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No shrubberies.  No coconuts.  And certainly, no watery tarts.

But this is still one heck of a King Arthur story.  And a satisfying thump they made!

What do you expect, though, when you combine the talents of Mira Furlan, Andreas Katsulas, and Jason Carter with the amazing Michael York.  You cannot have that many top notch stage actors on a script without something amazing happening.

Michael sells it so well, you not only wonder if his character really is King Arthur, but you actually hope he is.  That isn’t so far fetched, considering the extent to which the Vorlons have tampered with human history.  The chemistry he has with Andreas/G’Kar is great.  We see a hopeful side of Marcus that is particularly moving.  We also have one of the most powerful moment in the series with Michael and Mira.  Not a word was spoken.  When you have actors that good, you don’t need words.

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

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Hmm… Well, yes. Thus passes the man. Or the Centauri.

How do I put it. Yeah. That’s it. Vir gets the girl. And what a girl she is. She does make bald look good.

Raul can’t look at this episode without thinking “Flounder.” This really is one of the funniest episodes of the series. JMS, however, being who he is makes a hard shift and suddenly gets much darker than expected. We also get a solid lesson in how no good deed goes unpunished. Ok, we also get a bit of a lesson in bad deeds going not only unpunished, but elevated.

Oh, and as long as we’re talking Twain, let’s not forget Lincoln. Or should I say “Lincolni?”

While we are in school, we will also get a bit of a home-ec lesson. First rule: leave the Minbari cooking to the Minbari. Second rule: you can choke anything down with enough salt.

So , sit back, relax, put out some little blossoms in the night, and prepare to enjoy Jim, Raul, and JP on this next episode of the Babylon Project Podcast.You can find us at http://www.BabylonProjectPodcast.wordpress.com, on Facebook at The Babylon Project Podcast or on iTunes.

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

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You think after the last three episodes President Clark might be a bit honked off at Sheridan & Co.?  Nightwatch can’t be all that happy, either.  I guess some people have no sense of humor.  Go figure.

After all the crisis, Delenn decides to take matters into her own hands by having the rebirth ceremony.  Yeah, we saw part of that in Season 1, as well.  Though this time, there aren’t any possible weddings happening.  Yet.  Unfortunately, Nightwatch decides to express their displeasure with Sheridan by going after Delenn.  I suppose, those three Minbari warships hovering in the background might have something to do with that.

Anyway, it does seem that Sheridan has had enough.  He makes that rather clear in the end.  We also have a few secrets revealed.  Some of them will have an impact on the future of the story.  Overall, this episode slows down the pace a bit after the roller-coaster we’ve been on.  Pay particular attention to G’Kar.  We will be contrasting him now with him in the future.

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

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Now I have a machine gun…

Ho!  Ho!  Ho!

You’ll shoot your eye out kid.

Uh… no.

We’re not the Classic Christmas Movie podcast.

But we’re also not entirely the Babylon Project Podcast today, either.  Well, yes we are, but tonight we’re not talking about, “The next exciting episode…”  What we are talking about is all the wonderful feedback we have gotten from you, our listeners.  For Jim, Raul, and now JP, hosting, Troy’s brilliant editing and Anthea’s voice on the credits, this podcast has been a labor of love that we do without expectation of, well, anything.  That we get any feedback at all is humbling.  That it is such quality and thought provoking feedback is an absolute honor.

So tonight, this is your show.  Your thoughts and comments are a special treat for us, so we’re returning the favor with a special treat episode.  Just in time for a holiday gift back to you.  Have a very Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Holiday, or whatever you do to celebrate this season.

And thank you!  Thank you for another wonderful year shared with us.  So party like a Centauri and we’ll see you in the New Year!

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[A special “Thank you,” to listener Big Brother (@back2babylon5 on Twitter) for letting me know the link wasn’t in the post.  We should be fixed now.]

“Be somewhere else.”

Probably one of the strongest lines in science fiction television.  Raw power and an absolute willingness to use it.  We’ve seen some of the flirty or feminine Delenn lately, so we might have forgotten she was a member of the Grey Council – and the chosen of Dukat – for a reason.

But that’s just one of many “wham” points for this episode.  All the tension we’ve been seeing build with the Earth Alliance explodes today.  Clark forces the hand of Sheridan with a result I don’t think he expects.  Hard decisions are made, but are they really that hard when you don’t have anything else to lose?

The moralities of command.  Free press.  Just war.  The price of even a just war.  All this and more are the focus of this episode of Babylon 5.  Raul, Jim, and JP have a fascinating and extended conversation about this and more on this fan favorite episode that also won the 1997 Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

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

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Raul and Jim are quite wrong in this episode.  JP Harvey is NOT a guest.  As of this episode he joins the podcast are our third host of the show and we are all much better for it.

Joining JP in our exalted guest list is the appearance of Majel Barrett-Roddenberry.  With those two, can it get any better?  Well, yes it can.  We also get the ever popular Marshall Teague back as Ta’Lon.  OH!  And Maggie is back!

A cast like this can only mean that we are in for a very special episode.  This is the second part of the mid-season trilogy that changes the course of the show.  After the events of last week, we find President Clark forced to make his move to consolidate power.  That means bad things for Babylon 5 as the Nightwatch infiltration reaches a climax.  Zach will have to find his way out from that spot between a rock and a hard place.

Londo is also having something of an existential crisis, so he pull in a bit of existential help.  The outcome isn’t quite … well … it’s not what he hopes, but it is what he fears.  He gets several puzzles added to his confusion with his answers.  Of course.  Vir also gets a few surprises along the way.

G’Kar explains his epiphany and why he is no longer what we saw in the beginning of the show.  He also has a solution for a lot of the crew’s problems.

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

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