Hi! I've been following your episode commentaries from the link from universe_today, and I've really enjoyed them.
Congrats (or maybe condolences, as there's not much more b5 to watch ;_;) on finishing. I found it hard to watch season 5, as I missed Ivanova horribly.
I know what you mean about Number One. She's really great with her scowling and all and I love seeing her and Franklin together. Somehow they just balance each other out really well. I do like the idea of her being head of intelligence, too.
The Lennier disaster is really pretty hard for me to watch. On the one hand, I can maybe accept a sort of temporary madness caused by unrequited love on Lennier's part, but, as you said, when you bring up the fact that he even saved Londo without hesitation, it doesn't really seem in character for him. I guess you could say that maybe he has more personal anger towards Sheridan than towards Londo, but still. I just can't believe he'd do it. It also, oddly, makes me angry at Sheridan, because he seems to show a marked lack of sensitivity where Lennier is concerned. The look he gives Lennier after Lennier comes back to help Sheridan is very upsetting. Poor Lennier.
Objects at Rest and Sleeping in Light are what I like best about the otherwise upsetting season 5. I absolutely love the moment in Objects at Rest where Sheridan and Delenn salute the new command staff. The story begins again.
Sleeping in Light is one of my all-time favorite episodes, with the exception of the saccharine moments between Sheridan and Delenn. It's just too much. The dinner party I love very much. It's really good to see everyone as their older selves. It gives the series a real sense of continuity or reality (everyone gets old eventually). Emperor Vir is just so cute! And you're right; it's like he's all grown up. He seems comfortable with himself in a way that he never was before. Also, the story about Londo and the pak'ma'rah is wonderful. I also really was glad to hear Ivanova name Marcus; I liked how the others seemed surprised at hearing her finally say his name, but I liked how it seemed right.
There's just so much I could go on and on about as regards this episode, but I think my favorite part is the voiceover narration by Ivanova. I missed her so much, and she really, I think, sums up the tenor of the series in those few sentences. In a lot of ways, she's the heart of the show in that she expresses the feelings of those who are watching. This episode is really something in that it's so sad, but at the same time, it's a hopeful kind of sadness. It really feels like, despite all of the sadness, there's still hope.
Plus, who couldn't like an episode where, by the end, Delenn and Ivanova are essentially ruling the known galaxy? ;)
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Date: 2006-09-24 06:05 am (UTC)Congrats (or maybe condolences, as there's not much more b5 to watch ;_;) on finishing. I found it hard to watch season 5, as I missed Ivanova horribly.
I know what you mean about Number One. She's really great with her scowling and all and I love seeing her and Franklin together. Somehow they just balance each other out really well. I do like the idea of her being head of intelligence, too.
The Lennier disaster is really pretty hard for me to watch. On the one hand, I can maybe accept a sort of temporary madness caused by unrequited love on Lennier's part, but, as you said, when you bring up the fact that he even saved Londo without hesitation, it doesn't really seem in character for him. I guess you could say that maybe he has more personal anger towards Sheridan than towards Londo, but still. I just can't believe he'd do it. It also, oddly, makes me angry at Sheridan, because he seems to show a marked lack of sensitivity where Lennier is concerned. The look he gives Lennier after Lennier comes back to help Sheridan is very upsetting. Poor Lennier.
Objects at Rest and Sleeping in Light are what I like best about the otherwise upsetting season 5. I absolutely love the moment in Objects at Rest where Sheridan and Delenn salute the new command staff. The story begins again.
Sleeping in Light is one of my all-time favorite episodes, with the exception of the saccharine moments between Sheridan and Delenn. It's just too much. The dinner party I love very much. It's really good to see everyone as their older selves. It gives the series a real sense of continuity or reality (everyone gets old eventually). Emperor Vir is just so cute! And you're right; it's like he's all grown up. He seems comfortable with himself in a way that he never was before. Also, the story about Londo and the pak'ma'rah is wonderful. I also really was glad to hear Ivanova name Marcus; I liked how the others seemed surprised at hearing her finally say his name, but I liked how it seemed right.
There's just so much I could go on and on about as regards this episode, but I think my favorite part is the voiceover narration by Ivanova. I missed her so much, and she really, I think, sums up the tenor of the series in those few sentences. In a lot of ways, she's the heart of the show in that she expresses the feelings of those who are watching. This episode is really something in that it's so sad, but at the same time, it's a hopeful kind of sadness. It really feels like, despite all of the sadness, there's still hope.
Plus, who couldn't like an episode where, by the end, Delenn and Ivanova are essentially ruling the known galaxy? ;)