Episode 15: Grail
A man comes to Babylon 5 looking for the Holy Grail.
I didn't like this one. At least the B plot with with the Downbelow gangsters were more interesting. I was getting hyped with our crew going up against an evil Vorlon, and was disappointed when it turned into a bad monster called a Feeder hiding in a Vorlon suit.
Episode 16: Eyes
An internal affairs investigator tries to take down Sinclair.
This episode really reminded me of TNG's "Coming of Age" with the investigation. It would have been perfect as a clip show, showing past scenes during the interrogation. The investigator always seemed evil from the start. We do find out Sinclair has been making powerful and dangerous enemies.
Episode 17: Legacies
A Minbari war cruiser comes to Babylon 5 to display the body of a recently dead Minbari leader, but it ends up getting stolen.
Finally, a good episode after the last three averages eps. I liked learning more about the religious and warrior castes of the Minbari people, and how they differ from each other. This is also the first appearance of Neroon.
I'm assuring this forums Neroon moderator is named after this character?
I'm predicting Neroon will probably become more important in the future. It was pretty cool to see a more militarized Minbari character and the battleship from Sinclair's memories.
Episode 18: A Voice in the Wilderness (Part 1)
The planet below the station fires at some ships, the crew must find out why. There are riots going on the Mars colony.
We finally get some planet exploration in this series. All the planet scenes were pretty cool, but I thought it was very silly how the B5 commander and first officer went into such a dangerous situation together, shades of TOS stupidly. All the alien tech seems quite advance.
The B plot shows us that things aren't great at Mars. Sadly, we never get to see any of the riots. I think it would have worked much better if we got something from Mars. There is clearly some dissatisfaction from the public towards the Earth government.
Episode 19: A Voice in the Wilderness (Part 2)
An Earth Force warship arrives to complicate matters, meanwhile a rebel alien races returns to reclaim the planet themselves.
After bringing an alien from the planet onto B5, we learn that the planet will explode without him attached to the machine there. I kept asking why they didn't just immediately go back to reconnect him back to the machine. Too much sneaking around when Delenn and Londo realized what they had to do.
I learned that the station is pretty much stuck there, no magic engines like DS9 used in its pilot. They are pretty much screwed if they ever have to evacuate everyone, that's 250000 people, immediately. I just realize living on a space station really is very dangerous compared to a starship, which can always flee from danger while a space station doesn't have that advantage. The B5 crew seriously needs to think about getting their own starship, but they might not have the budget for that!
The space battle was pretty cool. The twist with Delenn's friend Draal deciding to take the aliens place as caretaker of the planet was expected. But I guess its better no one gets the advanced tech.
Survivors ain't that great either.
