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Not a bad one over all, but still a bit slow. I couldn't see introducing
B5 to anyone with some of these last few shows, as they rely on knowing
some of the background, and realizing that this is (hopefully) just
the ground work for more climatic scenes later on. Let's see, just
going over what has been done: communications have opened between B5
and Mars, through Marcus's and Franklin's trip, the voice of the resistance
(which is not the same, as it is only an outgoing message) has been
set up; Delenn is on her way to deal with the civil war on Minbar,
the white star fleet has spread it's forces to patrolling the
non-aligned worlds; and Garibaldi is heading off to Mars on his
own personal agenda. Hmmm, a lot of buildings going up, but no one
really moving into them just yet.
As far as the particular's of this episode, I found the knee-slapping
quietly laughing to himself Sheridan a bit too over the top. But the
set up of the League of Non-aligned was okay. A bit hokey and
predictable, maybe. The stuff on the Minbari War Cruiser was a bit
more interesting. Nice justaposition of how each group wanted to kill
off the leader, and how the religious caste was willing to take out
everyone, to become just a legend... And Lennier saves the day yet
again.
So who thinks Neroon is a real creep for gaining Delenn's confidence and
running off with inside information? And who think's that this is
all part of Delenn's plan, which she had to keep from Lennier for
some reason or other?
PeterT
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While I found Sheridan's antics annoying, I was pleased to see him
finally pull one over all the alien races - sort of a one-up for the
humans. I would have liked it better if he'd shared it with his staff
beforehand, instead of leaving them in the dark. (It was funny to
watch, but these are the same people that he's been through so much
with!) While having his orders obeyed without knowing why is great for
his leadership abilities, it does push him perilously close to the edge
of being isolated with a great deal of power and success, that place
where great leaders succumb to their own human frailties and begin to
fail without that input/support/partnership with the people who helped
put him there. Or maybe he has already stepped over that line?
I thought it was just a little too neat that Lennier appeared
to save the day.
I believe that Delenn and Neroon are either working together, or,
more likely, she planted those plans for him. After all, she did say
that she trusted him, after a fashion. She obviously has soemthing
in mind to get everyone's attention on Minbar.
In spite of Lennier's speech to the religious caste, I believe that
Delenn trusted both the warrior and religious castes, "after a fashion."
After all she's done on the Grey Council, I find it difficult to believe
that she would continue to prefer the religious caste over any other.
It sounds like Lennier is setting Delenn up to be deified.
By the way, what is the third caste?
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