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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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As the Earth Alliance plunges toward civil war, internal strife
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threatens to shatter the command structure of B5. Zack's loyalties
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are put to the test when the Nightwatch is ordered to take over
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station security. Londo receives another glimpse of his destiny.
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[15]Majel Barrett as Lady Morella. [16]Marshall Teague as Ta'Lon.
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[17]P5 Rating: [18]9.31
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Production number: 309
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Original air week: February 26, 1996
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Written by J. Michael Straczynski
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Directed by Jim Johnston
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_Note: this episode is more momentous than most. Think twice before
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proceeding to the spoilers; it's worth seeing unawares._
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Backplot
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* After the death of a Centauri emperor, custom states that his
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spirit lives on in the body of his consort, who speaks both for
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herself and her late husband.
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* Londo is destined to become emperor. That part of his future
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cannot be avoided, according to Lady Morella. Vir is also destined
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to become emperor. One will become emperor after the other dies,
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but it's not clear which.
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* Londo has already passed up two chances to avoid the destiny he
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fears awaits him. There will be three more. He must save the eye
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that does not see. He must not kill the one who is already dead.
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And failing those, at the last, he must surrender himself to his
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greatest fear, knowing that it will destroy him.
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* One result of G'Kar's Kosh-inspired revelation in [19]"Dust to
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Dust" is the belief that humans are the key to the salvation of
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the Narn race. He also believes, as Kosh suggested, that the Narn
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must give up their pride and their vengeance or risk being
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completely destroyed, and that his people must sacrifice
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themselves by the hundreds or even the millions if all are to
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benefit in the end.
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Unanswered Questions
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* Is General Hague on his way to the station?
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* What impact will Sheridan's new security forces have? Will they
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immediately turn Earth against him?
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Analysis
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* One of Londo's two squandered chances was undoubtedly his action
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in [20]"The Coming of Shadows," which sparked the Narn-Centauri
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War. The other is less clear. Perhaps it was his initial meeting
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with Morden, or the attack on the outpost in [21]"Chrysalis." It
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may also have been his decision to ask the Shadows to defend
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Gorash 7 ([22]"The Long, Twilight Struggle,") without which the
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Centauri wouldn't have been able to crush the Narn as thoroughly
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as they did.
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* "The eye that does not see" might refer to the Eye, the symbol of
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Centauri nobility that marked the start of Londo's association
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with Morden ([23]"Signs and Portents.") It may also refer to
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G'Kar's eye, which appears to be injured or missing in Londo's
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dream ([24]"The Coming of Shadows.")
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* The one who is already dead might be Morden, who's officially dead
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according to Earth Alliance records ([25]"In the Shadow of
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Z'ha'dum") or perhaps G'Kar, whose old life is certainly gone.
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It's also possible that it refers to the memory of someone who is
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to die; Londo may be presented with an opportunity to discredit
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someone who would otherwise serve as a martyr. Along similar
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lines, it may refer to the wishes of someone already dead; for
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instance, destroying the chance for peace that Emperor Turhan
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sought before his death, something that would have been the
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Emperor's legacy.
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Another possibility is a connection to the transfer of Minbari
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souls to humans; the owner of a particular previously-deceased
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Minbari soul (perhaps Sinclair) may prove troublesome to Londo in
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the future.
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* Londo's greatest fear might be the downfall of the Republic, or
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perhaps his own death.
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* It's likely Londo will squander at least the first two of his
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remaining chances, given the fact that there will be a third --
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assuming Morella is correct.
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* What did Sheridan and the others say to convince Zack to go along
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with their ruse? It may have been as simple as convincing him that
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the order from the Political Office was illegal, just like
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Sheridan told the trapped Nightwatch members. Using that to
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convince him would have been the safest course of action, since as
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a loyal officer he'd be inclined to go along with the plan even if
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his sympathies had shifted toward Nightwatch.
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* What were all the non-security Nightwatch members doing during the
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crisis? Were they unaffected by the takeover order in the first
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place, and thus largely unconcerned with what was going on?
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Notes
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* An official [26]press release about Majel Barrett's appearance is
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available.
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* Many of the Nightwatch members in this episode are production
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staff members, including the production secretary and an assistant
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director.
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* Lady Morella is said to be returning from a visit to Ragesh 9. The
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Ragesh system is the same one attacked by the Narn in
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[27]"Midnight on the Firing Line."
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jms speaks
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* _Posted to the CompuServe Star Trek forum_
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Before you hit the *kill* button...a thought or two in your
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general direction. First, if you're eager for the actual news part
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of this message -- and it is kinda important -- it appears at the
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end of this message. If you've got a second, stick around.
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In every interview he's given on the subject, Walter Koenig has
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spoken glowingly of BABYLON 5, as a show he feels is fighting for
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genuine quality SF in television, with serious, mature stories for
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fans who grew up on STAR TREK and are looking for more of that
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quality...none other than Majel Barrett Roddenberry has gone on
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record at conventions, including Toronto Trek and the recent Wolf
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359 convention, as saying that BABYLON 5 was "the only other
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intelligent science fiction series out there" besides the ST
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shows, and urged ST fans to support it.
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If you've tried the show, and it wasn't to your tastes...fair
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enough. No one should be expected to like everything. If you'd
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like to give it another shot, that's fine, but there is no need to
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defend your opinion; we respect it. Not every show works for every
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viewer.
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If you *haven't* tried the show...if you liked the original ST and
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the work of Majel and Walter and Harlan and others involved in
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it...if you like the work of Peter David, who has written for B5
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and supports it...you may want to give it a shot in
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October/November.
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The final four episodes from year two will be broadcast starting
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the week of October 11th, with the new year three episodes
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beginning the second week of November. These nine episodes in a
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row contain some of the best work we have ever done. Acting,
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writing, directing, effects...we stand behind all of them. (The
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year two Final Four were held back from earlier broadcast to lead
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into the debut, so these are new to the US, although they have
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already aired to substantial praise in the UK.)
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If perhaps you have been turned off by some of the more vigorous
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messages from B5 viewers, I'd only ask that you consider those
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comments in light of the fact that Paramount (NOT the people doing
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ST, but the studio itself) has done everything possible to hinder
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the progress of B5, which engenders certain reactions from
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everyone; and that to a man or woman, virtually all of the more
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vigorous posts have come from those who have long considered
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themselves fans of STAR TREK, voicing many of the concerns which
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are stated right here in this forum by current viewers...which
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they had long before there was a B5... as well as some of the
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praises found here.
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The ironic thing is that there is no problem between those who
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make B5, and those who make ST..Jeri Taylor is a friend, Majel
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supports the show, when ST does an episode with great EFX we call
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them, when we do a good one they call us...it's almost entirely a
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matter of perception.
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So for what it's worth, direct from those of us who make BABYLON
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5, if you haven't checked out the show before, or if you're
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curious to see where we stand now...I would like to personally
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invite you to check out the new batch of episodes starting around
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October 11th. If you want to give us all nine episodes, that's
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great; if less, that's fine too. If not at all, that's also fine.
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Over a late dinner with Majel, I observed that after the original
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STAR TREK, which for the first time presented truly *human*
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characters, with all their flaws and frailties and bravery and
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nobility, in a science fiction series, the ball was dropped, and
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no one picked it up again for years. She agreed with this...and it
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is my hope that you will find this coming season of BABYLON 5 to
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be that show.
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Because it isn't an either/or, sum/zero game...one can watch, and
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enjoy, BABYLON 5 and STAR TREK equally, for different reasons,
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since their approaches are very different. And this is the perfect
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time to come into B5, since these episodes encapsulize a lot of
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background, and will take you quickly into the background, the
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universe and the characters.
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Which is why, I'm pleased to announce, Majel Barrett will be
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appearing as a guest star on BABYLON 5 this coming season...a
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gesture of support from her, and a gesture of respect from all of
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us at B5. The deal has been signed, it's a done deal...she'll be
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appearing in episode #9, "Point of No Return," as Emperor Turhan's
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third wife, Lady Morella. We're very much looking forward to her
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appearance in the B5 universe.
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For all these and other reasons, I hope you'll give BABYLON 5 a
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try.
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* She'll be playing a Centauri female, the Lady Morella, Emperor
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Turhan's third wife; also a prophetess and seer.
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* When we first announced casting Walter Koenig on B5, lots of
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people moaned, "Oh, no, not Chekov on B5." What you got was
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Bester, who has become one of our most noted and discussed
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characters. It's unfortunate, but some people confuse the role
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with the person. "...the worst character ever in the entire ST
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universe" has nothing to do with the person, or the role she will
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be portraying: the Lady Morella, Emperor Turhan's third wife, a
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prophetess and seer. It's a *very* serious, significant role,
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absolutely unlike anything she's done before.
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This, btw, is called "typecasting," which is one of the primary
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reasons why so many talented actors who helped to create Star Trek
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and other series couldn't get work for so many years...they did so
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good a job that they forever *became* that character. Let's not be
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guilty of that crime here. Majel's character will no more be Troi
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than Bester is Chekov.
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* Ellen: thanks. As for the episode in question, it's entitled
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"Point of No Return," and the role of Lady Morella was written
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specifically for Majel. I hustled to get it finished prior to the
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Wolf 359 convention, where I gave her a copy of the script. She
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read it overnight, and fell in love with the story, the character,
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and what it was going to do with and to the BABYLON 5 universe (to
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wit: start turning it upside down). Next morning, she said "I'm
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in." And she is.
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Yes, it's a jms script, and is one of the most pivotal of this
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season, episode #9, which with the one before it, "Messages from
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Earth," builds to a major turning point in #10, so it should be a
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very popular, intense and memorable episode in every respect.
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* I'd just like to say that Majel did a great job for us on B5, and
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we are hoping we can come up with other opportunities for the
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character to return. I know that Majel is interested in pursuing
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other acting gigs outside ST, and I wish her all the best. I think
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other shows would do well to utilize her abilities; everyone had a
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great time working with her, and she should be recognized for work
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other than ST.
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* _Was Morella's speech about greatness intended as a tribute to
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Gene Roddenberry?_
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There's probably a fair amount there that could apply to Gene,
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yes...
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* If a word comes out of a character's mouth, it's usually mine. The
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bit about greatness was one of them; had a number of different
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subtexts going on behind it.
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* Of course, there are many who don't see such people in a Good
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Light; even Washington had people out smearing his name every day
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(which, among more altruistic reasons, was why he didn't want to
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stay in charge forever). We are never so greatly appreciated as
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when we're safely and conveniently deceased.
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* Btw, on the topic of titles...it's important for the season title
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to accurately reflect the events of the season. And as I've
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watched more and more of season 3 being filmed, it becomes
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increasingly clear that "I am become Death, the destroyer of
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worlds" isn't as apt, emotionally, for what's going on. (I've
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actually felt this for a while, which is why I've been hesitating
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on locking down the title publicly.) The single most emblematic
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title, and single episode, for the whole season, really, is "Point
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of No Return," because on every level, that's what happens this
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season.
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* Thanks...it ratchets things up a bit more, certainly. The big
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stuff's just around the corner.
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* Most of the Omega class of destroyers are given Greek names, such
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as Achilles, Alexander, Agamemnon and others.
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* Correct, the Alexander would've come off the assembly line a bit
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after the Aggy.
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* We could've easily played the EFX full-screen, as WB used them in
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the promos, after all. But it's a slow tease, a reveal. You do it
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big in Messages, hold it back just a bit, at arm's length, in
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PoNR, then bring it all REAL close again in the next episode. By
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putting it at some remove in PoNR, it makes the viewer almost like
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one of those in the Zocalo, fighting for a better look, stranded
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out far away, trying to figure out what's going on.
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* _Did someone call out "Furillo, Francis" during the roll call of
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security guards? Furillo was a "Hill Street Blues" character._
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No, actually, the name was Pirello, Francis...hadn't realized it
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was a sound-alike for Furillo until dailies came in.
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* I think Zack was mainly nervous in that last bit, which may
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account for his twitchiness. And yes, Morella often prophesied for
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Turhan.
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* _About Morella's prophecy_
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There's another way to look at this, which occured to me as I was
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writing it, so I structured it accordingly.
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Morella: "You must save the eye that does not see."
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Londo: "I...do not understand."
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I.
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Eye.
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We never actually saw how she spelled or meant this.
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Given Londo's background, one could almost make the case that the
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discussion was about him. Not saying that's it, but it's a
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possibility and a subtext.
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* _Which side is Dr. Franklin's father on?_
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Stephen's father is a by-the-book guy; he doesn't think his job is
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to set policy, only to implement policy.
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* _Aren't those Nightwatch posters a bit too much? Wouldn't people
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object?_
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It's not always as simple as that. You also take a uniquely
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Western perspective. Look around at Russia, Cuba, 1930s Germany
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and the beer hall putsch, Iraq, Iran...a leader can survive all
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kinds of opposition if he has sufficient control of the armed
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forces. After the Gulf War, it was generally assumed that Saddam
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would be gone within a few months; now his position is stronger
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than ever.
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Also, Clark didn't (ostensibly) declare martial law to protect
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himself, he did it because of an imminent alien threat which was
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detected long before these allegations came out, we just had
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Ganymede attacked and that's spitting distance from the primary
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Earth jump gate at Io...there is indication of collaboration and
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conspiracy among some in the Joint Chiefs (and in fact that's
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correct, from his point of view, given Hague's
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activities)...there's enough ammo there to justify martial law.
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Dissolve the Senate? Just happened a couple years ago in Russia,
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when we had tanks firing on the Senate building. Some might say
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that Yeltsin was in the same position as Clark in that his motives
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might be saving himself.
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(The majority of our posters, btw, are taken from genuine WW II
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propaganda and war-support posters that were actually in use. We
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make some slight modifications, but the gist is there. Yes, we do
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fall for these things, we do go for these things. We always have.)
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As for the USA-western perspective...during WW II we saw Japanese
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civilians interned in camps along the West Coast...afterward we
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saw people prosecuted for being Reds, saw careers and lives
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destroyed by even the hint of "commie" influence. If you look at
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newsreels and documentary footage from the time, you see a
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populace, fresh out of a war, who survived by focusing on the
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Enemy, given a new enemy. Might they have gone along with some
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kind fo martial law if they thought that if they *didn't*
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cooperate, the nation might be vulnerable to Russian nukes or
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invasion? I think the climate was perfect for it.
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Could it happen right here, right now? No, because the surrounding
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climate isn't right. Could it happen if the conditions *were*
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right? Of course it could. We're not genetically or evolutionarily
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different from the Germans or the Russians or the Cubans or the
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Iraquis. If we think we'd never fall for that, we place ourselves
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in *exactly* the position of guaranteeing that we *will* fall for
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it. Because we won't recognize it when it happens. We can justify
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and rationalize it as something else.
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Yeah, people back on Earth still have guns. What of it? Right now,
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with martial law, the streets are quiet, the news is more positive
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than usual for a change, the quarrelsome jerks in the senate have
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been given a good kick in the butt, the president's getting things
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*done*, we've all still got our jobs, the muggers are hiding out,
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life goes on except for the lawbreakers. You gonna go out on your
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own and start shooting at Earthforce troops armed to the teeth
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with *vastly* more advanced weaponry? On whose behalf? The aliens?
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The troublemakers? What're we rallying for? Or against? This'll
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blow over soon, it always does. It never lasts. Right now, just
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ride it out, wait and see what happens. Who knows...maybe Clark's
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right? Who wants to be perceived as a traitor?
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Those are the thoughts of any populace in this situation. Just as
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when Yeltsin declared martial law in Moscow, as when Mayor Daly
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sent in the shock troops in Chicago, on and on.
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Here's the number one rule: a population will always stay passive
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for as long as they perceive that they stand to lose more by
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opposing the government than by staying quiet. It's when they have
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little or nothing left to lose that they rise up; the politicos
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first, then, more reluctantly, the general population.
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* Here's something to consider in this.
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It's easy -- safe and reassuring -- to dismiss Nightwatch and the
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whole political climate on Earth at this time as referring to Nazi
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germany...SS, Stormtroopers, informers...but if we know our
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history, it shows that this is not so isolated as we might think.
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If we say it was just the Nazis, then it's a non-repeatable
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phenomenon, we needn't worry about it again.
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But, of course, it does happen again...it did, and it will, to
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varying degrees. Go back to the Inquisition, and forward to Joe
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McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
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which destroyed lives and reputations based on association, past
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history, social contacts and party affiliations (the items
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specified by Musante to the EA folks in Nightwatch). Stalin and to
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a lesser extent Lenin would have been right at home in Nightwatch.
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Several of the leaders speaking for parties in the ruins of what
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was once Yugoslavia would also fit.
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It's easy, and safe, for us to say, "Oh, we would never do that,
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only THEY did that." But the "they" in this ARE the we on the
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other side...and "we" have done it, are doing it now, and will
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continue to do it. Only when we *know* the history of such things,
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when we recognize the rhetoric of control, when we oppose
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blacklisting and scapegoating and dead-catting do we help to
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assure that they *won't* arise again. Remember the quote: "Those
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who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it."
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There's a great deal of generalized historical and political
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metaphor in the show, never one-to-one because that's too easy,
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but disguised in one form or another, transumted. The Centauri
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Republic isn't a real republic by any stretch of the
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imagination...any more than the Roman Republic from which it draws
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some of its political structure, particularly the Centarum, the
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ruling body. There's a great deal of Japanese political and social
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structure to the Minbari, in their culture and art and some of
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their philosophy. You can find parallels to the story in World War
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II, and the bible, among a few dozen others.
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Too little of TV these days is *about* anything...it's all
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context, no subtext. This show is about a lot of things...but
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never in the mode of telling you what to think. We'll ask *that*
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you think, that you consider the world around you, and your place
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in it...but defining that is your business, not ours.
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* "I don't believe a conservative nightwatch would be tolerated
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either."
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Senator Joseph McCarthy. The House Un-American Activities
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Committee. You can look it up.
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Also, there was a PBS documentary this past week on the blacklist;
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I suggest that ANYone who thinks we would never fall for something
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like the Nightwatch should take a look at it. It makes the
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Nightwatch look pale by comparison.
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* _The House Un-American Activities Committee wasn't that powerful._
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I disagree. When even Truman was loathe to take on HUAC and
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McCarthy, you've got a real problem. You make the impact sound
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minimal; but people committed suicide when their careers were
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ruined by HUAC and Tailgunner Joe. I personally know writers who
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were at the top of their form and their careers who never worked
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again because they were blacklisted or greylisted.
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It was also the climate created by HUAC that threatened much more
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widely than the actions of the committee itself. Take Red
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Channels, a sleazy little rag published by the owner of a
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*SUPERMARKET CHAIN* in which he listed those he considered --
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based on whim or divine revelation -- reds or sympathetic to reds.
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Even a publication like that had tremendous destructive power. I
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know one of the writers listed in Red Channels; the networks
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grey-listed him instantly. It was *years* before he could work
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again.
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The whole red-baiting hysteria of the 50s came as close to
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destroying the American dream as any threatened invasion. If it
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had been led by someone a little less self-destructive than
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McCarthy, I hate to think what would've happened.
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* "Even in the USSR the military would not support an attempt of
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martial law."
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You mean like when Yeltsin called up the military, dissolved the
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Senate, and had tanks open fire on the Senate building to keep
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from being ousted in a coup...you mean like that?
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* Yes, right to assemble, free speech rights, they're all open to
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abridgement. Travel can also be restricted.
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* Thanks. No, I understand the point, I'm just getting into the
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details a bit. One last point I forgot to mention was that even
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for the US, there has never yet been a situation where we as an
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entire *species* stood on the brink of extinction by an alien
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race. That'll definitely affect your mindset a bit....
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* "Zack is the key figure here. He's the one questioning if he's on
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the right side and just what his allies are up to. I've heard some
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good analogies to present days situations kicked around on these
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boards, but It seems mostly Republicans want to accuse democrats
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and vice versa. What we need is more Republicans willing to
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criticise fellow republicans and democrats willing to criticise
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fellow democrats."
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A very good point. Zack is, to all intents and purposes, the
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Everyman character in this; he wants, desperately, to do what's
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right. But he doesn't exactly *know* what's right, because he's
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getting conflicting information...or rather, a lack of *real*
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information and a plethora of agendas. Who is he to believe? Which
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way does he jump when he's not sure which pit holds the lion?
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When a culture become factionalized, when it becomes us vs. them,
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everyone starts setting up consistently smaller camps...first it's
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democrats vs. republicans...then it's mainstream republicans vs.
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conservative republicans...then it's conservative republicans vs.
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religious right republicans (with the democrats having equal
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problems on their side). As soon as we forget that we're *all* US,
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it begins to fall apart.
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* Corwin's question is really one that hits a lot; you see things
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starting to fly apart, but you keep thinking it's gonna work
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out..then it all goes to hell, and you're standing there trying to
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figure out how it all slipped away. It's a very innocent, yet
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universal question.
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* "...I wanted Sheridan &Co. to cut themselves free of Earthgov, and
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they didn't."
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'Course, if you were to do anything that monumental, you'd spike
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right smack in the middle of your three-part story.
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One of the things about these three episodes that's again worth
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stressing is that they're really one story, linked carefully. Each
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of the three begins *one frame* after the other. After they've
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aired, if you sit down with a VCR and edit them together, you'll
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find that they flow absolutely SEAMLESSLY from one to the other.
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So PoNR is at the dead center of the piece that propels you toward
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the last third, like the second act in a three-act play (which was
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my structure for this).
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That may help.
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* We knew that at some juncture they'd be split, so numbering them
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as parts 1, 2 and 3 would be awkward. And distribution hates
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having to market multi-parters, for reasons of their own.
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So...three episodes.
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* Glad you enjoyed "Point." It sets everything up, so we can knock
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it all down in "Severed Dreams." Now everyhing I need is right
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where I need it to be....
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* Certainly G'Kar has had...a revelation, I suppose is the best way
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of putting it, and that tends to transform you. What form emerges
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from this remains to be seen.
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* _Ta'Lon's line about answers and replies_
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No, I don't think that's a quote from anywhere but the show, at
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least insofar as I know.
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* _Was bringing Ta'Lon back something you wanted to do from the
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start?_
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I liked Ta'Lon, and definitely wanted to bring him back.
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* We've already established in the episode that the bodyguard is the
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same as in "All Alone." We did that when the two had a drink in
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the zocalo. It was in dialogue.
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* _I liked Londo's line about politics._
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Thanks, and I agree with those scenes. (For me, the Vir/Londo
|
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scene in the tag is just hysterical.) Re: "politics has nothing to
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do with intelligence," yeah, I kinda liked that one. I have
|
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fun....
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* Centauri are always suspicious, and if you knew you might be
|
|
emperor after the other is dead, you might be encourage to...help
|
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that process along, however you might like someone. It's just good
|
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business.
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* When we come back, the very next episode has a very funny scene
|
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re: Londo and Narn security. And yes, that was the Schwartzkopf.
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* _Is the fact that Hague was on the Alexander a reference to
|
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Alexander Haig?_
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Y'know, I think this was one of those subconscious things the
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brain does sometimes...I hadn't put it together when I put him on
|
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that ship. It's a sad thing when you can't even trust your own
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brain anymore.
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* "Ok, at the end of this ep. Susan explains that 4 of the 5
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cruisers with Gen. Hague where distroyed. So did Earthforce get
|
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them or did Clark have the shadows do it?"
|
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It was an ambush by Earthforce ships. (Actually, only 3 were
|
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destroyed, the other two took off separately, trying to throw off
|
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a united pursuit. But you know how ISN's been lately....)
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* Delenn was taking care of some business on Minbar.
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* There's not a lower house in the EA, in the sense that each
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nation/state has its own various houses, and its own leader, but
|
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that leader is also part of the EA senate. One per nation/state.
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Each nation/state has its own constitution, but must not
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contravene the larger principles of the EA constitution.
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