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  4. _Contents:_ [9]Overview - [10]Backplot - [11]Questions - [12]Analysis
  5. - [13]Notes - [14]JMS
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  7. Overview
  8. As the Earth Alliance plunges toward civil war, internal strife
  9. threatens to shatter the command structure of B5. Zack's loyalties
  10. are put to the test when the Nightwatch is ordered to take over
  11. station security. Londo receives another glimpse of his destiny.
  12. [15]Majel Barrett as Lady Morella. [16]Marshall Teague as Ta'Lon.
  13. [17]P5 Rating: [18]9.31
  14. Production number: 309
  15. Original air week: February 26, 1996
  16. Written by J. Michael Straczynski
  17. Directed by Jim Johnston
  18. _Note: this episode is more momentous than most. Think twice before
  19. proceeding to the spoilers; it's worth seeing unawares._
  20. _________________________________________________________________
  21. Backplot
  22. * After the death of a Centauri emperor, custom states that his
  23. spirit lives on in the body of his consort, who speaks both for
  24. herself and her late husband.
  25. * Londo is destined to become emperor. That part of his future
  26. cannot be avoided, according to Lady Morella. Vir is also destined
  27. to become emperor. One will become emperor after the other dies,
  28. but it's not clear which.
  29. * Londo has already passed up two chances to avoid the destiny he
  30. fears awaits him. There will be three more. He must save the eye
  31. that does not see. He must not kill the one who is already dead.
  32. And failing those, at the last, he must surrender himself to his
  33. greatest fear, knowing that it will destroy him.
  34. * One result of G'Kar's Kosh-inspired revelation in [19]"Dust to
  35. Dust" is the belief that humans are the key to the salvation of
  36. the Narn race. He also believes, as Kosh suggested, that the Narn
  37. must give up their pride and their vengeance or risk being
  38. completely destroyed, and that his people must sacrifice
  39. themselves by the hundreds or even the millions if all are to
  40. benefit in the end.
  41. Unanswered Questions
  42. * Is General Hague on his way to the station?
  43. * What impact will Sheridan's new security forces have? Will they
  44. immediately turn Earth against him?
  45. Analysis
  46. * One of Londo's two squandered chances was undoubtedly his action
  47. in [20]"The Coming of Shadows," which sparked the Narn-Centauri
  48. War. The other is less clear. Perhaps it was his initial meeting
  49. with Morden, or the attack on the outpost in [21]"Chrysalis." It
  50. may also have been his decision to ask the Shadows to defend
  51. Gorash 7 ([22]"The Long, Twilight Struggle,") without which the
  52. Centauri wouldn't have been able to crush the Narn as thoroughly
  53. as they did.
  54. * "The eye that does not see" might refer to the Eye, the symbol of
  55. Centauri nobility that marked the start of Londo's association
  56. with Morden ([23]"Signs and Portents.") It may also refer to
  57. G'Kar's eye, which appears to be injured or missing in Londo's
  58. dream ([24]"The Coming of Shadows.")
  59. * The one who is already dead might be Morden, who's officially dead
  60. according to Earth Alliance records ([25]"In the Shadow of
  61. Z'ha'dum") or perhaps G'Kar, whose old life is certainly gone.
  62. It's also possible that it refers to the memory of someone who is
  63. to die; Londo may be presented with an opportunity to discredit
  64. someone who would otherwise serve as a martyr. Along similar
  65. lines, it may refer to the wishes of someone already dead; for
  66. instance, destroying the chance for peace that Emperor Turhan
  67. sought before his death, something that would have been the
  68. Emperor's legacy.
  69. Another possibility is a connection to the transfer of Minbari
  70. souls to humans; the owner of a particular previously-deceased
  71. Minbari soul (perhaps Sinclair) may prove troublesome to Londo in
  72. the future.
  73. * Londo's greatest fear might be the downfall of the Republic, or
  74. perhaps his own death.
  75. * It's likely Londo will squander at least the first two of his
  76. remaining chances, given the fact that there will be a third --
  77. assuming Morella is correct.
  78. * What did Sheridan and the others say to convince Zack to go along
  79. with their ruse? It may have been as simple as convincing him that
  80. the order from the Political Office was illegal, just like
  81. Sheridan told the trapped Nightwatch members. Using that to
  82. convince him would have been the safest course of action, since as
  83. a loyal officer he'd be inclined to go along with the plan even if
  84. his sympathies had shifted toward Nightwatch.
  85. * What were all the non-security Nightwatch members doing during the
  86. crisis? Were they unaffected by the takeover order in the first
  87. place, and thus largely unconcerned with what was going on?
  88. Notes
  89. * An official [26]press release about Majel Barrett's appearance is
  90. available.
  91. * Many of the Nightwatch members in this episode are production
  92. staff members, including the production secretary and an assistant
  93. director.
  94. * Lady Morella is said to be returning from a visit to Ragesh 9. The
  95. Ragesh system is the same one attacked by the Narn in
  96. [27]"Midnight on the Firing Line."
  97. jms speaks
  98. * _Posted to the CompuServe Star Trek forum_
  99. Before you hit the *kill* button...a thought or two in your
  100. general direction. First, if you're eager for the actual news part
  101. of this message -- and it is kinda important -- it appears at the
  102. end of this message. If you've got a second, stick around.
  103. In every interview he's given on the subject, Walter Koenig has
  104. spoken glowingly of BABYLON 5, as a show he feels is fighting for
  105. genuine quality SF in television, with serious, mature stories for
  106. fans who grew up on STAR TREK and are looking for more of that
  107. quality...none other than Majel Barrett Roddenberry has gone on
  108. record at conventions, including Toronto Trek and the recent Wolf
  109. 359 convention, as saying that BABYLON 5 was "the only other
  110. intelligent science fiction series out there" besides the ST
  111. shows, and urged ST fans to support it.
  112. If you've tried the show, and it wasn't to your tastes...fair
  113. enough. No one should be expected to like everything. If you'd
  114. like to give it another shot, that's fine, but there is no need to
  115. defend your opinion; we respect it. Not every show works for every
  116. viewer.
  117. If you *haven't* tried the show...if you liked the original ST and
  118. the work of Majel and Walter and Harlan and others involved in
  119. it...if you like the work of Peter David, who has written for B5
  120. and supports it...you may want to give it a shot in
  121. October/November.
  122. The final four episodes from year two will be broadcast starting
  123. the week of October 11th, with the new year three episodes
  124. beginning the second week of November. These nine episodes in a
  125. row contain some of the best work we have ever done. Acting,
  126. writing, directing, effects...we stand behind all of them. (The
  127. year two Final Four were held back from earlier broadcast to lead
  128. into the debut, so these are new to the US, although they have
  129. already aired to substantial praise in the UK.)
  130. If perhaps you have been turned off by some of the more vigorous
  131. messages from B5 viewers, I'd only ask that you consider those
  132. comments in light of the fact that Paramount (NOT the people doing
  133. ST, but the studio itself) has done everything possible to hinder
  134. the progress of B5, which engenders certain reactions from
  135. everyone; and that to a man or woman, virtually all of the more
  136. vigorous posts have come from those who have long considered
  137. themselves fans of STAR TREK, voicing many of the concerns which
  138. are stated right here in this forum by current viewers...which
  139. they had long before there was a B5... as well as some of the
  140. praises found here.
  141. The ironic thing is that there is no problem between those who
  142. make B5, and those who make ST..Jeri Taylor is a friend, Majel
  143. supports the show, when ST does an episode with great EFX we call
  144. them, when we do a good one they call us...it's almost entirely a
  145. matter of perception.
  146. So for what it's worth, direct from those of us who make BABYLON
  147. 5, if you haven't checked out the show before, or if you're
  148. curious to see where we stand now...I would like to personally
  149. invite you to check out the new batch of episodes starting around
  150. October 11th. If you want to give us all nine episodes, that's
  151. great; if less, that's fine too. If not at all, that's also fine.
  152. Over a late dinner with Majel, I observed that after the original
  153. STAR TREK, which for the first time presented truly *human*
  154. characters, with all their flaws and frailties and bravery and
  155. nobility, in a science fiction series, the ball was dropped, and
  156. no one picked it up again for years. She agreed with this...and it
  157. is my hope that you will find this coming season of BABYLON 5 to
  158. be that show.
  159. Because it isn't an either/or, sum/zero game...one can watch, and
  160. enjoy, BABYLON 5 and STAR TREK equally, for different reasons,
  161. since their approaches are very different. And this is the perfect
  162. time to come into B5, since these episodes encapsulize a lot of
  163. background, and will take you quickly into the background, the
  164. universe and the characters.
  165. Which is why, I'm pleased to announce, Majel Barrett will be
  166. appearing as a guest star on BABYLON 5 this coming season...a
  167. gesture of support from her, and a gesture of respect from all of
  168. us at B5. The deal has been signed, it's a done deal...she'll be
  169. appearing in episode #9, "Point of No Return," as Emperor Turhan's
  170. third wife, Lady Morella. We're very much looking forward to her
  171. appearance in the B5 universe.
  172. For all these and other reasons, I hope you'll give BABYLON 5 a
  173. try.
  174. * She'll be playing a Centauri female, the Lady Morella, Emperor
  175. Turhan's third wife; also a prophetess and seer.
  176. * When we first announced casting Walter Koenig on B5, lots of
  177. people moaned, "Oh, no, not Chekov on B5." What you got was
  178. Bester, who has become one of our most noted and discussed
  179. characters. It's unfortunate, but some people confuse the role
  180. with the person. "...the worst character ever in the entire ST
  181. universe" has nothing to do with the person, or the role she will
  182. be portraying: the Lady Morella, Emperor Turhan's third wife, a
  183. prophetess and seer. It's a *very* serious, significant role,
  184. absolutely unlike anything she's done before.
  185. This, btw, is called "typecasting," which is one of the primary
  186. reasons why so many talented actors who helped to create Star Trek
  187. and other series couldn't get work for so many years...they did so
  188. good a job that they forever *became* that character. Let's not be
  189. guilty of that crime here. Majel's character will no more be Troi
  190. than Bester is Chekov.
  191. * Ellen: thanks. As for the episode in question, it's entitled
  192. "Point of No Return," and the role of Lady Morella was written
  193. specifically for Majel. I hustled to get it finished prior to the
  194. Wolf 359 convention, where I gave her a copy of the script. She
  195. read it overnight, and fell in love with the story, the character,
  196. and what it was going to do with and to the BABYLON 5 universe (to
  197. wit: start turning it upside down). Next morning, she said "I'm
  198. in." And she is.
  199. Yes, it's a jms script, and is one of the most pivotal of this
  200. season, episode #9, which with the one before it, "Messages from
  201. Earth," builds to a major turning point in #10, so it should be a
  202. very popular, intense and memorable episode in every respect.
  203. * I'd just like to say that Majel did a great job for us on B5, and
  204. we are hoping we can come up with other opportunities for the
  205. character to return. I know that Majel is interested in pursuing
  206. other acting gigs outside ST, and I wish her all the best. I think
  207. other shows would do well to utilize her abilities; everyone had a
  208. great time working with her, and she should be recognized for work
  209. other than ST.
  210. * _Was Morella's speech about greatness intended as a tribute to
  211. Gene Roddenberry?_
  212. There's probably a fair amount there that could apply to Gene,
  213. yes...
  214. * If a word comes out of a character's mouth, it's usually mine. The
  215. bit about greatness was one of them; had a number of different
  216. subtexts going on behind it.
  217. * Of course, there are many who don't see such people in a Good
  218. Light; even Washington had people out smearing his name every day
  219. (which, among more altruistic reasons, was why he didn't want to
  220. stay in charge forever). We are never so greatly appreciated as
  221. when we're safely and conveniently deceased.
  222. * Btw, on the topic of titles...it's important for the season title
  223. to accurately reflect the events of the season. And as I've
  224. watched more and more of season 3 being filmed, it becomes
  225. increasingly clear that "I am become Death, the destroyer of
  226. worlds" isn't as apt, emotionally, for what's going on. (I've
  227. actually felt this for a while, which is why I've been hesitating
  228. on locking down the title publicly.) The single most emblematic
  229. title, and single episode, for the whole season, really, is "Point
  230. of No Return," because on every level, that's what happens this
  231. season.
  232. * Thanks...it ratchets things up a bit more, certainly. The big
  233. stuff's just around the corner.
  234. * Most of the Omega class of destroyers are given Greek names, such
  235. as Achilles, Alexander, Agamemnon and others.
  236. * Correct, the Alexander would've come off the assembly line a bit
  237. after the Aggy.
  238. * We could've easily played the EFX full-screen, as WB used them in
  239. the promos, after all. But it's a slow tease, a reveal. You do it
  240. big in Messages, hold it back just a bit, at arm's length, in
  241. PoNR, then bring it all REAL close again in the next episode. By
  242. putting it at some remove in PoNR, it makes the viewer almost like
  243. one of those in the Zocalo, fighting for a better look, stranded
  244. out far away, trying to figure out what's going on.
  245. * _Did someone call out "Furillo, Francis" during the roll call of
  246. security guards? Furillo was a "Hill Street Blues" character._
  247. No, actually, the name was Pirello, Francis...hadn't realized it
  248. was a sound-alike for Furillo until dailies came in.
  249. * I think Zack was mainly nervous in that last bit, which may
  250. account for his twitchiness. And yes, Morella often prophesied for
  251. Turhan.
  252. * _About Morella's prophecy_
  253. There's another way to look at this, which occured to me as I was
  254. writing it, so I structured it accordingly.
  255. Morella: "You must save the eye that does not see."
  256. Londo: "I...do not understand."
  257. I.
  258. Eye.
  259. We never actually saw how she spelled or meant this.
  260. Given Londo's background, one could almost make the case that the
  261. discussion was about him. Not saying that's it, but it's a
  262. possibility and a subtext.
  263. * _Which side is Dr. Franklin's father on?_
  264. Stephen's father is a by-the-book guy; he doesn't think his job is
  265. to set policy, only to implement policy.
  266. * _Aren't those Nightwatch posters a bit too much? Wouldn't people
  267. object?_
  268. It's not always as simple as that. You also take a uniquely
  269. Western perspective. Look around at Russia, Cuba, 1930s Germany
  270. and the beer hall putsch, Iraq, Iran...a leader can survive all
  271. kinds of opposition if he has sufficient control of the armed
  272. forces. After the Gulf War, it was generally assumed that Saddam
  273. would be gone within a few months; now his position is stronger
  274. than ever.
  275. Also, Clark didn't (ostensibly) declare martial law to protect
  276. himself, he did it because of an imminent alien threat which was
  277. detected long before these allegations came out, we just had
  278. Ganymede attacked and that's spitting distance from the primary
  279. Earth jump gate at Io...there is indication of collaboration and
  280. conspiracy among some in the Joint Chiefs (and in fact that's
  281. correct, from his point of view, given Hague's
  282. activities)...there's enough ammo there to justify martial law.
  283. Dissolve the Senate? Just happened a couple years ago in Russia,
  284. when we had tanks firing on the Senate building. Some might say
  285. that Yeltsin was in the same position as Clark in that his motives
  286. might be saving himself.
  287. (The majority of our posters, btw, are taken from genuine WW II
  288. propaganda and war-support posters that were actually in use. We
  289. make some slight modifications, but the gist is there. Yes, we do
  290. fall for these things, we do go for these things. We always have.)
  291. As for the USA-western perspective...during WW II we saw Japanese
  292. civilians interned in camps along the West Coast...afterward we
  293. saw people prosecuted for being Reds, saw careers and lives
  294. destroyed by even the hint of "commie" influence. If you look at
  295. newsreels and documentary footage from the time, you see a
  296. populace, fresh out of a war, who survived by focusing on the
  297. Enemy, given a new enemy. Might they have gone along with some
  298. kind fo martial law if they thought that if they *didn't*
  299. cooperate, the nation might be vulnerable to Russian nukes or
  300. invasion? I think the climate was perfect for it.
  301. Could it happen right here, right now? No, because the surrounding
  302. climate isn't right. Could it happen if the conditions *were*
  303. right? Of course it could. We're not genetically or evolutionarily
  304. different from the Germans or the Russians or the Cubans or the
  305. Iraquis. If we think we'd never fall for that, we place ourselves
  306. in *exactly* the position of guaranteeing that we *will* fall for
  307. it. Because we won't recognize it when it happens. We can justify
  308. and rationalize it as something else.
  309. Yeah, people back on Earth still have guns. What of it? Right now,
  310. with martial law, the streets are quiet, the news is more positive
  311. than usual for a change, the quarrelsome jerks in the senate have
  312. been given a good kick in the butt, the president's getting things
  313. *done*, we've all still got our jobs, the muggers are hiding out,
  314. life goes on except for the lawbreakers. You gonna go out on your
  315. own and start shooting at Earthforce troops armed to the teeth
  316. with *vastly* more advanced weaponry? On whose behalf? The aliens?
  317. The troublemakers? What're we rallying for? Or against? This'll
  318. blow over soon, it always does. It never lasts. Right now, just
  319. ride it out, wait and see what happens. Who knows...maybe Clark's
  320. right? Who wants to be perceived as a traitor?
  321. Those are the thoughts of any populace in this situation. Just as
  322. when Yeltsin declared martial law in Moscow, as when Mayor Daly
  323. sent in the shock troops in Chicago, on and on.
  324. Here's the number one rule: a population will always stay passive
  325. for as long as they perceive that they stand to lose more by
  326. opposing the government than by staying quiet. It's when they have
  327. little or nothing left to lose that they rise up; the politicos
  328. first, then, more reluctantly, the general population.
  329. * Here's something to consider in this.
  330. It's easy -- safe and reassuring -- to dismiss Nightwatch and the
  331. whole political climate on Earth at this time as referring to Nazi
  332. germany...SS, Stormtroopers, informers...but if we know our
  333. history, it shows that this is not so isolated as we might think.
  334. If we say it was just the Nazis, then it's a non-repeatable
  335. phenomenon, we needn't worry about it again.
  336. But, of course, it does happen again...it did, and it will, to
  337. varying degrees. Go back to the Inquisition, and forward to Joe
  338. McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
  339. which destroyed lives and reputations based on association, past
  340. history, social contacts and party affiliations (the items
  341. specified by Musante to the EA folks in Nightwatch). Stalin and to
  342. a lesser extent Lenin would have been right at home in Nightwatch.
  343. Several of the leaders speaking for parties in the ruins of what
  344. was once Yugoslavia would also fit.
  345. It's easy, and safe, for us to say, "Oh, we would never do that,
  346. only THEY did that." But the "they" in this ARE the we on the
  347. other side...and "we" have done it, are doing it now, and will
  348. continue to do it. Only when we *know* the history of such things,
  349. when we recognize the rhetoric of control, when we oppose
  350. blacklisting and scapegoating and dead-catting do we help to
  351. assure that they *won't* arise again. Remember the quote: "Those
  352. who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it."
  353. There's a great deal of generalized historical and political
  354. metaphor in the show, never one-to-one because that's too easy,
  355. but disguised in one form or another, transumted. The Centauri
  356. Republic isn't a real republic by any stretch of the
  357. imagination...any more than the Roman Republic from which it draws
  358. some of its political structure, particularly the Centarum, the
  359. ruling body. There's a great deal of Japanese political and social
  360. structure to the Minbari, in their culture and art and some of
  361. their philosophy. You can find parallels to the story in World War
  362. II, and the bible, among a few dozen others.
  363. Too little of TV these days is *about* anything...it's all
  364. context, no subtext. This show is about a lot of things...but
  365. never in the mode of telling you what to think. We'll ask *that*
  366. you think, that you consider the world around you, and your place
  367. in it...but defining that is your business, not ours.
  368. * "I don't believe a conservative nightwatch would be tolerated
  369. either."
  370. Senator Joseph McCarthy. The House Un-American Activities
  371. Committee. You can look it up.
  372. Also, there was a PBS documentary this past week on the blacklist;
  373. I suggest that ANYone who thinks we would never fall for something
  374. like the Nightwatch should take a look at it. It makes the
  375. Nightwatch look pale by comparison.
  376. * _The House Un-American Activities Committee wasn't that powerful._
  377. I disagree. When even Truman was loathe to take on HUAC and
  378. McCarthy, you've got a real problem. You make the impact sound
  379. minimal; but people committed suicide when their careers were
  380. ruined by HUAC and Tailgunner Joe. I personally know writers who
  381. were at the top of their form and their careers who never worked
  382. again because they were blacklisted or greylisted.
  383. It was also the climate created by HUAC that threatened much more
  384. widely than the actions of the committee itself. Take Red
  385. Channels, a sleazy little rag published by the owner of a
  386. *SUPERMARKET CHAIN* in which he listed those he considered --
  387. based on whim or divine revelation -- reds or sympathetic to reds.
  388. Even a publication like that had tremendous destructive power. I
  389. know one of the writers listed in Red Channels; the networks
  390. grey-listed him instantly. It was *years* before he could work
  391. again.
  392. The whole red-baiting hysteria of the 50s came as close to
  393. destroying the American dream as any threatened invasion. If it
  394. had been led by someone a little less self-destructive than
  395. McCarthy, I hate to think what would've happened.
  396. * "Even in the USSR the military would not support an attempt of
  397. martial law."
  398. You mean like when Yeltsin called up the military, dissolved the
  399. Senate, and had tanks open fire on the Senate building to keep
  400. from being ousted in a coup...you mean like that?
  401. * Yes, right to assemble, free speech rights, they're all open to
  402. abridgement. Travel can also be restricted.
  403. * Thanks. No, I understand the point, I'm just getting into the
  404. details a bit. One last point I forgot to mention was that even
  405. for the US, there has never yet been a situation where we as an
  406. entire *species* stood on the brink of extinction by an alien
  407. race. That'll definitely affect your mindset a bit....
  408. * "Zack is the key figure here. He's the one questioning if he's on
  409. the right side and just what his allies are up to. I've heard some
  410. good analogies to present days situations kicked around on these
  411. boards, but It seems mostly Republicans want to accuse democrats
  412. and vice versa. What we need is more Republicans willing to
  413. criticise fellow republicans and democrats willing to criticise
  414. fellow democrats."
  415. A very good point. Zack is, to all intents and purposes, the
  416. Everyman character in this; he wants, desperately, to do what's
  417. right. But he doesn't exactly *know* what's right, because he's
  418. getting conflicting information...or rather, a lack of *real*
  419. information and a plethora of agendas. Who is he to believe? Which
  420. way does he jump when he's not sure which pit holds the lion?
  421. When a culture become factionalized, when it becomes us vs. them,
  422. everyone starts setting up consistently smaller camps...first it's
  423. democrats vs. republicans...then it's mainstream republicans vs.
  424. conservative republicans...then it's conservative republicans vs.
  425. religious right republicans (with the democrats having equal
  426. problems on their side). As soon as we forget that we're *all* US,
  427. it begins to fall apart.
  428. * Corwin's question is really one that hits a lot; you see things
  429. starting to fly apart, but you keep thinking it's gonna work
  430. out..then it all goes to hell, and you're standing there trying to
  431. figure out how it all slipped away. It's a very innocent, yet
  432. universal question.
  433. * "...I wanted Sheridan &Co. to cut themselves free of Earthgov, and
  434. they didn't."
  435. 'Course, if you were to do anything that monumental, you'd spike
  436. right smack in the middle of your three-part story.
  437. One of the things about these three episodes that's again worth
  438. stressing is that they're really one story, linked carefully. Each
  439. of the three begins *one frame* after the other. After they've
  440. aired, if you sit down with a VCR and edit them together, you'll
  441. find that they flow absolutely SEAMLESSLY from one to the other.
  442. So PoNR is at the dead center of the piece that propels you toward
  443. the last third, like the second act in a three-act play (which was
  444. my structure for this).
  445. That may help.
  446. * We knew that at some juncture they'd be split, so numbering them
  447. as parts 1, 2 and 3 would be awkward. And distribution hates
  448. having to market multi-parters, for reasons of their own.
  449. So...three episodes.
  450. * Glad you enjoyed "Point." It sets everything up, so we can knock
  451. it all down in "Severed Dreams." Now everyhing I need is right
  452. where I need it to be....
  453. * Certainly G'Kar has had...a revelation, I suppose is the best way
  454. of putting it, and that tends to transform you. What form emerges
  455. from this remains to be seen.
  456. * _Ta'Lon's line about answers and replies_
  457. No, I don't think that's a quote from anywhere but the show, at
  458. least insofar as I know.
  459. * _Was bringing Ta'Lon back something you wanted to do from the
  460. start?_
  461. I liked Ta'Lon, and definitely wanted to bring him back.
  462. * We've already established in the episode that the bodyguard is the
  463. same as in "All Alone." We did that when the two had a drink in
  464. the zocalo. It was in dialogue.
  465. * _I liked Londo's line about politics._
  466. Thanks, and I agree with those scenes. (For me, the Vir/Londo
  467. scene in the tag is just hysterical.) Re: "politics has nothing to
  468. do with intelligence," yeah, I kinda liked that one. I have
  469. fun....
  470. * Centauri are always suspicious, and if you knew you might be
  471. emperor after the other is dead, you might be encourage to...help
  472. that process along, however you might like someone. It's just good
  473. business.
  474. * When we come back, the very next episode has a very funny scene
  475. re: Londo and Narn security. And yes, that was the Schwartzkopf.
  476. * _Is the fact that Hague was on the Alexander a reference to
  477. Alexander Haig?_
  478. Y'know, I think this was one of those subconscious things the
  479. brain does sometimes...I hadn't put it together when I put him on
  480. that ship. It's a sad thing when you can't even trust your own
  481. brain anymore.
  482. * "Ok, at the end of this ep. Susan explains that 4 of the 5
  483. cruisers with Gen. Hague where distroyed. So did Earthforce get
  484. them or did Clark have the shadows do it?"
  485. It was an ambush by Earthforce ships. (Actually, only 3 were
  486. destroyed, the other two took off separately, trying to throw off
  487. a united pursuit. But you know how ISN's been lately....)
  488. * Delenn was taking care of some business on Minbar.
  489. * There's not a lower house in the EA, in the sense that each
  490. nation/state has its own various houses, and its own leader, but
  491. that leader is also part of the EA senate. One per nation/state.
  492. Each nation/state has its own constitution, but must not
  493. contravene the larger principles of the EA constitution.
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