Some kind of alternate reality or parallel universe? I’m just confused because if the loop has no beginning and has been continuous then how can there ever be some kind of future where Babylon 5 gets destroyed?
I thought it was the Centauri at first, but obviously they were for him.
I didn’t really understand this even after finishing the show. Was it all Centauri or just him, and why was he excluded?
A more lighthearted question after the dark moments one. Mine is the elevator scene from Convictions, everything about it is so iconic.
Lord Refa’s (deserved) death is my pick, and the upbeat gospel music somehow makes it even darker
Babylon 5’s original intent after all was to foster peaceful coexistence between species. It seemed to work out well when the alliance was first formed and meetings were held there, especially since independence had been declared and the station was no longer run by Earth. Plus that way Babylon 5 doesn’t get blown up.
Also, having it on Minbar just seems like a recipe for hegemony claims.
So I get his point that the political office can’t give direct orders but… hasn’t it happened multiple times already? Especially in Season 1, Senators would literally give Sinclair direct orders that he had to follow and never said they came from higher-ups. Was this just the first time anyone called them out on it, or was there some other reason it’s not allowed in this case but allowed in other cases?
They don’t even fit on his ears.
I get she was a telepath but even after basically becoming a war hero no one wanted anything to do with her and treated her like crap. I don’t even blame her for joining with Byron.
So in Signs and Portents, that seer Centauri lady shows Sinclair the destruction of Babylon 5. But was that supposed to represent the decommissioning that happens in S5 or was it some kind of alternate reality that didn’t happen? Sinclair also asks if it’s something that will or might happen, and the seer says something along the lines of “we make our own destiny”, which makes me think it could be an AU. I don’t know, how did you interpret it?
I never really understood who they were working for or what they were hoping to accomplish, or even much of what they were trying to prove besides that Sinclair had betrayed Earth somehow. The episode makes it sound like they were working for some super important organization doing super important work that was never brought up again.
Obviously Lorien says that he looks forward to when the humans join the First Ones “beyond the rim” (when they are no longer a younger race) but he also brought Sheridan there way before that. Is everyone brought there after they die or is it just special people?