I liked this, too, although it was a pity that the massively telegraphed reveal was somewhat spoilt by the appearance of the mystery guest in the opening credits... Seeing Franklin himself infected an quarantined somehow kept reminding me that Richard Biggs did not have that much time left himself. In fact, the 5-year estimate in the series seems uncomfortably close to the mark, coming t think of it :-(
Speaking of credits, I have started to wonder when Lockley would finally appear, considering she features so prominently. But it does make sense for her to enter the series in this episode, and I suppose it will provide an excuse of for contact with B5 later. (as oppose to having this ep last, as in my DVD set)
Finally, that moment when Lockley looks at the lifepod, not knowing who is inside, is heartbreaking, although I know this is an age-old literary device. (BTW, they also did it to two of the legends of ER in the final series, the b******s (*g*)
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Date: 2011-07-11 08:44 pm (UTC)Seeing Franklin himself infected an quarantined somehow kept reminding me that Richard Biggs did not have that much time left himself. In fact, the 5-year estimate in the series seems uncomfortably close to the mark, coming t think of it :-(
Speaking of credits, I have started to wonder when Lockley would finally appear, considering she features so prominently. But it does make sense for her to enter the series in this episode, and I suppose it will provide an excuse of for contact with B5 later.
(as oppose to having this ep last, as in my DVD set)
Finally, that moment when Lockley looks at the lifepod, not knowing who is inside, is heartbreaking, although I know this is an age-old literary device.
(BTW, they also did it to two of the legends of ER in the final series, the b******s (*g*)