The Name of the Pod - A Babylon 5 Podcast

We noted with great sadness the passing of Mira Furlan on January 20, 2021. She brightened so many lives with her extraordinary work.

Obituary from BBC.

Obituary from The A.V. Club.

Obituary from USA Today.

Obituary from CinemaBlend.

Remarks from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cruse, from Lost.

Episode 114 - Series Finale

Chris’s Bottom 3

3) By Any Means Necessary

2) Voices of Authority

1) Phoenix Rising

Jon’s Bottom 3 

3) Eyes

2) Soul Hunter

1) Grail

Chris’s Top 5

5) Passing Through Gethsemane

4) Severed Dreams

3) In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum

2) The Long Night

1) The Coming of Shadows

Jon’s Top 5

5) Chrysalis

4) In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum

3) War Without End

2) Z’ha’Dum

1) The Coming of Shadows

Episode 113 - The Lost Tales

Synopsis: In which Colonel Lochley encounters an ancient evil, and President Sheridan meets one from the future.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871427/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/118.html

“When the quacking has begun it is too late for the ducks to swim” is the new “I shall go into the West and remain Garibaldi.”

The Wandering Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsOwtKNsAA&vl=en-US

Episode 112 - The River of Souls

Synopsis: In which the sins and arrogance of the Soul Hunters catch up to them

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146247/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/114.html

Martin Sheen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000640/?ref_=tt_cl_t6

His 90s oeuvre was fairly dire. Including a role in Jon’s least favorite comic book related movie of all time, 1997’s Spawn.

Ian McShane: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574534/?ref_=tt_cl_t5

In Space: 1999

Episode 111 - Thirdspace

Synopsis: in which an ancient Vorlon artifact nearly unleashes terrors from beyond space

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121804/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/112.html

Jon is correct on the pronunciation of “squamous.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-tLBZJKCw

We spend a lot of time dithering about when this film takes place, sounding like complete idiots. The Lurker’s Guide says it pretty puch has to take place *during* Atonement due to who was on the station at the time and Zack’s new uniform.

David Sedaris “Barrel Fever” https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026IUOHI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

The Babylon 5 Wiki has some really nice screenshots of the Artifact https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Thirdspace_artifact

An “Old One” from the 3rd edition Call of Cthulhu rulebook. Something about this drawing gave Chris nightmares for years.

“It’s so beautiful!”

Iain Banks’ Excession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excession

Event Horizon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_(film) Rotten Tomatoes: 27%, Metacritic: 35, CinemaScore: D+

The Wild World of Batwoman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_World_of_Batwoman

Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058304/

Episode 110 - In the Beginning

Synopsis: In which we learn the history of the Earth-Minabari War.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120711/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/111.html

Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian

Station Eleven: https://ew.com/books/quarantine-book-club-station-eleven-helped-my-reading-slump/

T H E  L A M P ! ! ! !

Ahsokan Farewell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmxZThb084

“Divorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorced, Beheaded, Survived” - https://www.britain-magazine.com/features/history/tudors/divorced-beheaded-survived-the-wives-of-henry-viii/

The film “Pufnstuf” (1970): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pufnstuf_(film)

Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)

Katherine Kurtz’ Camber trilogy (Jon was right, this came out in 1976): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/537107.Camber_of_Culdi

The Once-ler: 

Episode 109: Sleeping in Light (Season 5, Episode 22)

Synopsis: In which old friends reunite to say farewell to John Sheridan and Babylon 5.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517691/?ref_=ttep_ep22

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/110.html

“Arthur Treacher’s Fish and Chips” was, of course, founded in Columbus Ohio. The titular Treacher was an actor who was known for playing Jeeves against David Niven’s Wooster. Facebook page has not been updated since February 2017.

https://youtu.be/J45NQOrDq58

Chris is remembering the last episode of Justice League Unlimited “Destroyer.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGbUb-ttL9g

The ending scene of the Mary Tyler Moore show: https://youtu.be/ttC_J66WF5A?t=1028

The ending of the Newhart: https://youtu.be/McVWkGWMHKI?t=419

The others we mention are a little too spoilery to link here, but you can find them easily.

Chris’s Bottom Three/Top Five

3) Learning Curve

2) Phoenix Rising

1) Secrets of the Soul

5) The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father 

4) Objects in Motions/Objects at Rest

3) The Very Long Night of Londo Molari

2) Movements of Fire and Shadow

1) Sleeping in Light

Jon’s Bottom Three/Top Five

3) Learning Curve

2) Objects at Rest

1) Strange Relations

5) A Tragedy of Telepaths

4) The Ragged Edge

3) Sleeping in Light

2) The Fall of Centauri Prime

1) The Very Long Night of Londo Molari

Episode 108: Objects in Motion/Objects at Rest (Season 5, Episodes 20 & 21)

Synopsis: In which we say goodbye.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517676/?ref_=ttep_ep20

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517675/?ref_=ttep_ep21

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/108.html

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/109.html

Half this campus wasn’t even there when Jon did his farewell exploration, back in the Pleistocene https://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/sites/default/files/maps/campusmap.pdf

Episode 107: The Wheel of Fire (Season 5, Episode 19)

Synopsis: In which Garibaldi and Lyta find themselves in hot water, and G’Kar ponders his untenable situation. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517717/?ref_=ttep_ep19

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/107.html

I think I (Chris) went a little too deep on how strange it was to me that Lise had taken over as owner of Edgars Industries. She was acting as a corporate representative when she came to the station to get some telepath research data. 

Liquorice Allsorts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice_allsorts  Now that I see them I’m fairly certain my grandmother had a bowl of these on her buffet for 30-40 years.

David Dickinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dickinson