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"We will be free." Such an unbelievably profound moment, genuinely. The aliens carry this show so hard its INSANE.

I finished s2 of Babylon 5 yesterday, took me quite a while and I don't have too much to say because these last few eps felt more like a setup that is about to pay off IMMENSELY (i hope.) But anyway we did it. I struggled a bit here and there but I really think it'll be worth it. Now onto s3! I hear these next 2 seasons are unmatched. But I wanted to share some random unrelated thoughts on characters so far

- G'kar is probably my favorite character, followed by Vir, Kosh, and Londo which is crazy because I really ignored G'kar early on. He reminded me of a mustache twirling villain but man his evolution is starting to become fucking unreal. Loved witnessing the death of his warrior pride once he requested sanctuary

- Londo is starting to develop this untouchable and extremely intimidating aura, which again, I did not expect. He was almost comic relief but to see him go from that to dictator-like is surely a sight to behold lmao.

- Kosh reveal: I FUCKING KNEW HE WAS GONNA BE SOME ANGEL-LIKE BEING!!! This was my most anticipated moment and despite the omega levels of camp, it delivered. My favorite part about it tho is the way Sheridan responds to it. Delenn says to him: "you see now? the Vorlons have been guiding us for millions of years!" and Sheridan goes: "more like manipulating us. Programming us so that when we saw them we would react the right way". I like the implications of the vorlons being a highly manipulative species. I was afraid it would end up being light (vorlons) vs dark (shadows). This also insinuates that this isn't what Kosh TRULY looks like.

- Sheridan: Still feels too much like a paladin and its getting a little lame. He is so bland at times and some of his b plots are almost atrocious to watch (like him being possessed or captured by an alien ship). I wasn't very fond of Sinclair but Sheridan makes me miss him.

- Ivanova and Garibaldi: I often feel like these characters slightly lack agency. Alot of their moments consist of simply following orders. I was liking the psi corps thingy with Ivanova because she starts to feel like a real human but theres only been like 3 instances of this. This also might be a hot take but her relationship with Talia felt so forced. Garibaldi is stepping up especially when he helps G'kar after the occupation

GIVE ME MORE VIR G'KAR MOMENTS PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE

EDIT: forgot to mention the shadows. by far the coolest antagonist group ive ever seen and i hope that they are as threatening as they seem.

I think I have been decently entertained throughout the first 8 episodes of this show (specifically when Kosh, Londo, or G'kar are on screen) despite the budget or whatever which doesn't really bother me.

With that said, moments like this completely take me out of it and they are QUITE frequent LOL. a MASSIVELY drugged Sinclair awoke from his "hypnosis", the guy sitting next to him is watching Sinclair VERY SLOWLY break free from this machine, and with his 60 seconds of delayed reaction time gets completely incapacitated by him. Whatever, semi believable I guess. But you mean to tell me that that armed guard saw all of this and still walks into melee range only to be knocked out in a single punch?? WHILE ARMED??? No fucking shot. Mind you after Sinclair escapes, the guy gets back up and tries to KILL HIM WITH A GUN. Brother you should've thought of that during the 60 seconds you stood there watching the whole ordeal. Anyway this moment had me laughing pretty hard.

I do hope it doesn't remain this cheesy, and if it does I hope that the emotional stakes and overall stories quality can excuse it. Besides that and the repetitive monster of the week format, I don't really have any major complaints YET. I just hope it doesnt stay like this later on.

Side note: S1 Ep 4 might actually have qualified as completely worthless and terrible, but ironically enough it managed to redeem itself by having my favorite line so far with Sinclair's speech. This moment and the "my shoes are too tight" Londo moment have showcased that the dialogue can be quite good when it wants to be. I want moments like that more!

But yeah I am very patient and have absolutely 0 intention of dropping the show tho because Kosh is so cool (also so are Londo and G'kar)

That little sound effect when Kosh speaks is so fucking eerie bro.

Yes.