"Deathwalker" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X09, "Deathwalker". 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 "Deathwalker" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[4thofeleven.livejournal.com]

To be fair to the Ambassador, it wasn't so much 'losing the argument' as 'the entire League being rendered irrelevant in an issue of great concern to them'. Presumably even if the Minbari had abstained, the vote still would have failed 2-2, failing to get a majority in favor. Easy to feel your people aren't really being represented when the only way your vote is relevant is if half the great powers already support something...

[wychwood]

it wasn't so much 'losing the argument' as 'the entire League being rendered irrelevant in an issue of great concern to them'.

Yeah... I can see why she'd be upset, definitely. And the Centauri and the Narn were clearly operating in bad faith. But at the same time, the Council did actually work as designed; the powers voted, including the League, and that's the answer they got. The way it's set up, with one vote for each of the major races and one for the League means that it's *always* true that they have to have half the major races on their side to get anywhere.