like a different narrative space to the station or anything associated with it. It’s a little disconcerting to have them directly interacting for once.
(It doesn’t help that Sheridan’s cheerfully naïve brand of diplomacy feels utterly out of place in the byzantine heart of the Centauri Republic – I’ve mentioned this before, but it always strikes me as strange how season five seems to go out of its way to demonstrate Sheridan is completely out of his depth as a political leader. He actually seems confused that no, Londo doesn’t really want the Centauri to rejoin the Alliance after they, you know, bombarded the Centauri capital…
And what, exactly, would Londo have been able to say if he hadn’t been under Drakh control to convince the Centauri not to be resentful of the crippling sanctions the Alliance is imposing? Then there’s the way he feels Londo saying “The Regent bought the Shadow-pods off the black market” a dead-end, rather than, you know, a new lead to investigate…
Are we sure Sheridan didn’t get a keeper of his own when he visited Z’ha’dum? Would explain an awful lot…)
(Sorry, criticising because it stops the tears.)
We discussed a while back that it would have been better if Byron had been angry at the Alliance because of Sheridan’s use of telepaths as weapons rather than because of what the Vorlons did – I had forgotten at the time, but in hindsight, it was obviously to emphasise the symmetry with the Drakh here. It doesn’t quite work as well as it could, but it does provide some sort of a connecting thread between the two halves of the season.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned this before, and I think this is my last chance to - The small Centauri ships are probably my favourite ships in the show. Menacing, but elegant looking.
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Date: 2011-03-01 06:21 am (UTC)Commenting on things nobody else has mentioned: It feels slightly odd to have Sheridan on Centauri Prime to me – we’ve discussed many times how the Centauri plots don’t really interact with the Sheridan plot during the Shadow War; the Centauri Court always feels like a different narrative space to the station or anything associated with it. It’s a little disconcerting to have them directly interacting for once.
(It doesn’t help that Sheridan’s cheerfully naïve brand of diplomacy feels utterly out of place in the byzantine heart of the Centauri Republic – I’ve mentioned this before, but it always strikes me as strange how season five seems to go out of its way to demonstrate Sheridan is completely out of his depth as a political leader. He actually seems confused that no, Londo doesn’t really want the Centauri to rejoin the Alliance after they, you know, bombarded the Centauri capital…
And what, exactly, would Londo have been able to say if he hadn’t been under Drakh control to convince the Centauri not to be resentful of the crippling sanctions the Alliance is imposing? Then there’s the way he feels Londo saying “The Regent bought the Shadow-pods off the black market” a dead-end, rather than, you know, a new lead to investigate…
Are we sure Sheridan didn’t get a keeper of his own when he visited Z’ha’dum? Would explain an awful lot…)
(Sorry, criticising because it stops the tears.)
We discussed a while back that it would have been better if Byron had been angry at the Alliance because of Sheridan’s use of telepaths as weapons rather than because of what the Vorlons did – I had forgotten at the time, but in hindsight, it was obviously to emphasise the symmetry with the Drakh here. It doesn’t quite work as well as it could, but it does provide some sort of a connecting thread between the two halves of the season.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned this before, and I think this is my last chance to - The small Centauri ships are probably my favourite ships in the show. Menacing, but elegant looking.