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<!-- TITLE Appearances and Other Deceits -->
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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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As a group of propaganda specialists visits the Excalibur to try to improve
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its image, the crew comes across a derelict alien ship.
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</cite>
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Vickery,+John">John Vickery</a> as Mr. Welles.
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</blockquote>
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<pre>
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Production number: 113
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Original air date: July 28, 1999
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00061QJSK/thelurkersguidet">DVD release date</a>: December 7, 2004
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Written by J. Michael Straczynski
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Directed by Stephen Furst
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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">Plot Points</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@933615846 Mr. Welles
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(<a href="044.html">"The Fall of Night"</a>)
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is still working as a propagandist for the Earth government.
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<li>@@@933615846 Somewhere in the galaxy there exists a race of aliens who
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are able to pass their consciousness from one body to another by
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touch, effectively possessing the new host. They reproduce by
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subdividing as they spread, the old host retaining part of the
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alien presence and passing it on to the new. Rather than send
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their physical bodies out on risky space journeys to colonize
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other worlds, they sent out a series of probes, each imbued with
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a piece of the alien consciousness. As the probes are discovered,
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the aliens take over the worlds in question.
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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>@@@933615846 Where is the mind-altering aliens' original homeworld?
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<li>@@@933615846 How many other probes are drifting through space waiting
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to be discovered?
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<li>@@@933615846 Where did the derelict spacecraft come from?
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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>@@@933615846 Though it turned out to be correct, Max's line of thought
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about the alien writing missed an obvious possibility. He noted that
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the writing on the ship and the aliens' spoken language seemed to bear
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no relation to one another. The explanation could have been as simple
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as the ship being manufactured by one group of aliens and crewed by
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another; the crew might have bought or stolen the ship from someone
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else.
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<li>@@@933658333 As the alien was being forced out the airlock, it tried
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to say to Gideon, "I know what you're looking for. I know where you
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can find it!" Was it referring to a cure for the Drakh plague? If
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so, did it in fact know of a cure, or was it just trying to tell
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whatever lie was necessary to save its life?
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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>@@@931207368 Director Stephen Furst played Vir in the original series.
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<li>@@@931207368 The costume changes in this episode are a result of a
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quirk in the series' production: after five episodes were
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filmed with the "new" costumes and set designs introduced in this
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episode, TNT increased the show's budget. This episode and the
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ones before it in the airing sequence were filmed after the budget
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increase. Had the series continued beyond 13 episodes, the 14th
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episode would have featured an "accident" in the laundry room that
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forced the crew back to their more expensive uniforms.
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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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<p>
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<li>@@@935688992 <em>It's obvious that the episodes filmed 6th through
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13th were intended to air before the first 5 that were filmed. Why
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on Earth would you do that?</em><br>
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Let me ask you a real simple question:
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<p>
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What makes you think it was my decision?
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<p>
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TNT wanted the "new-look" episodes aired first. They wanted to push
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the first 5 back as far as possible. I initially figured we'd do 5-6
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of the "new look" ones first, the minimum possible, then the first 5,
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then the new-look (black uniform) ones to the end.
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<P>
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TNT *mandated* that the black-uniform ones would go first. It was not
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my choice. I have NO control over broadcast.
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<p>
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Not only did they want to hold them back, they were debating if they'd
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even allow us to FINISH post on the first 5. It was a struggle to let
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them finish 'em, and they were the last ones to go through post.
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<p>
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Before you fire, it's always a good idea to know what the target is
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first.
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<p>
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<li>@@@934310433 "As Gideon was preparing Greenberg's body for Airlock'nLoad,
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the alien within was pleading:"Don't do this! I know what you're looking
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for!" Was this a reference to the Plague/Cure?"
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<p>
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Yep. But since the body couldn't talk aloud, it couldn't
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communicate this effectively.
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</ul>
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