Re-Watching DS9

[Lord Garth]

I might as well get this out of the way now, with SFA coming up in a week. To be brutally honest, I'm not feeling it. I don't have any strong sense of anticipation for it. And, if anything, the closer we get, the more I think I'll probably come down "in the middle" at best. I don't think I'll feel strongly one way or the other. That's what my sixth sense is telling me.

What does that have to do with here? The Re-Watch Threads are my first priority, when it comes to this board. DS9, B5, VOY. I don't have the time, patience, or willingness to deal with what I'm sure is going to be the latest Circus DuJour when it comes to talking about new Star Trek on this board. Been there, done that, not doing that again, no thank you. So, nothing's changing. I'm not putting anything off for the sake of SFA.

Plus, you know, when I really think about it, I'm not going to get anything remotely on the level of "Hard Time" from either SFA or SNW. Let's be honest. Let's be really honest.

So, with that out of the way, onto B5. It's been a little while, hasn't it?

 

[Lord Garth]

"Sic Transit Vir" (B5 S3E12)

Spoiler

This one's a little on the thin side. We have what looks like a primarily Vir episode. Congratulations to him! He's married in a pre-arranged way. Londo thinks it's great. Then he finds out that Vir has been helping out Narns. He's a "radical", and then Vir is forced to avoid the Minbari and to stay under Londo's thumb.

I wish Vir would stand up for himself. I like the character, but it's like watching George McFly. And he's constantly getting hit! It's like when George McFly had the "kick me" sign on his back. I think Vir is the opposite of Lennier. Lennier will stand up for himself and has strong convictions. Vir wants to have strong convictions but won't stand up for himself. Vir is weaker willed than Lennier. I'll applaud it if Vir ever gives Londo what he deserves.

Vir's pre-arranged wife-but-not-wife-yet is something else. Lyndisty is a completely traditional Centauri woman. She thinks love is completely secondary to marriage. And her views of the Narn. It's chilling how calmly and cheerfully she talks about how inferior they are. It's crazy. The historical parallels... she would've been right at home in a southern state of the USA in the 19th Century. Vir deserves better than Lyndisty.

The highlight of the episode is Vir creating a made-up person, Abraham Lincolni, to aid the Narn. So, he'd be like an Abolitionist.

Sheridan and Delenn have a dinner date that keeps getting interrupted. That was mildly amusing.

Ivanova dreams she's naked in C'n'C, wonders what her purpose is, so her uniform is symbolic of her purpose, and then finds her purpose by the end of the episode in doing what's right. That's pretty much it. It's not even really fleshed out beyond the surface level at all.

Some good ideas in here, and I understand that not every episode can be a heavy hitter, but there needed to be more. I give it a 6.

 

[Osol Twist]

im at "what you leave behind" for the one hundred time and i cant wait to start ds9 from the start all over again... it's the best series that ever happened to TV imo.