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### GUIDE ### [3][Background] [4][Synopsis] [5][Credits] [6][Episode
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_Contents:_ [9]Overview - [10]Backplot - [11]Questions - [12]Analysis
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- [13]Notes - [14]JMS
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Overview
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Dr. Franklin's father arrives, leading 25,000 ground pounding
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soldiers on the station. The troops' arrival elicits fear from both
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humans and non-humans that the troops may be going on a secret
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mission that will involve the station becoming an armed camp.
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[15]Paul Winfield as Gen. Richard Franklin.
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Sub-genre: Drama
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[16]P5 Rating: [17]7.49
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Production number: 210
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Original air date: February 8, 1995
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Written by Larry DiTillio
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Directed by Jim Johnston
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Backplot
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* Dr. Franklin's father is an Earth Alliance military hero, a
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veteran of the Dilgar war and several internal conflicts on Earth.
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He was rarely around for his children when they were growing up;
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when he _was_ around, he tried to run the family like a boot camp.
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* With the advent of the Narn-Centauri war, the Earth Alliance is
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trying to solidify its hold on several strategic sectors near
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both, in anticipation of the day when Earth will have to choose
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sides.
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* Sheridan served a tour of duty on the planet Akdor, in a system
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bordering on both Narn and Centauri space.
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* Garibaldi's father, Alfredo, served under General Franklin in the
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Dilgar war, and was a well-regarded soldier.
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Unanswered Questions
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Analysis
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* Babylon 5 is now heavily armed, ready to take on a warship. Which
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raises the question: why wasn't it _before_? Mere shortsightedness
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on the part of the designers -- a station like Babylon 5 seems a
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natural target -- or something else? Even if there originally
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didn't seem any need to heavily arm the station, the attacks on
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the station in [18]"Signs and Portents" and [19]"A Voice in the
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Wilderness, part 2" should have demonstrated that B5 _will_ come
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under attack from time to time.
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On the other hand, Franklin did say that the station was being
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upgraded with the latest from Earth Force R&D, so maybe its
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previous weapons were simply the best the previous generation of
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technology had to offer. Budget constraints may have also played a
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role.
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* The tail end of the news broadcast mentions that more divisions of
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Earth troops will join the 356th on Akdor. That implies some sort
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of permanent presence on the planet itself, as opposed to just "in
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the system" as General Franklin mentioned.
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* Delenn's transformation doesn't appear to be getting the
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widespread publicity one might expect; the troops didn't seem to
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recognize her at all. Perhaps they simply don't follow the news.
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Notes
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* "GROPOS" stands for "ground pounders" and refers to the Earth
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Alliance's equivalent of the U.S. Marines. In fact, the term
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"Earth Force Marine Corps" was contained in the Gropos' marching
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song.
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jms speaks
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* As for GROPOS, that one episode was so far over budget that I had
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to write 2 smaller ones to make up for it, and the many people you
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saw were really just one small group that took forever to
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digitally composite into looking like a much bigger group.
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* _Who was the woman Garibaldi referred to, the one he doesn't
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normally have a chance with?_
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That would be Talia.
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* Everything in the battle sequence at the end of Gropos is CGI; no
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models, despite the shadows. Real fire was sampled for the flames,
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though.
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[26]Last update: October 30, 1996
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