The story behind Michael O'Hare leaving B5 is really depressing:
I had read a bit on that, it is very sad. I thought his exit from the series felt a bit unplanned, so I looked it up.
There are no spoilers in the first video. It's strictly about him leaving the show.
Okay, sounds good!
Yep. B5 collected the debris for analysis, and the ship slowly reassembled itself, at which point they decided to just lock up that docking bay and never go into it again (until the thing with the oddly-named Titans. Why is it not "Titan"?).
Probably named after the group of gods before the Olympian gods. There were a number of Earthforce ships named after mythological figures: Furies, Prometheus, Heracles, etc.
Good point, I didn't consider Furies rather than Fury would be a precedent for naming one ship after many things.
I think it's following the same kind of naming as Furies, rather than just Fury I guess. Funny thing is, to me, I heard Furies as Furious, which I then named a star destroyer in my fanfiction after, and then was really surprised when I found out I'd misheard it for over a decade.
I remember thinking that a couple of episodes near the end, the one about the Minbari Ranger facing his fears and the Bester episode, felt very strange to be right up against the end of the series—since the first had little to do with the main story, and the second was obviously setting up the Telepath War or something leading into it that would be elaborated on in Crusade (but then mostly wasn’t, because of the cancellation).
Yeah, there were a few episodes like that didn't really fit in as well with the others. I was guessing some was due to setting up season 4 as a possible finale if they didn't get season 5, and then not having as many ideas when they did get it. They definitely did seem to be setting up things for sequel shows though!
"Learning Curve"... it was an interesting glimpse into how Rangers are trained. Terror is a weapon that Minbari are not afraid to wield, and by extension they learn how to face it well. I agree, though, that it felt a bit out of place.
I personally really liked CRUSADE. (Though the music was a bit jarring at first.) I think it absolutely could have been fantastic if it went on longer.
Okay, good to know! I was thinking of taking a short break from the B5 universe due to flying through all of the episodes so quickly. It is only 13 episodes though, so not too long. I just usually try not to watch similar shows back to back so I keep things fresh!
Yeah, Crusade is pretty good, it just got cut off before it could get anywhere.
The shutdown date is Wednesday, October 29, their 20th anniversary.
Also, the viewing order recommended by JMS is different from the order they were originally broadcast on TNT.
Indeed. TNT did a real number on the CRUSADE airdate order when they aired it.
Interesting, thanks for the list! I remember running into the same thing with Firefly.
