Jumpgate #40 - Knives

I was wondering what was up with that! I just started listening recently and thought that was too long for them to still be in season 1 (Im about 1/2 way through s1 on the podcast)

L

Yes but also giving Amazon money 😵‍💫

L

More temporal fun and games caused by the VFX on Knives taking so long that they had no choice but air "In the Shadow of Z" before "Knives": Londo is on Centauri Prime during "In the Shadow of Z" so that he could make sure Urza Jaddo's family was safe after the events of "Knives". Sheridan was finally going through his wife's stuff at the beginning of "In the Shadow of Z" because of the events of "Knives". Sheridan went through some huge personal revelations because of "Knives" but they were subtle and internal, making them much harder to notice than the flashy stuff happening to Londo. Both Sheridan and Londo had to face the past. They had to accept they had been neglecting and avoiding things. The events of "Knives" forced both of them to confront this fact, address it, and move on. This is more obvious for Londo than Sheridan, but the temporal displacement of the episodes makes this much harder to see. I'm really rather surprised that Vera and Jessie kept the reversed order. Does the B5 Lurker's Guide Episode List leave them in the wrong order? "Knives" introduced the concept of an energy-based life form. This was an insanely important idea for the show to introduce [*SPOILERS*] since that's what Vorlons are. I've also heard the theory that the energy being was a Vorlon trapped by the movement of Babylon4 through time. [*SPOILERS*] "Knives" also introduced the idea that energy-based life forms can ride around as a passengers in the minds of others. [*SPOILERS*] That's not important at all. It's certainly not going to be important later in the show or anything [*SPOILERS*]

Keith D. Jones

My current backup plan is the remastered episodes are available for sale on Amazon

Keith D. Jones

With the apparent license expiration on HBO Max - that's how JMS on Twitter is playing the upcoming removal - I hope you have a backup plan. Or can burn through 5 episodes a day.

Ahh, Clancy Brown… the best Lex Luthor we ever got 😻. How weird that you had two posts with “I’m not as think as you drunk I am” within like a day of each other! Especially since I feel like Vera would have said that before you got the David Mack book. Though as I suppose you may have already been reading it and she was referencing Off Mic talk 🤔

S G Matthews

Psssst…. *Sheridan