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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 context may change people's feelings on all sorts of things, including genocidal "explorers." 

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Warning: This one has B5 spoilers

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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 - 1:03:00
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:03:00

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 3.0p

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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 on their way to Burning Man.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:53
Spoiler Zone: 0:54:53 - 1:00:00
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:00:00


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
• “Demons Inside Me” By Underbeat is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 [XXX Sarah, can you add a link, I Shazam’ed the music but couldn’t find a link to this exact piece, though you mention DDDM in the credits, so maybe we need to add something more?XXX]

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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 - 1:05:21
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:05:21

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 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 the captain as Sheridan is, while Joe recalls the tale of the 47 Ronin, which is definitely not an inspiration for this episode in any way.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:49:35
Spoiler Zone: 0:49:35 - 0:55:43
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:55:43

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 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 has 👏 so 👏 many 👏 questions 👏 about tentasticularite-based fraud. 

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 00:38:08
Next Episode: 00:38:30-00:40:43
Other Shenanigans: 00:40:44 - 00:43:20

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 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 square miles) of Down Below.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:14:56
Spoiler Zone: 1:14:56 - 1:22:46
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:22:46

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 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 scene in this episode that was all about a heist.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:52:41
Spoiler Zone: 0:52:41 - 0:55:08
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 055:08

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 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 what JMS had planned for her character's original plot arc before she left the show.

Julie awesomeness: 0:00:00 - 0:34:29
We attempt to recover from our awe: 0:34:29

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 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 at all, while Sarah wonders if Babylon 5 credits are actually just cryptocurrency.

Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:08
Spoiler Zone: 0:54:08 - 0:57:15
Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 057:15

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