She sure would have been better than Andrea "my lipstick does my acting for me" Thompson.  I guess that was more a behind-the-scenes love interest, but you know what I mean.

She sure would have been better than Andrea "my lipstick does my acting for me" Thompson.  I guess that was more a behind-the-scenes love interest, but you know what I mean.

I think CC just wasn't the right actress for the part as it was written.  Once more of her started to leak through and Ivanova became less stoic and tortured and more exasperated and humorous (but still tortured), she and the character clicked.

I think CC just wasn't the right actress for the part as it was written.  Once more of her started to leak through and Ivanova became less stoic and tortured and more exasperated and humorous (but still tortured), she and the character clicked.

Oh man, the overacting bad-guy of the week syndrome in Season 1, I remember it well.  It doesn't get much better/worse than Ben-Zayn in Eyes…with bonus creepy Jeffery Coombs!

Oh man, the overacting bad-guy of the week syndrome in Season 1, I remember it well.  It doesn't get much better/worse than Ben-Zayn in Eyes…with bonus creepy Jeffery Coombs!

Rowan, your Thematic Importance note made me realize something.  JMS always talked about this being a future history, so wouldn't that audience (the future people watching this as a historical drama) already know why the Minbari surrendered?  I guess they'd know everything else from the show, too, and would still…

Rowan, your Thematic Importance note made me realize something.  JMS always talked about this being a future history, so wouldn't that audience (the future people watching this as a historical drama) already know why the Minbari surrendered?  I guess they'd know everything else from the show, too, and would still…

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Some scary toilets

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Some scary toilets

Not to mention that those 200 rebels might have done a lot to hasten the end of the occupation, thus saving far more than 1000 civilian lives.

Not to mention that those 200 rebels might have done a lot to hasten the end of the occupation, thus saving far more than 1000 civilian lives.

Yeeahhh, I'm gonna have to ask you not to talk about that, mmkay?

Yeeahhh, I'm gonna have to ask you not to talk about that, mmkay?

Dammit, whose turn was it to defrost Kosh?

Dammit, whose turn was it to defrost Kosh?

Maybe Delenn meant Drakh-onian.

Maybe Delenn meant Drakh-onian.

What's odd is that I actually like both successor bands better than At the Drive In.  That's purely a matter of taste and doesn't invalidate your point, but somehow the "pure" radio rock and free-jazz-with-guitars styles work better for me on their own than in combination.

Which makes a lot of sense if you buy the conspiracy theory that DS9 is Babylon 5 repackaged.  Cardassia/Bajor is basically Narn/Centauri, and Straczynski cited the Balkans as a reference point.