Series Finale

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Episode 114 - Series Finale

Chris’s Bottom 3

3) By Any Means Necessary

2) Voices of Authority

1) Phoenix Rising

Jon’s Bottom 3 

3) Eyes

2) Soul Hunter

1) Grail

Chris’s Top 5

5) Passing Through Gethsemane

4) Severed Dreams

3) In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum

2) The Long Night

1) The Coming of Shadows

Jon’s Top 5

5) Chrysalis

4) In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum

3) War Without End

2) Z’ha’Dum

1) The Coming of Shadows

The Lost Tales

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Episode 113 - The Lost Tales

Synopsis: In which Colonel Lochley encounters an ancient evil, and President Sheridan meets one from the future.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871427/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/118.html




“When the quacking has begun it is too late for the ducks to swim” is the new “I shall go into the West and remain Garibaldi.”


The Wandering Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsOwtKNsAA&vl=en-US

The River of Souls

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Episode 112 - The River of Souls

Synopsis: In which the sins and arrogance of the Soul Hunters catch up to them


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146247/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/114.html


Martin Sheen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000640/?ref_=tt_cl_t6

His 90s oeuvre was fairly dire. Including a role in Jon’s least favorite comic book related movie of all time, 1997’s Spawn.


Ian McShane: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574534/?ref_=tt_cl_t5


In Space: 1999

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Thirdspace

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Episode 111 - Thirdspace

Synopsis: in which an ancient Vorlon artifact nearly unleashes terrors from beyond space


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121804/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/112.html


Jon is correct on the pronunciation of “squamous.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-tLBZJKCw


We spend a lot of time dithering about when this film takes place, sounding like complete idiots. The Lurker’s Guide says it pretty puch has to take place *during* Atonement due to who was on the station at the time and Zack’s new uniform.


David Sedaris “Barrel Fever” https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026IUOHI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1


The Babylon 5 Wiki has some really nice screenshots of the Artifact https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Thirdspace_artifact

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An “Old One” from the 3rd edition Call of Cthulhu rulebook. Something about this drawing gave Chris nightmares for years.

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“It’s so beautiful!”

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Iain Banks’ Excession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excession


Event Horizon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_(film) Rotten Tomatoes: 27%, Metacritic: 35, CinemaScore: D+

The Wild World of Batwoman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_World_of_Batwoman


Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058304/

In The Beginning

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Episode 110 - In the Beginning

Synopsis: In which we learn the history of the Earth-Minabari War.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120711/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/111.html


Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian


Station Eleven: https://ew.com/books/quarantine-book-club-station-eleven-helped-my-reading-slump/


T H E  L A M P ! ! ! !

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Ahsokan Farewell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmxZThb084


“Divorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorced, Beheaded, Survived” - https://www.britain-magazine.com/features/history/tudors/divorced-beheaded-survived-the-wives-of-henry-viii/


The film “Pufnstuf” (1970): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pufnstuf_(film)


Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)


Katherine Kurtz’ Camber trilogy (Jon was right, this came out in 1976): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/537107.Camber_of_Culdi

The Once-ler: 

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Sleeping In Light / Season 5 Wrap-Up

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Episode 109: Sleeping in Light (Season 5, Episode 22)

Synopsis: In which old friends reunite to say farewell to John Sheridan and Babylon 5.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517691/?ref_=ttep_ep22

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/110.html

“Arthur Treacher’s Fish and Chips” was, of course, founded in Columbus Ohio. The titular Treacher was an actor who was known for playing Jeeves against David Niven’s Wooster. Facebook page has not been updated since February 2017.

https://youtu.be/J45NQOrDq58

Chris is remembering the last episode of Justice League Unlimited “Destroyer.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGbUb-ttL9g

The ending scene of the Mary Tyler Moore show: https://youtu.be/ttC_J66WF5A?t=1028

The ending of the Newhart: https://youtu.be/McVWkGWMHKI?t=419

The others we mention are a little too spoilery to link here, but you can find them easily.

Chris’s Bottom Three/Top Five

3) Learning Curve

2) Phoenix Rising

1) Secrets of the Soul

5) The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father 

4) Objects in Motions/Objects at Rest

3) The Very Long Night of Londo Molari

2) Movements of Fire and Shadow

1) Sleeping in Light

Jon’s Bottom Three/Top Five

3) Learning Curve

2) Objects at Rest

1) Strange Relations

5) A Tragedy of Telepaths

4) The Ragged Edge

3) Sleeping in Light

2) The Fall of Centauri Prime

1) The Very Long Night of Londo Molari

Objects In Motion / Objects At Rest

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Episode 108: Objects in Motion/Objects at Rest (Season 5, Episodes 20 & 21)

Synopsis: In which we say goodbye.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517676/?ref_=ttep_ep20

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517675/?ref_=ttep_ep21

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/108.html

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/109.html


Half this campus wasn’t even there when Jon did his farewell exploration, back in the Pleistocene https://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/sites/default/files/maps/campusmap.pdf

The Wheel of Fire

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Episode 107: The Wheel of Fire (Season 5, Episode 19)

Synopsis: In which Garibaldi and Lyta find themselves in hot water, and G’Kar ponders his untenable situation. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517717/?ref_=ttep_ep19

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/107.html

I think I (Chris) went a little too deep on how strange it was to me that Lise had taken over as owner of Edgars Industries. She was acting as a corporate representative when she came to the station to get some telepath research data. 

Liquorice Allsorts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice_allsorts  Now that I see them I’m fairly certain my grandmother had a bowl of these on her buffet for 30-40 years.


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Movements of Light and Shadow / The Fall of Centauri Prime

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Episode 106: Movements of Light and Shadow/The Fall of Centauri Prime (Season 5, Episodes 17 and 18)

Summary: In which war comes to Centauri Prime, and Londo ascends the throne.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517672/?ref_=ttep_ep17

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517702/?ref_=ttep_ep18

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/105.html

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/106.html

Apparently there’s a very happening bar scene in ruined pre-war buildings in Budapest. Who knew? https://www.offbeatbudapest.com/top10/best-ruin-bars-budapest/

Bart McCarthy: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565062/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Yeah, he’s got a lot of credits, but a pirate captain singing the SpongeBob SquarePants theme is really the pinnacle of a career, isn’t it?

“Star Trek: Picard borrows one incredible concept from The Lord of the Rings.” https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-trek-picard-seven-of-nine-lord-of-the-rings-rangers

This is me looking skeptically at you over the top of my glasses, Inverse dot com.

Darkness Ascending / And All My Dreams Torn Asunder

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Episode 105: Darkness Ascending/And All My Dreams Torn Asunder (Season 5, Episodes 14 and 15)

Summary: In which the Centauri involvement in the attacks on Alliance ships comes to light, and the consequences of Garibaldi’s addiction build.



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517642/?ref_=ttep_ep15

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517626/?ref_=ttep_ep16

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/103.html

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/104.html







Edmund L. Shaff https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787283/?ref_=tt_cl_t15

As the Chaplain on Space: Above and Beyond https://youtu.be/FOb6V9gzrKM?t=493




Tamlyn Tomita as Commodore Oh in Star Trek: Picard

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October Faction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RexcOKt3k9k




A familiar, although much younger, face winning fame and fortune on a tv game show.

https://youtu.be/-rpnabM26MM




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The people that were wiped out by a death plague were of course the Markab.




Meditations on the Abyss

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Episode 104: Meditations on the Abyss (Season 5, Episode 14)

Summary: In which Lennier undertakes a training mission with the Rangers, and Vir is presented with a new opportunity.



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517667/?ref_=ttep_ep14

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/102.html



Shonda Rhimes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonda_Rhimes



Richard Yniguezhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948253/?ref_=tt_cl_t14

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Today’s imdb corner - Carl Ciarfalio! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161893/?ref_=tt_cl_t15

Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28EyQ4a3OEA

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I watched about 10 minutes of this film, and I’m not sure if I could do any more.



And what is the deal with Garibaldi’s carpet?

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The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father

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Episode 103: The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father (Season 5, Episode 13)

Summary: In which Bester mentors some young telepaths and introduces them to all his friends on the station.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517698/?ref_=ttep_ep13

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/101.html


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The Doom Patrol’s Crazy Jane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Jane


Clearly we were thinking of a mashup between Queensryche’s “Operation: Mindcrime” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAI2QOBMlTA and the Eurythmics’ “Sex Crime” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeqbxjebGck


Space: Above and Beyond’s episode “Who Monitors the Birds?” https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x636jwu


The Prisoner Typeface is “Albertus,” or at least a slightly modified version thereof. https://www.wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2015/02/albertus-and-the-prisoner/




The Ragged Edge

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Episode 102: The Ragged Edge (Season 5, Episode 12)

Summary: In which Garibaldi goes on a secret mission which, predictably, goes south, and G’Kar finds himself in an uncomfortable position.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517713/?ref_=ttep_ep12

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/100.html

Tom Hanks’ character in Dragnet was Pep Streebek, which sounds like a Star Wars name to me.

This song is a hate crime, and the video is worse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT_QRKfv8H4

The Gospel of Thomas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas

Phoenix Rising

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Episode 101: Phoenix Rising (Season 5, Episode 11)

Synopsis: In which Garibaldi confronts Bester, and Byron’s telepath uprising comes to its inevitable end.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517678/?ref_=ttep_ep11

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/099.html

Twin Peaks: The Return episode 8 https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/26/15872236/twin-peaks-episode-8-recap-bob-the-return

Videodrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6S1FXXp_Uo

Although Jon may have meant Scanners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoIy7Y7H72Q

So much Cronenbergy goodness!

Michael Dante DiMartino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dante_DiMartino

Bryan Konietzko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Konietzko 

Shonda Rhimes: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722274/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Sam Esmail, creator/showrunner of Mr Robot, Homecoming, etc. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322753/?ref_=tt_ov_wr

David Fincher: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322753/?ref_=tt_ov_wr

A Tragedy of Telepaths - Our 100th Episode!

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Episode 100: A Tragedy of Telepaths (Season 5, Episode 10)

Synopsis: In which Byron’s telepaths take a desperate stand, and G’Kar finds an old friend on the Centauri homeworld.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517620/?ref_=ttep_ep10

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/098.html

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Sleep well, Max. We love you.

Wow, I talk fast when I’m feeling emotional.

Vampire the Masquerade character sheet with the three attribute columns

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In the Kingdom of the Blind

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Episode 99: In the Kingdom of the Blind (Season 5, Episode 9)

Synopsis: In which Londo returns to the Centauri homeworkd, and Byron makes his play for a telepath homeworld.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517656/?ref_=ttep_ep9

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/097.html

Hello, good evening, and welcome to Blackmail! https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2n8q35

Never get involved in a land war in Asia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUUk6wVNrY

David Ben-Gurion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion

Fabio! https://youtu.be/matItkfzqAA

Day of the Dead

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Episode 98: Day of the Dead (Season 5, Episode 8)

Synopsis: In which the dead come back to visit the living, and Zooty Zoot Zoot!


http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/096.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517643/?ref_=ttep_ep8


The Lurker’s Guide Master Episode list puts Day of the Dead later in the season but this was the broadcast order. And frankly if we complain about this being too late to get insights into Lockley’s character episode 13 would have been waaay too late, in our humble opinion.


REM actually only had 2 good albums: Murmur and Reckoning.


Lenny Henry’s Chef! Go watch it now!! Well, the first 2 seasons anyway. Steer clear of season 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0bMzi41-0M


James Orin Incandenza, father of the “protagonist” of David Foster Wallace’s novel “Infinite Jest” https://infinitejest.wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/index.php?title=I#joi


Episode director Doug Lefler: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498991/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Ooh, he directed two episodes of American Gothic, another of our favorite 1990s tv shows.


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It Takes Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOW-CZJWT0


Barenaked Ladies, working “It Takes Two” into a medley including their own song “Crazy,” Sweet’s “Fox on the Run,” Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CCKTQSUNAM

And a seasonally appropriate BNL rap medley, because this is our show so why not indulge ourselves (as if the entire 98 episode run hasn’t been shameless self-indulgence enough!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L5XskTJtlI


Secrets of the Soul

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Episode 97: Secrets of the Soul (Season 5, Episode 7)

Synopsis: In which Byron and Lyta uncover the truth about the relationship between the Vorlons and the telepaths.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517685/?ref_=ttep_ep7

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/095.html


In 1692, Massachusetts Governor William Phips issued a ban on any books or publications about the Salem Witch Trials. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/salem-witch-trials-primary-sources/


Sarah Douglas: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235243/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Phyllida Law: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492373/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1


People’s Temple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple

Branch Davidians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Davidians

Heaven’s Gate:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)

Aum Shinrikio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo

Characteristics of dangerous cult leaders: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spycatcher/201208/dangerous-cult-leaders


Wild Wild Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLS_OM6Puk

Escaping NXIVM: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/escaping-nxivm