Oh, oops. Perhaps that's what I was thinking of.

Interesting note—originally, as I recall, Walter Koenig had been slated to play Knight One. He couldn't make the episode, so we got Bester. For once, complications paid off…

Interesting note—originally, as I recall, Walter Koenig had been slated to play Knight One. He couldn't make the episode, so we got Bester. For once, complications paid off…

Coming out of anybody else's mouth I might agree. But as you pointed out, Jeremy _is_ over-analytical. He simply can't do it in a line…he needs a speech. He needs to draw the explicit connection. He needs to spell it out. He needs to make his case.

Coming out of anybody else's mouth I might agree. But as you pointed out, Jeremy _is_ over-analytical. He simply can't do it in a line…he needs a speech. He needs to draw the explicit connection. He needs to spell it out. He needs to make his case.

"Parliament of Dreams" is, I think, what finally hooked me (I'd been told the show was good, ash I'd seen glimmers of that, but now I was sealed). The sheer power of the final scene, the drunken bacchanal of Centauri celebration (with Ivanova actually getting into it!), the Minbari ritualied behavior…and G'Kar,…

"Parliament of Dreams" is, I think, what finally hooked me (I'd been told the show was good, ash I'd seen glimmers of that, but now I was sealed). The sheer power of the final scene, the drunken bacchanal of Centauri celebration (with Ivanova actually getting into it!), the Minbari ritualied behavior…and G'Kar,…

Aye!

Aye!

@avclub-da496e2db2e50a068b4ae5549d4ae1b0:disqus Don't forget W.G. Snuffy Walden, composer for both this and TWW.

@avclub-da496e2db2e50a068b4ae5549d4ae1b0:disqus Don't forget W.G. Snuffy Walden, composer for both this and TWW.

As I said below—for me, the proof is how Krause is laughing his ass off and looking off camera.

As I said below—for me, the proof is how Krause is laughing his ass off and looking off camera.

Yeah, exactly. I really like the use of the tertiary characters (that is, Kim, Elliot, Dave, Will, and Chris)…they don't really get full storylines or focuses, but at the same time, it's made clear that the have lives and their interests, they get great moments (such as how in one of the first episodes, Casey asks Kim…

Yeah, exactly. I really like the use of the tertiary characters (that is, Kim, Elliot, Dave, Will, and Chris)…they don't really get full storylines or focuses, but at the same time, it's made clear that the have lives and their interests, they get great moments (such as how in one of the first episodes, Casey asks Kim…

I think that the Natalie/Dan "writer's block" sequence is the funniest writing Aaron Sorkin has ever done.

I think that the Natalie/Dan "writer's block" sequence is the funniest writing Aaron Sorkin has ever done.

"Don't give away the homeworld" is also a nice bit of G'Kar/Londo symmetry.

"Don't give away the homeworld" is also a nice bit of G'Kar/Londo symmetry.

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