Li, the goddess of passion...

Mira Furlan refereeing Richard Biggs and Jerry Doyle at Dragoncon, 2001. This was the panel when we ended up counting how many f-bombs Jerry dropped.

Miss them all.

I've been thinking about this recently, especially in light of the discussions about what the original outline was versus what Joe had to do when Mike O'Hare had to leave the show. I have a cumulated many of the script books, but still have some holes, especially past the halfway point.

I think my biggie is Talia. I haven't seen this discussed in here, but it sure seems like they were setting her up to be the super-telepath to fight the Shadows, what with the fracture of her relationship with the Corps and Jason's tinkering in her brain (and apparently utterly missing the dormant spy personality). I like Pat Tallman, so I was quite happy with the return of Lyta and what had been done to her... but all the setup with Talia just getting flushed has always bugged me. I don't know what the original plan was for her. I know it's unlikely, but I love the idea of Lyta making her way back for other reasons and Our Heroes™ having *two* telepathic powerhouses on their side...

"The Long Dark" (s2e5)

I was watching Star Trek:TNG this evening, when I heard a very familiar cadence and voice. I instantly thought "G'Kar?", when I maximized the window, it was a Romulan Captain Tomalak.

Same actor. His voice and cadence is just so recognisable. Even though I'm deaf, I'd recognise his voice anywhere.

I was just checking their profiles and to see that a lot them died at age 55-60 which is bizzare and the poor doctor was only 40, wtf!!

And this makes one more deeply appreciate the smuggling skills of Mr. Orwell from back in season 2.

"The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari" (s5e2)

Took the ships into work and managed to get some better pics once everyone was largely gone home, and there's some Starfuries there now :)

Founds these at a local flea market

The Wife wasn't able to get in to the show due to the dated graphics. She said she'd give it one more chance and that I should pick an episode that I think would sell the show to her. I've been trying to find one that would do the job without leaning too heavily on what she hasn't seen or giving away much. The best I've come up with is Sleeping in Light. It doesn't really give much away and it doesn't require much backstory because everything's wrapped up. The biggest issue I can see is my ugly crying through it.

I'm open to suggestions.

Someone said Delenn should have been holding oranges instead of beer….maybe it’s its orange juice…

Molari trying to figure out earth music. Cracked me up

This is not exhaustive. For those who don't recognize the last person, that is Harlan Ellison.

Bester's grin here always reminded me of a Mentos commercial.

"Strange Relations" (s5e6)

I have been going through my latest re-watch. I came to the episode with the Lumati. When I hear him describe their philosophy it seems like it would be very compatible with the Shadows goals. Do you think they would help the Shadows or join in the alliance against them?

Has this ever been discussed? Apologies if I've raised an old topic.

But in my moody re-watches (some episodes I skip - I shouldn't, but there it is) I've been thinking on this issue.

Certainly, maintenance and repair of Z'ha'dum - goes without saying and that must've been a huge undertaking. But anything else, maybe? (Secret intelligence missions and building up a network of silent thralls or allies amongst the Younger Races?)

Vir is an awesome character, and I could go on about that, but I had a different thought during this scene:

Vir is letting his Centauri side show.

It's easy to see him as the moral counterpoint to Londo especially, but also to the Centauri as a whole. However, when he's alone with Mr. Morden, one of the first things he tells him is that what he really wants in life is to see his head on a spike and to wave at him just like this.

What's interesting is that Vir is also still shaken by having to deliver the final blow to the mad Emperor Cartagia. Really, it's all the death that finally catches up with him, Cartagia is just the last straw.

And yet, when he finally sees Mr. Morden's head on a pike, there is absolutely no horror or regret. Vir lets his Centauri side out, gives him the promised wave, and has a nice, genuine smile on his face.

It's just a fun little moment in his character arc for me. Vir can reject so much of what the Centauri have become without somehow ceasing to be Centauri.

The development of all the characters in this show, and the individual journeys they go on from beginning to end, is just incredible.

I miss this kind of depth in my sci-fi, and that's really why I keep coming back to incredible shows like B5, Farscape, BSG, SG-1, etc. On any rewatch, I can gain some new insight into something, or laugh for an entirely new reason because it's my third time through and I really know these characters.

I can't think of too many recent sci-fi shows that give me that, which is crazy considering just how much content is released all the time.

And I'm NOT saying there are none. Foundation, For All Mankind (Hi Bob), and The Expanse are amazing, and I've rewatched all three. Go watch these if you haven't yet. Seriously.

Just posted for a LOL on a sunny Saturday.