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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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Bester finds himself at odds with others within the Psi Corps and seeks
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Sheridan's help, offering information about the Shadows in return.
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G'Kar presses for admission to the conspiracy of light.
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</cite>
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Koenig,+Walter">Walter Koenig</a> as Bester.
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+McMurtrey,+Joan">Joan McMurtrey</a> as Carolyn.
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</blockquote>
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<pre><a href="/lurk/p5/intro.html">P5 Rating</a>: <a href="/lurk/p5/058">8.70</a>
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Production number: 314
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Original air week: April 29, 1996
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009OOFK/thelurkersguidet">DVD release date</a>: August 12, 2003
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Written by J. Michael Straczynski
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Directed by Mike Vejar
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</pre>
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<p>
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<hr size=3>
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<h2><a name="BP">Backplot</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li> Telepaths who refuse to take sleeper drugs to suppress their
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abilities, or to join the Psi Corps, are sent to reeducation camps,
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one of which is on Mars. The Corps refers to them informally as
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"blips."
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<li> The Shadows killed most of the Narn telepaths a thousand years ago.
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They were driven off by G'Quan and the remaining telepaths.
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<li> Telepaths can disrupt the link between Shadow ships and their
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non-telepathic pilots. The Shadows have thus been infiltrating
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Psi Corps, taking control of it from inside to prevent it from
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being used as a weapon against them. They are also capturing
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rogue human telepaths and altering them with cybernetic implants,
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possibly with the intent of using them as telepath-proof pilots.
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<li> Telepaths can locate ships by focusing on the occupants' thought
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patterns. Their range is greatly expanded in hyperspace. Psi Corps
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kept that a secret to prevent the Earth military from putting its
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members on the front lines.
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<li> Psi Cops are trained to pilot all the latest Earth Alliance vessels.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="UQ">Unanswered Questions</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li> Were Franklin and Bester able to save Carolyn?
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<li> Are the rest of the telepaths still in cryonic suspension and on B5?
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Where were they taken, if not?
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<li> How much more does Bester know about the Shadows and their involvement
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with the Corps?
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<li> Who were the aliens in Carolyn's flashback and on the bridge of the
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cargo ship?
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<li> Was Carolyn telekinetic, or did her modifications give her that
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ability? If the latter, are the Shadows telekinetic too?
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="AN">Analysis</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li> Delenn still isn't being completely open with G'Kar -- she neglected
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to tell him about Kosh's involvement, for instance. Perhaps she knows
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of Kosh's manipulation of G'Kar
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(<a href="050.html">"Dust to Dust"</a>)
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and doesn't want the illusion shattered.
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<li> Even someone as highly ranked as Bester isn't immune from the Corps'
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rules about arranged marriages. On the other hand, given his obvious
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sense of genetic superiority, he may feel it's his duty to the future
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of the human race to help breed a better telepath.
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<li> The mere presence of Bester stopped the Shadow warship from attacking
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the White Star (assuming it didn't stop to avoid risking damage to
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the "weapons components.") Was that because it couldn't get close
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enough to attack without Bester interfering with its pilot's bond?
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In any case, the effect is consistent with Talia's experience in
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<a href="038.html">"In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum,"</a>
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in which she was able to sense, even see, the Shadows without
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consciously probing for them.
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<li> A telepath who consciously chooses to disrupt a Shadow ship might be
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even more dangerous to them, though that isn't clear.
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<li> Is there a reason the Shadows are choosing human telepaths in
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particular? Sheridan speculated that "they're using humans to pilot
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their ships." Is that universally true, or are humans simply one
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of a large number of races being used for that purpose? Would, for
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instance, a Centauri telepath be any good against a Shadow ship with
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a human pilot? The events on Narn suggest that telepathy's effect on
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the Shadows isn't race-specific.
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<li> If telepathy is a weapon against the Shadows, Sheridan may want to
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stock up on Dust
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(<a href="050.html">"Dust to Dust."</a>)
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And given that the Psi Corps produces the stuff, Bester may be able
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to arrange that.
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<li> The Shadows may also be looking for telepaths for use as hyperspace
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trackers; presumably they know about the scanning abilities revealed
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by Bester.
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<li> Is detecting other ships in hyperspace something peculiar to human
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telepaths? If not, do other races use telepaths for that purpose?
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It seems odd that the ability would remain a secret for so long if all
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races with telepaths can use them to scout in hyperspace. On the
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other hand, each race who's discovered the effect might consider it
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a military advantage and thus keep it under wraps.
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<li> Did Bester find out about Ivanova when she slapped him? Physical
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contact intensifies psi ability (established as early as
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<a href="000.html">"The Gathering"</a>)
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but the slap was probably too brief to be of any use. However, he did
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take care to make her angry, which, as she herself has observed
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(<a href="050.html">"Dust to Dust"</a>)
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makes scans much easier.
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<li> Does Ivanova's latent telepathy provide any protection against attack
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by a Shadow ship? Ivanova has only encountered a Shadow ship once, in
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<a href="045.html">"Matters of Honor,"</a>
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and it fired at the White Star -- but it didn't <em>hit</em> the
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White Star. Perhaps Sheridan was wrong about why the Shadows missed.
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On the other hand, given the behavior of the Shadow ship in this
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episode, it's unlikely the ship in the previous encounter would have
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pursued the White Star like it did. (See
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<a href="#JS.ivanova">jms speaks</a>)
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<li> As the only major race without telepaths, the Narn may be in for even
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more bloodshed and loss; they will be unable to protect themselves
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from the Shadows as they were (barely) able to before.
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<li> The cybernetic implants were perhaps put in place at the Mars facility
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destroyed by Garibaldi and Sinclair in comic #8,
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<a href="/lurk/comic/008.html">"Silent Enemies."</a>
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If so, it implies that the Corps, or some component of it, was abetting
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the Shadows in their quest to make human telepaths useless as weapons.
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However, the presence of the unidentified aliens, both on the cargo
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ship and in Carolyn's flashback, strongly suggests that the operation
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was performed elsewhere, or without the Corps' assistance.
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<li> Carolyn's entanglement is slightly reminiscent of Draal's attachment
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to the Great Machine in Epsilon 3
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(<a href="049.html">"Voices of Authority."</a>)
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When she said that telepaths prevent her from "hearing the machine,"
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was she talking about Shadow ships, or something similar to Epsilon 3?
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The Machine does seem to be affected by telepathy; witness Ivanova's
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ability to pull extra information out of it when she was there.
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<li> What effect will Carolyn's modifications have on her unborn child,
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assuming the Shadows' agents allowed it to live?
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<li> The White Star can no longer be considered even remotely secret now
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that Bester has been allowed to wander around the bridge. Even if
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he truly opposes the Shadows, his primary motives might prompt him to
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tell others about the ship.
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<li> Bester is presumably still safely in his position at the Psi Corps;
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even if he's unable to get any Corps telepaths to help combat the
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Shadows, he'll likely be able to arrange for Franklin's
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underground railroad to continue its work unmolested, providing the
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army of light with a supply of telepaths with which to man its ships.
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<li> His discovery of the Shadows and their involvement with the Corps,
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though, indicates that he's not above unauthorized scans of his own
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people if it suits his purposes. Presumably he's very careful to
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only scan people he's confident won't be able to sense him; or he
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scans them on some other pretense and they're unable to tell that
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he's pulling Shadow information from their heads too.
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<li> Bester claimed he last saw Carolyn four weeks earlier, but never
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elaborated on what happened to her after that. Was she spirited off
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on official pretenses, or did the Shadows or their agents kidnap her
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out of the middle of a Psi Corps installation on Mars?
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<li>@@@831919911 Bester's entrance into the army of light bears similarity to Marcus'
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and Sheridan's. All three vowed to fight on the side of light after a
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loved one was killed or taken by the Shadows.
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<li> Now that G'Kar is a full member of the war council, perhaps he'll
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save Garibaldi the trouble of poring slowly through the Book of G'Quan
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for clues and will tell the others everything his people know about
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the Shadows and how to defeat them.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="NO">Notes</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li> The title may be a reference to the Trail of Tears, the forced march
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of thousands of American Indians away from their ancestral lands
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onto government-apportioned reservations half a continent away.
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<li> Vorlons also dislike telepaths, according to Garibaldi in
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<a href="009.html">"Deathwalker."</a>
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<li> Bester quotes from Edgar Allan Poe's
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<a href="http://www.literature.org/Works/Edgar-Allan-Poe/amontillado.html">"The Cask of Amontillado."</a>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="JS">jms speaks</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@865184465 Today Walter Koenig and Bill Mumy had a scene together;
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this (saith Bill) marks the first time a Lost in Space regular and a
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Star Trek regular have acted together in the same scene.
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<p>
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<li> <em>How does Bester fit into the Shadows/Psi Corps connection?</em><br>
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This question will be dealt with in "Ship of Tears," around mid-season.
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<p>
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<li> The Christmas hiatus ends after the 1st, so we're back at work on
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the 2nd shooting "Ship of Tears," with Walter Koenig returning as
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Bester. Expect some major revelations about Bester's background, and
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where his character is going.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Was Bester's first name a reference to Alfred Bester, the writer?
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</em><br>
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Yes, it's certainly a tribute to Alfie, a giant in the field.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Where did the prop for the book come from?</em><br>
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The book was made by Mark Walters of our prop department; and
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when all is said and done...it'll likely end up in my office....
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<p>
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Creation hath its perks.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Where did you put the war room set?</em><br>
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Since we're not using the casino much this season -- not a lot
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of room for frivolity -- we yanked it out and put up the war room on
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stage C.
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<p>
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<li> <em>How were the reflections on Sheridan's faceplate done?</em><br>
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The reflections you cite were all done real-time with an LCD projector.
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<p>
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<li>@@@832965854 <em>Was Garibaldi's voice dubbed?</em><br>
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If this refers to the War Room scene with Garibaldi at the end...yes,
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there was some looping done. The best performed scene had some
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unacceptable noise in it from the chair Jerry had been sitting in at the
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first part, then he went slightly off-mike at the second point.
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<p>
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<li> Who's behind the shadows? Nobody. The shadows are the shadows (though
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that's not the name by which they call themselves), a race of their own.
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Question is, why are they doing what they're doing?
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<p>
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You'll find out by season's end.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Why did Garibaldi need a computer to read the Book of G'Quan?</em>
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<br>
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To follow the book, there still has to be a knowledge of the language.
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You need to have a dictionary around, which is what was used.
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<p>
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The comparison, I suppose, would be those who say that Jorge Luis
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Borges' work can only be most truly appreciated in the original
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Spanish. There's a *translated* version, which someone has gone through
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and made the translation for you, written it all out in English...or
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you can learn the language, and then read the original manuscript.
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<p>
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Garibaldi doesn't know Narn, so how other than with a dictionary could
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he read the original material, except by sleeping with it under his
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pillow and praying for divine intervention.
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<p>
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<li> <em>How could G'Quan and the Narn telepaths fight the Shadows if the
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Narn telepaths were all killed?</em><br>
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Those were the last remaining ones, the older telepaths, their
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children all killed, too old now to produce any further children, and
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the technology of cloning or genetics was still way beyond them.
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<p>
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The story of the last crusade of G'Quan is actually quite
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interesting; I hope to get it into the show at some point. Right now
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it's mainly background, even though I've worked it out fully.
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<p>
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<li> <em>How about an episode showing G'Quan's crusade?</em><br>
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No, because that would mean doing a story without our main
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characters, since G'Quan's story took place about a thousand years ago,
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and I don't think I could sell that. (Unless I did another time travel
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number, and I only intend to go to that well once, with the B4
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storyline.)
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<p>
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<li>@@@839200015 <em>Then how about telling us the story online?</em><br>
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I think I'd rather hold it for now, on the chance that I can use
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it somewhere, or in time turn it into something larger.
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<p>
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<li> That's one of the things about the show that makes it
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very appealing to write; you can go from fall down funny, broad comedy
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in "Vir" to something more emotional, almost lyrical but serious in
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"Avalon," then right into something vaguely horrific in "Ship." You
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get to use all your muscles, not just the same ones over and over. I
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like to stretch, try something I haven't tried before. Which means
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from time to time I fall on my face, but that's okay; it's the only way
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to learn. I have absolutely no qualms about making an ass of myself
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and failing if it means that the next time, I can do it right.
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<p>
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I didn't give Mira or Andreas any instructions on that scene
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except what was in the script, which was minimal. When you have two
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performers that solid in the room, just give them the lines and run
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like hell.
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<p>
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Speaking of going back and rewatching episodes...part of this
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goes right back to the *pilot*, where, you'll recall, G'Kar tried to
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seduce Lyta, mentioning that there are no Narn telepaths, and they feel
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very strongly it's important to their survival that they start breeding
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them at the first opportunity.
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<p>
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Ding....!
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<p>
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<li> <em>Did the lack of Narn telepaths give the Shadows an extra advantage
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during recent encounters?</em><br>
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Certainly, that there were no teeps on Narn made them easy
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targets, as were their ships. They would also have a vested interest
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in subduing them because of the knowledge they have, revealed here. If
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you'll remember, in "Matters of Honor," they mention to Morden that
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they've only been able to track down some Narn legends. Morden's
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reply: "Well, we've taken care of that problem." Had G'Kar not been
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out and about, they might have succeeded.
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<p>
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<li>@@@846742790 <em>Why didn't all the Narn support G'Kar's request to
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send an expedition to Z'ha'dum in
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<a href="024.html">"Revelations,"</a>
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if G'Quon wrote about the Shadows?</em><br>
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Narn is somewhat factionalized itself, as is every world; there are
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different followers of different denominations of sometimes similar
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basic beliefs. Catholics and Protestants are both members of the same
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faith, but a Protestant doesn't recognize the power of the Pope; neither
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does a Mormon, or a Lutheran. Similarly, not everyone invests G'Quon
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with the same amount of reverence or credibility. And G'Kar can call
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upon those who believe similarly to send out an expedition, but may not
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have the clout in the rest of the government to do much more afterward.
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<p>
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And yes, initially the shadows had no interest in the Narns, until
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such time as the Narns, led by G'Quon, began to engage in sabotage and
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direct attacks to drive them off their homeworld. Then the killing
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started.
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<p>
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<li> Minbari telepaths can also have an effect, as we'll see
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soon.
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<p>
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<li>@@@846742790 <em>Bester's line about being the only thing standing
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between humanity and the abyss in
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<a href="050.html">"Dust to Dust"</a>
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wasn't as arrogant as it sounded.</em><br>
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Yeah...we're slippery that way....
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<p>
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<li> Everybody's agendas remain the same...but for the
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moment, they are on the same alignment. As soon as it's over, as
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Ivanova says, he'll turn on them, no mistake. Enlightened
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self-interest, nothing more.
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<p>
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The new command center was cobbled from what's on the station,
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with some additional Minbari funding. And yes, by now, pretty much the
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whole crew knows what's at stake with the shadows. And now that
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they're not hiding anymore, the whole *thing* is out in the open.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Was the cargo ship's pilot the same species as the surgeons?</em>
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<br>
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Yep. Same species.
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<p>
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<li> There's no relation between the aliens working for the shadows
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and the Streib. The ones you saw in the flash were "doctors" of a sort
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doing the work; there was no abduction required except of course the
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covert kidnapping from the Psi Corps Re-education Center. As for
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Bester's look behind, he was just looking to the guards behind him, and
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the ones in front of him.
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<p>
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<li> The implants are part of the preparation process Delenn
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referred to in "Messages."
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<p>
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<li> <em>Did Bester read Ivanova when she slapped him?</em><br>
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I think the contact would've been too fleeting, and too much a shock
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(and it likely hurt like the dickens) that by the time he knew it was
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there, it was too late, and she would've sensed it in either event.
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<p>
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<li>@@@833443567 "Was it just me, or did anyone stop to think just how
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Bester got to B-5 space in a Starfury without using the local jumpgate.
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Who brought him and more important, why?"
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<p>
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He simply tagged along with an Earthforce jump-capable ship, and asked
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to be dropped off. I considered bringing this up, but it was just dead
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exposition; it would be easy enough to do.
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<p>
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<li>@@@839200015 <em>Why didn't B5's sensors pick up the jump point when
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he was dropped off?</em><br>
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It's far enough outside B5...about an
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hour or so in normal space...that they wouldn't have picked it up.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Why didn't Bester stay with Carolyn?</em><br>
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Logically, he can't just go away indefinitely, and it's going to
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take a long time before they can get Carolyn in shape. A very long
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time. If he stays, he'd be noticed and hunted down by the Corps, which
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ends his usefulness. His staying served no purpose.
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<p>
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<li> It'll be a long time before Bester's ladyfriend comes anywhere
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near being whole again.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Will Bester covertly help B5?</em><br>
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Yes, that'll be something Bester will do now.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Was this change of heart planned from the start?</em><br>
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Yes, this was definitely intended from the start with Bester.
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<p>
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<li> "If the theme of the relationship is "All Bester needed was to love
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and be loved, or he wouldn't have been the slimeball he is today", I
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will be a bit disappointed."
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<p>
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Then you won't be.
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<p>
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"It's just a little too simplistic."
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<p>
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Absolutely.
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<p>
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One mongoose can love another; that won't change its attitude toward
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pythons.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Bester's connection to Carolyn was too much of a coincidence.
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It would have worked better if they'd brought him a list of names and
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he'd seen her there.</em><br>
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Yeah, they could've brought him a list...and he'd have seen the
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name instantly, and wouldn't have been hit with his own "blip" careless
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attitude right in his face...also, she needed to be already being
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defrosted at that point, and you can't defrost all of them at once.
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<p>
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Yeah, it was a coincidence. Synchronicity. It happens. It
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doesn't happen much on this show, hardly ever. I figured she'd be one
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of the last in, and thus the first out. Synchronicity and coincidences
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*do* happen. How many times have you reached for the phone to call
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someone to find the phone ringing, and it's them on the other end?
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What're the odds of Oedipus killing his father and marrying his mother
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out of all the possible kingdoms in the area? It happens. As long as
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it doesn't happen to excess, it's not something I'm worried about.
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<p>
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<li>@@@833443567 "Then out of the hundred popcycles in the Shadow transport,
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we just happen to pick the one guiding light in Bester's life. God,
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aren't we lucky."
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<p>
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Yes, and how amazingly coincidental that of all the women
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around, Oedipus would just happen to murder his father and
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marry his mother without knowing he had done so. Okay, it was
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a coincidence, I'll own up to that. We have very, very few of
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them on the show. And the reason the word "coincidence"
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exists, and the word "synchronicity," is that sometimes stuff
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like that does happen. You ever pick up the phone to call
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somebody and have that person already on the line calling you?
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You ever think of someone you haven't seen in a while and run
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into them the next day? It happens. As long as it doesn't
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happen to excess, and become a venue for sloppy storytelling
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every week, it doesn't bother me, it's a legitimate plot
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device.
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<p>
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And you misspelled popcicle.
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<p>
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<li> There are a number of medlabs, which are broken into various
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areas; each has a larger wing attached to it, which we've seen on
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occasion, such as when the young girl in "Legacies" is in the infirmary
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in bed, same with Shon in "Believers." They each have a pretty fair
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capacity for patients.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Why aren't other TV networks available? What happened to the two
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reporters at the ISN desk when it was shut down?</em><br>
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ISN is one of the only interstellar networks bounced via the
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tachyon relay systems from Earth to the outer colonies and beyond.
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There are lots of other channels back home, but to get this far out you
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need the support of the government.
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<p>
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The other two reporters are, to say the least, in deep guano.
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<p>
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<li> That's Brakiri space they attacked; more on that in the next
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episode. (They're a League world.)
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<p>
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<li>@@@832236637 Ivanova isn't a strong
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enough teep for the incoming shadow vessel to really even notice.
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<p>
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<li>@@@839200015 <em>How close does a telepath need to be to read
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someone?</em><br>
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The person has to be in their line of sight;
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they don't have to look into the person's eyes or anything as silly as
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that. It doesn't matter if the person's head or body are covered, as
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long as there's a definite "focus" for them.
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<p>
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<li>@@@839200015 If the person is behind a door, or otherwise can't be
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located visually, it's difficult to impossible to scan.
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