Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast

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This week we review the season four episode Lines of Communication.

Joe confirms that the French did do that, if by the French you mean the British, Sarah thinks #1 might be starting to develop a kink, and Mike argues it's time to go back and re-read Kant's First Critique.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:49
Spoiler Zone: 1:02:49 - 1:06:09
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:06:09

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode Racing Mars.

Mike considers the knife sommelier's demand forecasts, Sarah points out that that's not what the word quarantine means, and Joe reminds us all about the detailed specifics of WWI-related English patent law.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:00:28
Spoiler Zone: 1:00:28 - 1:03:43
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:03:43

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode Atonement.

Sarah wonders if the warrior caste has been playing pickle ball for the last thousand years, Joe thinks G'Kar's eye is the new Checkov's gun, and Mike notes that what happens at the Drazi party stays at the Drazi party. 

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode The Illusion of Truth.

Mike watches lots of gay porn for...reasons, Sarah thinks Bester is likely making a fortune at insider trading, and Joe thinks it might all be a warning about Fox "News."

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:39
Spoiler Zone: 1:02:39 - 1:04:02
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:04:02

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode Epiphanies.

Joe questions whether fascists are actually good at fashion design, Sarah thinks Elvis was a techomage, and Mike obsesses over Zack's army tent.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:13:07
Spoiler Zone: 1:13:07 - 1:15:32
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:15:32

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode Into the Fire.

Sarah thinks it's quite possible Oprah is a First One (which seems self evident now that we say it), Mike wonders what brunch at the Four Seasons with Ivanova and Marcus would be like, while Joe is disappointed that under automated gay space Communism the meetings are not actually all automated.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:55
Spoiler Zone: 1:02:55 - 1:05:27
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:05:27

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode The Long Night.

Mike thinks that fortune teller might have been full of shit, Joe would prefer if everything just took longer, and Sarah is relieved that Centauri murder weapons come in childproof packaging.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:14
Spoiler Zone: 1:04:14 - 1:09:49
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:09:49

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode Falling Toward Apotheosis.

Sarah is amused that they decided to name the slow lumbering and boring ship the Asimov, Joe does math on the Vorlon fleet's travel time, and Mike spouts Egyptian Zen koans.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:56:05
Spoiler Zone: 0:56:05 - 1:00:45
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:00:45

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode The Summoning.

Joe explains the finer details of Admiral Nelson's strategy, Sarah wants to know what kinds of pets Cartagia has, while Mike wonders if Vorlon ships are mostly self-powered.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:32
Spoiler Zone: 1:04:32 - 1:09:32
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:09:32

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 CC-BY 3.0

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This week we review the season four episode Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi.

Mike needs to trademark Shitr(TM), Joe thinks all B5 dive bars are connected via a wormhole network, and Sarah thinks Marcus might be having certain feelings for G'Kar, which completely checks out.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:58:19
Spoiler Zone: 0:58:19 - 1:03:42
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:03:42

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 CC-BY 3.0