Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast

By Zathras Unlimited

What's Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast about?

Welcome to Grey Sector, a Babylon 5 podcast by three friends who just have a lot of feelings. We're rewatching, appreciating, and snarking about the 1990s sci-fi classic, with occasional detours into bonus content. And so it begins. . . 

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Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast episodes:

06.29.2024
Localized Distortion of the Spoo-Time Continuum [Babylon 5, War Without End, Parts 1&2]
This week we review the season three episodes War Without End Parts 1&2. Sarah tries to carefully track the time pancakes, but then gives up, Joe figures out why all the Fusion™ reactors are melting down when that should be impossible,...
06.15.2024
A Dialectic on addiction, a stripper, and a very fine lady [Babylon 5, Interludes and Examinations]
This week we review the season three episode Interludes and Examinations. Mike gets distracted by Stephen's pecs and completely forgets what's going on, Sarah really doesn't want to discuss Garibaldi's Kuato, and Joe gets nostalgia for Born to the Purple. Music from...
06.01.2024
Little Ship of Horrors [Babylon 5, Ship of Tears]
This week we review the season three episode Ship of Tears. Sarah wants to discuss the psychology of the male chair, Joe is pretty sure Mike Vejar was really into Kubrick, and Mike still thinks Kosh is an asshole. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00...
05.18.2024
The Postman Always Rings Twice [Babylon 5, A Late Delivery from Avalon]
This week we review the season three episode A Late Delivery from Avalon. Joe is impressed by the historical accuracy of Our Flag Means Death, Sarah gives us a lesson on German compound nouns, and Mike gets distracted by Franklin's hot...
05.04.2024
Tinder Live, Hyrule Edition [Babylon 5, Sic Transit Vir]
This week we review the season three episode Sic Transit Vir. Mike finds the Platonic Form of WTF is That, Joe thinks JMS is using the costume department to torture Jeff Conway, and Sarah runs a census on the different production...
04.20.2024
Sniper, No Sniping! [Babylon 5, Ceremonies of Light and Dark]
This week we review the season three episode Ceremonies of Light and Dark. Joe points out how stupid certain Donald Rumsfeld quotes are, Sarah wonders how long it will take for those coffins to get to the sun, and Mike explains...
04.06.2024
Saving Major Ryan [Babylon 5, Severed Dreams]
This week we review the season three episode Severed Dreams. Sarah is pretty sure Zathras is involved, Joe waxes rhapsodic about pirates and Churchill, and Mike is pretty sure you're a red shirt if you're assigned to the Nimrod. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00...
03.23.2024
Fist of the Space Men [Babylon 5, Point of No Return]
This week we review the season three episode Point of no Return. Joe practices his 40s newscaster voice; Sarah makes fun of fans who recite minute details from episodes seasons ago, while Mike recites minute details from episodes seasons ago. Spoiler-free discussion:...
03.09.2024
Business Casual Ninjas [Babylon 5, Messages From Earth]
This week we review the season three episode Messages From Earth. Mike spoils The Fugitive, Joe notes that the jewelry cart may have leveled up, and Sarah is sad because she really wanted her Jupiter fire. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:54 Spoiler Zone:...
02.24.2024
Stargate B5-1 [Babylon 5, Exogenesis]
This week we review the season three episode Exogenesis. Mike doesn't know why there's a jail in that room, Joe is pretty sure this is a crossover episode, and Sarah needs to update the Season 3 bingo card. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 -...
02.10.2024
Psi Hard with a Vengeance [Babylon 5, Dust to Dust]
This week we review the season three episode Dust to Dust. Joes thinks JMS is keeping the set designers in cages inside the hot tub factory, Sarah collects Yiddish insults, and Mike tries to figure out the difference between a bandolier...
01.27.2024
Anarchy in the Spoo K [Babylon 5, Voices of Authority]
This week we review the season three episode Voices of Authority. Sarah is tired of hearing about the Shadow War without seeing any war, Mike just realized how many candy wind chimes are on sale in the zocolo, and Joe is...
01.13.2024
Stranger in Town, I mean down, I mean downbelow [Babylon 5, Passing Through Gethsemane]
This week we review the season three episode Passing Through Gethsemane. Mike is pretty sure the seven deadly sins were just made up, Joe reveals his tremendous acting crush on Brad Dourif, and Sarah conflates the atheists in her life with...
12.30.2023
N'Farious Purposes [Babylon 5, A Day in the Strife]
This week we review the season three episode A Day in the Strife. Joe still thinks it's all about Carn Mollari, Sarah is annoyed because that's not what the word berserker means, and Mike is pretty sure that's a two foot...
12.16.2023
Waiting for Londot [Babylon 5, Convictions]
This week we review the season two episode Convictions. Sarah starts collecting Centauri lightbulb jokes, Joe names Garibaldi's telepathic gut, and Mike rants about the sizes of the different kinds of sportsball fields. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:56:50 Spoiler Zone: 0:56:50 - 0:58:36 Next...
12.02.2023
Ranger Danger [Babylon 5, Matters of Honor]
This week we review first episode of Season 3, Matters of Honor. Mike does a full inventory of Londo's quarters, Joe weaves a tale about our new season 3 character and his similarities to a rancor, while Sarah makes a pie...
11.18.2023
The Prisoner
This week we have a spacial torture-Mike-themed episode, enjoy! Music from this episode:"Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0"Please Define The Error" By Delta Centauri is licensed under CC-BY 3.0"The Haunted McMansion" By Megabit Melodies is licensed under...
11.04.2023
Season 2 Wrap Up: The Warren Keffer Awards!
This week we do our season 2 wrap up: The Warren Keffer Awards! Sarah is still mad that they forgot to put in the monster, Mike rants random spoilers and has to be put in a corner, while Joe just screams...
10.21.2023
Ceremonial Loungewear (Babylon 5, The Fall of Night)
Season two ends with a bomb, I mean bang, as we discuss "The Fall of Night"! Joe expresses his true feelings about Wil Wheaton, Sarah holds a focus group for t-shirts, and Mike manifests the perfect Hallmark movie. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 -...
10.07.2023
Spoo Are You? [Babylon 5, "Comes the Inquisitor"]
This week we review the season two episode Comes the Inquisitor. Mike recalls Kant's hierarchy of sin, Sarah wonders how many Bothan rangers died in the making of this episode, while Joe recounts the conflicting questions on the 1960's TV show...
09.23.2023
Heavy Energy Situation [Babylon 5, The Long Twilight Struggle]
This week we review the season two episode The Long, Twilight Struggle. Sarah wonders how many Zathrases there truly are, Joe wants to kill all the royals, and Mike is being forced to watch The Prisoner. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:42 Spoiler Zone:...
09.09.2023
One does not simply walk into Vordor [Babylon 5, Divided Loyalties]
This week we review the season two episode Divided Loyalties. Joe is impressed with the 23rd Century version of an RSS feed, Mike thinks that Vordor is beautiful in the Fall, and Sarah notes that Stephen's vampirism makes him resistant to...
08.26.2023
Great Minbari Bakeoff [Babylon 5, Confessions and Lamentations]
This week we review the season two episode Confessions and Lamentations. Sarah wonders whether or not the blood bong in Medlab is required for new vampire creation, Joe tries to recall if the docking bay always had a portcullis, while Mike...
08.12.2023
What a Vir Wants [Babylon 5, In the Shadow of Zha'Ha'Dum]
This week we review the season two episode In the Shadow of Zha'Ha'Dum. Joe notes which Biblical character Mr. Morden reminds him of, Sarah opines on how Centauri teapot guns might work, and Mike asks "where are the giant Q-Tips?" Spoiler-free discussion:...
07.29.2023
The Swan Song of Larry Deets [Babylon 5, "Knives"]
This week we review the season two episode Knives. Mike starts to suspect that his sommelier notes on Brivari were written by Larry DeTillio, Sarah ponders the fine gradations of gladiator sub-classes, and Joe notes that everyone needs to watch Robert...
07.15.2023
Spoobliminal Messaging [Babylon 5, "And Now for a Word"]
This week we review the season two episode And Now for a Word. Sarah notes that Narn fighters are always blown up, while Centauri fighters always get the chance to surrender, Joe comes out as having D-Dar, the ability to sense...
07.01.2023
The Return of Human Na'Toth [Babylon 5, "There All The Honor Lies"]
This week, we review the season two episode “There All the Honor Lies.” Mike notes that B5's budget is ridiculously small for its size, Joe recounts how many CDs of Gregorian Chants he bought in high school, while Sarah posits that...
06.17.2023
Cunning Disguises 101 [Babylon 5, "Hunter, Prey"]
This week we review the season two episode Hunter, Prey. Joe really wants JMS to come up with a new character flaw for doctors, Sarah asks if someone can please untie that Paq'ma'ra, and Mike wonders if Dr. Jacobs is like...
06.03.2023
Disco Vorlontes [Babylon 5, "Acts of Sacrifice"]
This week we review the season two episode Acts of Sacrifice. Sarah wants to talk about the knife sommelier, Joe realizes that star fighters are actually ineffectual death boxes, while Mike wonders how all the iguanas ended up in down below. Spoiler-free...
05.20.2023
The Hague-osexual Agenda [Babylon 5, "All Alone in the Night"]
This week, we review the season two episode “All Alone in the Night.” Mike is annoyed because fusion reactors don't work that way, Sarah pines for the Wesley Crusher Resort-Wear Collection™, and Joe asks why any species bothers to have fighter...
05.06.2023
An Airboy, a Starbutt, and a Jarhead Walk Into a Bar [Babylon 5, "Gropos"]
This week we review the season two episode Gropos. Joe notes that no matter how bad it is, it's nowhere near as bad as Cathryn and Jeff at dinner, Sarah thinks Larry DeTillio is definitely a butt man, and Mike can't...
04.22.2023
Citrus Bushido [Babylon 5, "The Coming of Shadows"]
This week, we review the Hugo Award winning season two episode, "The Coming of Shadows." Mike wonders if security has precognition, Sarah is disappointed in the lack naval battles depicted in the Imperial Wig, while Joe confirms he was definitely expecting...
04.08.2023
101 Space Dad Jokes [Babylon 5: "A Race Through Dark Places"]
This week we review the season two episode "A Race Through Dark Places." Sarah realizes that Sheridan may actually just be a Libertarian, Mike starts coining new words that will totally be in the dictionary soon, and Joe finally confirms the...
03.25.2023
Our Lack of Spoomunication [Babylon 5, "Soul Mates"]
This week, we review the season two episode “Soul Mates.” Mike wants to forget that this episode has both a B and a C plot, Joe comes around to the idea that Stephen might actually be a vampire, while Sarah notes...
03.11.2023
Battle Truck 4Eva [Babylon 5, "A Spider in the Web"]
This week, we review the season two episode “A Spider in the Web.” Mike argues that Dark Shadows is definitely a legitimate soap opera, Sarah tracks the cast usage of the Apple Newton throughout the episode, and Joe articulates the fine...
02.25.2023
Shifty First Dates [Babylon 5, "The Long Dark"]
This week, we review the season two episode “The Long Dark.” Sarah thinks someone from the League of Non-Aligned Prosthetics might have started a True Crime podcast, Joe notes the obvious lack of a chief engineer on the station, while Mike...
02.11.2023
We Get Woke, aka "I'm Sorry, Which Cortés Now?"
When recording a Distant Star, we had a side discussion about the name of the ship, as JMS is attributed to have a... problematic... quote about it. JMS, let us know, this was the 90s after all, so time and...
02.11.2023
What's That, Lassie? The Guest Star is Lost in Hyperspace? [Babylon 5, "A Distant Star"]
This week we review the season two episode A Distant Star. Joe has trouble remembering a certain character exists, Mike prepares Bagna Cauda, and Sarah has a startlingly plausible new theory about Dr Franklin. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:01:06 Spoiler Zone: 1:01:06 -...
01.28.2023
Spooficiently Advanced Technology [Babylon 5, "The Geometry of Shadows"]
This week, we review the season two episode “The Geometry of Shadows.” Sarah pines after Londo’s oil painting of himself that Vir probably painted, Joe wonders who grows the food during the Drazi fighting year, and Mike thinks the techno-mages were...
01.14.2023
Anonymous Cops Are Bastards [Babylon 5, "Revelations"]
This week we review the season two episode Revelations. Joe is pretty sure Lou is a Sax man, Sarah explains the rules of jump gate usage, and Mike thinks genocide is Londo's love language. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:42 Spoiler Zone: 0:59:42 -...
12.31.2022
Soulkémon Go [Babylon 5, "Points of Departure"]
This week, we start Season two with a bang, reviewing the first episode, "Points of Departure." Mike doesn't know why General Hague reminds him of the dad from Brady Bunch, Sarah thinks Londo might be six times as qualified to be...
12.17.2022
The Carn Mollari Awards [Babylon 5 Season 1 Wrap-Up]
This week we look back over season one and talk about the good, the bad, and the hats. Sarah uncovers the secrets of soul-powered antigravity, Mike can't figure out why duct tape is so terrible in the future, and Joe...
12.03.2022
Fiveshadowing [Babylon 5, "Chrysalis"]
This week we review the season one finale Chrysalis! Joe questions the coordinate system in the B5 universe because it makes no sense, Sarah desperately wants to subscribe to the Angel One Menswear Catalog, and Mike ponders the size (measured in...
11.19.2022
Four Weldings and a Spooneral [Babylon 5, "Legacies"]
This week, we review the season one episode "Legacies." Sarah finds her long lost Minbari caste generator in GDrive, Joe gets distracted cataloging the incredibly long list of random shit on Sinclair's desk, while Mike laments the lack of a heist...
11.10.2022
That Time in Puerto Rico with Jason Momoa [Babylon 5, Interview with Julie Caitlin Brown]
This week brings us a special bonus episode, our interview with Julie Caitlin Brown, who played Na'Toth! Julie recounts her time as Sarah Douglas' stand in on Falcon Crest, reminisces about her experiences in the jungle with Jason Momoa, and reveals...
11.05.2022
Walker, Neckless Ranger [Babylon 5, "TKO"]
This week, we review the season one episode "TKO." Mike tries to determine if a round is a unit of time or a level of inebriation, Joe observes that fight scenes juxtaposed with shiva are great storytelling and don't feel weird...
10.22.2022
Tentisticularites & Tentisticulawrongs [Babylon 5, "The Quality of Mercy"]
This week, we review the season two episode “The Quality of Mercy,” with special guest star Tulpa from the No Rangers Allowed Podcast! Joe notices that all doctors seem to have Stim addictions, Sarah wonders when murder became illegal, Mike is...
10.08.2022
Advanced Temporal Zathramatics [Babylon 5, "Babylon Squared"]
This week, we review the season one episode "Babylon Squared." Sarah wonders if Zathras screwed up the time heist, Joe notices that security is guarding Zathras from the wrong side of the room, and Mike appreciates how Zathras' costume is everything...
09.24.2022
Anger Man: The Legend of Ron Canada [Babylon 5, "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2"]
This week, we review the season one episode "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2." Mike wonders why no one ever tells Sinclair who's coming to dinner, Sarah attempts to graph all the 90s TV series police chiefs to determine how...
09.23.2022
Spoo Blew up Twitter? [Bonus: Babylon 5 Reboot Campaign]
Bonus Pod! A few days ago on Twitter, JMS sent out a call to arms, causing B5 fans to gather and promptly break Twitter. In response, Scott from @grey17podcast gathered all the B5 podcasts to have a discussion about the...

What's Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast about?

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Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast episodes:

Localized Distortion of the Spoo-Time Continuum [Babylon 5, War Without End, Parts 1&2]

A Dialectic on addiction, a stripper, and a very fine lady [Babylon 5, Interludes and Examinations]

Little Ship of Horrors [Babylon 5, Ship of Tears]

The Postman Always Rings Twice [Babylon 5, A Late Delivery from Avalon]

Tinder Live, Hyrule Edition [Babylon 5, Sic Transit Vir]

Sniper, No Sniping! [Babylon 5, Ceremonies of Light and Dark]

Saving Major Ryan [Babylon 5, Severed Dreams]

Fist of the Space Men [Babylon 5, Point of No Return]

Business Casual Ninjas [Babylon 5, Messages From Earth]

Stargate B5-1 [Babylon 5, Exogenesis]

Psi Hard with a Vengeance [Babylon 5, Dust to Dust]

Anarchy in the Spoo K [Babylon 5, Voices of Authority]

Stranger in Town, I mean down, I mean downbelow [Babylon 5, Passing Through Gethsemane]

N'Farious Purposes [Babylon 5, A Day in the Strife]

Waiting for Londot [Babylon 5, Convictions]

Ranger Danger [Babylon 5, Matters of Honor]

The Prisoner

Season 2 Wrap Up: The Warren Keffer Awards!

Ceremonial Loungewear (Babylon 5, The Fall of Night)

Spoo Are You? [Babylon 5, "Comes the Inquisitor"]

Heavy Energy Situation [Babylon 5, The Long Twilight Struggle]

One does not simply walk into Vordor [Babylon 5, Divided Loyalties]

Great Minbari Bakeoff [Babylon 5, Confessions and Lamentations]

What a Vir Wants [Babylon 5, In the Shadow of Zha'Ha'Dum]

The Swan Song of Larry Deets [Babylon 5, "Knives"]

Spoobliminal Messaging [Babylon 5, "And Now for a Word"]

The Return of Human Na'Toth [Babylon 5, "There All The Honor Lies"]

Cunning Disguises 101 [Babylon 5, "Hunter, Prey"]

Disco Vorlontes [Babylon 5, "Acts of Sacrifice"]

The Hague-osexual Agenda [Babylon 5, "All Alone in the Night"]

An Airboy, a Starbutt, and a Jarhead Walk Into a Bar [Babylon 5, "Gropos"]

Citrus Bushido [Babylon 5, "The Coming of Shadows"]

101 Space Dad Jokes [Babylon 5: "A Race Through Dark Places"]

Our Lack of Spoomunication [Babylon 5, "Soul Mates"]

Battle Truck 4Eva [Babylon 5, "A Spider in the Web"]

Shifty First Dates [Babylon 5, "The Long Dark"]

We Get Woke, aka "I'm Sorry, Which Cortés Now?"

What's That, Lassie? The Guest Star is Lost in Hyperspace? [Babylon 5, "A Distant Star"]

Spooficiently Advanced Technology [Babylon 5, "The Geometry of Shadows"]

Anonymous Cops Are Bastards [Babylon 5, "Revelations"]

Soulkémon Go [Babylon 5, "Points of Departure"]

The Carn Mollari Awards [Babylon 5 Season 1 Wrap-Up]

Fiveshadowing [Babylon 5, "Chrysalis"]

Four Weldings and a Spooneral [Babylon 5, "Legacies"]

That Time in Puerto Rico with Jason Momoa [Babylon 5, Interview with Julie Caitlin Brown]

Walker, Neckless Ranger [Babylon 5, "TKO"]

Tentisticularites & Tentisticulawrongs [Babylon 5, "The Quality of Mercy"]

Advanced Temporal Zathramatics [Babylon 5, "Babylon Squared"]

Anger Man: The Legend of Ron Canada [Babylon 5, "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2"]

Spoo Blew up Twitter? [Bonus: Babylon 5 Reboot Campaign]