"The War Prayer" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X07, "The War Prayer". 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 "The War Prayer" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

- and G'Kar, after last episode's uncharacteristic (so far!) act of generosity, is back to his usual demagoguery and general trouble-making. He has a long way to go yet.

Though he still had a point, no? He didn't know what Sinclar & Company were doing to stop the attacks, and even if he had I'm not sure it would have made him feel better to know that the senior command was posing as violent racists.

I noted Delenn's facial expression while Sinclair was snubbing the alien woman. I wonder if she ever followed up on him (and possibly reprimanded him for his rather stupid plan).

[wychwood]

I wonder if she ever followed up on him (and possibly reprimanded him for his rather stupid plan).

I like to think so! *g*

I don't think G'Kar had enough of a point to justify inciting a riot. Yes, it's annoying that nothing visible is being done, but it's not always possible to solve things on command. He doesn't, at that point, have any real reason to assume that the senior staff *are* engaging in bad faith, and they actually are working flat-out to try and catch the bad guys. I think he's being unreasonable - and even if he were totally right, starting a riot still isn't much of a help with the overall problem!

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

That's a good point. He had some right on his side but was pushing it to far, probably more for his own aggrandizement than a genuine desire to help aliens (and does he honestly care about non-Narn aliens at this point? Likely not.)