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Good question.  It’s been 9 days since both Sheridan and Garibaldi had disappeared.

Inquiring Narn want to know.  And inquiring Rangers want to help him know.  Sadly for G’Kar, things don’t work out quite the way he expects.  However, it does play well into his path of destiny.  Let’s be honest, we all know that sooner or later the Centauri had to get their hands on him.  We know that from the visions of previous seasons.  Actually, the capture of G’Kar sets the destinies of both he and Londo in motion.

In spite of the title, this episode is about more than our missing security chief.  Delenn is not taking the loss of John very well.  Not only has she been fasting the entire time, she has decided on some possibly rash actions.

Finally, there is John Sheridan.  Let’s just leave it at he needs to find a reason to live.  Reasons to die are apparently to easy.  At least in First One logic.

Get ready for more wide ranging discussion with Raul, Jim, and JP as the discuss this next episode of Babylon 5.

Oh… and we do find out what happened to Mr. Garibaldi.  Except that we don’t.  Not quite.  Yet.

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Just remember… No boom today.  Boom tomorrow.  There’s always a boom tomorrow!

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We left season 3 with Captain Sheridan presumed dead in destruction of the Shadow city.  Mr. Garibaldi is missing.  The Shadows have been dealt a massive blow.  And, well… things are generally in a huge mess.

Welcome to season 4.

Ingmar Bergman’s film describes the hour of the wolf as this:

The hour between night and dawn. The hour when most people die, when sleep is deepest, when nightmares are most real. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fears, when ghost and demons are most powerful, the hour of the wolf is also the hour when most children are born.

With all due respect to Mr. Bergman, I have to admit I like Susan’s description even more:

It’s the time between 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning. You can’t sleep, and all you can see is the troubles and the problems and the ways that your life should’ve gone but didn’t. All you can hear is the sound of your own heart. I’ve been living in the hour of the wolf for seven days, Lyta. Seven days. The wolf and I are now on a first-name basis. In times like this, my father used to take one large glass of vodka before bed. ‘To keep the wolf away,’ he said. And then he would take three very small drinks of vodka, just in case she had cubs while she was waiting outside.

That’s a fitting description to start off Season 4 of Babylon 5.  If you think anything is going to ease off after the rollercoaster of Season 3, think again.  The intensity only pushes up from hear.  The Shadow War is far from over, and there’s still lots of messes back at everyone’s home worlds.  Oh … and no.  That is not an image from Season 1.  Remember, in this show everything connects!

Be ready for many more fun times with Raul, Jim, and JP.

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Just remember… No boom today.  Boom tomorrow.  There’s always a boom tomorrow!

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This is it!  The episode we have all been waiting for.

Sheridan took on and defeated the Shadows in a military confrontation last episode.  Now he has to confront them and win on an individual level.  We all knew that sooner or later, John would be going to Z’ha’dum and this is it.  Nobody could have imagined the circumstances, however.

This episode ties back not only to obvious Shadow war foreshadowing throughout the series, but also specifically to things we’ve seen in War Without End and Babylon Squared.  We have a lot of closure in tonight’s story.  Of course, in typical Joe Straczynski manner, that also leaves us with far more questions.  Still, it’s a very satisfying end to a very satisfying season.

The conversation with the team is some of the best of the podcast.  Why?  Because we are joined by our editor, Troy Rutter, for the discussion.  You’ve heard him interviewed in the past.  He brings a very special magic to the podcast that just makes the whole chemistry work better than ever.

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Just remember… No boom today.  Boom tomorrow.  There’s always a boom tomorrow!

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Z minus 7 days…

Hmmm, think that “Z minus” thing might mean something?  Last week it was 14.  This week it’s 7.

Oh, and did we mention that there’s only one episode after this one in season 3?

The team is struggling to get the League worlds to commit ships to Sheridan’s plan, partly because he is keeping them in the dark regarding many of the details.  Eventually, the agree to provide support, and everything is in motion to take on the Shadows directly.  The battle is an amazing piece of production that is far beyond what anyone would have considered for the mid-1990s.  Actually, it holds up pretty darn well even 20 years later.

In the meantime, the Franklin side-story of the last several episodes gets a wrap-up.  You are going to have to forgive Raul for being a bit cocky.  The guys have been giving him a hard time for ragging on Franklin so much, but he finally gets vindicated.  Even Franklin agrees with him about Franklin.  Depending on which Franklin you’re talking to, that is.

Oh, and shall we say that something of a bomb drops at the end of the episode?  The Shadows were handed a pretty solid, if costly, defeat.  You know they are going to retaliate.  So there’s even more boom! at the very end.

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Just remember… No boom today.  Boom tomorrow.  There’s always a boom tomorrow!

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Z minus 14 days…

We had a short breather last episode, if you can call Neroon pounding Marcus to a bloody pulp either short or a breather.  Last episode was setup.  This episode is just as much setup, but also a huge payoff (with another type of setup of its own!).

Sheridan is assembling his fleet to take on the Shadows.  Telepaths are being distributed across the ships to give them the best fighting chance.  On top of the war preparations, Brother Theo has some friends over from Earth who are more than meets the eye.  The stress is clearly getting to John and some of the people around him take some steps to address the issue.

In the meantime, Londo has some stress of his own.  It seems the emperor has had enough with the feud between Londo and Refa.  A Minister has arrived to determine which House to support and put the feud to rest.  Londo is not particularly worried, though, and assures the Minister that the issue will be resolved shortly to everyone’s satisfaction.  Ok, well not everyone.

The two stories intersect in one of the most macabre and chilling scenes of the series.  The elegance of it is probably one of the most disturbing parts.

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Just remember… No boom today.  Boom tomorrow.  There’s always a boom tomorrow!

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And as far as some of us are concerned, that is a good thing.  This show is considered by many to be one of, if not the, weakest shows of the series.

Now, as far as the “A” story goes, it’s sort of hard to argue that point.  The Zarg is rather lame for one of the most dangerous predators in the sector.  Raul also gets rather bent about the firing of bullets from a steam pipe.  It’s simply not how bullets or firearms work.

On the other hand, the “B” story is outstanding!  Delenn is getting a promotion thanks to recent events.  Our farvorite cranky Minbari from the Warrior Caste has some issue with that.  And our favorite ranger has a conversation about it.  Hilarity – as well as several sound thumps – ensue.

The “B” story saves the day and makes the episode quite fun to watch in spite of the Zarg and soggy bullets.

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Just remember… No boom today.  Boom tomorrow.  There’s always a boom tomorrow!

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