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alexcatRewatch for Season 4, Episode 14 – Moments of Transition
Recaps:
Dreamwidth
Livejournal>
And the Analysis at The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5
And we reach the tipping point!
John is tossing and turning and worrying but there has been no word from Delenn since the got home.
Minbar is a mess with injured and dead all around – obviously religious caste. Delenn has an idea. The leaders of the two castes will meet in the old ritual place where the Starfire Wheel will determine who is willing to die for their people and that side will rule.
Neroon has a talk with Shakiri – the leader of the warrior caste is interested only in power and war… this seems to upset Neroon.
‘Is it wrong to value life? I thought that is why we fought.’ he asks.
Shakiri answers: ‘We fight because it is our nature. It is the calling of our heart. Life and death are simply two possible consequences, each neither valued or feared above the other. For a Warrior, death is simply the release from our obligation.’
We find that Delenn is up to the Starfire Wheel and willing to die. Shakiri is not and Neroon switches sides and saves Delenn at the cost of his own life. Delenn reconvenes the Grey Council with a new balance – 2 Warrior, 2 Religious, and 5 Worker caste. And the center empty in honor of Neroon until the One comes.
Back on B5 – Lyta can’t find a decent job because she’s a rogue telepath and no one will hire her. B5 has given her a smaller quarters because of money issues. Bester offers to take her back into PsiCorps if she’ll let them dissect her when she dies – he knows she is more than just a P5. Garibaldi overhears and offers her a job.
Edgars calls Garibaldi in the middle of the night several times and the last time he calls, he tells him to fire Lyta because he will have NO dealings with telepaths.
Susan comes running to Sheridan in his quarters. She’s so angry that she can barely speak. An EarthForce ship has destroyed 3 commercial liners leaving Proxima 3 with 10,000 civilians aboard. John says it is time to fight back. ‘Starting right now we fight back, and fight back hard. We’re riding in, Susan. If they get in our way we’ll knock them down. If they take out one of our ships, we take out three of theirs. We won’t slow down and we won’t stop. We’re going after the colonies, and Mars, and then Earth. God help anyone who gets in our way.’
It's on.
1. Did Edgars’ demand seem strange to you?
2. Did Bester’s bargain seem barbaric to you?
3. Why doesn’t Sheridan toss Garibaldi off the station? I certainly would.
4. How is John going to attack earth?
5. Who takes the center ring in the Grey Council?
Recaps:
Dreamwidth
Livejournal>
And the Analysis at The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5
And we reach the tipping point!
John is tossing and turning and worrying but there has been no word from Delenn since the got home.
Minbar is a mess with injured and dead all around – obviously religious caste. Delenn has an idea. The leaders of the two castes will meet in the old ritual place where the Starfire Wheel will determine who is willing to die for their people and that side will rule.
Neroon has a talk with Shakiri – the leader of the warrior caste is interested only in power and war… this seems to upset Neroon.
‘Is it wrong to value life? I thought that is why we fought.’ he asks.
Shakiri answers: ‘We fight because it is our nature. It is the calling of our heart. Life and death are simply two possible consequences, each neither valued or feared above the other. For a Warrior, death is simply the release from our obligation.’
We find that Delenn is up to the Starfire Wheel and willing to die. Shakiri is not and Neroon switches sides and saves Delenn at the cost of his own life. Delenn reconvenes the Grey Council with a new balance – 2 Warrior, 2 Religious, and 5 Worker caste. And the center empty in honor of Neroon until the One comes.
Back on B5 – Lyta can’t find a decent job because she’s a rogue telepath and no one will hire her. B5 has given her a smaller quarters because of money issues. Bester offers to take her back into PsiCorps if she’ll let them dissect her when she dies – he knows she is more than just a P5. Garibaldi overhears and offers her a job.
Edgars calls Garibaldi in the middle of the night several times and the last time he calls, he tells him to fire Lyta because he will have NO dealings with telepaths.
Susan comes running to Sheridan in his quarters. She’s so angry that she can barely speak. An EarthForce ship has destroyed 3 commercial liners leaving Proxima 3 with 10,000 civilians aboard. John says it is time to fight back. ‘Starting right now we fight back, and fight back hard. We’re riding in, Susan. If they get in our way we’ll knock them down. If they take out one of our ships, we take out three of theirs. We won’t slow down and we won’t stop. We’re going after the colonies, and Mars, and then Earth. God help anyone who gets in our way.’
It's on.
1. Did Edgars’ demand seem strange to you?
2. Did Bester’s bargain seem barbaric to you?
3. Why doesn’t Sheridan toss Garibaldi off the station? I certainly would.
4. How is John going to attack earth?
5. Who takes the center ring in the Grey Council?
