Episodes
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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.
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Missing episodes?
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Episode 114 - Series Finale
Chrisâs Bottom 3
3) By Any Means Necessary
2) Voices of Authority
1) Phoenix Rising
Jonâs Bottom 3
3) Eyes
2) Soul Hunter
1) Grail
Chrisâs Top 5
5) Passing Through Gethsemane
4) Severed Dreams
3) In the Shadow of ZâhaâDum
2) The Long Night
1) The Coming of Shadows
Jonâs Top 5
5) Chrysalis
4) In the Shadow of ZâhaâDum
3) War Without End
2) ZâhaâDum
1) The Coming of Shadows
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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
âWhen the quacking has begun it is too late for the ducks to swimâ is the new âI shall go into the West and remain Garibaldi.â
The Wandering Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsOwtKNsAA&vl=en-US
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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 Jonâs least favorite comic book related movie of all time, 1997âs Spawn.
Ian McShane: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574534/?ref_=tt_cl_t5
In Space: 1999
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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 âsquamous.â 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 Lurkerâs Guide says it pretty puch has to take place *during* Atonement due to who was on the station at the time and Zackâs new uniform.
David Sedaris âBarrel Feverâ 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 âOld Oneâ from the 3rd edition Call of Cthulhu rulebook. Something about this drawing gave Chris nightmares for years.
âItâs so beautiful!â
Iain Banksâ 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/ï»ż
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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
âDivorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorced, Beheaded, Survivedâ - https://www.britain-magazine.com/features/history/tudors/divorced-beheaded-survived-the-wives-of-henry-viii/
The film âPufnstufâ (1970): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pufnstuf_(film)
Octavia Butlerâs âParable of the Sowerâ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)
Katherine Kurtzâ Camber trilogy (Jon was right, this came out in 1976): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/537107.Camber_of_Culdi
The Once-ler:
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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
âArthur Treacherâs Fish and Chipsâ was, of course, founded in Columbus Ohio. The titular Treacher was an actor who was known for playing Jeeves against David Nivenâs Wooster. Facebook page has not been updated since February 2017.
https://youtu.be/J45NQOrDq58
Chris is remembering the last episode of Justice League Unlimited âDestroyer.â 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.
Chrisâs 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
Jonâs 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
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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 wasnât 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 GâKar 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 Iâm 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
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Episode 106: Movements of Light and Shadow/The Fall of Centauri Prime (Season 5, Episodes 17 and 18)
Summary: In which war comes to Centauri Prime, and Londo ascends the throne.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517672/?ref_=ttep_ep17
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517702/?ref_=ttep_ep18
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/105.html
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/106.html
Apparently thereâs a very happening bar scene in ruined pre-war buildings in Budapest. Who knew? https://www.offbeatbudapest.com/top10/best-ruin-bars-budapest/
Bart McCarthy: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565062/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Yeah, heâs got a lot of credits, but a pirate captain singing the SpongeBob SquarePants theme is really the pinnacle of a career, isnât it?
âStar Trek: Picard borrows one incredible concept from The Lord of the Rings.â https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-trek-picard-seven-of-nine-lord-of-the-rings-rangers
This is me looking skeptically at you over the top of my glasses, Inverse dot com.
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Episode 105: Darkness Ascending/And All My Dreams Torn Asunder (Season 5, Episodes 14 and 15)
Summary: In which the Centauri involvement in the attacks on Alliance ships comes to light, and the consequences of Garibaldiâs addiction build.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517642/?ref_=ttep_ep15
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517626/?ref_=ttep_ep16
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/103.html
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/104.html
Edmund L. Shaff https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787283/?ref_=tt_cl_t15
As the Chaplain on Space: Above and Beyond https://youtu.be/FOb6V9gzrKM?t=493
Tamlyn Tomita as Commodore Oh in Star Trek: Picard
October Faction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RexcOKt3k9k
A familiar, although much younger, face winning fame and fortune on a tv game show.
https://youtu.be/-rpnabM26MM
The people that were wiped out by a death plague were of course the Markab.
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Episode 104: Meditations on the Abyss (Season 5, Episode 14)
Summary: In which Lennier undertakes a training mission with the Rangers, and Vir is presented with a new opportunity.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517667/?ref_=ttep_ep14
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/102.html
Shonda Rhimes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonda_Rhimes
Richard Yniguezhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948253/?ref_=tt_cl_t14
Todayâs imdb corner - Carl Ciarfalio! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161893/?ref_=tt_cl_t15
Roger Cormanâs Fantastic Four: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28EyQ4a3OEA
I watched about 10 minutes of this film, and Iâm not sure if I could do any more.
And what is the deal with Garibaldiâs carpet?
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Episode 103: The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father (Season 5, Episode 13)
Summary: In which Bester mentors some young telepaths and introduces them to all his friends on the station.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517698/?ref_=ttep_ep13
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/101.html
The Doom Patrolâs Crazy Jane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Jane
Clearly we were thinking of a mashup between Queensrycheâs âOperation: Mindcrimeâ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAI2QOBMlTA and the Eurythmicsâ âSex Crimeâ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeqbxjebGck
Space: Above and Beyondâs episode âWho Monitors the Birds?â https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x636jwu
The Prisoner Typeface is âAlbertus,â or at least a slightly modified version thereof. https://www.wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2015/02/albertus-and-the-prisoner/
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Episode 102: The Ragged Edge (Season 5, Episode 12)
Summary: In which Garibaldi goes on a secret mission which, predictably, goes south, and GâKar finds himself in an uncomfortable position.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517713/?ref_=ttep_ep12
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/100.html
Tom Hanksâ character in Dragnet was Pep Streebek, which sounds like a Star Wars name to me.
This song is a hate crime, and the video is worse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT_QRKfv8H4
The Gospel of Thomas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas
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Episode 101: Phoenix Rising (Season 5, Episode 11)
Synopsis: In which Garibaldi confronts Bester, and Byronâs telepath uprising comes to its inevitable end.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517678/?ref_=ttep_ep11
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/099.html
Twin Peaks: The Return episode 8 https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/26/15872236/twin-peaks-episode-8-recap-bob-the-return
Videodrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6S1FXXp_Uo
Although Jon may have meant Scanners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoIy7Y7H72Q
So much Cronenbergy goodness!
Michael Dante DiMartino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dante_DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Konietzko
Shonda Rhimes: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722274/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Sam Esmail, creator/showrunner of Mr Robot, Homecoming, etc. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322753/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
David Fincher: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322753/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
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Episode 100: A Tragedy of Telepaths (Season 5, Episode 10)
Synopsis: In which Byronâs telepaths take a desperate stand, and GâKar finds an old friend on the Centauri homeworld.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517620/?ref_=ttep_ep10
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/098.html
Sleep well, Max. We love you.
Wow, I talk fast when Iâm feeling emotional.
Vampire the Masquerade character sheet with the three attribute columns
Antigone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles_play)
Edith Bolling Galt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wilson
Clara Bow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Bow
The Annales School of historical thought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annales_school
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactica_1980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TekWar_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.N.T.I.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR.5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaQuest_DSV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager
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Episode 99: In the Kingdom of the Blind (Season 5, Episode 9)
Synopsis: In which Londo returns to the Centauri homeworkd, and Byron makes his play for a telepath homeworld.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517656/?ref_=ttep_ep9
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/097.html
Hello, good evening, and welcome to Blackmail! https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2n8q35
Never get involved in a land war in Asia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUUk6wVNrY
David Ben-Gurion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion
Fabio! https://youtu.be/matItkfzqAA
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Episode 98: Day of the Dead (Season 5, Episode 8)
Synopsis: In which the dead come back to visit the living, and Zooty Zoot Zoot!
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/096.html
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517643/?ref_=ttep_ep8
The Lurkerâs Guide Master Episode list puts Day of the Dead later in the season but this was the broadcast order. And frankly if we complain about this being too late to get insights into Lockleyâs character episode 13 would have been waaay too late, in our humble opinion.
REM actually only had 2 good albums: Murmur and Reckoning.
Lenny Henryâs Chef! Go watch it now!! Well, the first 2 seasons anyway. Steer clear of season 3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0bMzi41-0M
James Orin Incandenza, father of the âprotagonistâ of David Foster Wallaceâs novel âInfinite Jestâ https://infinitejest.wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/index.php?title=I#joi
Episode director Doug Lefler: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498991/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Ooh, he directed two episodes of American Gothic, another of our favorite 1990s tv shows.
It Takes Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOW-CZJWT0
Barenaked Ladies, working âIt Takes Twoâ into a medley including their own song âCrazy,â Sweetâs âFox on the Run,â Leonard Cohenâs âBird on a Wireâ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CCKTQSUNAM
And a seasonally appropriate BNL rap medley, because this is our show so why not indulge ourselves (as if the entire 98 episode run hasnât been shameless self-indulgence enough!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L5XskTJtlI
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Episode 97: Secrets of the Soul (Season 5, Episode 7)
Synopsis: In which Byron and Lyta uncover the truth about the relationship between the Vorlons and the telepaths.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517685/?ref_=ttep_ep7
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/095.html
In 1692, Massachusetts Governor William Phips issued a ban on any books or publications about the Salem Witch Trials. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/salem-witch-trials-primary-sources/
Sarah Douglas: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235243/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Phyllida Law: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492373/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Peopleâs Temple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple
Branch Davidians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Davidians
Heavenâs Gate:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)
Aum Shinrikio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo
Characteristics of dangerous cult leaders: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spycatcher/201208/dangerous-cult-leaders
Wild Wild Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLS_OM6Puk
Escaping NXIVM: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/escaping-nxivm
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