Babylon 5

I watched River Of Souls. I liked the Love Bat and everyone thinking Zack was going to die simply because he coughed.

 

Even I though whoever said "Hey we've got Tracy Scoggins, let's put her in a teddy!" was out of line.

 

That wasn't a teddy, it was a corset.

 

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Actually it was a bustier, but I don't know how to spell bustier, so I went with teddy. It doesn't matter for the point, dammit.

 

No, a bustier ends above the navel. It's definitely a corset, I just looked up the image again. It is stiff, it forms the waist, it hooks up instead of being a slip-on, as bustiers tend to do.

And, no, it really doesn't matter. It just is in my line of work to know about lingerie.

 

Okay, I understand your need to get it right. then .

 

Was the Corset accurate for 1998?

The design seemed more accurate for 1988.

Dirty old man director trying to bring the 80s back?

It's moth fodder from Tracy's wardrobe?

Some one decided that time and fashion is circular, so the next new thing is just something old that's been rebranded as hip, so 260 years in the future, maybe it's the 80s again?

 

I'm pretty sure time and fashion are circular.

 

I'm keeping those bell-bottoms until they're in again.

 

If fashion and time are circular than fashion is time and with the right suit at the right moment on the catwalk could propel a model into the time of the particular fashion they're wearing. Project Time Runway.

 

Even though I'm only 3 episodes into a research of the series overall (and only two episodes into Season 1 proper), I'm being reminded of just how strong the series was right out of the gate.

I know that there's a sentiment out there that Season 1 is 'rough', but, personally, I don't feel that way at all, and would honestly say that there are only two truly terrible episodes in the season: Infection (which suffers from clumsy writing that doesn't plague any of the other 'early' episodes of the season and which drags it down in quality) and Believers (which is terrible because of the uncomfortable heavy-handedness of its story).

 

I'd add that TKO was a good episode suffering from horrible inter-cutting in the third act.

 

I actually always enjoyed "BELIEVERS".

Regarding "INFECTION", it was the very first produced episode of the series. Given how quickly JMS was able to learn from his errors in episodes, there's little wondsr why B5 ended up being was so awesome.

(Season 1 airdates and production order is ALL over the place.)

 

The JMS approved Chronological viewing order can be found on the B5TV.com website FAQ's section.

I watched the Pilot, and seasons 1-4, when it was broadcast in syndication on the now defunct PTEN (Prime Time Entertainment Network).

I watched most of season 5 on Laserdisc. I lived in an area without access to cable TV. I didn't get Satellite TV until after 2001 and was finally able to finish season 5 and Crusade.

 

Seasons 1-4 seemed to take 11 to 12 months to air for some strange reason, at least according to the DVD booklets. They’d start in September, but wouldn’t finish until August or September of the following year, and usually the season final would air the week before the next season’s season opener.

 

I use the JMS-approved Master Episode List that was published by the website The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.

 

Believers was weird this time.

The psycho god head nutjob was Tricia O'Niel.

ENTERPRISE C REPRESENT!!!!

So maybe her opinions are not coo coo for coco puffs?

 

They did, and I remember it well. The last 4 episodes of a season were aired after repeats for a bit, then those final 4 and then the new season premiere right after. I found it quite jarring.

 

At least we didn't have to worry about cliffhangers in the usual sense.

 

After listening to three different podcasts on the episode, I find myself struggling to figure out what it is that others don't see in "Soul Hunter" that I do, because it's genuinely one of my favorites of Season 1.