An interesting episode! I like the diplomatic side of things, mostly; Ivanova's canny handling of the angry League ships, Sinclair's negotiations to find a way between the factions (though I felt he was being overly naive with his assumption that the Minbari would vote his way when he knew Deathwalker said she'd been with the Wind Swords), Lennier's reluctance to follow his own instructions.
I was a little annoyed with Ambassador Kalika; she gets all up in Sinclair's face about how terrible the debate was, when in actual fact what happened was: there was a vote, and it didn't go her way. If they're going to start threatening to blow up the station every time someone loses an argument, B5 is in even more trouble than we already thought...
I'd forgotten how important Kosh is in this episode (despite a relatively low level of screentime). We get much more of a sense of him and of the Vorlons here - the ruthlessness he uses against Talia, the (politically helpful but rather sketchy - talk about your Deus Ex Machina, too!) Vorlon ship that blows up Deathwalker's vessel, the hilarious and/or gnomic Vorlon sayings ("at the hour of scampering" is still my favourite).
I liked Sinclair and Garibaldi and their relationship here. I have such a strong sense of their friendship, Garibaldi apologising for getting angry with Sinclair and the two of them in the bar at the end, working together throughout the episode... G'Kar and Na'Toth are also good together; we get more of their characters, and of Narn society - I liked the conversation about the blood oath, and G'Kar saying "You would not be Narn if you did", and the respect they clearly have for each other. Plus: Na'Toth flipping out is *scary*, man! Don't want to be on the wrong side of her.
Minor nitpick: they kept calling the jumpgate "the vortex". I don't remember that ever happening anywhere else - someone didn't have the series bible? :)
This is a decent episode; not great, but solid, and it's pretty good as a "Not Your Father's Star Trek" thing; it's more shades-of-grey than Trek usually goes for (though there are exceptions!). Good stuff.
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Date: 2009-03-24 09:03 pm (UTC)I was a little annoyed with Ambassador Kalika; she gets all up in Sinclair's face about how terrible the debate was, when in actual fact what happened was: there was a vote, and it didn't go her way. If they're going to start threatening to blow up the station every time someone loses an argument, B5 is in even more trouble than we already thought...
I'd forgotten how important Kosh is in this episode (despite a relatively low level of screentime). We get much more of a sense of him and of the Vorlons here - the ruthlessness he uses against Talia, the (politically helpful but rather sketchy - talk about your Deus Ex Machina, too!) Vorlon ship that blows up Deathwalker's vessel, the hilarious and/or gnomic Vorlon sayings ("at the hour of scampering" is still my favourite).
I liked Sinclair and Garibaldi and their relationship here. I have such a strong sense of their friendship, Garibaldi apologising for getting angry with Sinclair and the two of them in the bar at the end, working together throughout the episode... G'Kar and Na'Toth are also good together; we get more of their characters, and of Narn society - I liked the conversation about the blood oath, and G'Kar saying "You would not be Narn if you did", and the respect they clearly have for each other. Plus: Na'Toth flipping out is *scary*, man! Don't want to be on the wrong side of her.
Minor nitpick: they kept calling the jumpgate "the vortex". I don't remember that ever happening anywhere else - someone didn't have the series bible? :)
This is a decent episode; not great, but solid, and it's pretty good as a "Not Your Father's Star Trek" thing; it's more shades-of-grey than Trek usually goes for (though there are exceptions!). Good stuff.