"The Well of Forever" discussion

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for "The Well of Forever". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware. If you have any fanworks related to this episode, you can also leave links to them in this post.

Summary:
Galen convinces Gileon to take Excalibur deep into hyperspace to look for an ancient place of power.

Extra reading:
The article for "The Well of Forever" at The Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

Can I punch Max? Please? Just a little? ;-)

Seriously, I am getting the feeling that Crusade is at its best when it's tongue-in-cheek, and especially when that involves Galen: I loved the hyperspace-jellyfish scene.

I am also finding the details about telepaths post-Psi Corps quite interesting and liked Gideon's solution to the problem at hhand :-)

Some bits of the episode seemed a bit preachy again, but in all it was ... interesting.

[ajora.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, my DVDs and computers were stolen so I can't really participate, but I remember cringing at Max's greed. Enjoying everything else, mind, but... I grew up with archaeology (my father is an archaeologist, I studied it and work at a maintained archaeological site) and just never liked how JMS handles archaeologists.

So, uhm. Yeah, sorry, carry on :|.

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

I also have archaeological training, and, through involvement in the maritime side of it, I have come across members of commercial salvage companies calling themselves archaeologists (I have no idea of their professional credentials or otherwise - but what they do is essentially treasure hunting).
:-(
I admit and regret that I have no problem in believing that the likes of IPX will emerge. That doesn't mean that there will be no academic archaeology in the 23rd century, but (fortunately, I guess) it is not the kind of thing to be mentioned in what is essentially a political tale.

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

Any Galen episode tends to get a bit preachy, I suppose but still this one was pretty good. With all the unanswered questions in this episode, it makes me wish we at least knew how the rest of the five year arc would have played out.

The fen thing was so silly but sometimes, I thought the silly was part Crusade's charm. They were sort of B5's kid brother, more or less.

Max was the poster child for IPX and we get hints all through B5 that IPX was certainly a LOT more than just a bunch of greedy treasure hunters. If the hints in B5 meant anything, then IPX at least worked with some of the darker elements of Earthgov.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

I thought Gideon should have punched Galen repeatedly for putting the ship and its crew at risk just so he could scatter his girlfriends' ashes.

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

Let's say, the treasures they are hunting are on a strategic scale ;-)
It makes me wonder about Anna Sheridan, though - did she just get drawn into it or...