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<!-- TITLE The Hour of the Wolf -->
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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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Sheridan's disappearance begins to unravel the alliance.
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Londo discovers that Emperor Cartagia has
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struck a disturbing deal. G'Kar decides to search for Garibaldi. Ivanova,
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Delenn, and Lyta head toward Z'ha'dum to search for Sheridan.
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</cite>
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Wasser,+Ed">Ed Wasser</a> as Morden.
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Krimmer,+Wortham">Wortham Krimmer</a> as Emperor Cartagia.
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Alexander,+Wayne">Wayne Alexander</a> as Lorien.
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+London,+Damian">Damian London</a> as Minister.
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</blockquote>
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<pre><a href="/lurk/p5/intro.html">P5 Rating</a>: <a href="/lurk/p5/067">8.89</a>
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Production number: 401
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Original air week: November 4, 1996
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DGBEY/thelurkersguidet">DVD release date</a>: January 6, 2004
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Written by J. Michael Straczynski
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Directed by David Eagle
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</pre>
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<h3>Watch For</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@847695807 <a href="#NO.glitch">A switch of hands.</a>
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</ul>
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<p>
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<hr size=3>
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<h2><a name="BP">Plot Points</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@847096870 A thousand years ago, the Shadows seeded hundreds of
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worlds with their ships so their forces couldn't be wiped out in
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a single attack.
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<li>@@@847065886 The explosion on Z'ha'dum destroyed the Shadows' biggest
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city and threw them into chaos. Now they've decided to seek outside
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help, and have enlisted the Centauri to shelter a small fleet of
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their ships in case Z'ha'dum is attacked while they're weak.
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<li>@@@847065886 Londo and Vir are scheming to kill Emperor Cartagia, who
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Londo believes has seriously endangered Centauri Prime by giving land
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to the Shadows.
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<li>@@@847065886 According to Kosh, Sheridan opened an unexpected door
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on Z'ha'dum. Whatever that means, Sheridan somehow survived the
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two-mile fall, and now finds himself in the company of an enigmatic
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being, Lorien, who appears to know why Sheridan survived.
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<li>@@@847065886 The nonaligned worlds, believing Sheridan dead and the
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battle against the Shadows at an end, are beginning to withdraw from
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the alliance.
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<li>@@@847065886 The Shadows have something called "the Eye" near Z'ha'dum.
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It appears to be able to telepathically contact normals, probing their
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minds and drawing them to the planet. It was this "Eye" that sensed
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Ivanova during her journey in the Great Machine on Epsilon 3
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(<a href="049.html">"Voices of Authority."</a>)
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<li>@@@847065886 The Vorlons are aware of what happened on Z'ha'dum, but
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according to Kosh, plan to do nothing about it. Lyta, however,
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believes they're planning something.
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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>@@@847065886 What did Kosh mean about Sheridan opening an unexpected
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door? A door to where, and why was it unexpected?
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<li>@@@847443478 Was Morden the human who introduced Cartagia to the term
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"the big picture?"
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<li>@@@847303489 What happened to Lyta while she was scanning for
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Sheridan?
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<li>@@@847303489 What is the "Eye" at Z'ha'dum?
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<li>@@@847613691 Why does it speak with a voice of infinite sadness?
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<li>@@@847097073 How did Sheridan survive his fall?
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<li>@@@847097073 Where is he now?
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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>@@@847065886 The Eye spoke to Ivanova and Delenn in the voices of
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their fathers. That's the same image the old Kosh chose on more
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than one occasion (to Sheridan in
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<a href="059.html">"Interludes and Examinations"</a>
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and to G'Kar in
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<a href="050.html">"Dust to Dust."</a>)
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Is there a connection?
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<li>@@@847065886 Is the Eye at Z'ha'dum the one Lady Morella referred to
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in the first of her prophecies
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(<a href="053.html">"Point of No Return?"</a>)
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If so, how will Londo be able to save it? Will it be moved to Centauri
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Prime, or is it perhaps already there in some form as a result of
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Cartagia's arrangement with the Shadows?
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<li>@@@848684747 Perhaps the Eye is the Shadows' main defense system on
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Z'ha'dum. That would explain why the White Star was able to get
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to the surface unharmed in
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<a href="066.html">"Z'ha'dum."</a>
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It wasn't touched by the Eye because there was nobody onboard to
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influence.
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<li>@@@848684605 The blackening of Lyta's eyes was similar to G'Kar's
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telepathic experience in
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<a href="050.html">"Dust to Dust."</a>
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Perhaps it's simply a side effect of intense telepathic activity.
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<li>@@@847702441 In <a href="059.html">"Interludes and Examinations,"</a>
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Morden warned Londo that the Shadows might turn their eye toward
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Centauri Prime if Londo stood in their way. Was he speaking in
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general terms, as it appeared to Londo, or was he referring to
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something more specific? If he meant the Eye in this episode, what
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implications are there in Londo's reply that the Centauri would
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pluck the eye out?
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<li>@@@848344628 Morden said Sheridan's actions forced the Shadows to seek
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outside assistance earlier than they'd planned. That implies they
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thought they'd eventually have to do so. When were they originally
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planning to get help, and from whom? Seeking outside help would seem
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to put them on par with the Vorlons, who Morden castigated for doing
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exactly the same thing in
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<a href="066.html">"Z'ha'dum."</a>
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<li>@@@847613691 G'Kar credits Garibaldi with giving him a second chance
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and allowing him to redeem himself. Garibaldi probably had that
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capacity in part because he'd been given a second chance himself,
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by Sinclair.
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<li>@@@847067361 The White Star seems to have been replaced with one of
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the other ships from the fleet; Ivanova and Lyta talked about taking
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the White Star to Z'ha'dum without referring to the fact that Sheridan
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destroyed the original White Star.
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<li>@@@847097073 Kosh may not have meant that Sheridan opened a door in a
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literal sense; perhaps it's more figurative. Maybe Sheridan's attack
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on the Shadows has weakened them enough to make it possible for the
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Vorlons to wipe the Shadows out, if indeed that's what they want.
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<li>@@@847702124 "Some must be sacrificed for the greater good" is a
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sentiment that's widely shared, and "the greater good" typically means
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"your own good." Kosh planted the idea in G'Kar's mind, implying it
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was the way to the salvation of the Narn people
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(<a href="050.html">"Dust to Dust."</a>)
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Justin told Sheridan that some races are lost along the path of
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evolutionary progress, but that humans would likely come out on top
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(<a href="066.html">"Z'ha'dum."</a>)
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And here, Cartagia uses the same reasoning to justify, in his mind,
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the destruction of his own people, if it means his deification.
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About the only one firmly opposed to the idea is Delenn, who, as
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Lennier observed, treasures each life
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(<a href="063.html">"Grey 17 Is Missing"</a>)
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and would sacrifice herself to save another
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(<a href="043.html">"Comes the Inquisitor."</a>)
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The latter, of course, also applies to Sheridan, and is amply
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demonstrated by his journey to Z'ha'dum to save Centauri Prime.
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<li>@@@847695355 What did Lyta mean about the new Kosh being darker than
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the old one? His demeanor is certainly less pleasant, but does she
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sense something beyond a simple difference in personality?
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<li>@@@847483734 Why did Lyta put on the mask after returning Kosh to his
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suit, if she has gills and can breathe in his quarters? Perhaps
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simply to conceal her modification from anyone who might see her
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emerging from his quarters. But gill implants aren't unheard of
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(<a href="000.html">"The Gathering"</a>)
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and it's presumably widely known that she's Kosh's aide, so there
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would seem to be little to gain by concealing that.
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<li>@@@847701166 Ivanova may not have been the only one awake during the
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hour of the wolf. Emperor Cartagia visited his heads late at night,
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and Londo called Vir in the middle of the night.
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<li>@@@847395993 Who or what is Lorien? Quite possibly, he's a Soul
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Hunter
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(<a href="002.html">"Soul Hunter"</a>)
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since he has a similar gem implanted in his forehead. If so, does
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that mean Sheridan is indeed physically dead? The Soul Hunters
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capture the personalities of the dying, then spend their days talking
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with the dead souls and learning from them. Sheridan's environment
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might simply be what one of the Soul Hunters' globes looks like to
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the occupant, and Lorien might be projecting himself inside somehow
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in order to converse with Sheridan.
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<li>@@@847445291 If, on the other hand, Sheridan survived physically,
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could it have been due to the presence of Kosh in his mind? Kosh
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has already shown that Vorlons can fly
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(<a href="044.html">"The Fall of Night"</a>)
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and that they have telekinetic power
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(<a href="059.html">"Interludes and Examinations."</a>)
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The latter might well have softened Sheridan's landing.
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<li>@@@847613691 Does Lorien's presence on Z'ha'dum (if that's where he's
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speaking with Sheridan) imply some connection to the Shadows?
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<li>@@@847445291 Sheridan and Lorien greet each other with the Vorlon
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question: "Who are you?" Perhaps Lorien knows what significance
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that question has to the Vorlons.
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<li>@@@847483734 Sheridan dropped his rank insignia on the ground. This
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parallels his experience in
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<a href="036.html">"There All the Honor Lies,"</a>
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in which he had to give up his insignia during one of Kosh's lessons
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and in return was granted "beauty... in the dark." His current
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situation is certainly the darkest he's seen.
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<li>@@@847216936 Now that the Shadows are on Centauri Prime, will they
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begin eliminating Centauri telepaths as they did to the Narn?
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(<a href="058.html">"Ship of Tears"</a>)
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<li>@@@847303489 Why didn't Ivanova bring along more than one telepath on
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the White Star? Given that for all she knew, Z'ha'dum was crawling
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with Shadow vessels, going there with only Lyta ran the risk of
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the White Star being blown out of the sky the moment it emerged
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from hyperspace. Granted, telepaths are a scarce, strategically
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valuable resource, but she could probably have justified bringing
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three or four others to hold any nearby Shadow ships at bay.
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<li>@@@847216936 Is this the arrival of the Shadows and their minions
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mentioned by Londo in
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<a href="061.html">"War Without End, Part Two?"</a>
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If so, why did Londo blame Sheridan for it? Certainly Sheridan's
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attack on Z'ha'dum prompted the Shadows to seek shelter, but as Londo
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described it, it seemed more like he thought Sheridan had intentionally
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neglected Centauri Prime.
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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>@@@839122108 Filming began August 26, 1996.
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<li>@@@847695807 <a name="NO.glitch">Continuity glitch:</a> During the
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Morden-Londo scene, when Londo is about to sit down, Morden begins
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picking at his left hand. After Londo is seated, he drops a flake of
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skin he clearly just removed from his right hand.
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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>@@@840214223 When I can announce the overall year 4 title, I will.
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Filming starts August 26th. The writing is coming well. Actually
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walked the sets today for the first time since we wrapped in May; it's
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just too depressing to walk on a dead set. Lots of work going on now,
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new sets being built, noise and energy and enthusiasm...much better
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now.
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<p>
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<li>@@@833267888 Re: vacation...I wish. We're still doing post production,
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still editing, mixing, spotting for music and sound...it's a long
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process that will take us right through the prep time for year four,
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assuming renewal. I can grab a day here or there, that's about it. And
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even while awaiting word, I still have to begin working on year four
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scripts. (The tentative title for the first episode of year four is
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"The Hour of the Wolf.")
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<p>
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<li>@@@833868130 The Hour of the Wolf is that hour around 3 a.m. when you
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can't sleep because you're worried about one thing or another....
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<p>
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<li>@@@843864950 Well, just finished the first (writer's) draft of
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"The Hour of the Wolf," the first episode of year 4, to be directed by
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David Eagle. It was a tough one, like all first-episode scripts...but
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quite interesting, in its way. Once again the show takes a somewhat
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different tone, I'm using some tools I somewhat developed in the
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background in year 3 and am now trying in foreground, very interesting
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mood change...a good start.
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<p>
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<li>@@@847070457 <em>Did you know what was going to happen to Sheridan
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when you wrote "Z'ha'dum?"</em><br>
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Well, I think you can't do something like that without knowing how
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you're going to pull the character's fat out of the fire, and it has to
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make sense. I think people will be satisfied with what they see.
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<p>
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<li>@@@847070339 "In "The Hour of the Wolf" there are two scenes -- you
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know which ones -- that seemed quite a departure from what one usually
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sees on TV. Did you write "Wolf" before or after your revelation that
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you were not bound by Standards and Practices. 'Cause if you wrote
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this *before*, then we're in for quite a ride."
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<p>
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Aside from the desk scene, which was the other you're referring to?
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<p>
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Oh...and the answer is...before.
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<p>
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Hang on. It's going to be a bumpy night.
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<p>
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<li>@@@838583972 "Have you ever contemplated doing an episode of B5 that
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unfolds in real time (i.e. one minute of screen time is one minute
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of plot time, as done in the movies "Miracle Mile" and "Nick of
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Time"), or would that be counterproductive to the sorts of stories
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you're trying to tell?"
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<p>
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Actually, yeah, I have considered doing that...it can be a very
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limiting structure, and the story has to be just right for it to
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work. Haven't quite worked out all the snags yet.
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<p>
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"Or is "Hour of the Wolf" a story of that particular variety?"
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<p>
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Nope.
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<p>
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<li>@@@843864950 <em>How was the first day of filming?</em><br>
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It's frenetic, nuts, lots of running around and little fixes, we all
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get a little crazy on first days...but it'll be okay.
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<p>
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<li>@@@864894298 <em>How do the actors get back into character after a
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long summer break?</em><br>
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Usually they just pick up the script...and get right back into it.
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They've got the characters down now, so there's not a lot needed to get
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back into it. Some of them run lines with each other, like Stephen and
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Peter, since that relationship is something very special, but mostly
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they just learn the lines and come in. Some of them want to see the
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final episodes, but some don't. The only one to see most of the last
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two episodes thus far is Bruce, who was just totally knocked out by
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them.
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<p>
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Peter has said that whenever he needs to get back into character, he
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just straightens and says, "MISter GARiBALdi," and he's right back into
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it.
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<p>
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<li>@@@843864950 John Copeland and I just got finished with
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the main title for year 4, which is, again, different from last year's.
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This time I wanted a whole new approach, on just about every level, and
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designed the thing myself, working with John and the editors to get the
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best shots and pull it all together. It's *majorly* cool. We showed it
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to some members of the crew, and they're all jazzed by it, they think
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it's our best main title ever.
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<p>
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<li>@@@864894298 The B5 story is told from
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everyone's point of view, and they're all a part of it, so the opening
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now reflects that. And it gives me the chance to do an opening that's
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sort of a prose poem, which is a nice touch.
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<p>
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<li>@@@864894298 <em>Why the new music?</em><br>
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We change the theme every season to reflect the tonality and direction
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of that season's story. Every season when it butts up against the
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previous season's intent, a lot of folks ask why change it, it was
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better before...and then, by the end of the season, when people see how
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it fits in, generally they like it a lot...and then ask why it got
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changed for the *next* season....
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<p>
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<li>@@@844403731 Today John Copeland and I did our producer's cut on the
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first episode of year 4, "The Hour of the Wolf." Granted my opinion is
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subjective and biased...but of all the first-episodes we've had each
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season, this one is the best. I was searching for the right word after
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looking at the director's cut, and finally came to it...maturity. It
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has a depth we've only skated through before, all meat, no filler. This
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one and the next batch are also all over the map, literally...B5, Narn,
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Centauri Prime, elsewhere...so it's a real challenge. But it looks
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great.
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<p>
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<li>@@@847217394 Everybody's just cooking on this one, it has a
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very filmic, grand look to it. I love it a lot.
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<p>
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<li>@@@847445039 It's a terrific episode. The music now echoes season
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one because in some thematic areas, we're starting to bend back on
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ourselves, and close some circles, as you'll see soon.
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<p>
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That it affects the emotions is, for me, the goal. If you can
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make an audience *feel* something, in a medium as cold as TV, you've
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done your job right.
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<p>
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<li>@@@854987688 Wortham [Krimmer] came in to audition, same as everybody
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else...and we thought he was great.
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<p>
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<li>@@@847070068 Wayne Alexander plays Lorien, a character you'll see
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throughout the first six episodes of season 4. We wanted to give
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him more to do.
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<p>
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<li>@@@848311301 <em>Lorien's eyes look odd.</em><br>
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The eyes have metallic gold contact lenses; you can't see them
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as well in the red light, but later, you'll see them better.
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<p>
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<li>@@@847583603 There's more to Lorien than meets the eye.
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<p>
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<li>@@@847445039 I'll string out the Sheridan info for a while; as for
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Morden, as he said, his associates can repair flesh, replace flesh
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(though where they got replacements from is something I don't want to
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know)....
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<P>
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It's definitely a packed episode. I still find myself realizing
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that the end of act one feels like two acts. And the next three are
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every bit as intense, if not moreso. I love it....
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<p>
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<li>@@@847581324 <em>Why bother with the Sheridan scene at all?</em><br>
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To not do so would've been vastly unfair. And it nicely
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replaces one mystery, is or isn't he, with "who the heck is THAT?"
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<li>@@@852708505 <em>Sheridan dropped his insignia during Kosh's lesson in
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<a href="036.html">"There All the Honor Lies."</a>
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And he dropped his stat bar here. Was Kosh preparing him to
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see Lorien?</em><br>
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I think it was a more general sense than preparing him
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specifically for Lorien.
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<li>@@@864894298 It's not a captain's bar it's a stat bar (gold for
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command, gold and silver for command/administrative liaison, red for
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medical, green for security), and it's Sheridan's.
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<li>@@@864894298 <em>This is a pretty bleak episode.</em><br>
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Yeah, it's deliberate...take 'em apart, separate 'em, see how
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they react, and make everything as dark as possible in anticipation of
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some kind of dawn, though getting there will be a struggle.
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<li>@@@843864950 Season 4 definitely starts in dark mode. Bigtime.
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<li>@@@847445039 <em>Did you have Londo put on his old coat so there
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wouldn't be the costume mismatch there was with Delenn in "Babylon
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Squared" and "War Without End?"</em><br>
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I never make the same mistake.
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I just learn how to make new ones.
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(And I'm very pleased with that scene...it's kinda goofy, with
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the minister in particular...he's just nuts. Well, not as much as
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Cartagia, obviously....)
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<li>@@@847443920 The non-moving Centauri Prime shot is an original
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Foundation shot; the one where it's moving (with the cruiser fly-bys)
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is the new one, and there's a lot more detail now in the surface of
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the planet and other stuff.
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<li>@@@847583603 "The first S4 episode (Hour of the Wolf) doesn't have
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nearly as many FX as the later S3 episodes, and what is there is mostly
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stock shots of the station rotating, etc."
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There are as many CGI shots in "Wolf" as in most of our episodes, and
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more than in "Rock," a later S3 episode. There's also the new
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establishers of Centauri Prime the planet, the revised Palace shots, new
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establishers of the station, a big new shot of the interior of the
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Garden that pans down, the beside-Z'ha'dum sequence...there's a LOT
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there. So a) your latter observation is, I gently point out, factually
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inaccurate, and b) most station shots have been recycled stock since
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year one, adding new ones each season then dropping them into rotation
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(so to speak).
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We always balance big EFX shows with smaller ones, building up to some
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big stuff. We're doing the same thing here this year as we've ever
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done.
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<li>@@@864894298 <em>About the visual of Kosh leaving Lyta</em><br>
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The streams were done on a flint, and there were not two takes
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edited together, there was just the one continuous take.
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<li>@@@864894298 The streams aren't technically considered CGI as we use
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it. That's roto work.
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<li>@@@864894298 CGI is specifically graphics generated on a computer,
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usually 2d or 3d animation. Roto work like the streams from Lyta's eyes
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are done by hand, frame by frame.
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<li>@@@844796984 The events in 401 take place roughly 7 days after 322.
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<li>@@@847581324 <em>The alien ambassadors' English has improved.</em><br>
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Ambassadors have been learning as they've gone along; I took the
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notion that the higher ups didn't have that much contact with humans,
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so their grasp of english was halting at best, but over 4 years,
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they've gotten better. The grunts/lower echelons, though, are still
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marginal at best.
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<li>@@@847694781 <em>About Cartagia looking up women's dresses</em><br>
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"best I can tell from my (admittedly limited) knowledge of Centauri
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physiology, he would have been looking in the wrong place - kinda like
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looking down a human woman's socks, or something."
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Tell that to a foot fetishist.
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<li>@@@847581324 It's fun and interesting to see Londo now
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having to deal with being in a sense on the same side as Sheridan, but
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for vastly different reasons.
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<li>@@@851074419 By building up Cartagia offscreen, it helped pave
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the way for what we do finally see.
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And the only reason to not hold back Sheridan for one more ep
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was my feeling that if I held him *and* Garibaldi back, it'd be a bit
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much.
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<li>@@@847217342 <em>Why did Lyta refer to the White Star as if it hadn't
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been destroyed?</em><br>
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The ships provided by Delenn are White Star class ships, hence the
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usage.
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<li>@@@847694894 <em>Why am I here?</em><br>
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Yes, the last piece there is kind of the key, isn't it?
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I've always kept the minister just that, no name, for the
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reasons you cite. This is someone who's a survivor, who bends with the
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wind, and somehow keeps going by not being noticed, or taken seriously.
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And yes, this season I was noticing that eyes have become a
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predominant image, from Lyta to the shadows to Lorien to some stuff
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coming in the next few episodes...funny, how this stuff creeps up on
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you.
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<li>@@@847445039 Check out "Voices of Authority." You've seen those eyes
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before.
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<li>@@@865283204 The eyes were a projection of a shadow face, as you can
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note in the main title.
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<li>@@@865283204 <em>Any connection between the Shadows speaking with a
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father's voice and Kosh appearing to Sheridan as his dad?</em><br>
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I figured that they would both tend to use a patriarchal
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influence, which would tie into so many races having that system.
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<li>@@@851074567 Actually, the ship was what technically saved them...
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Lennier also began to fall under the influence of the shadow voice, as
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we saw. There was some forethought on his part, but the ship activated
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itself on timer.
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<li>@@@847613692 "After watching Z'ha'dum and "Wolf" (No spoilers here),
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my main thought was basically, who the hell are these old races who
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assume moral superiority based on technical superiority? How dare
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they interfere with our development as a species just to suit their
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own petty needs? I wonder if any character on the show will take that
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same line of thought and expand upon it?"
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Well, until now, that's been primarily unknown to the other species.
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Now, thanks to Sheridan's trip to Z'ha'dum, and stuff coming up, that
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information will start to get out.
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<p>
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So yeah, you may find someone or someones picking this thread up....
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