Welcome to the episode that drew the most passion out of your hosts. This is a controversial episode in that it’s theme revolves around the Minbari’s traditional/historic doctrine of Mora’dum (or the application of terror) associated with the training of the Anla-shok. This is a two-edged sword of sorts. Something happens that causes terror in a Ranger; and the Ranger is then required to inflict terror in return to gain their confidence and strength back.

Two issues surface as the episode unfolds: what are the limits of the terror a Ranger is allowed to apply, and is this custom still a reasonable allowance under the new Alliance? We can have opinions about a custom like this when it’s completely internal to the Minbari, but the Rangers are now multi-species and are an arm of the multi-world Alliance (not just Minbar). Related, the matter that caused the invocation of Mora’dum was arguably a “local” matter on Babylon 5 that happened to involve a Ranger, and not an Alliance matter. But President Sheridan favors the Ranger’s authority over that of Captain Lochley. This caused the question to surface about the Alliance’s ability to respect its own rules when it finds itself in an inconvenient position. Is Minbar being favored over other members? We’d love to hear your thoughts as we watch a young Ranger student, a new captain on B5, and the leadership of the new Alliance worthing through a very steep learning curve.

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